Yellow, polka-dot zucchini....

We had a new locum in the pharmacy today - ever so nice, but she didn't stop talking!

Everything she did was announced loudly, town-crier style...'I'm answering the phone now.'.....'I'm just opening a drawer'....and for some reason, every time she had to go downstairs to the loo, it was heralded in a different way. 'I'm off to powder my nose', 'I have to pop downstairs to the smallest room', 'I'm going to the little girl's space' etc, etc....

Our dispenser, who is a wee bit tetchy at the best of times, was growing visibly more irritated with all the euphemisms....so when the poor locum came out with the line 'I'm nipping down below...', the dispenser couldn't help herself.

'Really?' she said. 'How unfortunate.....I can give you a cream for that!'

I'm afraid I sniggered, Muttley style.....

PS I can't thank you all enough, for your stars, hearts, and ludicrously generous comments on Wednesday. You're a lovely lot, you are. xxx