Now the spring play and ODN festival have finished there are stirrings again on a Tuesday night towards future events. Last week for example there was much talk and steam generated about the forthcoming ‘Forties to Noughties’ Quiz Night. (This Saturday 7.30pm Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Village Hall). Teams of up to six. £1 a head refreshments including a bar on hand.

At the time of writing we have only a couple of teams lined up. Pity, it’s always a good night.

If either of my readers want to enter a team call the good Linda on 01865 820605, but do it quick.

The other topic last Tuesday was the Village Fete…..yes, yes we’ll get around to drama later in the year I am sure….if you recall the fete is on June 27th Kingston Bagpuize House. It’s a beautiful setting and just like a setting in a Miss Marple drama. No murders yet mind.

We are putting on a ’Cluedo Derby’. For 50p you can back one of six characters from the game of Cluedo and on the spin of a wheel see how they progress along the racetrack to the winning post. Ah, yes country living….

On the drama front there is a meeting tonight to discuss the plays for 2010.

Our next production in November will be ‘Still Life’ by Noel Coward. You may remember it as the film Brief Encounter.

Still Life was the first full length play the group put on the 1950’s and therefore we are re-staging the piece as part of our 60 year anniversary.

Apart from the above little is happening though there are rumbles about a couple of social events but I’ll believe that when I see them.

I will hopefully be reporting on the Quiz results next week and news of future productions but for now a tale told from the heart…

A father walks into a restaurant with his young son. He gives the young boy 3 pennies to play with to keep him occupied. Suddenly, the boy starts choking, going blue in the face. The father realizes the boy has swallowed the pennies and starts slapping him on the back. The boy coughs up 2 of the pennies, but keeps choking. Looking at his son, the father is panicking, shouting for help.

A well dressed, attractive, and serious looking woman, in a blue business suit is sitting at a coffee bar reading a newspaper and sipping a cup of coffee. At the sound of the commotion, she looks up, put s her coffee cup down, neatly folds the newspaper and places it on the counter, gets up from her seat and makes her way, unhurried, across the restaurant. Reaching the boy, the woman carefully drops his pants; takes hold of the boy's testicles and starts to squeeze and twist, gently at first and then ever so firmly.

After a few seconds the boy convulses violently and coughs up the last penny, which the woman deftly catches in her free hand. Releasing the boy's testicles, the woman hands the penny to the father and walks back to her seat at the coffee bar without saying a word.

As soon as he is sure that his son has suffered no ill effects, the father rushes over to the woman and starts thanking her saying, "I've never seen anybody do anything like that before, it was fantastic. Are you a doctor? " 'No,' the woman replied. .......................I'm with the Inland Revenue.