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Kicking aside a pile of rat droppings, we sat down at an oil-cloth covered table. The blonde apparently didn't notice the footprints on its red & white checked surface.
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Judging by the splayed nature of the footprints, I guessed that a Rhode Island Red had run amok in Wilma's place. Hopefully, it didn't wind up as part of the broccoli and rhubarb fritatta that was advertised as the daily "special."
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Nope, that Rhode Island Red turned out to be our waitress, errr, waitperson, errrr wait-fowl. It hopped onto our table and fixed me with its beady little black eye -- kinda reminding me of my last ex-wife!
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"wait-fowl" - that made me chuckle. |
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While the dame ordered what seemed like one of everything on the menu, I fell back to my old standard; "One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer."
Bertha, according to her name tag, gave me the strangest look. |
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I understood the look when Bertha returned with 3 tall glasses of carrot juice, pointing to the beverage list of the menu! To my horror, I read: Carrot juice only!
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Clucking to herself, Bertha retired to the corner of the room and squatted whilst we ate and drank.
I sipped at one of the carrot juices whilst I stared at a stain on the opposite wall. |
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The stain bore a strange resemblance to an ape's head, almost as if it were a constant reminder of previous customers. And perhaps their displeasure at having been served carrot juice by a cranky old hen.
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Oh Gawd I thought, as a past memory suddenly flickered into my mind at the association.
"Ahem," the Dame interrupted my chain of remembrance, "to The Business." [Her emphasis on the captilization, not mine] |
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"I believe you had a question to ask me" she purred. "Well, go ahead, I'm listening!"
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"Okay Doll," I said - ignoring PC and getting straight to the point - "what?!"
She purred and licked her lips as though removing cream, then reached down and lifted a handbag too small for anything larger than a bazooka. |
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"This is 'what'" she purred. And pulled a vuvuzela out of that bag and began to play "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes."
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Resisting a sudden urge to shove my zucchini in her vuvuzela to shut her up, I instead sat quietly and listened to her play.
Bertha, on the other hand, stormed over to our table with her panties in quite a bunch! |
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I held my breath as Bertha poured two glasses of carrot juice into the offending vuvuzela, silencing the blonde's serenade. Maybe I'd be getting those chicken nuggets after all today!
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I suddenly began looking at Bertha in a whole new light. After a few moments, I came back to my senses; I wasn't quite that desperate...yet.
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