
‘You bought that?’
‘Cool, innit?’
‘Have you lost your mind?’
‘Why? It’s different, but it was a steal.’
‘Yeah, I bet. Because nobody with half an ounce of sense would have paid money for it.’
‘Come on, it’s not that bad. We’ll get a retractable ladder. I’ll install a hoist for heavy bags. And we won’t have to worry about unwanted visitors anymore.’
‘Is that why you bought this place? I can handle unwanted visitors.’
‘Yeah.’
‘Don’t you yeah me. I can.’
‘I know.’
‘Look, next time I won’t invite them in.’
‘No, I know. I made sure of it.’
***
Interesting picture for Friday Fictioneers this week. I’m certain it will many interesting tales.
😀
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Thank you 🙂
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Sometimes the most unusual looking places turn out to be hidden gems!
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Thank you, Francesca 🙂
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I would have to agree with him. He certainly made sure of it. LOL! Great story in such a few words.
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He made absolutely sure… Cheers, PJ 🙂
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Cheers!
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Definitely a ‘cool’ story Sonya, ‘innit’! I live this little dialogue. Very well written 🙂
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Thank you, Millie! Sometimes, the characters just want to talk… 😀
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Sorry about the typo. I must have been nodding off, or something. (Well, that’s the best excuse I can come up with. In reality I just can’t type!) 🙂
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When I was very young and bought our house with hubby #1, there were certain people that were not allowed to know where we lived. This reminded me of that! lol
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Hope it was a good reminder… Thanks, Dawn 🙂
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This is great. Love the dialogue. And a brilliant idea too, living away but in the middle of things- like having a house with a drawbridge. Ah, the times I’ve wished for that…
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As Samantha guessed correctly, I wrote this with the Jehovah’s Witnesses in mind. But there’s all sorts of other nuisances…
Thanks, Lynn 🙂
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so what, she invited in Jehovah’s?! My grandmother used to invite them in so she could convert THEM!
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Bull’s Eye! That was the idea behind it. When the kiddo was a few months old, we used to live in an area where they came round every two weeks. First time they rang, she was just about to drop off to sleep (and I was looking forward to some writing time…). I told them not to bother me again. Three weeks later, they were back. They woke the baby. I told them again to leave us alone. Another three weeks later, the baby had just gone to sleep, they rang the doorbell again. I swore at them so badly they left before I was done. They didn’t return.
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ah, waking the baby. Not a good way to get into heaven!
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Man, I wish I’d thought of that at the time. Might have been better than my tirade…
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Your grandmother’s strategy sounds fun, too. When we were kids, my brother got rid off them by giving them the sign of the horns and saying ‘Hail Satan’. They never knocked on our door again afterwards 😀
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I always want to answer the door with a knife and ask if they can hurry it up b/c I have a goat to sacrifice downstairs!
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An amusing story with a great solution, innit! Well that was one Chav who managed to press the deselect button on his Chavette’s social life in an imaginative way. Good on you, mate 😉
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Cheers, Sarah 😀
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My Dad used to provide a public service by talking to the Jehovah’s witnesses for so long they were too exhausted to visit anyone else – he was sort of a militant atheist.
I have a different strategy. If they ring the front bell I’m the rude lady who tells them to go away and if they knocked at the side door I try to find some common ground.
All good fun, as was your story.
Loved the believable dialogue – these two sound like they’ll survive because there’s a bit of healthy back chat going on there innit!
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I’m really enjoying these tales about how others deal with the JWs… These days, I think I’d actually invite them in, just because I’m curious. Thank you 🙂
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They definitely won’t be getting in this time! Loved the dialogue. I was thinking it was some sort of thugs that they let in but then I read your comments further up! The retractable ladder is great.
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I deliberately left it open who it is they need to keep out. If you want it to be thugs, I won’t object 😀
Thank you!
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Dear Sonya,
Sounds as though there is no arguing with him. I’d find a way to invite everyone up all the time just to make him crazy. A very believable and well written story.
Aloha,
Doug
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Any moat?
Randy
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I suspect the moat in in the early planning stages 😀
Thank you for stopping by, Randy!
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It’s easier than digging a moat! Good piece.
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It is indeed. Thank you for stopping by!
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