the phone rang inside the house

                                   Better get that, expecting a call.  he leapt up out of the resin chair almost knocking over his beer on the small plastic side table between them

steadying the tablehe almost lost his beer too called after him

                                                                  Didnt think you could still move like that

a woodpecker clinging upside down on the woodframed chimney eyed him

                                                                              Quit your skulking he said to it  Yare not predatory

it continued eyeballing him 

                            maybe it was  thatd be novel  rappedstabbed by a redheaded woodpecker Rapped  get your head out of the gutter the bloody assault played out in his head as Moby came out of the house onto the steps leading down to the patio

                     Yo  he held up his empty beer  Why don ya grab us a couple more  Yare almost done

Yeah. Okay. Right there.

                           the hop was no longer in his step  figured he got some unwelcomed news

 

he handed him a beer

Whas the news

Awh, Mabel ain’t making it out today.

Wha were barbecuing tonight

No. She asked for a raincheck.

A raincheck Shes begging off

She begged off.

Not good enough

he chuckled

             Not good enou . . 

. . No  I wanna see her beg I wanna see her on her knees beggin 

                                                                     Call her anave her send a pic of her on her knees beggin  Shes got my number   Got my phone

You got your phone?you never have your phone.

Left it in the car last night Didnt take it out before I came over

You left it in the car?

I didnt need it

What time was that?

Before six

What if someone called you?

They should have called the house phone

That’s not an answer.

Answer is if someone called my cell eventually Ill get back to them Not at anyones beck and call   You

I like to be available.

You got yours on you now

In my pocket.

Shoot Mabel a text Want her on her knees begging You can tell her its my demand she threw a wrench into the works I was really looking forward to haranguingharassing her  Shes a card

Okay. Sure.  I can do that.

 

they didnt expect shed play

Mabel did

a selfie  

on her knees

they opened it together side by side  figured she write something like Suck my cock!

naked to her waist 

                   Jeezus they chorused

Yaah  better tell her wed like her to cash in her raincheck real soon

                                                                        You move

I did. Knew she had a rack.

                              they gulped in chorus

probably  1450,  Saturday,  22  1. 22

1234,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  16  3. 22

J. Geils Band  Centerfold  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjMZKf-wg 

Tell me if you’ve heard this before.

    Heard this before

                          Yare telegraphing

Telegraphing . . what are you talking about?

You realise how often youve said something terribly inane following  heard this before

he looked puzzled eyes slipped askew his brain working hard he could smell oil burn

     he wasnt being hyperbolic

No.

     I think you’re yanking my chain.

Trust me Im not

I’m not inane.

I didnt say you were I said what youll say will be

It’s funny.

AwJeez ya remember

Remember?

Thought I could sidetrack you  give you time to forget wha yawere going to say

I wouldn’t.

You do

        You do you know you do   Please

Okay, but not this time.

Curses  Foiled

You ready?

Lemme sit down

                  they were hiking he sat on the dirt trail

You’re being ridiculous.

Im comfortable being ridiculous

he sighed crossed his arms over his chest

                                                Comfortable?

I am Let er rip

I think you should understand you snatched away the continuitythe flow of the joke . . otherwise it would have been spot on.

Yare making excuses  Continuity usually doesnt end in inanity

Jesus, trying to spoil my fun.  Here goes . . Never a proud man gets out of a cold pool.

                                                                                          then he laughed at his own joke 

created Inanesquared a rare mathematical equation

1445, Saturday  22  1. 22

1112,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  16  3. 22

Beegees  I Started a Joke  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZWKR2zJESk

Go Vlad

         https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10619493/Putin-says-Wests-attempt-global-dominance-coming-end.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/tfkw4w/vladimir_putin_earlier_today_russian_people_will/ 

he scratched his head 

                       This is how a world leader speaks  he took Putin at his word that he understood his provocation hopefully Russians understood he was also talking about them  

Vlad put his foot in his mouth

                                 perhaps a goodthing the little man has little feet

554preferred to 1754,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  16  3. 22

COMPLETE  THAT  SENTENCE!/or ANSWER!

                                                                                   he could hear the TV studio audience thrillcheer

it aint be it ought to be a game show           

if everyone had to contend with Moby his lame-o buddy they may have imagined the game show too

                                                                                                          Moby frequently held him in suspended animation not suspense waiting patiently  for him to complete his thoughtwhatever it was that he rummagedpicked his way round inside his skull looking for  under things in drawers closets Where did I put thawha . what . . . what was I looking for?

whatever he sought to say respond to it took its sweet time   lingering disconnects sputtering reconnects

if he asked him a yes-no question he didnt like thempreferred elaboration conversation he could hear the question reverberate rollround

                                         eventually Comon  Its YES NO flip a coin

 

When he loses his train of thought I . . .  COMPLETE  THAT  SENTENCE! cries the audience gleefully in unison

then random participants are handed a mike to elaborate

some answers were better than he imagined maybe because they were objective

he pocketed a parcel for use later

he hoped the pilot would get picked up

                                         decidedly it would improve his life

but in the meantime

                    Comon man he thought  not a Life or Death decision Speak

234preferred to 1434hrs,  Saturday,  22  1. 22

1029,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  16  3. 22