Thursday, 27 January 2011

Ta Pal!

Text message;

"You in the office?" (that's what we call the pub!)Paul.

"Is the pope a paedo?" Me.

This is very close to closing time.

Paul arrives, just to give me a lift home.

Big fat hairy plumber.

I don't have many friends.

But I have good friends.
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31 comments:

  1. mapstew27 January 2011 at 16:41

    Sorry Paul, you're not that fat, or hairy. But you are my fovourite plumber! Even if you are THE loudest snorer! :¬)

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  2. hope27 January 2011 at 16:50

    And being a polite southern girl, I won't even ASK how you know about the snoring. ;)

    Glad you're out and about..you've been awfully quiet.

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  3. Ponita in Real Life27 January 2011 at 17:16

    Good friends are the best! I'm like you... a few good friends. Very good friends. You included, hon! xoxoxo

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  4. mapstew27 January 2011 at 18:20

    hope; I have shared a hotel room with PTP after concerts (Springsteen for one) on the other side of the country, I have nothing but pity for his good wife! :¬)

    xxx

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  5. mapstew27 January 2011 at 18:23

    Pon; I know some peeps who 'collect' friends, the more the merrier? I like my friends to be peeps I actually have a fondness for? They may not number in the hundreds, but they count in my heart! :¬)

    xxx

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  6. Jayne27 January 2011 at 18:36

    He's a good friend, alright, that Paul. Yep, I'd keep that one--it's not easy to find a decent plumber. ;)

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  7. mapstew27 January 2011 at 18:48

    Actually, now I think of it, he Is fat (well maybe just 'big'!)& hairy! And still one of my oldest, and best friends! And one of the funniest guys (though a lot of people think he is DOWN & DARK!) I have ever known, maybe that's 'cos we both have that dark sense of humour in common? :¬)

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  8. mapstew27 January 2011 at 19:11

    Jayne; AND he does my plumbing jobs in return for good food and keeping his iPod up to date! :¬)

    xxx

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  9. GYPSYWOMAN27 January 2011 at 20:37

    there's a psychological personality test that asks such a question - for example: would you rather have a lot of shrubbery around your home or a few big trees? - meant to extricate from one whether one prefers a few good friends or a lot of casual acquaintances - now, i'm not really sure why such a round about way has to be used to extract this information - but in any event, i'm with you map - i always have preferred the trees! ;)

    hugs, dear sir! wonderful to see you about here!

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  10. Tempo27 January 2011 at 22:49

    love your sms comments Map.
    Like all the above I have few but great friends.

    (and the answer seems to be "YES!, why yes he is!")

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  11. Kim Ayres28 January 2011 at 01:28

    You know a plumber? I'm in awe, and just a little startstruck.

    They are rare beings round here, difficult to find and more expensive than lawyers

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  12. Scarlet Blue28 January 2011 at 01:49

    I'm with Gypsywoman - I'm a big tree-hugger!
    Sx

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  13. The Unbearable Banishment28 January 2011 at 03:42

    It seemed the older I got the fewer friends I had. But the ones that lingered were keepers. But I don't know any plumbers. Kim is right. They're a rare breed. Most of my friends are pencil-pushers. Like myself.

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  14. Pat28 January 2011 at 04:13

    So that's what my life is missing. A big fat hairy plumber to drive me home from the pub.
    Hi Paul:)

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  15. Clyde28 January 2011 at 04:48

    I have very few good friends but we will all do anything for each other except pick each other up from the pub---cos we're already there

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  16. Sausage Fingers28 January 2011 at 07:36

    I once had a cadre of pals, now I am glad to be able to count real friends on one hand

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  17. mapstew28 January 2011 at 19:43

    GYPSYWOMAN; Yes, I'm a tree person too! Hope you are keeping the campfire burning bright. Have a lovely weekend. :¬)

    xxx

    Tempo; Ain't that the truth! Hope your friends are as good as mine pal! :¬)

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  18. mapstew28 January 2011 at 19:49

    Kim; Paul is our fav plumber, but I am also a good friend of Jonathan, another plumber and one fantastic guitar player/singer! Paul fitted a new shower for me a couple of weeks ago and would only take money for the materials! I paid him back by having his wee daughters over for a few hours, and threw in some cans of Heineken for himself! I'm also teaching him how to cook. :¬)

    Scarlet; I can just see you wrapped around a big one! :¬)

    xxx

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  19. mapstew28 January 2011 at 19:58

    UB; I was never one for 'collecting' friends, I'm a bit odd about who I like to keep company with, and was often thought of as strange because of this. But, the friends I do have, like Paul, whom I have known since about 1980 (he was the rhythym guitar player in my first band!) are honest and true and take me for the wally that I am! I would trust these people with my life. I am indeed a fortunate man. :¬)

    (Hows the forehead coming along?) :¬)

    Pat; I think You would get on quite well with Paul, and him with you! Have a lovely weekend! :¬)

    xxx

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  20. mapstew28 January 2011 at 20:02

    Clyde; Paul is my usual sidekick at the 'office', but on this occassion he was on his way home from dropping another friend at the airport, noticed it was near closing time, thought of me walking home in the cold and made a detour to pick me up! He's one decent chap! :¬)

    Sausage; We are lucky peeps! :¬)

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  21. Ryan29 January 2011 at 16:27

    I have 2 real friends that I'd trust with my life.

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  22. Sandra29 January 2011 at 22:48

    Sounds like your textmessaging life is entertaining too. Good friends and good text messages. Life is good!

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  23. Madame DeFarge30 January 2011 at 11:34

    Sounds like a good pal. Is he a good plumber? I may have need of one!

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  24. Lulu LaBonne30 January 2011 at 14:43

    Can you send him round to me next?

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  25. Ponita in Real Life30 January 2011 at 18:20

    I have a big, hairy friend who is a plumber also. Can't say he's fat, though - but being 6'3" makes for the big part. He does work just for having a home cooked meal!

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  26. mapstew30 January 2011 at 19:10

    Ryan; That's all ya need! :¬)

    Sandra; Humourous texts are all that keep me sane somedays! :¬)

    xxx

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  27. mapstew30 January 2011 at 19:12

    Madame DF; Ya he's a good 'un, when do you need him? :¬)

    xxx

    Lulu; I'm taking bookings, he'll be round soon as he finishes the job at Mme, DF's! :¬)

    xxx

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  28. mapstew30 January 2011 at 19:14

    Pon; I shouldn't have called him fat, he's not, just big! Has been since I first knew him. A big heart too! (He's on my FB pics, the old band shots.) :¬)

    xxx

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  29. Leah31 January 2011 at 15:46

    Hello Stew! Just stopping in.

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  30. mapstew31 January 2011 at 16:02

    Leah; Hey! :¬)

    xxx

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  31. Aunt Juicebox15 February 2011 at 07:36

    Ha! I kind of thought the pope had "that look" about him.

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