Back Again....

Here I am , back again ,don't ask me where I've been ....
Thinking about stories and such , it is possible to condense any story down to its essence (precise?) , for example ''Gone With the Wind''....' "War" said Scarlett "Well fiddle-de-dee". BOOM ! Ashley goes off to war . Atlanta burns . Rhett comes , Rhett goes again . "Fiddle-de-dee " says Scarlett . "I'll think about it tomorrow . After all ...tomorrow is another day ".
On the other hand it is also possible to string out a story to infinity...."It was a dark and stormy night. The captain and the crew sat on the deck . The captain said to the first-mate : "Tell us a story ". The mate began :" It was a dark and stormy night . The captain and the crew sat on the deck . The captain said to the first-mate :" Tell us a story ". The mate began : "It was a dark and stormy night . The captain and the crew sat on the deck . The captain said to the first-mate :" Tell us a story ". The mate began..............etc etc ad infinitum.....
Now see what you have been missing......
Ronnie Drew died recently RIP , I've just listened to a recording of his version of " Dublin in the Rare Auld (owled ) Times " and the line about "the Royal long since pulled down " reminded me of the photographs in the newspapers at the time showing Mickser Reid helping the demolition men on the site . "Who'se Mickser Reid ? " I hear you ask . (You did'nt ? ) Well I'll tell you anyway . Mickser played in pantomime . He was a dwarf ( no not a midget..despite the argument in "In Bruge ") . In my memory pantos would not have been the same without him . Nowadays of course it would not be politically correct to laugh at a person because he was small , but his stature was as much a part of the humour of pantos as , say Jimmy O'Dea's rubber face or Cecil Sheridan's stammer . It was called ' entertainment ' and Mickser , Jimmy , and Cecil were loved for the laughter they brought to us all .
More anon...hope I don't get lost again