𝗕𝘂𝘀-𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸-𝗕𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 – Cardiff Bus No.25A

It’s another one of those Cardiff Bus curveballs that I’m slowly getting used to now.  The 25A only runs four times a day, all in the evenings.  It was therefore and early tea for me and off to town to prepare to catch the 19.35 to Whitchurch.  I arrived in town early and with the cafes closed so I was forced to go for a beer.  I chose the Cottage on St Mary Street which I haven’t been in for more than 40 years.  The last time I was here there was a bit of trouble brewing and the landlady came out from behind the bar with a baseball bat.  That sorted it!  Tonight I had a nice pint of Butty Bach and enjoyed the music before heading for the bus station to catch the No.25A.  It was surprisingly popular.

The bus went up through Llandaff and then headed to Gabalfa shops before going on to its terminus at the Three Elms.  I was curious to know what happened to it after that.  Apparently it renumbers itself the No.24 and goes back to town in the opposite direction.

The Tree Elms was the natural place to head for a beverage and a read.  It’s a sizable establishment and was pretty full but hardly anyone was talking.  It took a while for me to understand why.  It was quiz night and they were doing the picture round.  In fact they were doing the picture round when I arrived and when I left. That’s one long picture round!

I had a pint of the only draught beer being served, Green King IPA.  Not my sort of thing.  A chilled cask beer.  Why?

My book was Tommy Cooper’s Secret Joke Files.  Like many comedians of his time he filed his jokes away and was terrified of losing them.  For anyone from abroad, Tommy Cooper is hard to explain.  He was unique in having a magic show and was deliberately inept until the last moment when the trick worked.  His tricks were interspersed with daft jokes. 

I haven’t heard this one for ages:-

A drunk was driving his car the wrong way down a one-way street when a policeman stopped him. The cop said ‘Didn’t you see the arrows?’ He said, ‘Arrows? I didn’t even see the Indians!’  

I could see the ending of this one coming:-

The old man went to the doctor for a check-up and when the doctor finished examining him he said to the man ‘You’re in fine shape.  You’ll live to be eighty.’ The old guy said, ‘But I am eighty.’ The doctor said, ‘See, what did I tell you?’

And to finish:-

I broke my glasses when I dropped them.  I said to the optician, ‘Will I have to be examined all over again?’  He said, ‘No, just your eyes!’