“William dear have you finished with your scones and cream?”
“Yes mam I do believe I have and I did so love the jam”
“Then you know what happens now my dear, so if you’ll please
kneel down in prayer”
“Yes mother pray the rosary, count one to three and sh*t
oops sorry I apologise for saying that out loud”
“What..what did you say, why did you use that word?”
“I hurt my knee at cricket mam ~ yes I know I’m such a girl”
“Don’t be silly william you are not, resume your count please do
but I will not have vulgarities when praying to our lord”
“Of course I do apologise, I know not what came over me
of course I’ll do as you have asked, I’ll pray the rosary”
“Now william upstairs you go and clean your teeth, till sparkling white
and put your dirty underwear… well in the laundry out of sight”
“Yes mam I will do this, I shall do as I am told but I really
wish our prayer was in the lounge, as the linoleum’s so cold”
“What’s that , what you are saying, don’t talk back I’ll have no more”
“No mam I was only saying that my knees in shorts get sore”
“Poppycock William, I’ll have no more of this nonsense from my son”
“Oh mam, I wish you’d see me as a man, after all I’m forty-one”
I was doing serious then I had some inspiration from Summerstommy2 who gave me a photo and told me about praying the rosary after dessert. I am not religious nor Catholic, so I hope I do not offend anyone by this. It’s just a bit of whimsy that got into my head.
Ramblings From A Mum 
That is a great ending. Humorous and well-written.
It reminded me of a joke: A mother was asking her boy to wake up so as to go to school. He wouldn’t and kept on asking for another 5 minutes of sleep whenever she would come. Finally exasperated, she asked him whether he was going to school or not. He complained for having his sleep disturbed but woke up and got ready for the school. He was the school principal.
Thank you HA – just something a little different. I have heard that joke before..I am sure there are many school principals who do not want to face the day – thank YOU for sharing also 🙂
ha, this sound like an episode straight out of,
“Keeping Up Appearances”, well done!
hello my friend – thank you, yes I do believe it does 🙂 (hugs)
Lovely RM no offense in this one, though I do remember clearly those nights where we did all drop to our knees and my mother would begin saying the prayers so rapidly anyone who didn’t know would think it was a garbled mes of words.
Phew I hoped I wouldn’t offend, thank you for the inspiration. Perhaps she had the dishes waiting for her? 🙂
very funny and full of whimsy )
*smiles* thank you sweet x
ha. def rather fun…and to think at 41 as well…maybe one day he will be a man…smiles.
aww thanks Brian just a bit on nonsense really..living with ‘mummy’ think he needs to undo the pinny strings somehow *smiles* ta for reading
I got to the end and texted my son and thanked him for getting his own apartment haha!
Brilliant!! I did a good job then 🙂 xx
Yes, you did! 🙂 My son was like, “Um, you’re welcome?” haha
poor thing doesn’t have a clue what your on about then? LOL
He usually doesn’t, so it’s par for the course for that one 😉
nice to have one up, Hmm is that 2 under par then? ok it’s clear you are now delirious… 😉
I’ve been delirious for days. Eventually I’ll sleep more than 2 hours and I’ll be somewhat normal 😉
hmm I doubt that 😉
LOL! It’s tough to see a child as a man when he’s still living under your roof at 41, no? 😉
heaven help me if my daughter is still here at 41! thanks for reading sweet. 🙂
Yeah, much to our mom’s dismay, my sis and I were out the moment we graduated high school. Somehow I don’t think she anticipated us being that independent right away. We’d both been working since we were 14, though, so we were prepared.
It sounds like you would have been, I am sure she would have been sad at losing you so early 😦
I think William is more of a girl than he thinks. Definitely too much of a mammy’s boy. But I don’t think I’d say no to her either. (Apol.s for the late catch-up!)
truly don’t know what came over me with this one lol – but yes she wasn’t a walk in the park…. that’s fine – I am pleased that you have read 🙂 xx