• Tales of the City #9

    The scene is Great Western Road, at 10 am – just after morning prayer. A street cleaner in a council jacket runs down the street hollaring at me after morning prayer

    Street Cleaner: “Oi, oi!”

    I turn wondering what I’ve done.

    Self: “Um, yes?”

    Street Clearner: “Was it youse that was in the paper? It was, it was youse”

    I wait expecting a stream of Glasgow invective.

    His eyes light up, he beams a toothless smile and responds: “Hey man, hey, that was just great.”

    He’s referring to this piece in the Herald.

5 responses to “A gap”

  1. Kirstin Avatar

    You are indeed right.
    Although it could be argued that a permanent artifical arrangement might be a canon 35 matter.

  2. Kimberly Avatar

    Canon 35 for artificial flowers? Clever.

    One might also argue that they fit under canon 22 — on Worship.

    Or even Canon 28 — on pastoral breakdown??

  3. Stewart Avatar

    Oh dear – surely the Canon which says the Priest-in-Charge has absolute authority (to which I can not remember the number) in his church is the one that applies.

  4. Steve Hayes Avatar

    No, church flower arrangers are a law unto themselves.

  5. gail Avatar
    gail

    – so opportunities for an opening salvo and subsequent broadsides, eh ? Hoist the mainsail and hard a-starboard….

    ……..(now where did I put that powder and shot……. no…. that’s just compost and pots……)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Previous Posts

  • 6' U

    Last night’s Six Feet Under was a bit much, I thought.

  • Webskills

    New version of PostNuke is out. New version of Pagesetter is out.Had better get my skills up to date again.Church website needs overhauling. It needs a new look and feel, but what else does it need? Suggestions please.

  • Oh no!

    I’m far too old for freshers’ week

  • Sermon – 12 September 2004

    As we read Luke?s gospel chunk by chunk each week at the moment, it is clear that there is a deteriorating relationship. Relations between Jesus and the Pharisees seem to get worse week by week. He seems almost to be antagonistic to the Pharisees in everything that he says and does. He is rude to…