Thursday, August 21

That doorbell

I got for the Brain Surgery - turns out it's haunted.

It seemed a little strange when I unwrapped it - the ring menu contained nothing you'd want to announce a visitor: electro drum 'n' bass, rickety piano, cartoon car parps, swanee whistle - everything except ding dong.

I settled on a tinny cascade called 'peel of bells' but even that had consequences, prompting one patient to recall a '60s sitcom that no-one had ever heard of. To boost our memories she re-enacted the opening sequence and would've done the entire first series but someone said 'oh - that show' and I was able to show her into the consulting room.

Today the haunted doorbell started randomly playing bits from it's repertoire of bizarre sounds.

Maybe it's the plug socket that's possessed

8 comments:

  1. YIKES! i think the only person who rings our doorbell is the FEDEX guy or maybe the postman, if i have to sign for something! i don't even remember what it sounds like! *wandering off to ring the doorbell* xoxoxox

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    1. that's the thing about doorbells, normally they just sound 'doorbell-ey' and you don't notice them xxoo

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  2. Perhaps you could just tack up a paper sign urging people to yell 'DING DONG!'

    Also, please elaborate on the paranormal powers of this doorbell.

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    1. that's what used to happen before I installed the doorbell - people just yelled through the flap. Didn't want to know what would happen next so have given it to the church for exorcism

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  3. I would like a doorbell that played random selections from The Doors.

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    1. hahaha - I want Dave Edmunds to come and sit in the hallway singing 'I hear you knocking (but you can't come in)'

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  4. I want to know which sit-com it was. I love a game of charades!
    Sx

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    1. something about a family which always started which them introducing themselves by ringing the doorbell - sounds great doesn't it?

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