Just been reprimanded by a lady.

Lilly ,

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I think somebody ought to be reprimanded for ferreting about in clergy underwear!

Gilly,

I always thought they would wear a pair of "holy drawers".

I used to belong to an Anglo/catholic church before I moved here , in fact i was the Sacristan.

The parish priest used to joke that in what other job could men get to wear frocks

I answer to Riverwalk I am only trying to be charitable and as for what they wear under their cassocks(*not frocks*, nonu) - well...who are we to judge. Could be spanx for all I care.

Glass ,lol

I have heard from a family member in the episcopal clergy that in hot weather the answer is "Not a lot" particularly with those nice fancy outfits they sport on special occasions.

gracesmum since when did men, priests or otherwise, buy lingerie for their sisters/mum?

Hope its not the same principal as the kilt

Mind you , how do we know what they wear under those long black frocks

giggle

Come one - the items were not necessarily for himself were they? He might have had a sister/mother's birthday coming up.......... again. Although under the circumstances he might have done better (whatever the motive) to use the internet for his shopping.

Sel, I do not understand why you did not reprimand the priest because a lingerie department is the last place that a man of cloth should be seen in. I am shocked.

Very ecumenical.

He baptised your children in the lingerie department of m and s? That's quite unusual isn' t it Sel?

Like Father Ted and co.

Well, perhaps you were remiss not to give him one, Sel (a reprimand, before anyone jumps on that one!) What business does a priest have, wandering round lacy frippery?

Sel!

I met the Catholic priest from Morecambe who officiated at my wedding and baptised my children in the lingerie department of M & S on Oxford Street in London. He seemed to expect a reprimand.

Will coincidences never cease?

The problem is a lot of people know my name as I was a main point of contact when I worked in banking and at the council.
I tend to remember the faces of people I worked with and the ones who I go to the keep fit classes with and I mostly know if I met them through work or keep fit.
The problem is I sometimes mix people up with the bank and the council and also I do not tend to remember which keep fit class they go to.

Oddly enough I met a lady in Oxford about 3 years ago and I thought I had seen her in Sutton Coldfield.
She had never been to the Birmingham area. I had met her in London.

Frank

{PS Sutton Coldfield is to the North of Brum what Solihull is to the South!}

Nanaej , lol

A teacher friend taking her children to Florida found herself seated behind a family from her school. She did reprimand one of them once, out of sheer habit. The father thanked her at the end of the flight, he said it was the best flight they had ever had with their family and could she sit behind them next year as well?

This thread is so funny! When walking along the beach in Zakynthos, my children shouted out 'hello, miss!' And we looked to the edge of the sea to find their topless dinnerlady playing bat and ball in the waves. No-one reprimanded anyone