• The rules

    Here’s how we are going to get along.

    1. Black shoes in the sanctuary
    2. Play nicely
    3. Don’t copy the provost/pope/prime minister into emails that are addressed to anyone else
    4. No boring worship
    5. Obey the moratorium on unnecessary exclamation marks!
    6. No communion for dogs, not even on St Francis’s Day
    7. Communion for all humans any day
    8. Black ink. Only black ink.
    9. No rotas on noticeboards
    10. Clerical honorifics take the definite article

6 responses to “Tales of the City”

  1. Kimberly Avatar

    Your move next, then.

    Can I suggest a bottle of spirit vinegar in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other? He should soon realize that the windows are not nearly as discerning as his neighbor.

  2. Rev Ruth Avatar

    I reckon he’s been watching too much Kim & Aggie. You watch, he’ll be back for lemon juice next. Altho Lord knows what he’ll be wearing if that’s what he wears for cleaning windows.

  3. kelvin Avatar
    kelvin

    Fortunately, I’ve plenty of lemon juice to offer him if he comes back. Though if he had been watching Kim and Aggie, would he not have been attired in rubber gloves with feather trim? Did he remove them before coming upstairs? (If so, he should not have bothered).

    When I think about it, the fact that I live in the land of 24 hour vinegar emporia makes this little episode all the more strange.

    The presumption of commenters above is that this is the start of something. I had thought myself that this was a relationship that had been formed, blossomed and was completed within the space of the dialogue reported, but perhaps I am wrong.

  4. Roddy Avatar
    Roddy

    You know you’re in the West End of Glasgow when the residents clean their windows with wine vinegar…

  5. kelvin Avatar
    kelvin

    Thanks for the social commentary Roddy. Perhaps I should have offered him balsamic. I never thought at the time.

    There have been soap-operas and novels made out of less promising material than this.

  6.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    this is so much better than the nescafe gold blend ads. looking forward to the next episode!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.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

Previous Posts

  • Press Reports on yesterday

    The Scotman has Gay bishop thanks Scottish Church for recognising ‘all God’s people’ The Herald has Applause and tears as gay US bishop preaches in Glasgow The Times has Gay clerics certain to win struggle, Right Rev Gene Robinson says The Daily Record has Bishop in Gay Pledge

  • Gene Robinson on blogging

    Here’s a wee treat and a promise before I finally fall into the slumbers of a happy but exhausted provost. I got the chance of a chat with +Gene before the service this morning. Here is a snippet of the conversation. It is all you are getting tonight but there is more where this came…

  • Gene Robinson's Sermon

    Gene Robinson’s Sermon can be seen and heard here. Note that a higher quality video will be published later in the week. I thought it more important to get something out fast rather than to go for high quality. (I’m having trouble hearing it when viewing it in firefox but can see it in internet…

  • Sunday Afternoon – and relax

    What a fantastic morning we had at St Mary’s. A few glum looking protesters stood outside the church bearing hateful banners whilst hundreds streamed into the warmth and light of the morning Eucharist. In many ways, it was business as normal. A larger crowd than normal, but it was us being who we are at…