Breaking News! May day May day - Mad day What? what?
By Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (23393)
United Kingdom
May 1, 2019 5:55am CST
Mad woman found rolling around in the grass in the suburbs of London.
Just read a post about washing your face in the morning dew on the first day of May. It is supposed to restore your youth. Gosh there will have to be a lot of dew around this morning. It seems that some mad woman from Croydon area went out this morning to do such a thing. However she forgot to put on her dressing gown. It is thought that she has frightened not only the local kids but many a man who live in the vicinity were seen running for the hills!
Poor Gilly girl will probably write a post later if matron gives her permission to access a computer!
Happy Mad May day everyone!
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What is this habit to wash your face in the morning dew? I did not know and now it's too late.
@LadyDuck (457868)
• Switzerland
1 May 19
@MarshaMusselman At least I did not forget to pick up a bouquets of lily of the valleys and to put on our table. This is a French tradition that I like to respect, this brings good luck.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
You stick with the lily of the valleys it is much more pleasurable Anna
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
1 May 19
Maybe next year you can fit this one into your schedule on the first day of May, Anna. I can see you writing it on your calendar right now so you won't forget.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
1 May 19
I wonder if Mountain Dew has the same affect.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
The morning dew was supposed to rid the girl of imperfections such as spots pimples and freckles!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
1 May 19
lol I would need to roll around for quite some time and it is much too cold here right now!!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
@Gillygirl You foxy lady you! What? What?
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
1 May 19
It May be nice to be outside at dawn, I'm not so sure about rolling about in the dew, though.
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@Fleura (29110)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
@MarshaMusselman No I think it would be rather cold Brrrr!
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
1 May 19
@Fleura Some years it's been a warmer start to May, but not this year. Now that the rain is over it's finally warming up here a bit.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
Don't worry she is safe and sound in her maximum secure cell as we speak!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 May 19
@Gillygirl Diplomatic! Interesting! @just4him is such a sweet lady. Overseas listeners would probably need an interpreter! Do you still have your accent or have you dropped it in favour of the Surrey clip!
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@just4him (305853)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 May 19
@Gillygirl That was really interesting.
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@pumpkinjam (8537)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
When I read the first bit, and before seeing the person who posted it, I thought it was a post from @Gillygirl talking about herself :D :P :)
I can't say that's a familiar tradition to me but we English ladies do have unusual habits. I wouldn't like to go outside without remembering to put something on. It's still a little chilly!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
OH dear it looks like Gilly has wriggled out of her straight jacket and got on the computer! Bless her Perhaps we could all club together and buy her a onesie so that at least she is covered up when she ventures out unescorted.
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@pumpkinjam (8537)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
@garymarsh6 I'll have no part in the encouragement of onesie-wearing. Next, she'll be seen out wearing crocs (have you seen the new ones with the little bum bag thingy on the back?).
I am, however, all for tightening up the straight jacket or offering a padded cell.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
@pumpkinjam OH Gilly will want to have the Crocs then! She is a fashionista from the leafy suburbs remember!
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
2 May 19
quite cute. Love that Gilly girl. I did not know this was a belief
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
2 May 19
@garymarsh6 I do have a bit of the difference in some words used by UK compared to USA.
but hope she is out soon. 
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 May 19
Yes most odd those people from Leafy Surrey!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 May 19
@bunnybon7 Well between you and me I will let you see her latest photo but you must not share it! @GillyGirl
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
1 May 19
Got the News first hand also.
Ha ha, this is a really good one.
I hope you don´t get "sectioned" for doing that.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
@Gillygirl I did not want to give your exact location in case you attracted peeping toms!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
@lovingangelsinstead21 she should have got three years at the very least
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
She does not have grass in her yard but the mud has rejuvenating qualities I believe
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@rebelann (111124)
• El Paso, Texas
1 May 19
Too bad I don't have that kind of mud @garymarsh6
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@rebelann (111124)
• El Paso, Texas
1 May 19
That'll stop when he views his first wrinkled butt @Gillygirl
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 May 19
@simone10 Please do not encourage her! She is enough trouble without an accomplice! She has her own little badge!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
I know she is a terror isn't she but not to worry she is safely locked away!
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@DeborahDiane (40049)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 19
@garymarsh6 - You had the funniest May Day post I read today. I am going to chuckle about this all evening!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 May 19
@DeborahDiane Great news I am so pleased to hear the news about your husband!
I am glad you get our British sense of humour, Many don't quite get it. You know some of the comedies made by the BBC are brilliant. Keeping up appearances, To the Manor Born, Are you being served. The good life, These are all British comedies at their best, There are lots of innuendos in them but it was actually all clean good fun! Nothing Nasty at all about it. Hence Gilly and My little teasing post! You will find many Brits bounce off each other in the same way!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 May 19
HI, @Deborah-DIane I have been thinking about you recently I hope things are fairly settled in your part of the world. Sending my best wishes to you! Gilly is a lovely person really! Some would not know how to take our Warped British sense of humour!
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@DeborahDiane (40049)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 May 19
@garymarsh6 - I love the British sense of humor. We have only been to Great Britain once, but the cabbies were an absolute delight with all their jokes about everything we saw and did. Thanks for thinking of me. Yes, things are settling down a bit. My husband was pretty sick for a couple of months, but things have finally stabilized and are going better.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
I hope you have maximum secure facilities as she is a bit of a handful!
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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
1 May 19
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 May 19
Yes commonly known as a fruit loop in the UK.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 May 19
@Gillygirl Mais oui je suis ton ami! 
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@RasmaSandra (73326)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 May 19
I was running around trying to find a May Pole to dance around the way I did in grade school but alas, no May Pole to be found
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 May 19
They will probably be in the sales in June!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
3 May 19
Never mind there is always next year!
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
1 May 19
What, what? Is right, lol. I've never heard of 'mad may day' before and we don't celebrate may day either, so I almost forget all about it. Did the lady at least have some underwear on? That would be weird to be sure. I know that people with dementia or alzheimer's might walk about outside without clothing on as some aunts did that years ago.
Unfortunately, my mom was sleepwalking some years ago before her dementia got really bad. She'd been on a certain sleeping pill which we then took away from her because of this situation. She went in the middle of the night across the street and the neighbors returned her to her house. She did have on a shirt and panties and at least it wasn't winter.
Maybe it just appeared that she was trying to restore her youth. Maybe she woke up or came to and was trying to hide herself among the grass blades?
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
1 May 19
It must have been a worrying time for you Marsha. Still at least your neighbours were kind enough to bring her home!
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
2 May 19
@garymarsh6 I didn't even know it took place until she was back home again. My sister has power of attorney and was informed, I'm sure right after.
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