The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #105337   Message #2167763
Posted By: MikeofNorthumbria
10-Oct-07 - 01:05 AM
Thread Name: What is Morris Dancing for?
Subject: RE: What is Morris Dancing for?
There seems to have been a spelling error in the original post. Surely it should have read "What is Morris dancing Four?" - though it could equally well have been "What is Morris dancing Five?"

The answer to both questions is: "It's what happens outside the pub if the Bagman fails to persuade at least six of the idle b*****s to turn out, and the rest have to improvise."

Fortunately, this hasn't happened very often with our lot - though sometimes I've been left standing outside the pub for what felt like a very long time, waiting for the cavalry to arrive.

Mike Sutton (Ex)Bagman, Hexham Morrismen