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So THAT'S what an Indian summer is.

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This time last year it was snowing.

This year we're basking in really nice warm weather with quite a lot of sun, in fact yesterday I was sitting outside in an open air cafe near the beach on Hayling Island. They would normally have shut for the season nearly a month ago, this time they were so busy they ran out of eggs.

Before I'd ordered my ommelette I might add.

Last time I tried to order an ommelette I was in a pub, and their gas wasn't working so they had plenty of eggs, they just couldn't cook them. I'd cook one myself but I can't seem to make a decent ommelette to save my life. Mine come out thick black on the bottom, and all runny on top. A bit like an upside down beetle really.

But I digress.

Apparently the reason for our good weather is low pressure out in the Atlantic dragging warm weather up from the south. As far south as India in fact. All these years I've been assuming that Indian Summer was something to do with the indigenous peoples of North America.

And all these years I've been wrong.

Tricky chap, Johnny Retrospective.Why is Britain still in recession? Ooh er... Let me think.

Comments

Loiscakkleberrylane Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:50:48 AM

It's warm here too, actually unseasonably hot.
We were kind of counting on cooler weather too, I'm running a fundraiser on Saturday where we're serving hot cider and pumpkin pie - and it's going to be in the mid 90's,

Deke Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:54:51 PM

OooooKay.... Firstly, get that hot cider into the fridge right now. You might just make it in time...

As for the pumkin... Hmmm.

Pumpkin lollies anyone?

DHdarkesthour Wednesday, November 4, 2009 10:57:15 PM

Perhaps an Indian Summer is just a time of year when you cant get an omelette to save your life

Deke Wednesday, November 4, 2009 11:28:10 PM

Could be. Dang sneaky Indians sneakily sneaking over here and scoffing all the eggs...

DHdarkesthour Wednesday, November 4, 2009 11:37:13 PM

and using homemade omelette's for making smoke signals...

Deke Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:12:18 AM

I suspect they wear them on their feet, that's why I don't hear them as they sneak around.

I tried to make an omelette again yesterday but I inadvertently poured it into the giant frying pan whereupon it spread itself out like a pancake, so I thought I'd try to toss it like one.

Picked up the pan, shook it a little to make sure it wasn't stuck to the pan, and it shot back over the handle and onto my hand.

Well at least the omelette didn't get burned.

Which is more than I can say for my hand... yikes

DHdarkesthour Thursday, November 5, 2009 1:49:31 AM

Bet that stung bigeyes

Deke Thursday, November 5, 2009 2:18:44 AM

Not once I'd cut my arm off it didn't.

DHdarkesthour Thursday, November 5, 2009 2:35:42 AM

Good old fashioned pain relief.. That takes me back smile

Deke Thursday, November 5, 2009 9:12:20 PM

Exactly. Yet you've no idea the fuss they made about it when they found out. I told them I was 'armless, but they kept insisting on giving me a hand.

DHdarkesthour Friday, November 6, 2009 3:54:03 AM

Your pulling my leg bigsmile

Deke Friday, November 6, 2009 8:16:07 PM

Was that you?

Sorry. I put it in the fridge. I figured if you couldn't get it reattached we could eat it.

This is why I don't drink. I don't want to get legless.

DHdarkesthour Friday, November 6, 2009 10:11:44 PM

I lost my head the other day.. still cant find it, is it in the fridge with my leg by any chance?

Deke Friday, November 6, 2009 11:45:48 PM

'Fraid not, but I do seem to recall the old saying "If you want to get ahead, get a hat." I'd look in your hat if I was you.

DHdarkesthour Sunday, November 8, 2009 2:53:28 AM

I cant... eyes attached to head...

Deke Sunday, November 8, 2009 2:29:04 PM

doh The oldest mistake in the book. Always remove the eyes first! I guess everything's obvious in hindsight.

OK, let's think laterally. Obviously your head is somewhere where it can see a computer screen, so the next thing must be... Look up.

Can you see a hat?

DHdarkesthour Monday, November 9, 2009 2:55:49 AM

No...but oddly i can see an axe... Is this a bad sign?

Deke Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:14:44 PM

OK....

Before we panic let's just eliminate some less worrying possibilities.

Does the axe have machine heads and guitar strings on it?

DHdarkesthour Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:31:56 AM

No... more like some big geezer with a funny helmet with cow horns on it...

Deke Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:12:51 PM

Phew, that's a relief! Your head has been appropriated by Ozzie Osborne. In these days he thinks twice about eating things that aren't served up on a plate.

Look down.

Can you see a plate?

DHdarkesthour Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:10:21 AM

No, its a miracle I can see my feet... I must have lost weight

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