Comedy Night

It's been a bit like christmas today...

At lunchtime we had a great big crowd of ladies (and a few gentlemen) from The Lawns, which is a sheltered housing complex quite close to the pub. I'm very friendly with Kath (and Roy) who keeps an eye on everyone there and she came along with them all. Julie had asked Sgt Bob to come in and play the piano, which was moved especially for the occasion and sounded even louder than usual. Sgt Bob enjoyed himself so much that he just kept on playing all afternoon. My paws would have been so sore if I had tried to do that for so long. Doris occasionally jumps up on the piano and pretends that she is playing a tune.

Tonight saw the start of the long awaited Comedy Club. The 3 comedians turned up just as Dinner was being served and managed to get themselves served before me. It sounds as though everyone is having a good time and they have all been drinking lots of beer. Julie & James have said that if it goes well they will organise one every month so I will let you know the outcome tomorrow.

I have to go now as Maggie did another disappearing act at the start of the show and so we (I always get punished for no reason) have been confined to the office and Maggie has now decided that she is going to eat her food dish, so I have to go and put a stop to it before I get in trouble for that too...

CJ!

I now have permission to share the full details of my eavesdropping from friday night...

The man that came in to see Julie & James was CJ from Eggheads (they had no real idea who he was, but I did, because Jack & Beryl always watch him on the tv when I go to visit). The reason that he was in the pub, is that he is going to run the quiz for Julie & James on a Wednesday night. He seemed very nice, but he's a bit of an ogre on the telly! I also got the impression that he is going to be VERY strict with all the contestants and not take any nonsense, which I can see being very entertaining and I can't wait to watch him tell someone off for using a mobile phone. I love seeing humans get caught doing something wrong as it takes the pressure off me a little... and Maggie even more so...

The quiz will be starting at 8.30pm which is a little bit earlier than before and I did hear CJ say that he hopes to get it finished by 10.30pm so that he can hand out all the prizes (which will also be better than before) and everyone can get home reasonably early. Beryl has already asked if she can have CJ's autograph so I can see me having to do some form of crowd control at the end of the night to stop poor CJ being trampled by autograph hunters!

Angus & Ross

It's been a busy week-end here at the Golden Lion. Although the weather wasn't great on Saturday, it did brighten up later in the afternoon, and I don't think we had any rain on Sunday!.

Angus & Ross have had all their jabs now, which means that they can go out for proper walks and Maggie & I got in on the action twice this weekend. They need someone to show them all the good walks, but to be perfectly honest they were a bit slow for me and I had to keep telling them to keep up, but it was still worth it.

I wasn't that happy about having to share my chicken with them when we got back though.

We still haven't seen Norman since he went to live with Sgt Bob!

Hot Gossip

I've never considered myself to have big ears, although when I was a pup, I did get teased a little, but that was just beacuse my head hadn't finished catching up with my ears.

Anyway, my perfectly formed ears came into their own tonight when I commando crawled underneath a table that Julie & James were sat at with a man I hadn't seen before. They were busy discussing dates and I have a strange feeling that the nice man might be coming back on a regular basis.....

Door Stop Wanted

I desperately need a new door stop for the front door. James has had the door off for the past few days to paint it. It used to be stopped open with a chunk of wood a bit like a cheese, which meant that I could wander in and out as the need arose. Once the door was removed it meant that the stop was left there, alone and far too much of a temptation for Maggie, and the cleaners have today had to clean up the last of the splinters of wood strewn over the floor. The door is just about to go back on and I know that without the stop it will remain closed, and I will be confined to the ramblings of Austin & his friends this afternoon.

Better late than never....

It's been a very busy week. We had a Barn Dance last weekend, which it looked as though everyone was enjoying and there was lots of cheese for me and Maggie. Just before it started, Roly delivered a trailer load of straw which was used to make the room look and smell a little more like a barn. I did manage to get caught having a sneaky pee on one of the bales outside, for which I got a massive telling off. At the end of the night Debs had this daft idea that it would be easier to slide the bales down the stairs rather than carry them, but as well as making loads of mess, she miss fired on one, which flipped over and somersaulted down the stairs nearly knocking poor Rhiannon flying. The newly installed python also broke down and so Julie and the girls had to run up and down the stairs all night fetching and carrying beer so I had my hands full keeping an eye on everything and everyone.

James has had the boys fixing the ceiling in the shop, which had to be pulled down to fit the new python for the function room (which a nice man came in and fixed the morning after the barn dance!). Plans for the shop are now on hold as it's full steam ahead on the new letting rooms and extension at the back of the pub (which will mean even more for me to keep an eye on). In the meantime a company is going to use the shop and if what I have heard is correct they should be in there within a fortnight.

My friend Mary had a nasty fall on Monday and is in hospital with a bad hip. I think that Julie is going to pop in to see her today and give her a card off me and Maggie as we hope she comes back in to see us soon.

Finally, I have been asked to dispel a few rumours. There are a few humans in the village who have too much time on their hands and they just seem to sit around all day and make up bad stories. I know for a fact that one of the same group was also responsible for painting my ears bright red with a ghastly lipstick during the rugby, but I just can't get the words out to tell anyone (perhaps James & Julie will read this and undertsand!). The latest rumour is that ladies aren't allowed to have pints of beer in The Golden Lion, which is utter nonsense and the silly "Bitch" (I am allowed to call her that) that started the rumour has a bucket waiting for her when she comes in.

Poor Me!

Maggie and I were very fortunate to get 2 really good walks yesterday. They're a bit like buses really... but I wouldn't dare complain. Anyway somewhere along the way I managed to get a sore toe, which I couldn't stop myself licking all last night, but it just didn't want to get better. James finally got the message this morning and took a look before sending Julie off to get her tweezers. They pinned me down thinking that I was going to put up a fight, but little did they know the sheer pain I was in (I think that they thought it was a tick, but if that was all it had been I'd have sorted that out with my teeth). Julie eventually took an almighty tug and pulled out a thorn as big as a stake!

Later today we had to endure a shopping trip to boring shops that Maggie and I aren't allowed in. There was a highlight to it though, when they came out of 1 shop with a coat for Maggie. she hadn't wanted to go out for a wee earlier as she didn't like the rain so Julie had this notion that a coat would do the trick. She couldn't even walk in it, let alone have a wee so that will end up hanging alongside all the coats they tried to get me to wear.

On our way home we called in to see Gary at The Rose in Redwick. Maggie had fun chasing his cat (the one that Gary supposedly doesn't like, but he wasn't too fond of Maggie chasing it, so I think he must secretely like it). They confirmed the arrangements for the Tug of War challenge between the 2 pubs, which is taking place on Sunday 30th August and will be great fun to watch. one of my best friends owners is our anchor man and I can't see many people being able to pull him very far!