Are YOU reading ‘50 SHADES of GREY’? We enjoy studying people particularly when they arrive early in the selling queues I was interested in what our women customers do whilst waiting for the Car Boot to start. Some of them have organised picnics others spend the entire time on their mobiles whilst 20% of them read. This is rent collecting time so Lou gets time to speak with drivers but over last weekend she noticed more ladies reading than ever before and out of 100 sellers at MABE 14 of them was reading 50 Shades of GREY an alleged ‘very horny’ 3 volumes book.

I had noticed over recent weeks that several of our real regular ladies had a certain ‘spring in their step’ and seemed happy and content with their lot, more so than in recent months could it be 50 SHADES which is a bestselling blockbuster number 1 Book of the Year! Our lady Lynne of double glazing fame drove past me as she was leaving the other day her face looking decidedly like a ‘hot flush’ saying “I am going home to read the rest of this book it is so good I cannot put it down” and with a saucy wink she drove off! I suggested to Lou that she should buy it but typical her she said No, I will be able to buy one at the boot sale for a pound before long’ so as a rare treat I decided to buy part one of the trilogy and give it Marge to read and review it for our lady customers once I agreed her enormous fee.
This book was the talk of the sales Doreen was reading it for the second time; Rosie came over all funny by page 83 the happiness in her smile as she rushed off home to read more and have her husband bringing cups of coffee content that his wife was happy whilst he was in his shed having a sly pint. Annie told me she ‘loves it’ but I dont think she was talking about the book? Margaret raved about it Marge’s Rachel had read the 3 volumes overnight and Marge herself told me ‘I am up to page 14 and nothing has happened yet’ she can be so impatient at times but I did notice she rushed off home earlier on Tuesday after her ‘whistle stop’ tour of the ‘nookey’ car boot.
Her man Richard is so well trained he will have her slippers and gin & tonic waiting for her when she gets home to continue her review after showing him ‘this is what I bought today’ Lovely family and we await Marge’s review however I was talking to Ben my mate and he says ‘Oh my missus has read it and by the middle of book TWO she said it wasn’t very good but she continued to the last page of book THREE!

Guess what? Lou bought her book for ONE POUND at Newquay has read half, not that impressed does not like the plot and promises to send the book to my mother-in-law! OMG sex is what they put coal in according to her, very nice posh voice! I am not going to read it, having been married 4 times (so far) and lived with 9 lovely women and losing my virginity at 15 (months) I am considering a book of my own! Apparently the author of 50 shags of grey wrote the book slowly because he knows Marge cannot read fast.
Geoff
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ps; Marge is Tee-total

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