Wandering around a DIY store today without my specs and needing advice I spotted a luminous sweatshirt with a logo on the left breast area - not the sort of thing I imagined the young man in it would wear voluntarily - I started asking him about paint
I'm sorry I don't work here
Close enough now to see that the logo was from the zoo - I backed off apologetically
I'm so sorry, I could only see that you do work somewhere
Shuntaro Tanikawa.
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Years ago, I was meeting Peter at the airport and happened to wear a red skirt, red-white-blue silk blouse and a dark blue velvet jacket.People kept coming up to me and asking me questions about British Airways flights.
ReplyDeleteI hope you gave them interesting answers Di
DeleteIf you see him at the zoo, perhaps you can make it up to him by asking about pandas, penguins, or something?
ReplyDeleteI should have asked him about pandas and penguins in the paint shop shouldn't I?
DeleteI am constantly speaking to my son's boots which he leaves in the mud room. At my insistence thinking they are one of the cats. So far I have not been caught out on this. Love and hello!
ReplyDeleteLove and hello to you sweetheart xxx
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