You've taken me back now Gareth with joe the gadget man. If my memory serves me right Saturday mornings & was it "Don't forget to bring your money with you "
Would you believe that my old man would always watch his shows every Saturday , without fail . Joe could sell just about anything and everything ,
I can still , quite painfully , recall the look on Dads face when the latest Etectric Hair Cutter came on the show .
To cut a long story short , he ordered one of those things and when it arrived a month later , he wasted no time in using it .
Me ( being somewhat slower then the rest of my 6 brothers and sisters , who saw what was coming and had quickly raced out of the house , leaving me behind ), was conned by Dad into being his first ' patient ' .
He then , no joke , placed a tin pot , yes a bluudy tin pot , on my head and started to ' buzz ' away and in the process nicked my ear . Blood was pouring from the , at least to me , a deep gash in my skull , and I screamed blue murder scaring the old boy half to death .
Of course he then stopped and told me not to say anything to Mum , in the process shoving one of those big chewy toffees in my mouth .
Naturally I took the chewy toffee and promised Dad that I would not say a word .
When my Mum came home I raced up,to her , told her what the old boy had done . She in turn went into the house and tore strips from the poor blighter , who in the process gave me a most unnerving stare .
A true story and I blame it all on dear old Joe the Gadget man .