Anne and Geoff
My blogs
| Location | on the road, Helvetia |
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| Introduction | Those with an inquiring mind will be wondering who the hell is Dittmar? The story starts with my late father, who at one time employed a builder, known to Dad as Dittmar, to construct a carport. The job took quite a while, and Dad had plenty of contact with Dittmar at the time. At one stage Dad needed to contact Dittmar at home and rang him for this purpose. A woman, presumably Mrs Dittmar answered the phone. After Dad asked to speak to Dittmar, he heard this message being relayed to another part of the house: 'Hey Keith, phone for you'. A man responded 'Who is it?' 'That bloke who calls you Dittmar'. When the builder came to the phone my bemused father asked was his name really Dittmar, or was it in fact Keith?' 'It's Keith' came the reply. Astoundingly, my father's response was: 'Does anybody else call you Dittmar?' 'No, only you' was the laconic reply. My father was not always known as a comedian, but I think this story is quite priceless. I'm sure there must be some Dittmars in Switzerland, and hence Dittmar features in this blog title. |
| Interests | 2-stroke lawn mowers. Trampolines. The margarine v. butter debate. |