bile.(All) Yes, there were gas masks in the cupboard under the stairs along with some large metal gauze covers about 15" diameter. Can't remember what they were for - maybe nothing to do with the war. Well, I was only 3.
of(Darren) Indeed so. Nothing short of a miracle that I may have been conceived by persons wearing gas masks at the time. Maybe they did so because there was no such thing as soap in 1942. Didn't do Mum any harm - she's still alive and well, aged 92. :-)
soap. [Rosie] Same age as my dad only he was out there with Monty at the time. I can still remember my mum's gas mask. It was in a cardboard box under the stairs. I was born a little after the war but I have still got my ration card!
much We too had gas masks in the house - kept ... wait for it ... under the stairs. Mind you, that's where the gas meter was - so I suppose it's logical?
instead. I did get stuck in Cockermouth once, the weather was typically wet for that area and beleive me, chloroform would have been just the job. It was many years ago when the pubs had strange opening times.
worth .. Of course it is of little consequence that there is no Down St in Upham but reassuringly there are several others including one in Dummer and another in Piltdown! And I know you all wanted to know that. I'll get my coat
potentially [penny lope] I'm sure there's nothing wrong with you - after all you found this site all by yourself! Of course I'm sure there are many who would be willing to offer second opioions.
, malodouross, [Rosie] You are, as usual, right. Quite apart from the two non-capitalised "i's" and the mis-spelling. But I'm only sorry that at 21 he's only tallied 20 conquests. By then I'm sure I'd had far more. Perhaps he has acne. Perhaps its Marc in disguise!
and (Snodders) Too kind. :-) Poor Marc! His only failure is scansion whereas I suspect matey-boy, far from having had a score, has yet to score at all, and is a past master at the lonely art.
festering [Rosie & Snodgrass] Many thanks for your kind concern regarding my love life, I can assure you it is quite all right! Regarding scansion: Many a time it is far better to play on just by pacing a previous line trying to create an 'almost' limerick instead of chopping its tail off without any mercy, according to my humble opinion ;-)
sometimes more or less obligatory. I seem to have startted something back there. It is only too true that modern 'youf' do not have quite the grip of grammar that we older types do. Just try asking one what "precis" is or, perhaps, ask them about clause analysis.
lead Equally oblig, or there abouts and may I apologise foir not adding a comment after my last entry. It seems that this stanza requires comment for completeness. I will take myself outside and beat myself with twigs and don a hair shirt immediately
Undertakers just a thought. Why not start the new sentence with the last word from the previous. It may work. [Rosie] I wonder if Jack comes from Newark (Anag)
to (Marc) At my age (61) the mark is set fairly low. Just above "simmer". :-). (Snodders) Certainly could do, or from a little village between Chester and Wrexham, called Rosset.