Sunday, 14 December 2014

Rachel and I spend the morning in Bed, Jack Dee watches Grand Designs, and Danny Dyer buys Dirty Dancing for £1.99



RACHEL: - “Jon... Jon... Jooooon?” 

ME:- “mmmeh?” 

RACHEL: - “Wake up, there’s a problem with the iplayer” 

On a Sunday morning Rachel loves nothing more than to catch up on the iplayer and watch some stuff, mainly documentaries about mountain climbing disasters but also some general crap, Graham Norton etc. 

ME:- “What’s wrong with it then, is it not loading up?” 

RACHEL:- “no it’s loading up it’s just all over the place, like take for instance this, I go into the ‘Comedy’ category and.. well Miranda Hart is in there..But ... She’s not funny???” 

ME:- “Oh Christ, you’re right, there must be a glitch in the code because ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ is also listed under comedy, better send them an email and point this out before they start getting abusive social media eh!” 

RACHEL: - “It gets worse, I’ve found an episode of Graham Norton from a couple of weeks ago and... well ‘One Direction are on there and on the same bill so is Victoria wood” 

ME:- “oh Jesus” 

RACHEL: - “I know ‘One Direction are just a bunch of talentless fucking jumped up pre pubescent fuck heads, and Victoria Wood... When was she ever funny in the slightest?”

ME:- “I couldn’t agree more Rachel, but don’t worry look, there’s a documentary about the last 50 years of Marshall Guitar amps” 

RACHEL: - “Yeesssssssss” 

ME:- “I’ll make the Coffee, you tee it up” 

I make the coffee, and return to the theatre of dreams (the bedroom) 

ME:- “I bumped into Jack Dee yesterday, forgot to tell you he’s just moved in round the corner” 

RACHEL: - “What in the big old house with the nice rockery on the front lawn, I saw the decorators going in this week, so that’s Jack’s house yeah?” 

ME:- “It is indeed, he invited us over for dinner soon too, once he’s sorted” 

RACHEL: - “Oh that’ll be nice, is he alright, did you have get to have a good chat with him?” 

ME:- “yeah I certainly did”  

I’ll take you back in time retrospectively to part of the conversation I had with Jack outside the Bakers in Henley 

JACK: - “Jon bloody Archer, how the hell are you, why aren’t you on tour like with Opeth or Steve Wilson or something, you’re too awesome to fester doing toss all with your talent” 

ME:- “Thanks Jack, you’re too kind, I just play... that’s all I do, I’m recording a bit at the mo though so I’ll keep you posted, come round for a listen?” 

JACK: - “I’d bloody love to, so I’m just getting the house together, redecorating etc, when it’s finished bring that pop starlet of yours round for some dinner?” 

ME:- “Thanks Jack that’d be lovely, so how’s the house coming on?” 

JACK: - “Well let’s put it this way... today has been a real ‘News Agent Wine’ Fuck up of a day” 

ME:- “Oh prey tell” 

JACK: - “Well suffice to say that if I asked you for the number of a great painter and decorator who can come round and make sure I can’t open the windows or doors in my house for at least two weeks, I’d be taking a step in the right direction.” 

ME:- “that bad eh?” 

JACK: - “yeah it is, although I’ve been getting into Grand Designs for inspiration recently, last night was a real cliff-hanger, this couple from Somerset had ordered some custom made windows to go in their Barn conversion, the windows were horribly delayed, never looked like they were going to arrive on time and winter was drawing in... then they cut to the add break!, but it was ok, the windows turned up in time after the break and the crisis was averted!” 

ME:- “Thank the lord!” 

I’ll cut back to the present time now, I’ve just made the coffee, whilst doing so the phone rang and Rachel had answered it, I thought it was probably either Jimmy Somerville or Mick Hucknall; those guys always ring on a Sunday. I return to the bedroom... 

ME:- “So who was on the phone” 

RACHEL: - “Three guesses” 

ME:- “Right it was either Jimmy Somerville, Mick Hucknall or Christopher Walken” 

RACHEL: - “No actually it was Danny Dyer” 

ME:- “I see, what’s he up to then?” 

RACHEL: - “He’s still worried that people think he’s a massive gay”

ME:- “If he stopped calling grown men “babes” or “Darling” then it might help the cause” 

RACHEL:- “ I said you’d ring him later, he’s just off to pick up some cheap DVD’s from the Co-Op at the petrol station, reckons he’s seen Dirty Dancing for £1.99p !” 

ME:- “That’s great value for money” 

(Little did Rachel know, I’d picked up a surprise from the Co-Op myself!)

RACHEL: - “Oh what are those?” 

ME:- “Milky Way crispy rolls, picked them up in the Co-Op 5 for £1!!!” 

RACHEL: - “Amazing, but you know these go straight to my breasts”

ME:- “well it’s a cross you have to bear... and you should... bare it that is!” 

RACHEL: - “By cross do you mean my Tits... are you asking me to get my chest out?” 

ME:- “You have a filthy mind... but alright then, in your own time! Oh by the way I hear they’re serving Ferrero Rocher at the Ambassadors Reception Later!” 

RACHEL: - “When you say ‘Ambassadors Reception’ do you mean ... Your Pants, and by Ferrero Rocher do you mean... Your Penis???” 

 ME:- “Got it in one” 

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