It's A Lovely Shovel, Mother.

For the last several years, I've had a shovel with a broken scoop in the shed. I fully intended to use the handle in case the handle on another shovel broke.

A few weeks ago I broke a shovel handle while repairing the sprinklers.

Tonight the good shovel handle met the good scoop.

In other words, no one has talked or thought this much about shovels since the Eric Olthwaite Gang terrorized Edwardian era Denley Moor.

Guess Who's Got A New Shovel, Then?

 

Posted on a friend's Facebook feed, an homage to the humorous talents of one Michael Palin.

And Palin's Eric Olthwaite is a character who'll always be close to my heart, because Dad loved to chuckle at him and his shovel. And it is a clever story, about the most dull human being ever in existence. That speaks to me on a spiritual level.