Being Boring

This is brilliant

Perfect.

I’ve read quite a few things by Wendy Cope as she lives in Ely which used to be my local town but this one passed me by.

I'm happy to say I can so relate to this. Thanks for posting!

Oh, that is me! (Though I’d only admit it to you!) 😂

It’s me too 😂

That’s me! I love Wendy Cope - she’s always spot on.

Love it!

When the DD ask - "what have you been up to"? And I say "well, nothing exciting" I shan't feel as if I should be sky-diving, sailing across the Atlantic single-handedly, abseiling down The Shard or swimming the Channel.

Been there, done that

Perfect - thank you.

I love his poem ....... Thank you!

Love it

Love it. People don’t have to have anything really exciting to say. Just keeping in touch is enough.

That' great. Thank for sharing .

My mind goes blank as soon as anyone asks what I've been up to!

I prefer the Pet Shop Boys song 'Being Boring'

Love it. I must read some more Wendy Cope she sounds like my sort of person.

Yes, lovely poem, and yes, boring is good. I long for a return of the boring after several weeks of distressing alternatives, including a number of friends and neighbours falling ill and/or receiving unwelcome diagnoses, then a local thatched roof house fire (mercifully no casualties), and this afternoon a hospital appointment for me for a CT scan. I hope soon to be able to answer the "what have you been up to" question with a cheery "nothing much, justpottering about..."

Love this poem🤣🤣🤣

LOVE IT! Thanks, MerlotGran. Wendy Cope is brilliant.

Wendy Cope is wonderful. Her poems are so clever but so accessible.
And it so happens that she and I were born on the same day! I'm tempted to write her a fan letter.

No, if you like gardening then I can quite well see that you will never have met a boring gardner, but I have!

I detest gardening and love housework, but am seldom allowed to talk about the glories of polishing windows and floors.

grandtanteJE65

No, if you like gardening then I can quite well see that you will never have met a boring gardner, but I have!

I detest gardening and love housework, but am seldom allowed to talk about the glories of polishing windows and floors.

You can talk to me about housework. At least windows and floors don’t die under my care!

My sentiments exactly, except that I leave all the gardening to the beloved DH...

grandtanteJE65

No, if you like gardening then I can quite well see that you will never have met a boring gardner, but I have!

I detest gardening and love housework, but am seldom allowed to talk about the glories of polishing windows and floors.

This made me chuckle because last Saturday I went to a local allotments’ produce show. I was introduced to a woman who had won an awful lot of prizes so when she joined us for a cuppa I thought I’d be in for some decent gardening chat and interesting tips.

Instead, she told me she hated the feel of soil so wore two pairs of gloves, 😮 her husband did all the digging and she actually preferred housework! 🤣🤣

She clearly had me marked down as a boring gardener.

She’d have been right. 😂😂