Friday, 22 April 2011

Being Earnest.

There were two women standing at one end of an aisle of the supermarket, apparently discussing something very earnestly. One was tall, skinny and middle aged; the other was short and elderly. As I approached, I caught the very end of their conversation. The elderly woman was looking up at her companion and saying, in her best Edith-Evans-as-Lady-Bracknell accent:

‘Do you think it might have had something to do with the kippers?’

4 comments:

andrea kiss said...

What are kippers?

JJ said...

Whole, smoked herrings. They used to be popular as a breakfast dish in Britain, but some people suffered a reaction to them.

andrea kiss said...

Doesn't sound very appealing to me.

JJ said...

Andrea: Your response appears in my e-mail inbox but not in the blog comments box. I wonder why that is.