Why "Toodle Pip"?

Why toodle pip?

Why name my blog with such an archaic throwback from the English language?

After all, this is the twenty-first century, age of Internet, mobile technology and a method of writing so complex that I have to call the person to find out what

 "CN U C NX SUN ABT CR8VE? LME NO 2MOZ, KKTHXBAI"

 is supposed to mean.

"Toodle Pip" is one of those terms that is very rarely used in modern culture.

It, along with the likes of 'Cheerio!' and "Chin-up pickle", herald from around the time of the great wars. A time of 'Stoicism' and 'Getting on with it'.

In fact a time from which the stereotype of 'Britishness' is drawn from.

I was discussing this with one of my best friends, (who I affectionately call "The Good Lady" ).

It is something we are both aware of, and caught ourselves doing, that when the 'Midden hits the fan' we tend to hark back to that secure, safe, stoic Britishness 

An outlook and belief that means that yes, you may go and have a little cry in the bathroom out of sight.

But then you will dry your eyes, stand up straight, and bloody-well get on with it!

I know 'The Good Lady' is having a bad time and in desperate need of a cup of tea and a listening ear when "Cheerio" and an almost forceful 'brightness' enters her tone of voice.

Likewise she understands that when I am worried, 'Toodle Pip' will enter my vocabulary, along with the habit of speaking with the forthright certainty of a 1940's General.

 "Well Sod it then. You know me old Girl, I'll just buckle down and get on with it, Not beaten yet! Toodle Pip!

So essentially this blog is named for the attitude and determination to make the most of the hand that life has dealt me.

It is not pleasant, it is not something I would wish for, but moping in a corner isn't going to help any bugger.

If I were to name it with a modern twist it would likely end up as "F**k it"

In the scheme of things, I prefer 'Toodle Pip'.

- Cookie