MORNING GUYS
And how are you, Recovering from my explosion of frustration this morning " aided and abetted by the ongoing morning Jihad with my daughter " Just waiting for the new relief of the Green man to cool down so I can resume working on it! So you,ll have to put up with my ranting and tangent taking for half an hour or so! I felt like what my father would have called me a complete " NUNGY " after my losing bout with the cling film! Too tall likes this expression and with his warped imagination the word has morphed into " NUNGA SAURUS REX
I like it! my fathers legacy lives on. My nephew once asked my brother if I was as daft as his Grandfather had been ? My brother gave the matter serious consideration before replying and I quote " You know son your grand father took daftness to different levels ! But David,s getting there! I didnae know whether to feel proud or insulted.
I cant stand most teachers ! Barring a few notable exceptions! the Fischers, Lilie! But I especially have a deep feeling of dislike for Gym teachers, Stretching back to my days in high school, A couple were decent guys! Firm but fair! But the others ! If they were starving I wouldnt give them the matter from the corners of my eye,s to eat. I qualify this by adding that years had softened me to the degree where I acknowledge that I went to one of the roughest schools in my district and teachers being kind was construed as weakness! Turns out my little girl is having issues with a gym teacher ! I wont elaborate, But suffice to say I,m raging and would like to deal with it the way my grandmother " Auld Maggie did on one occasion! My father was the second youngest of eleven, five others died in infancy, There was very little in the family home, And probably less in the way of kindness! My father adored his mother, But from what I can gather Maggie was a lot of things to many people! But she loved her kids in her rough and ready way and the Lord have mercy on anyone who touched a hair of their heads ! She could! by all accounts, and brutalised as I am I smile at the imagery of five kids getting a " whole sale " slapping on one occasion! my uncle Jock had got into mischief and got LEATHERED for his cheek! Still angry his four more innocent siblings got " hot arses " to! They were there ! My aunt Meg had complained " But Maw ! we didnt do anything ! Amidst the scene of domestic carnage My Grand mother growled " OH ! well you,ll have done something by the end of the day! Frontier justice.
But one day my father comes in from school withdrawn with his hand covering a red ear! Like an eagle Maggies on her knee,s taking her sons hand from his ear! " have you been fighting again Robert ? My father replies " No Maw ! Mr " whatever his name was? slapped me for talking in class! " Oh is that right ? Was his mothers only response! " Weel maybe in future you wont talk in class! My father went out to play! the matter seemingly forgotten. Next morning Auld Maggie is dressed in her good coat, sunday dress and best shoe,s, with her MARCEL WAVE in place and sends the rest of the kids to school but holds my father back with a brusque " I,ll take you to school in half an hour,BAWSY WULL ! In my fathers words half an hour later the class is in full swing when my grand mother swaggers into the busy classroom! Mr " whatever his name was gets halfway out of his seat and starts to say " If your here to talk about your sons behaviour this is ! when BANG
the teacher is flat on his back from one of Maggies left hooks ! blood and snotters everywhere the tough guy cowers against the black board and sinks down as all 5 foot ten of enraged motherhood advances. But Maggie stops and looks at him contemptuously " consider that a warning ! " Dont you ever lay a hand on anything belanging to me again ! She spun on my father " And as for you SAMMY DAW ! ! No more talking in class
Davy Ramone..
NUNGY = AN IDIOT, DAFTY.
LEATHERED = SLAPPED ABOUT..
BELANGING = TO BELONG.............
WEEL = WELL.................................
MARCEL WAVE = HAIRSTYLE................
BAWSY WULL = BALLSY WILLIAM ! In it,s literal translation! Could have been a term of endearment
SAMMY DAW = Another term of endearment! I got called these names by parents a few times
