Pen's Tumblings

Today, in a conversation I wish I had never had with my boss.

On break today a conversation began between several of us, one in particular bemoaning his forthcoming birthday and the reality of his age.

After he left the staffroom my boss and I were joking about Saga Holidays brochures arriving on a person’s 50th birthday.

Then she said, “and then you got the fecal pots in the post?”

And I said, “YOU WHAT?”

And she said, “you get pots for fæces in the post, to see if you have bowel cancer.”

And I said, “what do you do with them then, do you take them to your doctor?”

And she said, “no, you send them back through the post.”

And I said, “I think you’ve just made me sick.”

And she said, “the Saga holidays brochure looks a lot better now, doesn’t it?”