Keith's Ramblings

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It would take more than a thunder storm to prevent the locals from turning up to The Baaamy Inn, “this reminds me of when Jack came to visit us”, said Arthur,“ just as he he was about to leave for home it started to pour with rain so I suggested he stay the night, well, about two in the morning the doorbell rang, I went down and opened the door and there was Jack soaking wet, I asked where he’d been and he said ‘home, to get my pyjamas’! “

“I’ve just got a new bull”, said Ted, “he’s got one hell of bellow so I’m calling him Thunder or maybe Thor, anyway, as soon as the cows saw him, I swear they actually smiled with udder delight, he’s certainly going to keep them amoooosed” ; “that reminds me”, said Colin “the god of thunder was riding his horse and said, ‘I’m Thor’, and the horse said ‘that’s coth you forgot your thaddle, thilly’

“I never know when Dick the Vic is joking or being serious these days”, said Babs, “he’s  becoming a bit like Colin with a dog collar, he told me about when the church spire got struck by lightning and the insurance company refused to pay out because it was seen as deliberate damage by its owner, then he told me about the time he repainted the main door and saved money by watering down the paint, well, next time it rained the paint washed off and he heard a voice from on high saying ‘repaint, repaint and thin no more’!”

As the rain beat on the windows and the thunder rumbled in the distance, Suzie at the next table was quetly singing little bits of songs to herself, “thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening – there’s a storm a’coming – purple rain, purple rain – raindrops keep falling on my head – it’s raining men, hallelujah, it’s raining men” – “in your dreams”, said Natalie over at the knitting circle!

It was Colins turn to hold court, “Thor filed a police report because someone stole his thunder – he wrote a book and became an author – he keeps his coffee warm in a thormos – we see lighting before we hear thunder because our eyes are in front of of our ears – under its raincoat, a cloud wears thunderwear – it’s now rare for a cow to be struck by lightning,  medium rare – I wondered how lightning worked, then it struck me – the cute bullfighter was called Matadorable – if a bull charges you, you should pay it – an orchestra was hit by lightning and the conductor died – the lightning accused the firework of stealing its thunder – if you need a ark built, I Noah guy……”

Everyone had gone, but the storm remained and upstairs Landlord Len was thinking about how much his dearly departed Maggie disliked thunder and lightning, “how are you managing now, my love”, he muttered, ‘I’m okay’, she whispered, ‘here in the living room with you’’. 

Thanks to Denise at GirlieOnTheEdge for hosting Six Sentence Stories where this week’s given word is Thunder