Thursday, October 31, 2019

"Frinton on sea"

Small children constantly jabbering on can be highly irritating on public transport journeys when you're tired and want a bit of quiet. Perhaps I am overly sensitive to it due to overexposure to children, but I remember being really irritated by small children's noise on the long journey back from Italy. But...occasionally, I find myself really amused by things they say, even when tired.  For instance, when they inexplicably find a word or a phrase funny or they keep repeating it.  On my very crowded, delayed,  I-hate-TFL-why-is-their-train-always-delayed-so-then-I-have-to-wait-25minutes-for-my-second-train, train, I could hear the most articulate, young voice pipe up all of a sudden, "Frinton on Sea,".   Then that little angelic voice repeated, "Frinton on seeeeeeea" and repeated in a wondering sort of way several times. It just made me smile so much and reminded me of that feeling of finding repeating one word or one thing inexplicably funny!

One small things but it made me smile!

5 comments:

  1. In my childhood, Essex seaside holidays included going to Walton-on-the-neeeiiighs!

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  2. Frinton on Sea is a very repeatable phrase to be fair. The name alone makes me want to go there.

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  3. It's amazing that this little kid has inspired this post by saying repeatedly, Frinton on Sea. I'm glad that it brought a smile on your face.
    The children are celebrating Halloween today but we no longer get Trick or Treaters at our door. There are no kids in our neighbourhood anymore.
    Happy Halloween
    Hugs, Julia

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  4. Children jabbering constantly when I'm on the bus, whether it's in the morning or at night, often drive me batty, but yes, sometimes you can't help but smile at what they're saying. xxx

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  5. kids can be adorable:).

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