Every year we are asked for a Christmas present list so that we don’t get anything we don’t want. Every year we get things not asked for.
This year Bill’s niece sam won second prize in the “getting me something I didn’t ask for and something I would never have thought of asking for” competition. She bought me a fetching black apron which comes with purple trimming. It also has hooks for attaching various kitchen implements and adjustable apron stings for cooks with the fuller figure. To complete the gift she added a large blue plastic oven guantlet which can, should the need arise, be used for internal explorations of pregnant cows.
The first prize in the “getting me something I didn’t ask for and something I would never have thought of asking for” competition must go to my brother who bought me a complete set of Norman Wisdom films. I am still trying to work out “why”.
Obviously it was a very close competition but the jury felt that Sam couldn’t get first prize as although her give was not asked and would never have been thought of it has turned out to be very useful.