(Giovanna and the knife - the fore story)
..... first let me state that my sister is completely uninjured and feels fine, if a little daft ;-)
second let me also state that my sister is one of those very organised types who has a place for everything and everything in its place. Unlike up here on the hill, God does not dry the dishes at Giovanna's.
Which leads me to wonder WHY when washing the dishes on Saturday she altered her normal method and rather than putting the knives flat on a tea towel to air dry, she used the cutlery drainer. Yes you read that correctly - she put the 14" uber-blades into a drainer. And before you ask- YES they were blade up! So please limit your sympathy and come join me in a little giggle
;-)
Trash Towers Dictionary
a/c - art crap. CK's fond term for the means of assuaging my addictions.
BSD - Been Seen Done. Devised while travelling the Great Ocean Road on CK's first Australian trip. Every lookout point was as fabulous as the previous and we got a little bit magnificenced out so rather than pull in we would shout BSD and keep driving.
Now general usage for when a situation is over or beyond repair.
bob - noun. Princess Curly- Wurly's word meaning all sweets, chocolate and yummy things.
blurry - (pr. to rhyme with hurry) Sth African/Zimbabwean term and my favourite polite swearword. Means kind of like bloody but usuable in mixed company. See 'Feck' & 'Eejit'
eejit - Irish term meaning 'idiot'. Suitable for use in polite company. Used by my Aunt Marion.
feck - Irish term used by my Aunt Marion so it cannot be rude!
ho-ho -(pr. with a short o). Zimbabwean word for bugs.
lani - (sp?) Sthn African word - means posh, expensive, elegant, stylish.
La Villa de Lamaca - (translates from Ital. as The houseof snails. My 'green' house out in the garden with all my a/c (ref: above) stuff in it. Built by CK and Babyman for me. CK lost his fingerprints over it. I cannot actually get in there at the moment!
lubbard - derived from 'beloved'. Devised by my then two y.o. son b/c unlike his sister he could not say 'Mother Beloved'. Usually prefaced by a noun.
OfStEd - Office for Standards in Education. Bossy civil servants who would like to see every child in formal, full-time education from birth.
Q.I. - Quite interesting.
terence - sobriquet applicable to all small children. Originated with one 'borrowed' child who could not pronounce ' terrorist' .
TG - exclamation. Thank God! An interesting choice for the dictionary of a recovering Catholic but is a phrase used by my Irish family and is now deeply fixed in my conversational repetoire. (reference also PG - Please God).
TGTH - The Great Trip Home. Alt. known as 'How I spent Christmas and N.Y 2008.
BSD - Been Seen Done. Devised while travelling the Great Ocean Road on CK's first Australian trip. Every lookout point was as fabulous as the previous and we got a little bit magnificenced out so rather than pull in we would shout BSD and keep driving.
Now general usage for when a situation is over or beyond repair.
bob - noun. Princess Curly- Wurly's word meaning all sweets, chocolate and yummy things.
blurry - (pr. to rhyme with hurry) Sth African/Zimbabwean term and my favourite polite swearword. Means kind of like bloody but usuable in mixed company. See 'Feck' & 'Eejit'
eejit - Irish term meaning 'idiot'. Suitable for use in polite company. Used by my Aunt Marion.
feck - Irish term used by my Aunt Marion so it cannot be rude!
ho-ho -(pr. with a short o). Zimbabwean word for bugs.
lani - (sp?) Sthn African word - means posh, expensive, elegant, stylish.
La Villa de Lamaca - (translates from Ital. as The houseof snails. My 'green' house out in the garden with all my a/c (ref: above) stuff in it. Built by CK and Babyman for me. CK lost his fingerprints over it. I cannot actually get in there at the moment!
lubbard - derived from 'beloved'. Devised by my then two y.o. son b/c unlike his sister he could not say 'Mother Beloved'. Usually prefaced by a noun.
OfStEd - Office for Standards in Education. Bossy civil servants who would like to see every child in formal, full-time education from birth.
Q.I. - Quite interesting.
terence - sobriquet applicable to all small children. Originated with one 'borrowed' child who could not pronounce ' terrorist' .
TG - exclamation. Thank God! An interesting choice for the dictionary of a recovering Catholic but is a phrase used by my Irish family and is now deeply fixed in my conversational repetoire. (reference also PG - Please God).
TGTH - The Great Trip Home. Alt. known as 'How I spent Christmas and N.Y 2008.

13 comments:
Sorry Giovanna ( and I have met you and know that you are a lovely, capable,intelligent woman)but that was just about the funniest thing I have ever heard, and this from a woman who once got called to school because someone had cut a hole in their sons eyelid.....
Your support in these times is above reproach trash !
I feel sick.
xxx
Sorry Giovanna - I'm just sniggering!
Only because Trashy has assured us that you weren't hurt in the process!
Locket xx
Blade up? Hmm, yes even I don't do that anymore. Not after the MIL told me the story about someone falling into their dishwasher (what the ...?) and stabbing themselves through the chest. Afterall us HBs are a bit accident prone. My sister stuck a small garden stake through her eye some while back. That one always raises a few laughs at family get-togethers, too.
Just the thought of knife meets eyeball makes me feel a little queasy. *shudder*
Sounds like just the dopey kind of thing I would do though.
xMx
I still feel traumatised by the thought of it.
One of our kids in school sharpened their finger in a pencil sharpener. Sounds equally daft - but said child was only 4 at the time. I take it Giovanna is a little older?
Huh? I thought you said she was intelligent? Now, Jodie...what the heck? How could anyone cut a hole in someone's eyelid?
oh my!!!
x
You guys are SO funny! And your commenters only add to the hilarity!
Hi Trash,
Oh my lordy ! Blade up eh ? Ooh, I don't want to think about it ..
I've finished 'Woof and Wag' so will blog tomorrow hopefully. You are more than welcome flower to purchase or commission. See if you like the finished article first though x
Oh my!
I have nearly done that too, now the blades go DOWN. Glad your sister is okay.
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