My neighbour is a giraffe. She’s just given birth to two little babies. Well, they’re little as far as she’s concerned, but big as far as the rest of us are concerned. It’s a matter of perspectives, I suppose. And ladders.
Sometimes my neighbour forgets to put on her maternity bra. When she comes over for afternoon tea, she accidentally lactates all over my fresh clean tablecloth. I know she can’t help it, and there is such a thing as postnatal depression, but still…
Look, no one likes to be rained upon—that’s all I’m saying. Now I’ll have to put the Royal Doulton teacups through the industrial grade autoclave. And, well, she’ll be visiting again tomorrow…
I hope she doesn’t cry. The leaking is bad enough, but the emotional fallout? I don’t know what to do with that. How many times can she keep forgetting? How long must I play the hospitable host?
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2017
unbolt me 
Hmmm…
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Regards from my harassed land here
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Oh my! A world on fire! I hope this is not true of where you’re living right now, Li. 😮
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Not yet… but it was near. And it may happen any day, like so many times in our history. I forgot to make explicit the title of the painting: “Girafa encesa” = Burning Giraffe (Salvador Dalí, 1937 – oil on canvas) Best wishes 🙂
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It is excellent
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Thank you so much! 😀
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A quirky bit of strange… fiction? Nothing made sense this year so I’m ready to believe anything at this point.
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Giraffes really can hold teacups AND conversations. It’s true! 😛
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A peculiar life indeed.
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Normal for some though, I suppose. 😛
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What ‘normal’ anyway? 😜
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Excellent point, Magarisa! 😉
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😁❤️
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Haha, great stuff! I could just imagine you sitting at the table there.
But not all giraffes are as annoying as your neighbor:
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Hee hee! I wanna be friends with that guy! Slide down his neck and everything! 😛
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I have to track this down now. XD
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I know the feeling.
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Hi, Suzie! I just discovered your site. Love what I’m seeing so far! 😀
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Cheers Tony. And I am a big fan of your site. I am working hard on a new blog https://thewrongart.wordpress.com of creative writings etc. It would be great if you could check it. Thanks again. Suzie
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OH! This is intriguing! Consider yourself bookmarked, my friend! 🙂
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Yay!
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Thanks Tony
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What a neighbor! At least you know where to go to borrow a cup of milk.
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Very true! I wonder if it’s gluten free though… 😛
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