War story
My wife’s favourite view, looking out of the window to see the setting sun catch the myriad masts of the yachts in the harbour. As boats rock with the water’s gentle swell, the eyes are thrilled with glinting and sparkling. Magic!
Lowering them, the slipway reveals our boat all tied up for the night.
The scene is complete as seagulls glide across the frame... until someone discards an almost empty fish and chips box in a rubbish bin below. One pioneering gull hooks it out, to signal the main action - chip wars.
Utter mayhem ensues... and we have ringside seats.
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
- Tags: Chips (UK)=Fries (US)
8 comments add one below
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Christopher almost 6 years ago
Nature always has the best sporting events. Great drabble, Neville.
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Jamie Clapperton almost 6 years ago
And we have ringside seats too :-)
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Neville Hunt almost 6 years ago
Thanks Christopher and Jamie.
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Neville Hunt almost 6 years ago
These seagulls are extremely smart, in both senses of the word. Really beautiful white heads, smart grey bodies and black tail and wingtip feathers. When they are wild they dive for fish and followthe crabbing boats. However, the Salcombe seagulls prefer their fish battered, with chips. And they make such a mess, but it’s the thoughtless humans who don’t foresee the mayhem as they cram their leftovers into already bulging waste bins. Can’t really blame the birds.
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Neville Hunt almost 6 years ago
Seagulls are basically OK and their sound is so evocative of great holidays gone by. British Seagulls however, the outboard motors, are shite!
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Christopher almost 6 years ago
Reminds me of another old joke.
Two guys are walking on the beach when a seagull drops a load on one of the guys' shoulders. After standing there motionless for several seconds his friend asks, "Should I get some toilet paper?"
The guy replies, "Nah. He's probably miles away by now."
(Bom-bom-chi)
Thank you, ladies and germs
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Christopher almost 6 years ago
I'll be here all week and don't forget to tip your waiter!
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Neville Hunt almost 6 years ago
Nice one, (again) Christopher! I have spent twenty minutes trying to getting some stubborn seagull poo off my wife’s car. It hasn’t worked. It’s stuck like superglue!
