I love those moments chatting with people when the direction of the conversation suddenly and for no apparent reason completely changes direction. Such as this online conversation with a friend of mine, whom I promised I would keep anonymous.
Terry Hedges: Happy Christmas!
Gareth J M Saunders™: Almost. How are you? Good to see you.
Terry Hedges: Christmas is more than just a day. I celebrate everyday through the entire Advent.
Gareth J M Saunders™: Ah, well if you want to get technical then Christmas lasts 12 days from 25 December to 5 January.
Terry Hedges: I don’t do technical. I do fun.
Gareth J M Saunders™: In fact, getting really technical Christmas begins at sundown on 24 December.
Terry Hedges: Woop!
Gareth J M Saunders™: Up until then it’s Advent and after that (6 Jan) it’s Epiphany. So … Happy Wednesday in the week of Advent 3. (Not quite as catchy!)
Terry Hedges: I like the sound of the word ‘Epiphany’.
Gareth J M Saunders™: Epiphany is a great word. It means a revelation — like a sudden realisation.
Terry Hedges: Do you like Hula Hoops?
There was clearly some kind of epiphany going on at Terry’s end of the conversation but I’ll be darned if I can see it!
And yes I do like Hula Hoops, but I prefer the Original salted variety.
Come on Gareth, you can’t beat the barbecue flavour!
I’m with Gareth – the Original’s do it for me.
Did anyone else ever put them on our fingers & thumbs and crunch them all one by one? Not in the last ten years, perhaps, but at some point….
Clearly.
I used to do that. I did also used to bite my fingers more times than I ought to have! D’oh!
I always used to do that, too!
I knew I was going to bite my fingers, but I’d always do it anyway 🙂
thinks he can see through the ‘Terry Hedges’ disguise. If it’s who I think it is, then you really could’ve tried harder, Gareth 😉
Nobody noticed — or at least commented — that I’d written the wrong week in Advent. It should have been Advent 3 not Advent 4 as I had originally said.
I only just noticed it this morning. I must have been a week ahead of myself as I’ve spent the week preparing for midnight mass.