Thursday, August 21, 2008

Joys of a Stoma.

Regular readers will know that I am the owner of a colostomy, following a surgical re-design of my internal drainage system a few years ago. In the early days, one of the downsides of this was that the inadvertant breaking of wind was a fairly regular occurrence. Since I switched to a colonic irrigation system, this rather embarrassing characteristic has largely disappeared - but not totally. I've mentioned before that when in Church or in the presence of Royalty, I keep a firm hand on the stoma as an insurance policy. It was David Melding AM, a man of great historical knowledge who reminded me some years ago that the Earl of Oxford felt it necessary to leave the country for 10 years after breaking wind in front of Queen Elizabeth 1.

I was out leafleting earlier tonight. As I approached Sarah's house, she saw me coming and opened the door in a most welcoming way, with her three young children in close attendance. My stoma spoke. Neither Sarah nor I said anything. But her 4 year old son looked me in the eye, and said "You farted". About 5 seconds of silence ensued, before Sarah and I collapsed in laughter. 5 years ago I would have been mortified. That's progress I suppose, of a sort.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glyn's way of saying he can connect with prospective voters, even if they are yet to reach 6 years of age.

Overheard at a supermarket in Welshpool, "When I grow up daddy I want to vote for Glyn Davies - the sensible candidate".

Anonymous said...

... no comment yet on Obama's 'VEEPEE' pick? Obama picked the guy who ripped off a Neil Kinnock speech ...

Glyn Davies said...

anon 1 - It was a talking point at today's Berriew Show.

anon 2 - I tend not to comment on things I know nothing about. Only thing I know about Joe Biden is that he plaguerised Kinnock's speech, which showed poor judgement as much as a slippery streak. He's reputed to be a balance to Obama's foreign policy weaknesses, and may be a reaction to John McCain's poll 'surge'. Will be a big issue in tomorrow's papers.

Dr. Christopher Wood said...

There’s no doubt that Biden is a decent man, but is very gaff prone; he actually said it would be an honour to run against or with McCain, and directly criticized Obama with a comment that the Presidency is no place for on the job training.

McCain could pick a democrat to run with him, I think he would like to pick Leiberman but L is pro-choice, so L is out. If McCain picks a woman (there's a Texas lady he could pick) that would be a very smart choice.