"Versatile Blogger" Award Ceremony

What a lovely surprise I had recently.

I was quietly looking through the comments on my latest post when I was promptly 'whisked away' by the lovely green eyed, chef extra-ordinaire, prolific cookbook writer, dancing supremo and great bloggy pal, Marguerite at Cajun Delights.  She said she had 'a little something for me to collect' and quite naturally I thought she meant a shrimp or two, or one of her gorgeous culinary creations. 

In fact Marguerite's invitation was to her own special Academy Award Ceremony.  I was thrilled to see a large Supa Trouper spotlight shining brightly on me, along with 9 other bloggers, each hand picked for the ocassion by Marguerite.  I made an appropriate acceptance speech and held aloft my prize, one tenth of this highly prestigious Versatile Blogger Award.  Miraculously at once it reconstituted itself into a complete award without any injection of stem cells. Thank you very much Marguerite, cher - I am highly honoured and I can now tell Mrs Bluelights that folk regard me as versatile LOL, just in case she had not noticed.  So with due ceremony I duly nail the trophy on my side bar with great pride.

Firstly, I congratulate Marguerite on receiving this award from Drick at Drick's Rambling Cafe.

If anyone has not visited Marguerite at her superb blog, Cajun Delights, you don't know what you've been missing.  She provides an endless supply of wonderful mouth watering recipes and she also features great Cajun music which gets yer feet tapping, but I warn you that all the dancing and eating requires a lot of stamina and that gal can sure move like lightning.  Now you see her, now you don't!  Whooosh! - she's off dancing again to her rallying cry, "Let the good times roll, cher! It's party time!"

"What Again!!", we all say, "you've just had one! Where do you get your energy from?"

This award is conditional on me supplying BlogLand with 8 pieces of riveting information about me which the world has been waiting for with baited breath for such a long time, LOL. I wonder if it can it stand all this information all in one go? LOL

1.   I was born with two appendixes and now have none.  I have no idea why the second appendix existed but it, and not my official appendix, was causing me grief. The day after a game of rugby (the English version and not the sissy version played in the States LOL) I awoke with severe abdominal pains after scoring 3 tries and kicking 2 conversions (goals).  I was diagnosed with a severe appendicitis which turned to peritinitis - little Bluelights was almost lost but they operated just in time!!  They removed the infected one and they decided to take the other as well for good measure - a sort of BOGOFF promotion.  By the way I have only one heart and nature has deemed it not necessary to duplicate any other parts of my anatomy - thank God!

2.  Had my dad not supplied the required Y chromosome at my birth I would have been a girl in which case I would have been christened Daphne. Geepers  - thanks Dad for the Y chromosome LOL.

3.  I have recently resumed donating blood again after my total hip relacement. So far I have donated 91 units of blood. I started this when I was 18. I expect I might reach 100 one day. I often wonder who I have helped but will never know, this side of the grave anyway. 90 pints is enough for 11 people. Just imagine there might be clones of Eddie walking around all over the place, so watch out!!  Anyway I am very pleased to be able to donate again.

4.  When an active ambulance man aged 60+ I beat a 26 year old ex paratrooper soldier, also an ambulance man, at arm wrestling. They don't make 'em like they used to! LOL

5.  At 65 I discovered I'd like to be a brain surgeon. Do you think I will succeed? I might cut this one if I can think of something else! No I'll leave it in! LOL

6.  I used to get tonsillitis as a kid so I had them removed, along with my adenoids, whatever they are! Anyone know what they are used for?  Anyway I had a temporary 'cure' for tonsillitis and that was eating tomatoes with vinegar and salt with some piccalilli. Yummy! One for your cook book, Marguerite LOL

7.  Can you believe it? I've NEVER flown! I've lived such a sheltered life you see.

8.  On the same day in BlogLand I was called a "Cool Dude" and by someone else a "Cute Hoot".  This was very touching, almost as cool as being called Canaille, which means fun loving and is a great compliment. Thank you, if you are reading LOL.

Well I could play this game all night but I will stop at that, otherwise someone might steal my identity! But hang on a mo, there are a couple of things I'll add.

9.  Whilst journeying on a bus, a rare occasion for me, I once stood up for a young lady and invited her to sit in my pace, as is customary for a well mannered gent of my ilk.  She retorted, "I'm just as capable at standing as you are!" and looked at me as though I needed a shrink LOL. Perhaps she thought I was old and decrepit! LOL. Perhaps she might be right and I do need a shrink!  Is there one out there who would like to introduce themself? Go on diagnose me!! LOL

10.  I am ambidextrous, except for writing. I can paint equally well with both hands but alas not at the same time which is a shame because the decorating would be done much quicker.

It remains for me to name 10 people who qualify for this award and I take great pleasure in doing so - these are all fabulous and versatile bloggy pals and they all have a good following. Here they are in no particular order:

Retired and Crazy.  Ann has a fantastic sense of humour and I recently roasted her on my Sunday Roast interview.  She certainly qualifies for versatility because her blog posts range from articles about nude men at a car wash to high powered political observations about why Britain is in such a financial mess.  Now that's a measure of 'megga' versatility.

Menopausal Old Bag.  Another of my favs and a Scottish lady who writes some great and funny stuff - I have often been in hysterics reading her posts.  MOB is currently writing her Sunday Roast which will be a real treat for us but I notice she has not posted for a while.

Joanna Jenkins at The Fifty Factor.  Joanna blogs about anything and everything on her high class blog and she is a very popular gal.

TechnoBabe at TechnoBabe's Adventures is certainly a very versatile blogger and highly popular.

Jane at Gaston Studios is a great fav of mine as well.  She has led a very interesting life and her family tree is something to behold.  Oh and she knew Omar Sharif in her youth - how about that!

Mimi at MimiDublin is a lovely Irish lass who plays the French Horn which she hid behind recently for the Sunday Roast whilst the roving cameraman was trying very hard to take her picture. Oh boy - all hell was let loose when she started playing it - then she lost it!  Can you imagine losing a French Horn. See her roast! HERE LOL.

Jules at The Gravel Farm is another mad Brit ambulance man and writes a highly entertaining and funny blog.

Jazz at Haphazard Life, recently moved from Blogger to Wordpress and she is soon to be roasted.  She'll sing "All That Jazz" to you if you ask her nicely.

Ethel Mae at The Adventures Of Fred And Ethel - Did you know her feet talk to my feet and vice versa! Next installment on it's way, Ethel LOL

Alix at Casa Hice - all sorts there, including taming and 'parenting' wild ducks.

I therefore pass on the resposibility to the above mentioned 10 bloggers to keep these awards going for ever throughout BlogLand - rather like the Olympic Torch which is never extinguished.

So there we have it - thanks again Marguerite for your generous award.

In conclusion I have been persuaded to post The Sunday Roast on Sunday,  not on Saturday.  That seems a great and logical idea Mr London Street and Mimi and others. I wonder why I did not think of that, and it gives me another day in the kitchen to marinate my victims.