First volunteer: (Hunting and pecking on a laptop) How do you spell "destroyed; "D-E-S-T-O-R-I...?'
Second volunteer: (slyly) R-U-R-E-N-T.
First volunteer: "Ruint." Yeah, that works.
(It was a good day, all told; I managed to get my hands on a pillow last night).
Little Grey Bungalow
Worked to a state of stupor. I sure hope the state government or the Red Cross gives all the volunteers some token of appreciation for the hard work you're doing.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found a pillow. Any chance of finding those volunteers a dictionary?
ReplyDeleteI actually left out a key word in the story - volunteer #2 was doing a massive leg-pull on volunteer #1.
ReplyDeleteWhat's really missing is the accent - both them them having deep, soft, down around the ankles Alabama drawls.
yessir. a friend once commented she had no idea the name "Ed" was a three syllable word until she heard my mother yell it at my brother. eh-yuh-duh
ReplyDeleteThe Squire was raised along the Tennessee North Carolina border, but you'd never know it to talk to him. My family is British and it shows in the way I speak.
ReplyDeleteWe had to learn sign language so he could translate between his family and his wife.
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