Trolley Dolly shocker

August 17, 2010

tags: angloinfo, Currencies Direct, La Tasse De Couleur, Living In France, Moving To France, Sunny France

It was as I was just awaking after testing out the hammock, which of course requires regular testing in order to endure there are no failures when rental clients are in possession of our house. Whilst dozing testing, I had vaguely heard phone conversations between that nice lady decorator and various others then suddenly loads of people showed up at the pav.

The pav, before the hostess onslaught

As they were all clutching bottles of wine and food, I realised that another pre-planned impromptu “drink up” as the current Mrs France refers to it, was about to take place. I would have like to have known about it, indeed I would have liked to be invited, but apparently I was an oversight, except no doubt when it comes to paying for it.

Ill prepared as I was in my purple smoking jacket plus fours and cravat, I made the best of it. Actually, I wonder if Mike Hardacre (with a k) from angloinfo has smoking crocs? He has them for everywhere and everything else apparently. I think I should very much like a pair of brothel creeper crocs to adorn that particular outfit..

Anyway, most of the attendees were glamorous former or working air hostesses for British Airways, two of whom, Jackie and Suzanne, have retired to open the ceramic cafe in Biot called La Tasse de Couleur at Biot.

Now, the guests including very senior executives of Currencies Direct, were predominantly women,and all beautiful, a fact that I welcome with open arms, especially because as the wine consumption increased, so inevitably did the doubtful nature of the stories that unfolded. Many are unrepeatable, even in a blog as low down the social strata as this.

In fact my old friend Paul Kendall, a folically challenged advertising executive with a good degree in English at Oxford, yesterday described this column as “semi-literate”. This is praise indeed from him, I must have improved from his normal description of totally illiterate!

Although fabulously intelligent, he had certain glaring deficiencies in common sense. I cannot tell you for instance, that once in the late 70’s he got a puncture on the outside lane of the M4 motorway. Instead of moving off onto the hard shoulder hour attempted to change the wheel in the outside lane, in rush hour! Anyway, it must remain a secret.

But back to the air hostess convention in that pav last night. I cannot remember what relevance it had to the world of trolley dollies, but the story told by Lindsey (in a Nigerian accent!) about the Nigerian woman in court accusing a man of rape stuck in my mind. Apparently the women described how she was washing clothes by the stream and as she bent over, she was taken unexpectedly from behind. When told by the defence counsel she had been seen having sex for an hour and a half, she said she thought it was a friend, but it turned out it wasn’t who she was expecting! Seems to me that it a mistake anyone could make.

The last revellers finally departed at about 1 30, which was lovely, as I was then delegated to do the airport run for my daughters guest at 06 45am this morning, what joy!

Chris France

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