I have just walked through a supertmarket foyer and seen two women with green faces dancing to a tape recording of Paddy McGinty’s Goat. They were related they told me and cackled, then demanded with menace that I guess how.
Judging by the way their joints were cracking as they danced I wanted to say ’Great grandmother and great great grandmother?’ but I’m a yellow belly and instead ventured in with ’Sisters?’. They seemed quite happy with that.
They pulled off a Celtic fashion headwear coup by combining a leprechaun buckle hat AND shamrock deelyboppers. As they jigged the pair shook empty Guinness tins to collect from passers by. I think theywere grey haired, green faced buskers, but I’m not sure because they stepdanced sideways away from me when I asked if they were collecting for a charity.
I gave them £2 for baffling me so completely.
What a great scam – I can’t believe you gaev them money! I bet these gals are clinking glasses and toasting St Patrick in a bar with pints of Guinness. Either that or you need to see a doctor. Happy St Patricks Day!
Jealous. Not a leprachaun in sight at my supermarket, let alone shamrock deelyboppers. Surely worth £2 of anybody’s money for those alone, let alone Paddy McGinty’s Goat and the idea for today’s blog. A great ’3 for the price of 2′ offer, if you ask me.
Jealous, now embarrassed. Cannot spell ‘leprechaun’. Am also sounding like Bridget Jones. V. bad.
Julie, If I went to the Doctor he/she would diagnose that I had been scammed.
Pauline, true £2 was v v v good value for arthritic dancing – and yesterday I had 2900 cals btw.
Anna May x
You were scamrocked on Paddy’s Day !
Anna-May I think this may have been an out-of -body experience. Check your body for possible probe type markings left by your green alien leprechauns— it happens all the time and to the least likely people.
Are you sure it wasn’t you and Julie dancing in front of a mirror?
xx
This never happens at supermarkets near me. I’m obviously in the wrong part of the country. It reminds me of when a student I used to teach came in on St Patrick’s Day with green hair, swearing blind he had Irish antecedents and was celebrating. I sent him to the Head of Year. He turned out to be as Irish as I am, which is not at all.
BTW, I’ve changed my blog address. I hope the new link works if you want it.
Diddy – guilty!
Moya – Sadly no signs of probing…..
Roisin – Hahaha
Fran – one world and all that and I’ve swapped your link btw
Anna May x