The squat Norman tower of
Three notices from this month's Parish Magazine,
represented here exactly as they appeared:
CHURCH NOTICE
The ladies of the Church have
cast off clothing of every kind.
They may be seen in the hall every
Friday afternoon.
NEW SLIMMING CLUB
A new slimming club will meet
every Tuesday in the hall at
7.00pm.
Please enter by the LARGE
double doors at the back.
RUMMAGE SALE
31 APRIL
Ladies don't forget the rummage
sale, it's a chance to get rid of the
things not worth keeping around
the house. Bring your husbands.
P.S. : In spite of the luscious treats on offer at Valley's End, nature is not quite as lush yet as in the photo, which I took last summer.
Oldies and goodies and the photo of the church is to die for.
ReplyDeleteI love churches and church architecture, especially the Norman stuff and those built before c.1700. Dianne
I am just glad that its Friday afternoon instead of evening, more light hopefully, better to inspect things.
ReplyDeleteSo much humour to be found in community and church announcements. You made me giggle Friko.
ReplyDeletehaha....the slimming club killed me...and the naked church ladies...lol
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the photo. And...hahahaha! The parish notices are hysterical!
ReplyDeleteHee Hee...
ReplyDeleteVery good. These should draw a crowd!
ReplyDeleteThe ladies that have cast off their clothing will be shivering in this weather.
ReplyDeleteI've seen those notices before - I think the editors of parish magazines enjoy thinking up double entendres;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking the ~Bring your husbands~ may have been intentional. ~Mary
ReplyDeleteLoving the notices from the Parish Magazine! :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't been your way for quite some time. I think the GM festival was on and I'd forgotten, and decided I'd take the scenic room home from Ludlow. Which resulted in having to drive through hundreds of people making their way back to their cars! Ooops!
LOL You live in a special place Friko.
ReplyDeleteHe he. Thanks for the chuckle!
ReplyDeleteHa!!!! It must be the same person who wrote all three of these notices! That would be a person with a real twinkle in his/her eyes.
ReplyDeleteLovely stuff! Made me chuckle!
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
These three quotes had me laughing out loud at my computer desk here... I remember how my cat used to cast me indignant looks when I did that, sitting at my desk and laughing. Wonder why; did she just dislike the noisy sound of human laughter as such, or did she somehow assume it was directed at her?
ReplyDeleteHallo,
ReplyDeleteHabe soeben Deinen Blog entdeckt und gefaellt mir sehr gut. Deine Fotos sind wunderschoen. Ich folge Deinem Blog jetzt, damit ich nichts verpasse. Ich wuensche Dir ein schoenes Wochenende.
Heidi
Love the photo!
ReplyDeleteImagine there being three notices like that in the one magazine. Surely they must have been written by the same person! At least these are hilarious, the examples to be seen nearly every day in newspapers are not.
These church notices are classics! And I like your photo too.
ReplyDeleteVery humourous indeed, i especially like the first one which gets my vote :-).
ReplyDeleteHa! I'm sure I read these or something like them in an old Parish Magazine from our neighbourhood years ago ... perhaps the rural collective unconscious at work!
ReplyDeleteDear Friko, . . . I laughed out loud at each of them! Thank you for salting the day. Peace.
ReplyDeleteIt is always delightful to giggle!! :):)
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous photo!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the newsletter-- Hahahahahahaha. All too funny.
Happy weekend, jj
Very funny! More truth than realized, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteLove the photo! That's the kind of place I want to find!
Gotta laugh... just wonderful. Especially the large doors needed for the slimming club.
ReplyDeleteSmiling...
ReplyDeleteOh, those zany church folk!
I am reading this on April Fool's day, so even if they are quite real, they are also quite fun and funny!
ReplyDeletehahaha!!! HILARIOUS!!! Happy April Fool's Day, dear Friko!
ReplyDeleteFriko, these are classics! Thanks for the guffaws.
ReplyDeleteThese were funny notices and – in English – I thought the Brits were master at this language.
ReplyDeleteI read your last post with interest. I wonder how it must have felt being in London as an illegal worker, or anywhere else for that matter. My trip to the US, alone at 21 seems so pedestrian – I had a green card and found work right away at a good company downtown San Francisco – I almost feel guilty after reading what you had to go through.
Hi Friko .. I love that you looked at the Parish Magazine and picked these out - just so so English ..
ReplyDeleteSuch fun to read ..
Love the picture too of the squat tower .. brilliant - cheers Hilary
What a chuckle! I hope the large ladies aren't casting off their clothes when husbands are being readied for sale.
ReplyDeleteThat's a gorgeous picture. I wish i was there to see it. :) I love those church sayings. They make me laugh every time!
ReplyDeleteChurch bulletins and papers still provide some good reading - and smiles!
ReplyDeletethanks for making me smile on a monday morning
ReplyDeleteApril 31 sounds like a lovely new invention.
ReplyDeleteI hope it happens in Canada too.
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Liebe Friko, vielen Dank für deinen Eintrag in meinem Blog. Ich hab mich sehr gefreut.
ReplyDeleteDu hast wunderschöne Fotos, die ich mir sehr gerne ansehe.
Der Google Translater wäre gut!
Schönen Abend und liebe Grüße!
♥lichst Zaunwinde
Haha! it's difficult not to believe that there isn't someone with a sly sense of humour in your church magazine!
ReplyDeleteThose notices are hilarious!
ReplyDeleteLove the Norman tower too.
Such interesting notices to follow to the letter!
ReplyDeleteThks for visiting Addendum, actually the addendum to Tournefeuille a to z...