TV Nonsense

From Facebook archives

7 November 2012 at 09:18 

Today will mostly be spent ironing and repairing trousers with some dusting and furniture shifting on the side.  Anyone who would like to interrupt me demanding coffee and/or a phonecall would be most welcome - although I will also be trying to catch up on 3 episodes of Game of Thrones and 2 of Montalbano.

 

Bess Cavalier to Bentonbag 7 November 2012 at 14:55  

Just noticed the picture of Sheamus Murphy on your Friends section - he doesn't look any different, apart from shorter hair from 30 years ago!

7 November 2012 at 16:39

S4C is on Virgin!
Ferretfingers just showed me!
Yipee - Popl y Cwm

Tylebach Mawr  O Duw Duw Duw... You'll have something to discuss with my dad now!! 😃

Mrs Frayarn  The welsh soap opera? It is on 4OD too I think

Bentonbag   Didn't use to be on Virgin (or at least I couldn't find it) It's the only way to keep up what Welsh I have - and it should have been Pobl!

Drummerman  And you mocked the Cumberland's "Gynt y ddraig"!*

The Pobble who has no toes

Had once as many as we;

When they said, 'Some day you may lose them all;'—

He replied, -- 'Fish fiddle de-dee!'

And his Aunt Jobiska made him drink,

Lavender water tinged with pink,

For she said, 'The World in general knows

There's nothing so good for a Pobble's toes!'

http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ll/pobble.html

 *The blackboard should have read “Gwynt Y Ddraig” (which means Dragon’s Wind)

 

APPENDIX & POST SCRIPT

After posting this I took the boys to the Quayside Market for lunch returning to find the following thread below the link to this blog I'd posted on Facebook

 

Drummerman  Gwynt y Ddraig was available in both the nice little Welsh pubs we patronised last month. The name probably describes the morning after over consumption.

Mrs Leftfoot  I have absolutely no idea what either of you are talking about!... 

Drummerman  Gosh, where to end? 

Pobl y Cwm: a Soap Opera on S4C.

S4C: Welsh language TV channel.

The Cumberland Arms: a public house in Byker, frequented by dancers, musicians and other ne’er-do-wells.

Blackboard: where the Cumberland Arms writes the name of guest beers and ciders.

Gwynt y Ddraig: A strong rustic cider.

Wind: euphemism for gaseous bodily emissions as a result of over-indulgence.

Dragon: mythical beast famous for fiery, noxious gaseous emissions. (Also National symbol of Wales, nothing like leek or daffodil)