They said that "Toy Story 5" had been quite brilliant and so I pledged to see it myself.
After another great Sunday dinner prepared by Yorkshire's answer to Gordon Ramsey, we ate a lovely, light strawberry vanilla cheesecake that Shirley had prepared from scratch. That also went down a treat. Stewart's mother Cheryl was with us but she doesn't eat desserts apart from fresh fruit so we gave her strawberries and raspberries.
When they had gone home, I caught the 88 bus up to Bents Green for "The Hammer and Pincers" pub quiz with my chums - Mick and Mike. We did not win and couldn't even get the anagram question - "Which is the only word in the English language that is an anagram of CARTHORSE?"*
For our quizzes, Mick always brings scrap paper on which we can work out anagrams etc.. The lads are very used to me doodling on those pieces of paper. I have done it for years while talking with them or dealing with quiz questions. I normally draw faces and I used to do it in teachers' meetings too. I find that the act of doodling helps me to think.
Over the years, I must have doodled hundreds of faces. Mostly those doodles are thrown away but last night I thought I would save my idle doodles for you to see and maybe psycho-analyse...
These pictures are available for sale as I hope to raise funds for a deserving charity. Please put in your bids. The charity is The Yorkshire Pudding Holiday Fund.
Oh - and by the way- today was cloudy and a lot cooler so I caught a bus into the city centre. I was there to watch the lunchtime screening of "Toy Story 5". It was very good but the consummation of friendship between the two little girls - Bonnie and Blaze seemed to take forever. Still the animation was as stupendous as in the four previous "Toy Story" films and I am glad that I bothered. It was great that a key feature of the plot involved weighing up the alienating and isolating effects of "tech" - including tablets and other devices in comparison with more traditional toys that encourage imaginative play and social connection.
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from Yorkshire Pudding https://ift.tt/VKjpHCr
