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07 June 2009

The Edwina Monologues (Part Time)


On average
, Edwina likes keeps herself about 15 seconds behind the rest of the room. Last Monday we were talking about Vietnamese food and someone didn’t understand my pronunciation of the word “fish”.

It was just one of those things that happens sometimes with a word … this person’s English is excellent. So I repeated it. “Fish”. Then she nodded “Oh, fiiiish!”. So we continued with our conversation. Except for Edwina. 

Just as we all started continuing with our conversation she ran up to the whiteboard and drew a picture of a fish. It was like one of the christian fishes. “See? Fish? Fish! This is a fish!.” She was so pleased with herself that she nearly licked all the skin off her lips.

We all sat there like stunned mullets.

3 comments:

Cheesel said...

There is a golfer at Jamberoo who is like Edwina and I would rather pull out of any game than play with her! Unfortunately you do not have the same option so, as Aunty Molly always said, "offer it up".

SinBBQ said...

your aunty molly was clearly a tramp.

alexandra s.m. said...

Hi There Tony,

Edwina makes me think of Mrs Bouquet, in Keeping Up Appearances..I can't think of the actress' name but she was hilarious.

xox