Sunday, September 19, 2010

Happy birthday to me



While making a rare purchase today of a bottle of Dalwhinnie, my favorite single malt and a bottle of wine for the boss, I noticed that the neighborhood is being overridden by bikers. Spandex clad, matching helmeted, lance-like bikers.

I winced in horror as I hallucinated about my hemorrhaging, hemorrhoid, being hammered against the saddle. Had a bike once, when I was a kid, but spandex and hemorrhoids don’t mix. A clash of ages, I guess. 

At 62 I have now lived longer than any of my male ancestors and as my feisty father used to say, if you can’t beat them at least give them the finger.

3 comments:

JJ said...

Happy Birthday dude, and many many more! (Mine was just 2 weeks ago, blah!)

Simon said...

hi Willy...happy birthday, here's to many more, and thanks for the laugh.

As for this:

If you can’t beat them at least give them the finger.

I may have to make this the slogan on my blog... :)

WILLY said...

Virgos are such cool people.

Thank you for the greetings.

I guess Mound was right

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