tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post3950432356243027155..comments2023-11-05T10:28:51.082+00:00Comments on Ladybird World Mother: If It's Friday It Must Be CroydonLadybird World Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04410236464722005178noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-25323084492996828172010-10-22T13:09:00.195+01:002010-10-22T13:09:00.195+01:00Brilliant.
Laughing out loud. I can identify with...Brilliant. <br />Laughing out loud. I can identify with going the wrong way several times, turning round and doing the same thing again. and again.<br />However, I think I now know my way to East Croydon station, should the need ever arise.<br />;-)Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-7053339077781823722010-10-18T22:50:56.736+01:002010-10-18T22:50:56.736+01:00Poor Boy he was ILL! Not sure though that it makes...Poor Boy he was ILL! Not sure though that it makes a good idea to go to Ikea in Croydon surely there is one closer to Oxford...as far as East Croydon goes though it is a very nice station I know it well and there used to be a Pret a Manger where I got my lunch every day - in the days I could afford that and of course stuff from Ikea...oh and had Mum to pick me up and drive me there....:)Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-39110273774602294982010-10-16T20:55:20.475+01:002010-10-16T20:55:20.475+01:00Love it! Set up a taxi account for him ... -HMxLove it! Set up a taxi account for him ... -HMxHumdrum Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607830487751834574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-75425183377642930182010-10-12T18:31:16.192+01:002010-10-12T18:31:16.192+01:00Trash -Oh, dear, hope you have recovered!! And lov...Trash -Oh, dear, hope you have recovered!! And loved the 'osser'... because he sure was one...x<br />Jeff- I think that I am FAR too nice by half... you are so right.. he should have been turfed out in the armpit of Croydon and left to moulder..x<br />WW - taxi service it is indeed... shame we cant get the tips, eh. x<br />Troy - !!! Oh, dear. Where are the first and third?? Actually, have just been a bit sad and looked up A First Troy, and came up with Fart Sir Toy, which I rather liked, or even Far Tit Rosy... marvellous stuff. x<br />WITMR - they sure are, even when they are 6' 4" and smell. x<br />lane - !! glad you thought so, although the reality was Not Amusing At All! x<br />SM - dont you just love it when you read a post that has you falling about in fits, and the family just Look On in bewilderment. Love it. x<br />Sir B - Nope. xLadybird World Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410236464722005178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-72242762179962910792010-10-12T07:52:57.674+01:002010-10-12T07:52:57.674+01:00Is this a good time to mention that I come from Cr...Is this a good time to mention that I come from Croydon?Sir Bruinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795621095731354108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-77034080456776309792010-10-10T02:53:21.703+01:002010-10-10T02:53:21.703+01:00'Oh, I walked off down a road. Can you come an...'Oh, I walked off down a road. Can you come and get me?' - OHHHH---<br />I very nearly fell off my chair at that one.<br />This was the sort of post that had me in a laughing fit while my family stared and considered calling a hospital for the mentally ill.<br />Which is where our children tend to send us anyway.<br />Ha! Thanks for sharing such a funny story!!smileymamaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340988382485972419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-73930791499382064292010-10-09T10:21:02.862+01:002010-10-09T10:21:02.862+01:00Nightmare. East Croydon, Ikea and the word 'ju...Nightmare. East Croydon, Ikea and the word 'just'.<br /><br />But very funny to read about:-)Lane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-69643287552709868582010-10-08T13:24:20.759+01:002010-10-08T13:24:20.759+01:00Aw.. I loved this post.. In the end they're st...Aw.. I loved this post.. In the end they're still our babies.. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-24707511068463376232010-10-08T11:02:27.415+01:002010-10-08T11:02:27.415+01:00East Croydon is an anagram of "a second Troy&...East Croydon is an anagram of "a second Troy". Not a lot of people know that.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279890687481412751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-8909903539165897472010-10-07T21:04:37.592+01:002010-10-07T21:04:37.592+01:00that was just priceless but i know just what you m...that was just priceless but i know just what you mean, having been a 'taxi' service for quite a few years!!!<br />xwonderwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579842390454607027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-25886560053979729552010-10-06T14:55:52.544+01:002010-10-06T14:55:52.544+01:00Still laughing. You have a great talent for descr...Still laughing. You have a great talent for describing those little details of a scene in such an amusing way.<br /><br />And a great talent for doing what mothers do. Eldest is lucky - when he got in the car and said what he said, I would have stopped the car and told him to GTF out and walk home. But that's me. See? That's why I'm not a mother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-55519495080617912132010-10-06T13:16:25.462+01:002010-10-06T13:16:25.462+01:00While glad situation was resolved and Eldest now w...While glad situation was resolved and Eldest now well and (presumably) ensconced in Oxford please send paramedics to West Country Hilltop as cobination of laughter with tears and mahoosive coughing fit is threatening to see me off.<br /><br /><br />(btw, word verif is 'osser'. Is the only part he heard as you shouted out your window while driving by near East Buggery Croydon station?)trashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623440501234583451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-71471749441973506652010-10-06T09:16:24.867+01:002010-10-06T09:16:24.867+01:00EM- totally... I so see that now. As for East Bug...EM- totally... I so see that now. As for East Buggery Croydon Station... hail, its new name!!x<br />LCM -I know, I know... fool that I am. Will find him a new Mother next time.x<br />diney - oh, crikey... the thought of horrible old men and Croydon quite puts me off my toast and tea. Poor you. x<br />Tatersmama - oh, the wonder of hind sight!! (glad you would have done the same... even down to the blogging about it!!)<br />x<br />LL - !!!!Glad that he might enjoy this utter drivel and the odd rude word... I must say, its amazing how the most ANNOYING occasions can actually be quite good blog fodder... we bloggers can always look on the bright side as our life falls apart because we can smile and say... I'll BLOG about this!! x<br />Mud - brave, foolish and quite quite insane. Never Again. xx<br />VS - !! Oh, bloody hell, you make me laugh... scuse me while I clear up the tea spilt down my front and all over the poor cat on my knee...<br />Thornton Heath... now there's a thought. And yes, I know. Cruelty indeed, but now I can always have a good threat up my sleeve. Before he thought Ikea was fun. Now he KNOWS that it is, in fact, Hell. xLadybird World Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410236464722005178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-36108273942074044112010-10-06T08:52:10.959+01:002010-10-06T08:52:10.959+01:00What, in the name of Thornton Heath, had he done s...What, in the name of Thornton Heath, had he done so wrong that he was forced to go round Ikea with you? I can see nothing in your text warranting so harsh a punishment. My dear mother was overbrimming with kindness and forbearance, and would never have made me suffer so terribly.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-48530440434149105062010-10-06T08:51:55.577+01:002010-10-06T08:51:55.577+01:00What, in the name of Thornton Heath, had he done s...What, in the name of Thornton Heath, had he done so wrong that he was forced to go round Ikea with you? I can see nothing in your text warranting so harsh a punishment. My dear mother was overbrimming with kindness and forbearance, and would never have made me suffer so terribly.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-24102677574526447602010-10-06T00:45:32.520+01:002010-10-06T00:45:32.520+01:00Croydon AND Ikea in one day?? You are braver than ...Croydon AND Ikea in one day?? You are braver than I am....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-38852810137625030012010-10-06T00:03:55.835+01:002010-10-06T00:03:55.835+01:00This is not the first blog post of yours that I wi...This is not the first blog post of yours that I will print and send to my father, who does not have a computer. He will howl with laughter and then call me on the telephone and we will howl with laughter together.Leilani Schuck Weatheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04517660684870960794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-74134290288272170462010-10-05T20:19:05.695+01:002010-10-05T20:19:05.695+01:00HA! I would have told him that I was AT East bloo...HA! I would have told him that I was AT East bloody Croydon station, and to GET HIS ARSE BACK HERE - NOW!<br /><br />Okay... I'll tell the truth. I would have done exactly what you did. <br />And then I too, would have blogged about it. ;)Tatersmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11991481246363893085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-38589742000306481012010-10-05T20:16:20.011+01:002010-10-05T20:16:20.011+01:00He He - I enjoyed your story and giggled knowingly...He He - I enjoyed your story and giggled knowingly throughout! I hate bloody Croydon too - a horrible old man assaulted me in a supermarket there once....dineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149135846677528140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-33718456322166073962010-10-05T20:01:39.995+01:002010-10-05T20:01:39.995+01:00Too nice by half.
Could you just tell him to find...Too nice by half.<br /><br />Could you just tell him to find a mate to do his driving for him next time?<br /><br />LCM xLondon City (mum)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13700717302832203631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-75014138525027785552010-10-05T19:29:25.135+01:002010-10-05T19:29:25.135+01:00mistake....mistake....Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836112486324976966.post-889531726815580532010-10-05T19:29:05.876+01:002010-10-05T19:29:05.876+01:00Ah you see, your first mitake was to go driving af...Ah you see, your first mitake was to go driving after him when he wandered away from East Buggery Croydon station (WHY do they do that?) Next time tell him that he has to come back to you.<br />Very funny images conjured up though!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.com