Hiatus

Gobby suddenly realised that an inordinate amount of time had passed since the last update (admittedly without any perceivable activity in the Shire) due to a variety of reasons, some as below:

But that it was time to redress the balance.

Spoonerisms

Billy Idle and his team recently moved office at work but, seemingly, the team cutlery did not.

So what thrusting executive doesn't lay out his work paraphernalia the night before as below?



Which led to the particularly sarcastic husband-wife interchange one morning of late:

"Forgot your heart attack spray and your door pass this morning - what could possibly go wrong on arrival?"

"Don't worry - I spooned my way in!"

Billy Idle and the Passage of Fear

Amidst yet another healthy debate during an episode of their favourite quiz show of late, Only Connect, Gobby had to argue with Billy Idle that, despite his own traumatic schoolboy memories, the link for 'Dank Passage' was never going to be:

"Harry Potter and his bad experience at Catholic Magic School".

Lightning

Whilst Gobby acknowledged the huge strides made in Billy Idle's progress towards sustainability and renewable energy; indeed it was a far cry from the moment he flicked on their first energy-saving bulb in the bedroom many years ago and she could just make out his outline in the 5 minutes of semi-gloom by tracing the sound of the words:

"You can FUCK OFF!"

She did however have to now listen to the lament that they still weren't 'up to speed' by his explanation that, on getting up for an old man pee in the middle of the night, the fact that he could flick the switch and still reach the toilet before being able to see where he was going was not satisfactory as he:

"Shouldn't be able to move faster than the speed of light."