It’s a Sixa!

Keith's Ramblings

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“Cheers”, said Arthur as he took a swig of his frothing ale leaving a line of foam across is top lip, “that moustache suits you!” said Ted, “you should consider growing one!”; “I did allow some stubble to grow once, but the wife complained it was too prickly whenever she pecked me on the cheek, and when I was blowing up a balloon for my granddaughter it touched my chin and burst!”

Talking of wives and kisses and things”, said Bob, “I had a naughty-but-nice dream the other night about buxom blonde, and she…well, never mind what happened, but my wife recently bought us some memory foam pillows, and I’m worried that she might swap mine for hers when she changes the bed linen and it’ll tell her all about it!”.

“Sometimes, when mine sends me  shopping”, said Frank, “I forget to go into one or two of the shops, so I thought it might help if I got myself some memory foam shoe insoles, well, I forgot to buy them on my first attempt but remembered on the second, and I’m really glad I did; they haven’t done much for my forgetfulness but they’re really comfy … ooh, I spoke too soon, my foot’s itching and reminding me to drop by the chippie on my way home!”

“I saw Pete in the High Street this morning” said Babs, “and he was foaming at the mouth, I asked him what was wrong and he said nothing was going right, things which should be right went wrong and things he’d rather go wrong turned out right, and then he just walked off, anyhow, as he went to cross the road he only looked right which was wrong as he almost got run over!”

Colin had been quiet for a while, so no one was surprised when he adopted his joker face and launched into his regular routine; “a pillow fight with memory foam pillows is a pillow fight you’ll never forget – if your sparkling water loses it bubbles, it’s still water – James Bond in a bath is Bubble O7 – the padding in a pushup bra is made from mammary foam…”; ”OY”  yelled Landlord Len “I won’t tolerate lewd jokes in my pub”

As the distant church clock chimed twelve, Len climbed into bed and let his mind wander back to some of the conversations he’d overheard during the evening, “I wish we’d had a memory foam mattress”, he murmured as he felt across to the space left by his dearly departed Maggie, “if we had, then every night I’d remember how we snuggled up together before falling asleep… goodnight my love”; “sleep tight, Len”, she whispered in his ear.

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Thanks to Denise for hosting Six Sentence Stories where this week’s given word is Froth.

21 thoughts on “It’s a Sixa!”

  1. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin Sep 5, 2024 / 15:28

    I love the beautiful ending in this one Keith. And so may ways to remember added a great spring to your story. Nice one as always brilliant associations to everyday life nicely spliced into a wonderful story.

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  2. Frank Hubeny's avatar Frank Hubeny Sep 5, 2024 / 15:34

    I like Bob’s concern that his memory foam pillow might reveal the dreams he had to his wife when she slept on it.

    Also Colin’s observation that “a pillow fight with memory foam pillows is a pillow fight you’ll never forget”.

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  3. Sadje's avatar Sadje Sep 5, 2024 / 17:10

    You’ve used foam in all its forms. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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  5. clark's avatar clark Sep 5, 2024 / 19:10

    damn… fun..funnier..and touching

    all in one Six.

    dude!

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  8. Chris Hall's avatar Chris Hall Sep 6, 2024 / 15:10

    Lots of useful foam things… and then the end: sweet and sad. Great Six, Keith.

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  9. Liz H-H's avatar Liz H-H Sep 7, 2024 / 16:51

    A different foam for every sentence, a barrage of poems and such a tender final paragraph. Loved it!

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