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Wordy Wednesday

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To pootle or to poodle, that is the question. It’s been an ongoing debate between my partner and myself for some time now, whose family used to go for a poodle in the car at the weekend. My family, however, went for a pootle, definitely not a poodle.

I finally decided to settle this friendly feud and looked it up. What I discovered is that pootle is a variant of poodle, although, of course, poodle also refers to a breed of dog. To pootle, or poodle, means to travel or go around in a relaxed manner, as in, “I think I’ll have a pootle round the shops”.

Debate settled, now we’ll have to find another word to disagree on.

Just having a pootle, or a poodle, round the local shops

Do you poodle or pootle, or do you have an entirely different word for a leisurely stroll or run out in the car?

Sum up Sunday

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Bench made from old skateboards

Quirky Nottingham skateboard bench,

Dummy run to check coach stop,

Brain tangle from new challenges,

Rested by volunteer shifts.

Can you sum up your week in 25 words or less?

Does anyone else do ‘dummy runs‘?

Snail mail

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On the eighth of the eighth, 1988, I ordered a kettle. Over the phone; in those days there was no internet superspeed shopping. I was exuberant as I hadn’t had a new kettle since 1960 and the naughty wee thing had finally conked. I suppose it had lasted well. It was my first electric kettle and I was so proud of it; I used to smile at myself in its shiny copper coating. My 80s one was to be a tall, slim model; a Morphy Richards.

Having ordered it, I somewhat forgot; life events took a rather odd turn and I continued to use the old hob kettle I’d inherited from Gran. On the eighth of the eighth 2008, exactly 20 years since my order, the kettle arrived. It actually had a hand-written apology note for the delay. I guess that’s why they call it ‘snail mail’ these days?

©️ Liz Mackenzie