There was a young man from St Bees ....
Good and gentle reader,
Unaccustomed as I am to public posting, I shall nevertheless endeavour to set out my thoughts to you in this little blog.
It has been a long and eventful day, culminating dramatically in the discovery of a hornet in a pair of tights. I am sure you will be relieved to learn, sweet reader, that they were not my hose - nor was I wearing them at the time. I had merely brought them in from the washing line to be aired and I was alarmed by a frantic buzzing emanating from the laundry.
I believe the hornet to be one of nature's dustmen. I have released him into the garden to get on with the business of clearing away the rotten windfalls that surround my Beauty of Bath.
Sleep well my dear, Hamble.
Unaccustomed as I am to public posting, I shall nevertheless endeavour to set out my thoughts to you in this little blog.
It has been a long and eventful day, culminating dramatically in the discovery of a hornet in a pair of tights. I am sure you will be relieved to learn, sweet reader, that they were not my hose - nor was I wearing them at the time. I had merely brought them in from the washing line to be aired and I was alarmed by a frantic buzzing emanating from the laundry.
I believe the hornet to be one of nature's dustmen. I have released him into the garden to get on with the business of clearing away the rotten windfalls that surround my Beauty of Bath.
Sleep well my dear, Hamble.
posted by Irene Adler @ 9:53 pm
3 Comments:
At 12 October, 2004 19:39,
Anonymous said…
A new star has dawned in the blogging firmament. Well done Hamble - a promising start. I myself have experienced unwanted attention from insects and your comments certainly struck a chord.
Keep up the good work.
Tarquin Farquar-Smythe, (ex Ampleforth)
At 12 October, 2004 19:40,
Anonymous said…
A new star has dawned in the blogging firmament. Well done Hamble - a promising start. I myself have experienced unwanted attention from insects and your comments certainly struck a chord.
Keep up the good work.
Tarquin Farquar-Smythe, (ex Ampleforth)
At 10 August, 2006 08:33,
Irene Adler said…
For the record, I think the whole limerick is:
There was a young man from St Bees
who was stung on the arm by a wasp
When they asked, "Does it hurt?"
He replied, "No it doesn't.
Thank goodness it wasn't a hornet."
I read this in David Crystal's "Wordplay" a few years ago now so my memory may be imperfect. I believe it is from a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. You'll have to go and look it up if you are interested. But that limerick always makes my laugh.
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