One sherry too many

"Is Mum alright, Dad?"
"Don't wake her, for Gawd's sake!" Lew's face registered fear. "She'll start doing a 'knees up' or get all funny. Either way, I'll never hear the end of it."
"A knees up?" Frances whispered. I explained it was an East London dance that is only difficult to do if very drunk, which is the only time it is ever performed. A "knees up" requires the linkage of arms, the stomping of feet, and high-kicking legs in order to get the required "knees up" while singing "Knees Up Mothe...
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Published on March 10, 2010 13:35
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