@great-big-steessaid the one weighing the debits and credits had conveniently applied a little pressure, via his thumb, to the credit side in order to make it look as though the
situation was better than anticipated. Just as things looked doomed to disaster there was a rumbling sound in the chimney, some soot fell into the grate and with a sound of muffled laughter
@relentless-redsaid situation was better than anticipated. Just as things looked doomed to disaster there was a rumbling sound in the chimney, some soot fell into the grate and with a sound of muffled laughter
Aunt Matilda, drunk on too much punch and convinced that if Santa could do it so could she, tried sticking her, rather large frame down the chimney, finding out that
@great-big-steessaid Aunt Matilda, drunk on too much punch and convinced that if Santa could do it so could she, tried sticking her, rather large frame down the chimney, finding out that
head - first would have been better. In the event, however, her skirts became entangled in the masonry on the way down, and she came to a sudden and unfortunate stop with her feet dangling over the fireplace, a position which
@indonesia-philsaid head - first would have been better. In the event, however, her skirts became entangled in the masonry on the way down, and she came to a sudden and unfortunate stop with her feet dangling over the fireplace, a position which
even an acrobat would find practically impossible to keep for more than 30 seconds
@indonesia-philsaid lubricate her way the remainder of the downward journey, which she did, landing in somewhat undignified fashion on the hearth - rug, from whence
she dusted herself off, noticed the bar, in the corner and decided that a nice wee dram was in order, after such a harrowing ordeal and two hours later
@great-big-steessaid she dusted herself off, noticed the bar, in the corner and decided that a nice wee dram was in order, after such a harrowing ordeal and two hours later
she was too drunk to take another try with the chimney so
@great-big-steessaid her head felt like she’d, maybe, overdone it just a wee bit so she headed to the bathroom to make a call on the “porcelain phone”, hoping that it was
not the only form of communication open to her, but on entering the bathroom she discovered that
@relentless-redsaid the shower was now home to a small family of
pygmies (of the the Twa), who had managed to hide in one of Aunt Matilda’s trunks used on her latest “adventure” into the Dark Continent and were about to start a