“Geoffs gone viral!”
Trust me that’s not a phrase you want to hear when you are on sentry duty at the window keeping everyone safe from Thanos and his feathered minions, as instantly I started thinking I was going to have to endure another trip to The Vets. In fairness as I have been a frequent visitor to the vets recently what with my dental work, my eye, my chin and my foot, my relationship with The Vet has moved to a closer more personal level and we are on now first name terms, which is nice. When I first went he used to refer to me as “Geoffrey Garton” but recently I have noticed I have become “Geoff”’ and for my part I now refer to him as ‘The.’
Anyway as it was I needn’t have worried as for once it was not health related and me ‘going viral’ was all thanks to those lovely people at ANTIC who put one of my diary entries in their informative and entertaining June Newsletter. My Dads phone was pinging all night, like an over excited microwave, as people visited the website and I was suddenly aware that there were people looking at little old me from around the world. Not only have I gone viral, I’ve gone global !!!!
So I would like to say to my new friends in France, “ravi de vous recontrer”, to those in Norway who checked in, “hyggelig a hilse pa deg” and to fellow Norfolks in Sweden “Trevligt aff traffas." I’d also like to say to the hoards who checked in from the good old US of A “you have a nice day now” and wish “G’day” to my new Aussie friends and “Kia Ora” to those lovely people from The land of the Long White Cloud.
There is something intensely pleasing to know that all over the world there are Norfolk’s like me, all living in different cultures, all speaking different languages but that we all share one simple thought, “Is it dinner time yet?”
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