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It was another evening at The Baaamy Inn and Ted was telling his fellow farmers about his visit to the library, “they’ve got a new young lady working there called Shiela, a perfect name for a librarian, Shhhhiela; she hardly speaks, so when you ask if they have a certain book, she either nods her head, shakes it or points her finger, whilst there, I picked up a kiddies book called Noddy and Big Ears for my granson, when I gave it to him he asked if it was about his Granny and me, cheeky little devil!”
Robert entered Inn, ordered a pint, then sat down at a table in the corner; he likes to be called Bob, but the regulars refer to him as Robin, partly because he was once caught stealing and also because he always wears a red waistcoat; they waved across the bar to him and Robin, being a man of few words, began to nod his head up and down in reply – that was all Suzie at the next table needed to get her on her feet and singing – “When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbing along…!”
“I took my wife to that new Chinese restaurant the other night”, said Ted, “they’ve got one of those cat figurines on the counter that waves an arm, but not just that, it nods its head too, well, wifey became so mesmerised by it that she started nodding back; just then the waiter appeared and asked if we’d like to order, my wife jumped out of her skin, and said, ‘erm, noddle soup please’ – I enjoyed my Peking duck and she loved her noodles, but I’m not sure I’ll take her back there again!
“We had a family do the other evening and played Charades”, said Babs, “that game where you describe something with actions, not words; when it was my go, I pretended to chew, pointed to myself, and then to Stuart, well, my nephew suggested I was a cannibal, which was wrong, I reminded them that I am a shepherd and told them I was eating lamb stew – which reminds me, I once asked my partially deaf friend if they play Charades at her Hard-of-Hearing Club, she said yes, but they didn’t use hand gestures because several knew sign language, instead they mutter a clue and solve it by lip reading!”
“An old chap told his doctor he could hardly hear because of wax in his ear”, said Colin, “the doctor asked what ear it was, and the guy said ‘2026’ – sign language is the least spoken language on earth, it’s quite handy though – I know several jokes in sign language, I bet you’ve never heard them – the police arrested a mime artist and told him he had the right to remain silent – I was kicked out of the mime school for something I said – nodding has its ups and downs – they say you should lean forward when you nod, I’m inclined to agree – the letter x wasn’t angry, just a little cross – Chinese dumplings weigh wonton – the only thing I don’t like about duck in a Chinese restaurant is the bill – Susan was fired from the Chinese restaurant for being lazy….!”
As Landlord Len relaxed upstairs after another busy session, his mind went back to something special he and his dearly departed Maggie often did, “we’d look along the bar at each other, smile and nod”, he muttered, “our silent way of saying I love you” ….. ‘you can’t see me now’, she whispered in his ear, ‘but you don’t need to, we know we’ll always love each other, together or apart’.
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Thanks to Denise at GirlieOnTheEdge for hosting Six Sentence Stories where the given word is Nod.
