TOO LATE FOR A DNA TEST

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Forced to move back into his childhood bedroom after 40 years, a successful comedy writer becomes a carer for an unsuccessful gambler – his own father.
Obsessed with betting, his father baptised his son Baldric 2nd – not named after a heroic historical figure, but a racehorse. Aged 98 he still bets on horses, in spite of ailing health and suffering as many falls as the horses he backs. Recently his horse was cruising to victory at Worcester racetrack when the jockey mistook a furlong pole for the winning post and stopped! Lately, in a flat race at Lingfield, his selection literally dropped dead.
However, at 98 his father is showing no signs of dropping dead, as the NHS diverts most of its annual budget into keeping him alive; bookmakers must be very grateful to the NHS.
Meanwhile his son’s choiceless carer role encompasses nurse, cook, pharmacist, cleaner, dresser, butler, commode emptier and 999 caller. Cinderella would have resigned years ago.
Sprinkled with celebrity cameos and unfailing humour, this is the true story of life as a 24/7 carer, dealing with his father’s ill-health, declining mental capacity and lifelong gambling addiction – while his son believes the only way to make money following the horses is with a bucket and a shovel.
Is he his real father? Too late for a DNA test now!

Etter å ha blitt tvunget til å flytte tilbake til barndommens soverom etter 40 år, blir en suksessfull komiker og forfatter en omsorgsperson for en mislykket gambler – nemlig sin egen far.
Faren har vært spillavhengig hele livet og døpte sønnen etter en veddeløpshesten Baldric 2. I en alder av 98 år spiller han fortsatt på hester, tross sviktende helse og like mange diagnoser som antall hester han spiller på.
Faren viser ingen tegn til å dø ettersom trygdesystemet bruker det meste av sitt årlige budsjett til å holde ham i live – til glede for bookmakerne.
Enn så lenge består sønnens hverdag av rollene sykepleier, kokk, farmasøyt, renholder, pottetømmer, butler og AMK-sentral-ringer.
Dette er den sanne historien om livet til en ufrivillig omsorgsperson som håndterer sin fars dårlige helse, sviktende mentale kapasitet og livslange spilleavhengighet døgnet rundt. Selv tror sønnen at den eneste måten å tjene penger på hester er å følge dem med bøtte og spade.
Er faren hans ekte far? Nå er det for sent å ta en DNA-test!