Mum I have broken my...

[woolymonkey]

When you're worried about the accident prone Spidermonkey you sent off to Norfolk with suspected glandular fever and a friend who's re-engineered his lighter as a flame thrower, you do not want to be called out of the shower by the phone ringing. Especially not for a mechanically-voiced SMS message that begins, 'Mum, I have broken my...'

After a brief pause to allow me to succumb to heart failure, undergo CPR, and recover my sense of hearing, the message continues:
'...trumpet. Please bring my old cornet when you come to the performance. Squirrelmonkey.'

I'm still shaky from shock, but as I get dressed and rush over to school with the old cornet, am I the only one wondering, how the fuck did that happen?!?!

Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Have you stuck your head out the upstairs window and looked above your house lately? Is there a black cloud just kind of hanging there? Because I would not be surprised, really ...

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

There's a big black cloud there most days, but then this is England, so black clouds are normal.