paulb55
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A few days ago myself and some very good cycling pals from BCWM (Bike Club West Midlands) went on a ride to the beautiful town of Stratford Upon Avon and it was whilst we were sitting down by the river Avon, having lunch, that i noticed a few of the characters that are quintessentially British and, thank the lord above, only seem to come out when the sun is shining.
We have all done it, sitting there eating our sandwich for lunch, on a beautiful cloudless sunny day, with the temperature edging up towards the mid 20′s, just looking at people walking past or sitting around you, and pretending to be a member of the Fashion Police with your opinions of what you see in front of you.
Lets face it, we have all seen the Milk Bottle walk past unaware of the unimaginable horror that he is putting upon the rest of the human race, yes folks we all have a little giggle when we see the bloke walking past us baring his white torso to the rest of the public, and it’s probably been around 6 months since their upper body has seen the light of day around a lunchtime, especially in a packed recreation area, but, undeterred they strip off revealing the milk bottle white skin and walk around like they are a carbon copy of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
It then dawns on them later when their skin is as red as a tomato that it probably was a bad idea.
Although the Milk Bottle can be given a slight pat on the back for having the balls to show his white chest in public, the bloke who walks around with his top off and has one brown arm , likely to be his right arm, whilst the other arm is pale white. These are likely to be either a delivery driver or a sales rep.
The one that really makes me chuckle is the older type of gent who thinks they are by the coast, and upon leaving his home that day forgot to take a hat out with them. they then proceed to make the best of what they have and tie a knot on each 4 corners of a large handkerchief and put it on top of their head, whilst walking around with no top on and as red as a beertroot, which makes me wince as it looks so painful. These type of sunbathers remind me so much of the days when we used to go to the coast with our parents and you see them at the seaside, probably Blackpool or Rhyl, with their trousers or skirts rolled up, dipping their toes in the water, with a handkerchief on top of their heads, it just makes me come over all nostalgic and nauseous at the same time.
Yes folks, we British are a funny lot and i have had endless hours of fun sitting around on a bright sunny day just people watching all the different characters that make up our society and i am sure you will have many more suggestions, so please place your characters in the comments box below.
As the famous songs goes “Mad Dogs and Englishmen out in the midday sun”, we just never learn, but boy, does it give us some laughs along the way.
AND FINALLY
Notice in a field. Not too sure of their priorities though.
We have all done it, sitting there eating our sandwich for lunch, on a beautiful cloudless sunny day, with the temperature edging up towards the mid 20′s, just looking at people walking past or sitting around you, and pretending to be a member of the Fashion Police with your opinions of what you see in front of you.
Lets face it, we have all seen the Milk Bottle walk past unaware of the unimaginable horror that he is putting upon the rest of the human race, yes folks we all have a little giggle when we see the bloke walking past us baring his white torso to the rest of the public, and it’s probably been around 6 months since their upper body has seen the light of day around a lunchtime, especially in a packed recreation area, but, undeterred they strip off revealing the milk bottle white skin and walk around like they are a carbon copy of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
It then dawns on them later when their skin is as red as a tomato that it probably was a bad idea.
Although the Milk Bottle can be given a slight pat on the back for having the balls to show his white chest in public, the bloke who walks around with his top off and has one brown arm , likely to be his right arm, whilst the other arm is pale white. These are likely to be either a delivery driver or a sales rep.
The one that really makes me chuckle is the older type of gent who thinks they are by the coast, and upon leaving his home that day forgot to take a hat out with them. they then proceed to make the best of what they have and tie a knot on each 4 corners of a large handkerchief and put it on top of their head, whilst walking around with no top on and as red as a beertroot, which makes me wince as it looks so painful. These type of sunbathers remind me so much of the days when we used to go to the coast with our parents and you see them at the seaside, probably Blackpool or Rhyl, with their trousers or skirts rolled up, dipping their toes in the water, with a handkerchief on top of their heads, it just makes me come over all nostalgic and nauseous at the same time.
Yes folks, we British are a funny lot and i have had endless hours of fun sitting around on a bright sunny day just people watching all the different characters that make up our society and i am sure you will have many more suggestions, so please place your characters in the comments box below.
As the famous songs goes “Mad Dogs and Englishmen out in the midday sun”, we just never learn, but boy, does it give us some laughs along the way.
AND FINALLY
Notice in a field. Not too sure of their priorities though.
