Gunfight at the Tucson Corral
'I'll buy the lady that drink Janis'
Enter Travis and Charlie, stage right......
Travis is young and brimming with confidence, or is it beer? I try to insist on paying for myself but it all seems to no avail. Isn't it lovely when young men buy old, I mean older women, drinks???
Charlie tells me he's here on vacation as he's a bass fisherman. Travis tells me he's his assistant. I tell them yeah right, Military is stamped all over them but I guess they can fish in the Military. A few Blue Moons later and we have entertained ourselves with the 'little differences' of our language. British pronunciation of aluminium cracks them up every time......... The Guys tell me they are gonna take me out with them tomorrow. I raise my glass.
That night I stay up with Travis til 4am when I finally concede defeat and take to my bed.
Tomorrow comes. As a phone call from Charlie at 7.30am. We will all meet in the lobby at 8.30am. God have I actually been to sleep?? I run the shower hoping for some miracle to wake me up. Yee gads. No hot water?! As far as miracles go, a cold shower wasn't what I had in mind.... I call the front desk. Yes they know and are dealing with it, they have no idea how long it'll be. Full stop.
Ah ha, okay, no suggestions of assistance then. Right. I sit on the edge of the bath feeling hungover, mostly through lack of sleep. Oh no this is awful, can't I just crawl back into bed? I look at myself in the mirror. Yuk. Right, cold shower it is then. Those Air Force boys won't have any problem with cold showers I bet......
I leap in, think of England, nah not really, think 'effing hell it's far worse than I imagined', lather up, rinse off and throw some clothes on. I arrive in the lobby at 8,28am, very perky and clearly having found the miracle I asked for!
Charlie and Travis are waiting for me with Chris. We then all pile into Charlie's car and head off for our first stop. Ihop (International Home of Pancakes) for breakfast. Oh I am so relieved as I hadn't eaten a thing and I suddenly knew I couldn't last longer than an hour without sustanance. As we pulled up I got a call from Darling Daughter
'Hi Mum, what you up to?'
My head feels very fuzzy and I feel a bit sick.
'Erm I'm in a car with 3 men...'
'WHAT...WHAT'
'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?'
'No it's okay they're Military...'
WHAT? NO IT'S NOT OKAY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Head pounding and The Guys are laughing
'Errr, we going to have breakfast at Ihop and...'
'AND?'
thump thump thump...
'And then we're off to Old Tucson, erm can I call you in an hour or so....?'
'YOU'D BETTER'
'I love you DD'
'And I love you too'
'Errm, yes may I have a short stack of pancakes, orange juice and does anyone have an Advil????'
Enter Travis and Charlie, stage right......
Travis is young and brimming with confidence, or is it beer? I try to insist on paying for myself but it all seems to no avail. Isn't it lovely when young men buy old, I mean older women, drinks???
Charlie tells me he's here on vacation as he's a bass fisherman. Travis tells me he's his assistant. I tell them yeah right, Military is stamped all over them but I guess they can fish in the Military. A few Blue Moons later and we have entertained ourselves with the 'little differences' of our language. British pronunciation of aluminium cracks them up every time......... The Guys tell me they are gonna take me out with them tomorrow. I raise my glass.
That night I stay up with Travis til 4am when I finally concede defeat and take to my bed.
Tomorrow comes. As a phone call from Charlie at 7.30am. We will all meet in the lobby at 8.30am. God have I actually been to sleep?? I run the shower hoping for some miracle to wake me up. Yee gads. No hot water?! As far as miracles go, a cold shower wasn't what I had in mind.... I call the front desk. Yes they know and are dealing with it, they have no idea how long it'll be. Full stop.
Ah ha, okay, no suggestions of assistance then. Right. I sit on the edge of the bath feeling hungover, mostly through lack of sleep. Oh no this is awful, can't I just crawl back into bed? I look at myself in the mirror. Yuk. Right, cold shower it is then. Those Air Force boys won't have any problem with cold showers I bet......
I leap in, think of England, nah not really, think 'effing hell it's far worse than I imagined', lather up, rinse off and throw some clothes on. I arrive in the lobby at 8,28am, very perky and clearly having found the miracle I asked for!
Charlie and Travis are waiting for me with Chris. We then all pile into Charlie's car and head off for our first stop. Ihop (International Home of Pancakes) for breakfast. Oh I am so relieved as I hadn't eaten a thing and I suddenly knew I couldn't last longer than an hour without sustanance. As we pulled up I got a call from Darling Daughter
'Hi Mum, what you up to?'
My head feels very fuzzy and I feel a bit sick.
'Erm I'm in a car with 3 men...'
'WHAT...WHAT'
'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?'
'No it's okay they're Military...'
WHAT? NO IT'S NOT OKAY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Head pounding and The Guys are laughing
'Errr, we going to have breakfast at Ihop and...'
'AND?'
thump thump thump...
'And then we're off to Old Tucson, erm can I call you in an hour or so....?'
'YOU'D BETTER'
'I love you DD'
'And I love you too'
'Errm, yes may I have a short stack of pancakes, orange juice and does anyone have an Advil????'
posted by Pink Icing @ 4:42 am
12 Comments:
At 2:35 pm,
Anonymous said…
Now why would you be discussing the word, aluminium, with the three musketeers? After a few Blue Moon cocktails, intriqued to know, which accent you used? Tee Hee! I exsssshhhpect it shhhhounded shhhhhhomthing like thisssssssssshhhh.
Alllumminkneeuuummmm. Alllllllummni, no ala, no allahhhhhcondom iiiiinnde ummm?
Hope you are now feeling better...
Don't forget to eat your greens!
Love,
Margoxxx
At 4:31 pm,
Anonymous said…
STOP SHOUTING! I CAN'TTTTTTTTTT!
Great writing material gal. Have you explored the possibility of the word 'route' yet??
Sarah xxx
At 5:00 pm,
Pink Icing said…
Ah ha Margo, I have no idea of what and how I spoke. Who cares, it's all in the body language.....apparently. And let me tell you Travis The Cincannati Kid has buckets of it.......
Yeah and one day I'll memorise how to spell that stupid 'C' word!
Sarah, you shoud have been on the other end of the phone as Nat was SHOUTING. Now, I needed a new word. I was struggling to find a new one. Yep, route is good. Hey anymore suggestions? Miss you loads
At 7:17 pm,
Anonymous said…
Tanie..no sloping off to a Vegas wedding chapel with Sinsin-natty Travis!
Good to hear you are having fun!
Margoxxx
At 7:17 pm,
Anonymous said…
Tanie..no sloping off to a Vegas wedding chapel with Sinsin-natty Travis!
Good to hear you are having fun!
Margoxxx
At 7:19 pm,
Anonymous said…
Apologies for repeating myself..
tis the celt in me. To be sure, to be sure!
Mx
At 12:11 am,
Anonymous said…
Tell 'em about the grande dame who was touring the pot factory, stopped by one workman and asked, "Are you copper-bottoming 'em, my man?" He replied sourly, "Naow! Oi'm aluminiumin' 'em. Mum!" Old Tommy Handley joke, long afore your time, luv.
At 12:11 am,
Pink Icing said…
Ah hmm, well Margo, funny you should have written that. You and the rest of the UK will possibly be a little alarmed to know that Vegas has been very appealing in the last few days..............
At 12:12 am,
Pink Icing said…
Ig - Tommy Handley, you're right, waaaayyy before my time...
At 3:01 am,
Anonymous said…
Careful...
Fuzzy heads lead to fuzzy deeds.
Mature girls need rest sometimes.
The boys will wait.
At 5:59 am,
Anonymous said…
Want to see some “real” flower power?
At 2:37 pm,
Anonymous said…
Having spent a week with a great deal of Americans and a few Canadians other words that made them howl with laughter were garden - they have yards and it sounded odd to hear about them mowing the yard. I've never yet moweed concrete. Also oregano - a simple word pronounced in the UK as OR REE GARN O. The folk over the pind say OR REG AN OO. They too kep saying -'say something' and of course when asked to do so you clam up as your mind goes blank. We managed to get a few Canadians sounding like DIck VAn Dyke in Mary Poppins so I suppose thats progress! Luv ya Honey xx
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