Thursday, 7 June 2007

And a handful of cold gravel

Grandad: In my day, a sweet was an orange!
Grandma: A sweet was an orange, dear.
Grandson:....

-Upfield line

3 comments:

Rebekka said...

a sweet was an orange? I don't get it...

Boo said...

He was referring to lollies!!

You know... 'in my day we used to get up at 4am to clean the lake, have a handful of cold gravel and then our parents would kill us in our sleep.'

I'm laughing at old people, as usual....

chuh..

Eleanor Bloom said...

I got it. I thought it was cute!

And I know the Monty Python reference too. 'When I was a lad...'

Can I add my fav is:

[Brian] 'You're all individuals!'
[crowd] 'WE'RE ALL INDIVIDUALS!!!!'
...
[lone voice] 'I'm not.'