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It was just what he’d been looking for.
‘Interested young man?’
‘Possibly’ he said, ‘I’ll give you ten for it’.
‘Haha very funny’ said the old fella walking away.
‘I’m serious’ he said. ‘How about twelve?’
The gent turned around. ‘No way’ he said ‘it’s magnificent’.
‘Fifteen?’ the young chap asked.
‘It’s fast, it’s agile, it glides…’
‘…but it’s getting on a bit’.
‘Yea, but they don’t make ‘em like this any more’.
‘Eighteen?’
‘Okay, eighteen thousand pounds it is’ sighed the ol’ boy looking forlornly at his boat.
‘I meant eighteen pounds! Eighteen grand for a sit-up-and-beg bicycle? You must think I’m stupid!’
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Nice use of the bicycle
Thanks Neil!
This is very astute observation Keith. I had missed the bicycle completely.
Thanks so much Sadje!
You’re welcome
He won’t haggle!
Well he did, but…
And I think you got your hundreds and thousands a bit confused at the end, old pip
Just a bit! Duly corrected sir.
Well..that’s a good twist at the end!😀
Thanks so much Ramya.
Good one. I always thought it was weird when people haggled and threw out numbers without being specific.
Typo alert: You open with “I was just what he’d been looking for.” I’m assuming it should be, “It was just what he’d been looking for.” Unless you’re part of this bargaining as well. “No, not the bicycle or the boat. How much for the bloke?”
Haha! No matter how often I read and reread my drafts, silly thing always manage to escape the net! Thanks Nobbin.
I joke that cockroaches and typos will outlive us all.
So true!
Mistaken identity!
Indeed! Cheers Di.
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I wondered about using the bike in some way. You’ve done it beautifully.
Thanks so much LInda.
Now that’s a wheeler-dealer!
…or a wheeler-sailor! Thanks Dora.
Specifics are not the young man’s strong points. £20 please for the bicycle if you don’t mind, I’ll throw in the boat for another twenty grand.
It’s a deal! Cheers James.
Ha ha – nothing like bidding for the wrong thing! Nicely done, Keith.
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Absolutely! Thanks Susan.
Dear Keith,
It’s all about the zeroes, isn’t it? You made me laugh as always.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Mission accomplished! Thanks so much Rochelle.
Talk about some miscommunication! Well told.
Crossed wires! Cheers Mimi.
Neat twist, Keith, though eighteen grand for such a boat is selling it cheap!
It is, but my guy only wanted the cycle and that’s what he thought he was bargaining for! Cheers Liz.
I only focused on the boat, so I’m feeling rather inadequate that so many people saw the bike first.
One of my characters focused on the boat and the other, the bike! I really wouldn’t worry about it Sandra!!
Ha, reminds me of the scene in Lethal Weapon where he’s buying drugs and saying “a hundred” and the dealers think he means 100k 🙂
…now you come to mention it!
The cost of everything keeps going up… Well done K, you use the bike. I couldn’t get past the pink boat!
It certainly does! Thanks Tannille
what a twist. i didn’t expect it as much the seller too. 🙂
Haha! Mission accomplished!
Teehee! And there’s the ol’ chap thinking he’s made a sale!
Exactly! Thanks Penny.
Youth and age, on two different wavelengths as usual. Looks like the deal is off….
Indeed it does Lisa!
The cycle is probably free with the boat. Too bad it won’t work the other way around.
You could be right!
Surprise, love that kind of twist.
Thanks so much Trish.
Something told me from the get it was all about the bicycle…
Well spotted Dale!
The word, It ,doesn’t quite narrow things down. It’s interesting that you chose to focus upon the bicycle. More people must have gone for the boat
I always dismiss my first idea – ie. using the boat – on the basis that most other folk will have thought the same. So bicycle it was!
I usually do that too
Oh, that’s very funny. I hope in the end the miscommunication is cleared up and the young ‘un can ride away on his new bike.
I’d like to think so! Thanks Brenda