Post 1632. Wednsday November 8
Friday Fictioneers
As I jumped from the bus holding my wife's shopping list, the wind snatched it, slapped it against a car windscreen and it was gone. I needed to phone home but being desperate for a pee, I thought I’d call from the public loo. Whilst attempting to single-handedly dial, I dropped my mobile into the toilet. The auto-flush kicked in and it was gone.
I decided to drown my sorrows a the pub.
'This list just landed on my windscreen' I heard a bloke say to his friend.
‘Ah, that’s mi........’ I shouted, knocking over my beer as I watched him throw it on the log fire.
I walked out and got the next bus home.
I decided to drown my sorrows a the pub.
'This list just landed on my windscreen' I heard a bloke say to his friend.
‘Ah, that’s mi........’ I shouted, knocking over my beer as I watched him throw it on the log fire.
I walked out and got the next bus home.
Thanks to Rochelle for hosting and Marie Gail Stratford the photo.
Haha! Poor guy, he couldn't catch a break. Good one, Keith.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure we all have days like that! Cheers Varad.
DeleteDear Keith,
ReplyDeleteI feel guilty laughing at the poor fella's plight. But...haha. Very good.
Shalom,
Rochelle
https://rochellewisoff.com/2017/11/08/10-november-2017-2/
Just remind yourself it's fiction, then laughing at him isn't so naughty! Thanks Rochelle.
DeleteI dread to imagine the scene in his living room tonight.:)
ReplyDeleteNot sure I want to! Thanks moon.
DeleteWe've all had those days. When it happens to me, i quote Bugs Bunny who would say, "I shoulda stood in bed!"
ReplyDeleteHehe! 'Gee, ain't I a stinker?' Cheers mimi.
DeleteHa, it won't get any better when he gets home to his wife either. Great fun.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't want to be in his shoes - or trousers - that's for sure! Cheers Iain.
DeleteAll in all, I think he's safer at home this particular day. Sounds like his luck has truly run out.
ReplyDeleteIt has indeed! Thanks Sandra
DeleteOne of those days .... Enjoyed this hilarious piece.
ReplyDeleteI'm delighted to have amused you YS!
DeleteI'm laughing, but I'm betting his wife isn't :)
ReplyDelete...nor he I suspect! Thanks Linda
DeleteWas it that big a deal in the first place? :)
ReplyDeleteYou haven't met his missus! Cheers Reena
DeleteHi Keith - I thought men only did one thing at a time?! Explains why most do ... and why they should - fun story ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteMuktitasking is not for me! Thanks Hilary
DeleteThis definitely wasn't his day. Hope his wife is understanding.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly wasn't James!
DeleteOh dear! What a day!
ReplyDeleteNot the best! Thanks Penny
DeleteSome days you just need to go back to bed and forget about attempting anything! Nice catalogue of catastrophe, Keith
ReplyDeleteI would call and suggest it but he hasn't got a phone! Cheers Lynn.
DeleteSounds like punishment for regarding the shopping list as "his wife's". Maybe it's time to become a new man and see their shopping needs as shared. Then again, maybe they'd have to share the trips to the pub?
ReplyDeleteA good story; I felt for the poor soul.
I absolutely agree! Thanks for your comment.
DeleteKeith, this is fnatastic!! We've all had days like that and for some of us, that's our life. We ust can't seem to break free from all those interconnected disasters. Sometimes, that's also thanks to ourselves and not just having a sense of bad luck. That we are the authors of our own nightmares. I am trying to follow the scout motto these days: "always be prepared". It helps.
ReplyDeletexx Rowena
'Authors of our own nightmares', so true. Thank you for your wise words Rowena.
DeleteHaha. One thing after another. Thats life. Loved his phone going down to the automatic flush.
ReplyDelete...a chain of disasters! I hoped I waasn't tempting fate when I wrote it! Cheers Irene.
DeleteThis day needs a reset button. Or at least the missus' morning needs an erase!
ReplyDeleteHow modern - I'd just go back to bed! Cheers Sheena
DeleteHe needs to stay in bed until his run of bad luck is at an end :-)
ReplyDeleteWhether it would be the same bed as his wife or not, I'm not sure! Thank you Alistair.
DeleteOh man, that's one of those days when it isn't safe to get out of bed. He probably shouldn't go anywhere near things more dangerous than pillows. Fun story!
ReplyDeleteDelighted to have amused you kind sir!
DeleteLOLOL .... no luck on that day for him. Perhaps, it's best he go home before something worse happens.
ReplyDeleteFun story ....
Isadora ��
I think youre right Isadora!
DeleteOh no! Don't you just hate those sort of days? :)
ReplyDeleteSusan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
I often find that if one thing goes wrong, others follow! Thanks Susan.
DeleteWho was this guy? Shall we call him Calamity Keith?
ReplyDeleteA fun read - Russell
Pretty well sums him up! Cheers Russell.
DeleteHe's lucky his pocket wasn't picked as well!
ReplyDeleteIt could be he just hasn't noticed yet! Thanks liz.
DeleteOh the poor bugger... and I bet, to top off the day, the wife won't believe a word of it!
ReplyDeleteDid you believe it? !! Cheers Dale
DeleteReally well executed tale. Sympathies extended to the poor sod.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Christine. I'll pass on your sympathies!
DeleteThat's why I make my lists on my phone :D Made me laugh - thanks Keith
ReplyDeleteUnforunately, he lost his phone too so that wouldn't have helped him much! Thanks Dahlia.
DeleteI really like the Buster Keaton style energy of your tale - found it so visual.
ReplyDeleteThat hadn't occured to me, but now you come to mention it...! Cheers WWD
DeleteWhat an awful day! I hope he makes it homje alright.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to think he did! Thanks Alice
DeleteHe's definitely not having a good day. Great story!
ReplyDeleteHe's had better! Thanks for dropping by.
DeleteNow, that is a bad day!
ReplyDeleteNot one I would fancy! Thanks so much
DeleteAh! gee what bad Luck! I chuckled at the start then kept shaking my head, thinking, he probably should not have gotten out of bed that day.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! Cheers.
DeleteVery funny -- I can see myself in this story. In fact, I think I have been.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, really? Thanks mike.
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