Best of luck reading these sentences!

Keith's Ramblings

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As Ben and Colin approached The Baaamy Inn, they noticed the light above the signboard  was flickering, “that’s a sign”, said Ben, “I know it is, it’s got the name of the pub written on it”, replied Colin”; “no, I mean it’s a message, in morse code, the flicks are dots, and the flashes are dashes, and it says… Ben…is…buying…all…the…drinks…tonight…..ouch, no need for that!”

Arthur was at the bar ordering a round, “two pints of this, one of that and three of those”, he said pointing to the taps and bottles, “and by the way, your sign’s flashing, hopefully, it won’t attract aliens, those unwelcome f…..” – “OY!” yelled Landlord Len, “I’ll have no foul language in  my pub” – “as I was saying, unwelcome flying outsiders, UFO’s, get it?”

“You went AWOL last week, Ted, what happened to you?” asked Babs; “it was my wife’s birthday and she fancied a meat platter and a champagne splatter at The Cow Pat pub”, he said, “actually it was nice to have a bit of light relief from you lot!”

“I’m told they’re serving a new local Light Ale, did you try it?” asked Arthur; “I did, it’s alright, the colour’s bright, the head’s nice and white, and it’s got a bitter bite”, he replied, “so you liked it then?” asked Arthur, “quite”.

“What happened to your eyebrows, Ben?” asked Jen, “well, I was lighting a cigarette when suddenly my lighter turned into a flame thrower and it  singed them, I thought I’d give them a trim but I couldn’t quite see what I was doing and completely chopped them off”; “fear not”, called Suzie  from across the room, producing a mascara tube from her bag, “I’ll give you some new ones!”

Too soon it was closing time, and one by one they started heading homeward, Landlord Len flicked the switches and the lights went out, but instead of locking the door and climbing the stairs he went outside and looked up at the sky, “don’t you dare land on my f****** pub,” he shouted; “OY, I’ll have none of that foul language in my lane!”  yelled Colin from a distance.

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Thanks to Denise of GirlieOnTheEdge for hosting Six Sentence Stories. This week’s given word is Light.

27 thoughts on “Best of luck reading these sentences!”

  2. Suzette Benjamin May 23, 2024 / 18:17

    Lol! lots of great rhyne and rhythm Keith. I love the eyebrows…and the offered raised brow mascara fix…LOL And Colin calling out Len for his language at the end… is perfect.

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  6. Misky May 24, 2024 / 10:50

    I wish I could express my howling laughter in an appropriate font ….

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  7. clark May 24, 2024 / 12:04

    a down-to-earth bunch (no matter what they sign might say)

    fun Six

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  8. Frank Hubeny May 24, 2024 / 14:40

    Nice clarification of the acronym UFO: “unwelcome flying outsiders” I like how Len, at the end, wasn’t sure that blinking light wasn’t aliens.

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  9. Liz H-H May 24, 2024 / 19:15

    Clever Colin! I’ll have to try that Morse Code line, next time I’m out with the crew. Starting my weekend with a smile, thanks to you! 😆😊

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    • Keith's Ramblings May 26, 2024 / 17:56

      Give it a try, you never know!  –  ….  .-  -.  -.-  -.–  —  ..-  (that’s thank you by the way!)

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  11. GirlieOnTheEdge May 25, 2024 / 16:59

    ..and that is how it’s done! You simply never know what’ll happen on any given night at the Baaamy Inn, lol

    Love it, Keith. I enjoyed the idea the flashing sign was morse code. Ben’s a good egg, isn’t he? 😁

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    • Keith's Ramblings May 26, 2024 / 17:54

      Thanks so much Denise, having run a crazy pub full of loopy locals myself, these sentences just appear from nowhere! I like Ben!

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