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Apr. 22nd, 2006 08:20 am
the_gneech: (Exterminate)
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"You know about those long, narrow wind instruments called 'recorders,' right?" said Greg, putting a fork into the dishwasher.

"Yeah?" said Brigid warily, offering him a dirty plate. The tone of his voice suggested she was going to regret answering him.

He took the plate and transferred it to the dishwasher. "Well, if you tried to order one of those from a service and it didn't take, so you had to order it again, would that be a 'recorder reorder'?"

"Argh," said Brigid, and handed him a glass.

"And if, when it arrived, it was wrapped in ribbed suede, would that be a corduroy recorder?" he asked, shifting a dirty mug to make room for the glass.

"Uh huh," said Brigid, offering him another plate.

"Or if the ribbed suide was just trim on the ends of it, would that be a corduroy-bordered recorder?"

"Greg..." Brigid said, eyebrows looming.

"And if you had to order it twice, would it be a corduroy-bordered recorder reorder?"

In half a second, his collar was clenched in a fist and she'd yanked his face down level with hers. "Shut up before I shoot you," she said matter-of-factly.

-The Gneech

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(Trivia Note: This Fictionlet is actually a prose version of a bit of banter between Cyrano and Katie from my first comic strip, Whistling In the Dark. There was a lot of B&G in those two.)

Date: 2006-04-22 01:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dhlawrence.livejournal.com
*shudders* I had to learn the recorder in Grade 5...
From: [identity profile] mammallamadevil.livejournal.com
or he'd be eating 'em..

but that's just me...

From the College of San Mateo in cram session...but they have free WifI!

MLD

Date: 2006-04-22 05:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frostdemn.livejournal.com
*Chuckle* A corduroy-bordered Recorder Reorder from the Porter, perhaps!

Date: 2006-04-22 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] susandeer.livejournal.com
What happened at the birthday dinner with Brigid's mom? 9_9

Date: 2006-04-24 11:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-gneech.livejournal.com
Well, this did (http://the-gneech.livejournal.com/1048910.html) ... I don't know what else did right now.

When I find out, I'll tell you! :)

-TG

Date: 2006-04-22 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jim-ghote.livejournal.com
That was too strange to read if one has less than two cups of coffee consumed. That hurt my head, it was that punny.

Date: 2006-04-22 06:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] torakiyoshi.livejournal.com
But what about the person who takes in all those orders? He or she would be the corduroy-bordered recorder reorder recorder. And if the company was owned by Rory, then she'd be Rory's Recorders' corduroy-bordered recorder reorder recorder.

This could go on ad infinitum, but I'll stop at ad nauseum. ;)

Have the best

-=TK

Date: 2006-04-22 09:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 3catsjackson.livejournal.com
Once again G&B uncannily remind me of my conversations with my ex-GF, frequently beginning with one of us musing on possible names for a famous cellist's mother's toy shop (Yo Yo Ma's Mama's Yoyos) and progressing downward from there.

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