Just to let you know that me and me old pal Sylvester Stallone were born on the same day - July 6 - in the same year - 1946.
Which means that today is our birthday!!!
Now although I'm much better looking than Sylv and have a far better physique Ho Ho Ho, I still phoned me old JW Mum just to remind her that I still exist. Here's how the conversation went along:
Me: "Hello Mum!"
Mum: "Who is this? Dusty?" (Dusty was our dog once, he died in 1961)
Me: "No Mum, it's me, number 1 son!"
Mum: "Well hello, Dusty er Tim er Ronald, is that you Michael?"
Me: "Yes Ancient Matriarch, 'tis me. Can you recall what you were doing 55 years ago today?"
Mum: "Nothing comes to mind, give me a clue. Oh, and we've just had a wooonderful assembly, isn't Jehovah good to me, the brothers are so loving, gush gush gush....."
But I dont mind, all my sons remembered and Her Ladyship is taking me drinking tonight. Gasp!
Englishman.
..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.