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His favourite nursery rhyme was ring a ring a roses. I can still see him holding hands with his friends and skipping round and around.
At the funfair he always headed for the roundabout then the helter skelter. He loved playing hoop-a-duck, he was forever winning goldfishes!
In his teens he was captain of the Rounders team and to earn some extra pocket money he got up early every morning and did a paper round.
He was a great hula hooper too. One of his party tricks was to spin around for ages then stand still without a sign of dizziness! Someone once said he should train as a ballet dancer, but he never did. Instead he became a lighthouse keeper.
Every evening he’d climb the circular staircase, switch on the beam of light and spend the night gazing from the revolving platform.
One night, he and his girlfriend joined us for a drink in the pub. As usual he bought the first round. He surprised us all by suddenly dropping to one knee, producing a ring from his pocket and proposing to her! She said she thought he’d never get round to it!
After they married he became a changed man. They live in a block of flats overlooking the Town Square. He spends his days packing boxes and his evenings fiddling with a rubik cube and doing crosswords.
During the pub quiz the other night there was a question about the formula ‘pi r squared’. Needless to say, he knew it was to do with the area of a circle!
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Thanks to Sadje for hosting another week of What Do You See?
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Image credit; 12019 @ Pixabay
From a lighthouse to packing boxes–he’s really come down int he world. 😉
He certainly has, from circles to squares!
The circle of life
Unfortunately, his spiral straightened out!
What a fascinating write, Keith! I quite enjoyed it!
I’m pleased, thanks, Nancy!
Love your take on this Keith – unless you are trying to say that when a man gets with a woman she turns him into a square 😄
Thanks so much….no comment!!!
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Very interesting read Keith. I hope he didn’t turn out to be a round peg in a square hole. 😂
Thanks for joining in.
Haha, actually I think may have been!
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He sounds thoroughly tamed, poor thing.
Unfortunately so! Thanks, Mimi.
A fantastic take on the prompt Keith. Thanks for keeping us in the loop on the lighthouse keepers square roots…!
Square roots, I like that! Thanks, Suzette!
It’s always a delight to read your work, Keith. You have the gift to select just the right amount of puns to keep a smile on my face as I read your stories.
What a story! He might try the other shapes next hehe
I love reading your pieces, Keith. <3
~David
I loved how you created this, and I especially loved how it ended – or did it? 😊