Never before had I heard of the drink 'dandelion and burdock' but now whenever anyone mentions it, it brings a smile to my face.....
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| Dandelion and burdock |
It started after school one day when me and Lee bumped into a 'certain someone' (in other words, Tom). He seemed to be by himself carrying a giant bottle of dandelion and burdock.
Actually, Stevie, I'm pretty sure he was standing next to a postbox, fake-crying with anguish because he couldn't get the lid off that massive bottle. (God knows where the bottle came from).
We went over to him (a bit more cautiously, as we had spotted him moments ago lying on the pavement clutching a used lottery ticket and whispering, "I've won, I've won." to himself repeatedly) and I asked the question anyone would ask.
"Tom what the hell are you doing?"
He looked a little worried, a little crazed, but asked, "Would either of you care for some dandelion and burdock?"
We both awkwardly replied, "No".
Tom seemed to have other ideas- he flew after us with the bottle; Stevie screamed and dived for cover, I jumped quickly out of the way, and Tom went hurtling to the ground, and we all watched in silence as the bottle spun through the air.
Tons of Dandelion and burdock spurted out into the street, covering a very posh old lady.
The lady shrieked in horror, shaking her wrinkly fist, and shouted, "MA MACINTOSH! WHAT HAVE YER DONE?"
She pulled her two terrified grandchildren into her particularly disgusting mustard macintosh (which was some weird little form of poncho) and threw herself at Tom. It wasn't a pretty sight- her macintosh fluttering in the breeze as she screamed at Tom, spraying innocent pedestrians with dandelion and burdock.
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| A macintosh, modelled by this rather striking young man. |
....I don't think she talked like that Lee....Afterwards was a blur; all three of us ran away as fast as we could, which wasn't very fast as poor Tom wasn't exactly 'fit'. After about two minutes we'd lost her, and then deserted Tom, who was looking rather sad that he'd lost his oh so special 'dandelion and burdock'.
*We changed the name to 'Tom Burrow' to avoid embarrassment for the real *sighs* 'Tom Burrow'.
