Hello Everybody, have you noticed that the tap has been left on and half of October has escaped? I‘d forgotten it was such a slippery customer. I’m going to try and savour the rest of it, maybe I could weigh it down with a few pumpkins…
Anyway, on the table this week I witnessed this little scene unfolding which I will leave with you whilst I try and get a handle fixed to October before it disappears completely…
Living on the Edge 156; Rolodex Ron…
“What are you selling?” asked Jeremy suspiciously. He was about to be sorry he’d asked…
“I’m here to show you how to keep all the numbers and contact details of your friends and family in one convenient place,” said the stranger moving back and forth in a most unsettling way.
“All those pesky loose bits of paper will be a thing of the past with this second to none storage system and…”
Jeremy’s eyes began to glaze; this clown is living in the past, he thought and was about to tell him so, when he looked down at his smart phone. It had run out of charge again. Perhaps he did need some kind of backup system. It might be handy and he could avoid incurring the wrath of Aunt Maud when, having lost her address for the umpteenth time, he’d missed sending her birthday card. Besides it did look pretty cool…
“…and full circle back to the ‘A’s,” concluded the salesman. He was about to begin the next section of his spiel when Jeremy stopped him.
“How much is this going to set me back?” asked Jeremy. But he was already reaching for his wallet… xxx