Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: The Best I Ever Did

Thanks for all your kind comments on this. If I c...

2008-10-28T23:44:00.000Z

Thanks for all your kind comments on this. If I comment individually, like I always love to do, I will blush myself to death.

Like I said, it was the best I ever done so it's all downhill, story-wise from here.

That makes 'em funnier though :)

Nice story, Ken!

2008-10-28T16:32:00.000Z

Nice story, Ken!

you are a very nice person,God Bless Your Heart!

2008-10-28T04:26:00.000Z

you are a very nice person,God Bless Your Heart!

I really enjoyed reading this.I once won a tenner ...

2008-10-28T00:37:00.000Z

I really enjoyed reading this.

I once won a tenner on the UK lottery, but I did nothing to deserve it.

I love stories like this. Your kindness was acknow...

2008-10-27T23:11:00.000Z

I love stories like this. Your kindness was acknowledged by you winning 2 Euros. Congratulations. I'm happy to hear it happened to a decent man.

Tasha

Gorgeous story. I particularly love the little kic...

2008-10-27T17:44:00.000Z

Gorgeous story.

I particularly love the little kick at the end.

But no, that's not what I would have done in that situation: I would have been all eye-rolly because the old guy was holding up the queue and I really wanted my Moro and Cidona. So yes, you are unusually helpful. Live with it ;)

awesome story.

2008-10-27T13:57:00.000Z

awesome story.

Great story, makes you think, what's the best we'v...

2008-10-27T13:08:00.000Z

Great story, makes you think, what's the best we've all ever done??
Just a note...my mom is 84, this past summer she told me she picked up a girl walking down the street and offered her a ride home. Mom lives in a dangerous neighborhood, so I said, you should be careful, giving rides to strangers could be dangerous, she said, "it was nearly 100 degrees and she was wearing a Walmart uniform, what's the worst that could happen, I'm 84? I thought, good point!
Thank's for the story Ken!

Margaret: "Twas the other gentleman who's horn you...

2008-10-27T10:15:00.000Z

Margaret: "Twas the other gentleman who's horn you were blowing" Obviously, I deny everything. :)

Ken, I'm pretty sure you're wrong about just doing...

2008-10-26T23:49:00.000Z

Ken, I'm pretty sure you're wrong about just doing what anyone would have done in that situation. Most of the time I wander around so much in my own little world that I wouldn't have even noticed the man or his predicament.

But then again, as and American I consider it my sworn duty to be as self-centered as possible.

Hi Ken, wow! it was indeed the best thing you ever...

2008-10-26T23:18:00.000Z

Hi Ken, wow! it was indeed the best thing you ever did. Of all your stories, this touched me the most. Going out of your way to help a stranger speaks of a noble heart...eherm...not, don't let that go into your head.

Happy blogging and God bless you.

Ahhh thanks for the definition! No, you were not b...

2008-10-26T21:25:00.000Z

Ahhh thanks for the definition!

No, you were not blowing your own horn at all with your tale.

Twas the other gentleman who's horn you were blowing, but the goodness of your share of the deed came out from under that bushel you were trying to hide it under.

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Cold showers all round...Nice story.x

2008-10-26T20:50:00.001Z

Cold showers all round...

Nice story.
x

Hi Margaret, Thanks. I'm a bit embarrassed, reall...

2008-10-26T20:50:00.000Z

Hi Margaret, Thanks. I'm a bit embarrassed, really. When I posted this, I never saw it as an 'aren't I great' story, I just liked how light on excess words it was. Now I seem to be blowing me own trumpet when, in actuality, I don't think many people would have done any less in the circumstances of those poor men and the few minutes required to at least help a little.

Google nothing while I am around my dear! :) Lucozade is a yellow glucose based fizzy drink. It was almost de-rigour to bring a bottle to sick folk in hospital when I was young. It used to have lovely see through yellow wrapping around the bottle and if you held it up to the light, the whole world looked Golden and Magical. Alas sometimes it is not.

Ah Ken -- what a great guy you are. Wish there wer...

2008-10-26T20:00:00.000Z

Ah Ken -- what a great guy you are. Wish there were more of you around. The world seems to be in short supply right now.

I know I can google it, but just what is Lucozade for those of us from 'cross the pond....

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Ha! Thanks Jim for a very welcome perspective.See...

2008-10-26T17:52:00.000Z

Ha! Thanks Jim for a very welcome perspective.

See, if he's wanted 'that' I'd have known exactly where to bring him. :)

Now, if his dying friend had been looking for one ...

2008-10-26T17:34:00.000Z

Now, if his dying friend had been looking for one last shag this could have been a very different story indeed. (Sorry, I've been over at Rachel's blog and they're all talking about sex and I can't get my mind out of the gutter).

Hi Daisy: 'Didn't mean to make you leak. You hav...

2008-10-26T15:02:00.000Z

Hi Daisy: 'Didn't mean to make you leak. You have nine lives so you don't have to be anxious about mortality issues as of yet.

Hi Hope: You are right.

Debbie darlin': I *am* pretty okay but I have my moments - don't we all? :)

just when I think you are the nicest person ever, ...

2008-10-26T13:54:00.000Z

just when I think you are the nicest person ever, you tell a story like this and I realize you are even nicer.

Kindness is rewarded in the most interesting ways....

2008-10-26T13:43:00.000Z

Kindness is rewarded in the most interesting ways. :)

That story made my eyes leak, just a little bit.

2008-10-26T11:00:00.000Z

That story made my eyes leak, just a little bit.

Hi Susan: It was! The only Lucozade in town, that...

2008-10-26T09:42:00.000Z

Hi Susan: It was! The only Lucozade in town, that night.

Please God, when I'm dying, I hope I have such a g...

2008-10-26T09:21:00.000Z

Please God, when I'm dying, I hope I have such a good friend as that man, and you! what a great story!

Was that the service station by Horkan's garden centre? They're always good.