We have a busy weekend of walking planned, so today is a work day.
So, thought I'd share a quick story from our wanderings yesterday.
When two trains in a row were cancelled that would take us back home to Moreton in Marsh after our movie date, we decided to not battle the business crowds heading home on what was most certainly going to be a super crowded train and instead wait it out over a light dinner (and a pint for Phil, of course). We chose a pub called The Four Candles. It's named after a comedy sketch by Ronnie Barker (of The Two Ronnies, if you are into British comedy). If you don't know it, it is absolute must viewing for anyone with a love of language as it is based on word play and homophones.
Barker attended Oxford's High School for Boys which is near to the pub (and is now the home of Oxford University's history faculty). The sketch has Barker walking into a hardware store asking for what sounds like "four candles" when he really wanted fork handles. You can watch it
here...it's a good laugh, and you'll see how often even the English can't understand their own language. ;-)
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