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Cari Member Posts 411 Englnand |
"You’re late” "Sorry, car trouble” "That’s the third time this week” she pouted. The ‘music’ started again the amplified base vibrating on my eardrums. "Let’s get a drink first” I screamed in her ear. She followed me sulkily to the bar, where the noise was reduced by a few decibels allowing conversation to be just manageable. Sharon certainly rests easy on the eye. A doll faced beauty dressed to show off a figure that adolescent males compose their fantasies around, not that I had any personal knowledge of her sensual delights you understand. After a month of dating her, my fingers had never even found her bra strap; Sharon protected her honour with a fierce tenacity that the hero’s of the Alamo would have been proud of. "Who’s that?” I turned on the bar stool. "Who?” "That guy dancing with the girl in the yellow top” I blinked through the strobe light. "Oh that’s Terry” "Ooo he’s quite a dish, do you know him?” I thought that everyone knew Terry, every disco has a Terry. A muscle bound fitness freak with the personality of a walking paper clip. He never looks at the girl he is dancing with, his tiny brain is concentrating hard on his mirror practised Presley sneer and the thrusting bulge in his skin tight jeans. "Would you like to meet him?” I asked. "Don’t mind” Later at the bar I found Penny, sat down beside her and ordered a beer. "Hi, what’s the matter, you look a bit sad?” she asked, "Yes, well I've just been dumped” "Oh I'm so sorry” "Well sometimes you to just have to step aside for a better man” "Who?” "Terry” " Terry? Oh! You’re joking” "No, they’re just made for each other” "Well I think that it’s very noble of you to sacrifice your love in that way” "It wasn't easy; Sharon is my boss’s daughter so I couldn't unload her myself could I?” I saw the understanding dawning in her eyes. After our laughter had subsided I took her hand "Come on let’s get out of here and go somewhere for a decent drink”. [This message has been edited by Cari (06-14-2016 05:50 AM).] |
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Ari Squire Member Posts 488 In The Phallus Lane |
quote:Very good and very original line Cari. For every "Terry", there's a "Sharon". Sharon share alike...no? More feelings and fewer words please |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Enjoyed this very much. Great sense of humor! ~L |
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Cari Member Posts 411 Englnand |
Exactly Ari, while nearly all women take pains on their appearance but for some it so dominates their lives i.e. they find it impossible to pass a shop window without checking if everything is in order. Nice to hang on your arm for a while but soon you realise that what you have is what you’ve got and it carries no extras such as a sparkling personality, the ability to hold a challenging conversation and to make you laugh out loud. Not a pop at women, males have their identical counterparts too such as the Terry’s. Maybe they deserve each other, at least they sing from the same song sheet. Cari |
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