The Moreton Pinkney Picayune

25 May 2025

Sorry (again). Those of you who care will undoubtedly feel short-changed (again). We’ve been very busy following our return from Cumbria – we have Open Gardens in a week’s time but, more importantly, we had to prepare for our upcoming visit from our very good friend Miles and his wife who arrived yesterday. So, this edition will be mercifully short and hopefully somewhat succinct.

25 May 2025 – Amusements

It was many years ago since the embarrassing day when a young woman, with a baby in her arms, entered his butcher shop.

She confronted him with the news that the baby was his and asked what was he going to do about it..???

Finally he offered to provide her with free meat until the boy was 16. She agreed.

He had been counting the years off on his calendar, and one day the teenager, who had been collecting the meat each week, came into the shop and said. “I’ll be 16 tomorrow.”

“I know.” Said the Butcher with a smile.

“I’ve been counting too, tell your mother, when you take this parcel of meat home, that it is the last free meat she’ll get and watch the expression on her face.”

When the boy arrived home he told his mother.

The woman nodded and said.

“Son, go back to the Butcher and tell him I have also had free bread, free milk, and free groceries for the last 16 years and watch the expression on his face”.

18 May 2025

Sorry. I forgot to say that we will be away this weekend – we’re visiting our lovely former neighbours who are now living in the Lake District. So, no News today! I am putting this together on Wednesday, before we leave. Fortunately, we have much of our copy ready for (repeat) publication – we’ll steal the last bit of our Polarsteps SE Asia travel log to fill the gaps.

18 May 2025 – Amusements

A Texas farmer went on vacation to Australia. He met up with an Australian farmer who prouldly showed off his wheat field.

“That’s nothing” said the Texan. “Back home, we have wheat fields that are twice as large as this.”

Next the Australian pointed out his cattle.

“They’re nothing,” said the Texan. “Back home, we have longhorns that are twice as big as your cows.”

Just then, half a dozen kangaroos bounded across the road.

“What are those?” asked the Texan.

The Australian replied, “Don’t you have grasshoppers in Texas?”

11 May 2025

We had a lazy start to the day. Jessie’s scrambled eggs are getting better and better so a leisurely breakfast was followed by an equally leisurely outing to the Nha Trang Oceanography Museum and Aquarium.

11 May 2025 – Amusements

A man solves the problem of too many visiting relatives. He borrowed money from the rich ones and loaned it to the poor ones. Now none of them come back.

4 May 2025

The next stage of our adventure is another travel day, this time from Đà Lạt to Nha Trang back on the coast, a three-hour ride in a 12-seater minibus – plenty of room to stretch out and snore.

4 May 2025 – Amusements

Woman Stops Grizzly Attack with a .25 Calibre Pistol

A story of one woman’s self-control and marksmanship with a little .25 cal. against a fierce predator.

“While out hiking in Alberta, Canada with my husband we were surprised by a huge grizzly bear charging at us from out of nowhere. She must have been protecting her cubs because she was extremely aggressive,” the woman recalled. “If I had not had my little .25 calibre Beretta with me I would not be here today!

“Just one shot to my husband’s knee was all it took. The bear got him and I was able to escape by walking away. It’s one of the best pistols in my collection!”

27 April 2025

We left the Möwenpick Resort and made our way to the next stop on our agenda, Đà Lạt, up in the mountains. I gather it was where the French colonialists escaped the summer heat in Saigon.

27 April 2025 – Amusements

A man takes his wife to a disco. There’s a guy on the dance floor break dancing, moonwalking, back flips, the works. The wife turns to her husband and says, “See that guy? 25 years ago he proposed to me and I turned him down.”

The husband says, “Looks like he’s still celebrating!”