I was out one Saturday doing catchups and spotted an old guy in bed, so I knocked on the window in case he got a fright just catching my movement. No response, so I looked closer to see if he was sleeping. Oh no! his eyes are wide open and he's not moving. Knocked again, still nothing.
Went down the ladder and knocked on the neighbour's door - who said I was being cheeky asking for the money before I'd even started - and asked if the old guy had been keeping well. She'd seen him the day before looking OK, so I told her what I'd seen. She had the spare key, so we decided to go in, expecting the worst. Went up, said his name - nothing again, gave him a gentle shake and all hell breaks loose - WTF! who are you breaking in to my house? just about took his stick across my back before he realised he knew the folk in the room and calmed down.
This bloke's only one of those one-in-so-many-millions who sleep with their eyes open, isn't he. AND he takes his hearing aids out when he's in bed.
Next time we were there, he spotted us before we got to his house and waited to the side of the window until he heard the ladder going up and one of the lads started. Then the old git jumps to the centre of the window with his arms up, going Wooooo and giving the starey eyes. Poor lad nearly fell off.
The old sod thought it was going to be me and laughed his socks off!
