Saturday, December 6, 2008

Confounded Travels

Pliny and Nostradamus walked to Officeworks this morning to buy an expandable folder. A sheeny white moth crossed the path from left to right in front of them, looking a little frazzled. There were people in colourful clothing sitting at the bus stop over the road.

A woman with a brokendown car was standing at the narrow gravelled gap to the Officeworks carpark, talking to someone on her phone. Pliny and Nostradamus were irritated. They had to walk round her. Inside the shop they looked for the right sort of folder.


They chose one that they thought would do the job. But they had no cash so they had to buy more items. They bought a giant envelope, some Blutack, a Baby Einstein counting book. They paid by eftpos.


On the way home they noticed that the colourfully dressed people were still waiting at the bus stop, and there was no bus in sight.

This reminded Nostradamus that he and Pliny had to go and visit Pliny's mum in the afternoon.

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