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Tasty...

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The elderly couple sat on the park bench, eating their sandwiches and throwing crusts at the pigeons.
"You know something, Betsy," began Donald, "this is the best sandwich I've had in years. It's not particularly nice, but it tastes different, and that ain't so common when you get to our age".
"I know just what you mean, dear. And yet, doesn't it taste somehow familiar?" said Betsy, catching a pigeon in the eye with her last throw.
"Not to me...but I'd like to know what it is. 'Meat paste' sandwich is a little vague".
"Ok, hold on while I finish mine".
A few minutes and two more dazed pigeons later, they began their slow amble along the path towards the sandwich van.
It looked like any other sandwich van - slightly grimy-looking, with a blackboard for the menu and the look of being ready to drive off at the first sign of danger. The sign on the top said 'Sophie's Sarnies'.
They approached the van, and waited patiently for the owner to finish with a customer. Then they pounced.
"Er, miss, we bought one of your sandwiches before..." began Donald.
"...and we were wondering, well, what's in it?" continued Betsy.
"Yes, what's in the meat paste? It's very unusual..." - Donald again.
"...we were thinking maybe kangaroo or dog..." - Betsy again.
"...or even squirrel? Please, tell us!" - Donald yet again.
Sophie finally managed to find a gap in the conversation and squeeze in.
"Listen, do you really want to know? It's not your usual kind of meat".
Donald and Betsy looked at each other.
"Yes!" they said in unison.
"We don't really care what animal it is, or how or where you got it, but we're curious nevertheless" explained Donald.
Sophie quickly checked to see if anyone else was around.
"Ok then. It's human meat".
Their eyes went wide.
"Specifically, lawyer".
They relaxed.
"Oh, that explains the bitter aftertaste!" said Betsy.
"Yes, and the slightly slimy texture" added Donald, "I don't suppose you have journalist or politician?".
"Not yet, I'm afraid. Come back in a couple of weeks and I should be able to sort you out"
"Will do. Well, see you"
They walked off. Sophie watched them for a moment, then looked at the blackboard menu. Then she shook her head. "No, that's a bit much, even for me..."

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Comments

Cois 2. July 2007, 22:47

:lol::lol: love that lil twist.. :D Your post showed up as a double on my watch list so I thought you wrote a story with alternate endings..

Mart 2. July 2007, 23:02

I started writing it a couple of days ago as a Private post and tried to change it today to a real one with the current date. It refused to appear in the blog so I reposted it as a new one - probably confused everybody's watches. Did one say "Tasty!" and the other "Tasty..."? That was the only difference.

Fanny 2. July 2007, 23:33

:lol: i love this one Mart!

Mart 2. July 2007, 23:36

:D

The Dark Furie 3. July 2007, 00:03

Cool. Fits with the theme of today. But how come I'm the only one who can see both posts?

Mart 3. July 2007, 00:24

You mean they're both in my post list? I think i see what happened - the timings are messed up. Hang on...

Cois 3. July 2007, 00:33

Yup.. thats why I thought there were 2 different stories..

Mart 3. July 2007, 08:03

Duplicate's gone now :smile:

Fanny 3. July 2007, 14:11

:no: i left ya some naughty whispers there :eyes:

Fanny 3. July 2007, 14:12

p:

Mart 3. July 2007, 14:39

Liar liar, pants on fire!

p:

Fanny 3. July 2007, 14:48

your pants on fire? :insane: what's going on in there? :lol::lol:

Mart 3. July 2007, 16:17

Hey, get away from me with that fire extinguisher! :insane:

Cois 3. July 2007, 19:28

Blowing off steam are we.. :whistle:

Mart 3. July 2007, 20:43

Obviously she just lost control of herself...

:eyes: Mik's got a new avatar! :cool:

Cois 3. July 2007, 23:54

Bionicles Furie or Furie Transformers?:rolleyes:

The Dark Furie 4. July 2007, 07:55

Transformers! I'm gonna have to culture you lot.

Fanny 4. July 2007, 11:35

do that macarena dance, NOW! silly robot p:

The Dark Furie 4. July 2007, 12:04

*transforms into his volkswagon beetle form and runs Fanny over*

Mart 4. July 2007, 12:45

:eyes: That'll only make her mad!

Fanny 4. July 2007, 13:25

*throws grenade at the transformer*




fire in the peephole! fire in the peephole! ruuun!

The Dark Furie 4. July 2007, 13:54

*picks up grenade and eats it just before it explodes*

That's a spicy meatball!

Fanny 4. July 2007, 14:02

LMAO... :sst: that actually was my puppy's poop :yuck: eat that! :lol:

Mart 4. July 2007, 14:55

That's not a puppy, it's a man in a costume!

Fanny 4. July 2007, 15:00

flooder p:

Fanny 4. July 2007, 15:11

from that same 5 comments... i'm guessing it was you in that puppy costume :lol:

Mart 4. July 2007, 15:54

That would be Opera Mini refusing completely to work correctly :irked:

Mart 4. July 2007, 23:25

Well, i've cleaned up the flood at last. I hope they're adding new servers for Mini soon.

Dennis 7. July 2007, 15:57

I am firmly convinced that Mini is a woman, Mart!:left:
A friend had a '70 VW Bug, he swore it would not go into reverse unless you said, "Mutter, bitte," first! Perhaps we should do something similar with Mini.:lol:
   Oh, the reason I made this comment: Nice writing, Mart! I'll be a regular.

Mart 7. July 2007, 16:02

I sort of do have something similar - I press stop, utter a favoured expletive, use my phone to disconnect the open connection, and then try again. It usually works.

Another regular? :yes: Even if I think you voted for 'scare the children'...

The Dark Furie 7. July 2007, 16:19

That's my method Mart. :mad: Thief!

Fanny 7. July 2007, 16:28

i did vote for that :whistle:

Mart 7. July 2007, 18:06

Great...i'm a thief and i scare the children :irked:

Mart 7. July 2007, 18:06

p:

Fanny 7. July 2007, 18:13

you don't have to be anything to scare 'em away... p:

Hitesha 11. July 2007, 04:20

Well well interesting blog and even more interesting comments P:

I really like the force of imagination and the play of words in this one!! its fantastic!!

Well and I like Fannys comment about pats being on fire and wondering whats doing on in THERE!!! :eek: :lol: :D

Mart 11. July 2007, 06:37

Thanks, Hitesha! :D
:sst: I'm never sure what goes on in Fanny's mind p:

Hitesha 11. July 2007, 06:38

:lol:

I am sure you are dying to find out.. P:

Mart 11. July 2007, 06:46

I'm trying to put together an expedition, but everyone knows what happened to the last one :insane:

Fanny 11. July 2007, 11:31

me and my beautiful mind :whistle:

Hitesha 11. July 2007, 12:29

:lol:

now what's cooking in that mind of yours...

Fanny 11. July 2007, 12:40

Willing to take the risk? :devil:

Mart 11. July 2007, 13:14

Sorry Hitesha, my damn phone just deleted your comment after i'd barely finished reading it.
I remember something about eager to risk Fanny's mind.
I'm going to have to stop reading entries on my blog with Opera Mini - the joystick on my phone has become hypersensitive :frown:

Hitesha 11. July 2007, 13:15

ah .. deosnt matter.. I was just letting Fanny know that I was actually eager to risk knowing whats on her mind.. right now..!!

Fanny 11. July 2007, 14:20

:dirrrty:... i'm thinking... i wanna pee :cry: this damn cold weather just makes me goes back and forth to the bathroom :irked:

Hitesha 11. July 2007, 16:03

oooh! And I was thinking.. well.. wondering why Mart was a thief whose pants were on fire and he ran around scaring children :eek:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Fanny 11. July 2007, 16:38

was? he still is :eyes:

Hitesha 11. July 2007, 16:41

:lol:

and the lady always wins :hat:

Mart 11. July 2007, 16:59

At least i don't snack on people's butts :irked:

Hitesha 11. July 2007, 17:12

:lol:

which is why the sour demeanor!! :lol: :lol:

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