A short story…

for Friday Fictioneers

 

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I’ve had a bad day.  I had an argument over a parking space, trapped my finger in the car door and dropped my phone whilst dialling the wrong number.  The ‘dead-cert’ horse I bet on still hasn’t reached the finishing post and my tub of ice cream melted on the way home.

So I thought I’d go to the pub, but I dropped my beer and cut my hand picking up broken glass.

Only one thing for it.  A comforting candle-lit bath, lolling in warm bubbly water, sipping malt whisky and listening to Beethoven.

Unfortunately, I slipped climbing in, bumped my head………

 

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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting and Na’ama Yehuda for the tasty photo.

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61 thoughts on “A short story…

  1. Christine Goodnough's avatar Christine Goodnough January 22, 2020 / 13:00

    I’m really sorry to hear you lost all that good ice cream. 😉

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 22, 2020 / 17:53

      I can cope with everything else, but not the loss of that!

  2. Iain Kelly's avatar Iain Kelly January 22, 2020 / 13:24

    We’ve all been there. Tomorrow will be better!

  3. rochellewisoff's avatar rochellewisoff January 22, 2020 / 13:27

    Dear Keith,

    Some days are like that, aren’t they? Poor fella. Perhaps he should stay in bed tomorrow. I have to admit, I am laughing at his misfortune. 😉

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 22, 2020 / 17:56

      As they say, laughter is the best medicine so I’m laughing along with you Rochelle!

  4. neilmacdon's avatar neilmacdon January 22, 2020 / 13:51

    At least he didn’t drown

  5. MythRider's avatar MythRider January 22, 2020 / 15:43

    I say you deserve an entire pint of Häagen-Dazs all to yourself.
    And find some one to give you a hug. That’s the best medicine of all.
    Unless you don’t have any friends. Then just eat the ice cream and take a long nap.
    Things will be better tomorrow. ;0)

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 22, 2020 / 18:01

      Wise words! Ice cream it is, and a replacement pint of beer of course!

      • MythRider's avatar MythRider January 22, 2020 / 18:06

        Boy are you going to be dancing on the moon tonight.

  6. granonine's avatar granonine January 22, 2020 / 15:52

    A truly miserable day, and yet I’m pretty sure we’re all getting a good laugh out of it. Human nature is twisted!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 22, 2020 / 18:03

      Best to laugh it off! Moaning won’t help. Thanks Linda

  7. ceayr's avatar ceayr January 22, 2020 / 17:31

    Mama said there’ll be days like this
    There’ll be days like this mama said (Mama said, mama said)

    Seems like Mama was right.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 22, 2020 / 18:07

      So she did and so she was .. .and so did Van the Man!

  8. pennygadd51's avatar pennygadd51 January 22, 2020 / 18:14

    Oh dear! What a catalogue of woe! I hope that’s not bad karma catching up with you…I’m afraid I’m laughing at your misadventures Keith!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 23, 2020 / 09:53

      Don’t worry, I had a laugh writing it! Cheers Penny.

  9. hilarymb's avatar hilarymb January 22, 2020 / 18:27

    Hi Keith … a spell in hospital too? Certainly a tale of woe – I think I could probably add to that after the disasters I’ve recently had … but thankfully all sorted themselves out … cheers Hilary

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 23, 2020 / 09:52

      Oh dear! As you say, things do turn round in time.

  10. Dale's avatar Dale January 22, 2020 / 18:59

    There are days where we would just like to crawl back into bed and start over!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 23, 2020 / 09:51

      We all have those days now and again I’m sure.

  11. msjadeli's avatar msjadeli January 22, 2020 / 19:31

    Make sure someone hasn’t lit a fire under the tub! (comment inspired by your froggie pic 🙂 )

  12. Na'ama Yehuda's avatar Na'ama Yehuda January 22, 2020 / 21:11

    Oy, vey. I don’t think ice-cream will fix THAT … 😉
    A lot like the adult version of “Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day…”

  13. plaridel's avatar plaridel January 23, 2020 / 04:04

    like they say, when it rains, it pours. just believe. there’d be better days ahead.

  14. Brenda's Thoughts's avatar Brenda's Thoughts January 23, 2020 / 10:40

    What a terrible day, and to top it off, your ice cream melted. Oy, that’s the worst. Hope your day improves! Entertaining story as always, Keith. =)

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 23, 2020 / 11:31

      It turned into a milkshake – not so bad after all!! Cheers Brenda.

  15. Tannille's avatar Tannille January 23, 2020 / 11:26

    Some days are best spent on bed!

  16. Colline's avatar Colline January 23, 2020 / 12:28

    Definitely having a bad day!!!!

  17. draliman's avatar draliman January 23, 2020 / 12:44

    This guy just doesn’t learn. Should’ve gone straight to bed!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 23, 2020 / 17:27

      He’d probably have got in one side and fallen out of the other!

  18. Sandra's avatar Sandra January 23, 2020 / 13:38

    Sometimes you get days like that. If you’re very unlucky, you might get two.

  19. Liz Young's avatar Liz Young January 23, 2020 / 15:57

    Look on the bright side – you didn’t drown.

  20. Russell's avatar Russell January 24, 2020 / 02:45

    On the bright side, the radio didn’t fall into the tub. That could have been an electrifying experience!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 24, 2020 / 09:47

      It would and he wouldn’t be here to tell the tale! Cheers Russell

  21. susanmehr's avatar susanmehr January 24, 2020 / 12:30

    One of those days. 🙂

  22. Woman walking Max's avatar Woman walking Max January 24, 2020 / 14:31

    Oh dear, a bad Karma day indeed. It can only get better after a day like that Keith.

  23. Bernadette Braganza's avatar Bernadette Braganza January 24, 2020 / 17:00

    Guess it wasn’t your day. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

    PS: You may want to ice that bump.

  24. tedstrutz's avatar tedstrutz January 24, 2020 / 20:01

    Oh my, that was a bad day. I hope there were no electrical appliances neat the bathtub.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings January 26, 2020 / 09:44

      Fortunately not or I wouldn’t have been around to tell the tale! Cheers.

  25. Nobbinmaug's avatar Nobbinmaug January 25, 2020 / 00:15

    That sounds like one of those days it’s better to stay in bed. I’m sure something bad would have happened there, too.

  26. blogsam20's avatar blogsam20 March 2, 2020 / 15:33

    Sounds like ‘one of those days’. But very funny.

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