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I was 21 when I first administered the " last Offices" to a patient, I
must have done it hundreds and hundreds of times since
The elderly man had lived s...
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I remember the sketch well. I think the link may have been included with the Wedding invitation as preparation for guests because the facial expressions they got to a tee.
ReplyDeleteI find this very funny. I just remembered it yesterday.
DeleteExcept for the part where the pastor handed him the cough sweets which was mildly funny I thought it total rubbish.
ReplyDeleteCro, I've resurrected a piece about Bouillabaise from 2010 on my Poet-in-Residence blog just for you! And any other hot fish soup fans!
DeleteI find it hilarious; I must be one of only a few.
DeleteI'll pop over now to see your page!
I'd never seen that, but I've not been a particular fan of Thackary. Interesting subject for a poem!
DeleteOr even Thackeray.
DeleteI like Thakeray's middle name. Makepeace.
DeleteCro. The sermon at the Wedding is printed in full in today's Times and it makes interesting reading. There is such a difference between content and delivery in it I think.
ReplyDeleteI was so fascinated by the expressions of the audience, that I hardly listened to the words. However we do remember him using the word 'fire' about a hundred times! It was all good fun.
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