The Hallelujah Chorus - By Silent Monks ;-)

[Buenchico]

;-)

[Karamia]

You've lifted my mood yet again! Thank you, Chris!

[Buenchico]

Thanks, Karamia!

"It's being so cheerful that keeps me going!" [Mona Lott, ITMA, 1946]

[Karamia]

Just seeing your avatar cheers me up. I actually have an 'Animal' from the muppets. He was always my favourite.
Sending my best wishes as I was unaware of your terminal cancer diagnosis until last night.

[tamaris]

Loving this Chris. At school we had this terrifying form teacher called Fanny Graham, complete with tight curls red nails and red lipstick. She was our music teacher as well and had us all singing the alleluia chorus. Omg she put us through hoops to get it right or get the came. Took me back lol thanks for the memories.

[Buenchico]

Kramia: thanks for your good wishes. Thankfully though, 'incurable' and 'terminal' aren't really synonymous when it comes to cancer. Although my cancer is 'incurable' it is, fortunately, 'treatable'. I had the absolute maximum dose of chemotherapy, for the absolute maximum number of sessions during 2020, followed by 37 sessions of radiotherapy. (2020 wasn't really my favourite year!). I was on simultaneous hormone therapy throughout, which has continued thereafter. All the signs are good at the moment, so you might have to put up with me for quite a bit longer on AB ;-)

[I love Animal too. He's both scary and cuddly at the same time!]

Thank you, Tamaris. I can't think that anyone would ever wanted me to sing the Allelujah Chorus at school. In the third year at my junior school, my class teacher (whom I idolised) listened to us all singing and then said: "Let's just try that once more, shall we, but I think that it might be best if Christopher didn't join in this time" ;-)

[Karamia]

Sending my sincere apologies Chris! I am horrified that I used the wrong term and would hate to think I had upset you as that would never be my intention. Glad to hear you are doing well.

[tonyav]

All the signs are good at the moment, so you might have to put up with me for quite a bit longer on AB ;-)


Great news that, Chris.
Like the vid :-)

[Buenchico]

I'm hardly ever upset, Karamia ;-)

Thanks, Tony. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[roopower]

Ive seen this before, it's very funny and clever. Thanks.

[roopower]

Keeping us happy is probably helping you too. Keep up the good work. The singing teacher at my childrens school divided the 'choir' into larks and crows. My son was definitely a crow!

[maggiebee]

Thanks Chris, loved this. So much doom and gloom at the moment, it really lifted my mood. Keep up the great work.

[Buenchico]

Thank you, Roo and Maggie.

I'll keep looking for videos to cheer us all up.

Signed: A. Crow

;-)

[DTCwordfan]

There once was a monastery that was very strict - talk about the Opus Dei - on the right of them.

Following a vow of silence, no one was allowed to speak at all. But there was one exception to this rule. Every ten years, the monks were permitted to speak just two words. After spending his first ten years at the monastery, one monk went to the head monk. "It has been ten years," said the head monk. "What are the two words you would like to speak?"

"Bed... hard..." said the monk.

"I see," replied the head monk.

Ten years later, the monk returned to the head monk's office. "It has been ten more years," said the head monk. "What are the two words you would like to speak?"

"Food... stinks..." said the monk.

"I see," replied the head monk.

Yet another ten years passed and the monk once again met with the head monk who asked, "What are your two words now, after these ten years?"

"I... quit!" said the monk.

"Well, I can see why," replied the head monk. "All you ever do is complain."

[Buenchico]

They say that the old 'uns are always good 'uns, DTC ;-)

[DTCwordfan]

I said that ten years ago, Chris..... March the 15th 2032 has just been diarised....