Last night in Rome. I was bitten by a dog a couple of days ago. It was sitting on a woman's lap, so I stroked it - the dog not the lap. I managed to get most of my hand out of its mouth, but the thumb was the last digit to exit, so took the full wrath of the tiny mutt. Everyone laughed except the dog.
Later on, I walked up the steps of a restaurant and smashed my head against the very low metal shutter with such a noise that everyone looked round, expecting to see me on the pavement, covered in blood. It sounded worse than it was, and nobody believed me when I said it didn't hurt.
Just got back from the Pantheon - it's quite large, you know. All this stuff makes the Bath baths look very puny indeed.
The position of this keyboard, the design of the keyboard, the heat and stress and the low chair has turned my blogging style into Rachel's, so I had better stop - too much like hard work.
Ye poor devil. I hope that you have travel insurance ?
ReplyDeleteWith a £3,000,000 excess.
DeleteYou might get a few more comments. It makes quite a pleasant read, especially the bits where you hit your head and the dog bit you.x
ReplyDeleteI just realised that last night in Rome meant literally that. Have a good journey back. Time to get up, you don't want to miss the plane.
DeleteWould you like me to answer the comments for you?
DeleteWe go to Pisa today, UK tomorrow. You can answer your own comments if you like.
DeleteHas rabies crossed your mind or did it look to be a very genteel dog?
ReplyDeleteHope there is no delayed concussion before you fly home.
It was a miniature dog, so I am expecting small rabies - a slightly stiff jaw, for instance. Nothing as yet, aside from me scratching at he door to be let out in the mornings.
DeleteA different kind of bite eh? mosquitos then dogs...you must exude an enticing scent.
ReplyDeleteIt's my personality I think.
DeleteI quite like your new style...
ReplyDeleteRachel's blogging style has a more feminine delicacy, a refined sensitivity.
ReplyDeleteYeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh right. :D
DeleteTitter
DeleteA certain je ne sais quoi I always think.
DeleteHer use of Anglo Saxon is second to none.
DeleteActually, I prefer your well reasoned columns.
ReplyDeleteYes, this is more like war journalism.
DeleteI was only saying to Rachel a few days ago; why do so many dramas happen when we're away on holiday!
ReplyDeleteAnd why did we always fall ill when going home to visit mother?
DeleteThomas texted me that VW has just had to give the USA $15 billion for falsifying emissions on 10 million cars. He said that would have sorted Greece and the refugees out for 10 years. He has just given his bike away to a refugee.
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