1111 - DEBUT

AT thE dentist the drill made a lot of noise as two of Charlie's teeth were worked on. One was merely a minor filling, but the one with the gold crown had to be extracted. When the gold crown popped off it fell on the floor. The dentist's assistant was about to reach down and pick it up when a mouse shot out from under a cupboard, grabbed the gold and disappeared again. The assistant shrieked and jumped back, narrowly avoiding colliding with the dentist. "Theft, theft", she shouted, "How are we going to get that back?" The dentist was embarrassed and shocked that his sterile surgery should have mice in it. Charlie said "Wha haa hou aa". The dentist had to cancel the rest of his appointments that day and call in Chris the handyman to banish the mice, retrieve the gold crown and reinstate his surgery room. "Well, that's a debut for me: mouse catcher, gold-digger and surgery rescuer in one day", said Chris. The only good thing that day was that Charlie had no bill to pay!

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1110 - THIGH

The young man came into the house which was quite noisy because, as he walked into the room from whence the noise came, he saw his Father...

[With huge apologies to Lewis Carroll.]

“You are old, father William,” the young man said,
“And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head–
Do you think, at your age, it is right?”

“In my youth,” father William replied to his son,
“I feared it might injure the brain;
But now that I’m perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again.”

“You are old,” said the youth, “as I mentioned before,
And have grown most uncommonly thick;
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door–
Pray what is the reason o' flick?”

“In my youth,” said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
“I kept each thigh and arm supple
By the use of this ointment–one shilling the box–
Allow me to sell you a couple?”

Father William's back flip

1109 - INLAY

LArry was engrossed in his addictive computer game. The game presented him with many tasks to accomplish and Larry had lost all but one of his lives on this go. But to his amazement, this time he had seen the fiery dragon slain in the final scene. He glanced at his watched and gasped. He went back to his real task for the afternoon which was to compete the inlay work on the ornate furniture. He got home late that night!

Larry had to slay the fiery dragon

1108 - ADAGE

RyAn drEw up to the office in his new Dodge sedan. He was excited to get back to work as an astrobiologist, postulating what sort of lifeforms might exist in a Formamide-based planet. (To make it clearer, Formamide is the simplest amide that exists - CH₃NO.) Before the day was out he had imagined three more new life forms, giving them suitable names and life cycles. He was going to become famous and earn pots of money because of this work. He went back to his abode feeling pleased with himself. But over the next month things changed for Ryan. He started to realise that the nature of his work clashed with his beliefs in a creator God. He'd realised that the old adage "If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't true" applied to his work and his bosses expectations of him. He handed back the keys to his new car and handed in his notice and went off to Bible college to train to be a minister.

Dodge Charger EV SRT 2024 :: Behance

1107 - BUDDY

After William finished his education and was thinking what to do for a vocation, he had become disillusioned with all the competing disciplines and uncertain outcomes. He got quite interested in becoming a pious monk for a short while. That is, until he discovered about the early cold starts to the day, the endless walking and strict routines. Poor William was a bit of a chump without a clue. He had a lingering meal with a close buddy from school and poured out his woes. His friend suggested he trained as a journalist since he could be relied on to see through the smoke-screens politicians used to avoid the subject. This turned out to be excellent advice and before long he was in great demand.

William fancied being a monk for a short while

1106 - ZEBRA

King BAsil was prEpaRing for his first knighting ceremony. He had to make sure that when he would reach for his sword his hand would always land on it. He then had to practice how to lift the sword off the shoulders in such a way that no ears were at risk. Then he had to learn how to say "Arise" in a firm authoritative voice that wasn't a shout. He asked the officials assisting if he needed a spare sword to hand, but was assured that this was not necessary. The next morning he woke up in a cold sweat not being able to recall anything from the previous day's preparations. It seemed as if someone had pressed the erase button on his memory during the night. In a panic he demanded they all reran the training session again. Whilst he waited for the right people to be brought back together for the rerun, he strolled into the garden and tried to relax by feeding the family's pet Zebra. This time the rehearsal went smoothly and quickly and King Basil realised his memory was intact.

King Basil loves the pet Zebra

1105 - DROVE

JEnny had been doing heR job for her whole working life. She had to put up with the noise of the vacuum cleaner six days a week as she cleaned offices. At first it was quite fun, interacting with the staff (especially the young men!). But as she grew older it had all become a chore, especially as she was now only allocated shifts at night when no-one else was around. Eventually it got to her and drove her to hand in her notice, but not before she had meticulously taken her vacuum apart  into as many pieces as she could without actually damaging anything. Her boss was furious, but couldn't do a lot since she hadn't damaged or stolen anything!

The disassembled vacuum cleaner