Monday July 26th, 2010

The exercise:

The word of the day is: repairs.

Finally going to Penticton tomorrow morning to get the car back. It'll be good to have it around again.

Five more sleeps!

Mine:

I didn't see it coming,
I was totally unprepared;
The words have been spoken,
This damage can't be repaired.

No action can heal this wound,
No apology will do.
For this bitter betrayal,
I say goodbye to you.

There will be no second chances,
One was more than you deserved;
I'm walking away right now,
While my dignity's still preserved.

4 comments:

Greg said...

The car was repairable then? That's cool, I'm glad it didn't have to be written off. Penticton sounds like the name of a prison to me, but would you really take your car to a prison repair shop? Goodness knows what you'd come back with!

Repairs

Dear Sir,
Thank-you for your invoice dated 27th July 2010. I have a few questions about it before I agree to pay, however:
1. I have never brought my wife in for repairs, and to my certain knowledge she does not possess a carburettor of any kind. The first three items in your invoice therefore require further explanation.
2. Kandy's Kane parlour appears to be a rather dubious strip joint in Penticton. Why is there a C$500 payment to said establishment on this invoice?
3. Why is "rear end shunt" in quotation marks, and why do you appear to be using it as a verb rather than a description of the accident?
4. My vehicle is a tractor; I have yet to find a model with a sunroof, so your charge for resealing it must be on the wrong invoice.

Thank-you for your consideration, and I look forward to receiving a corrected invoice soonest.

Yours sincerely,
--g

Zhongming said...

I did a quick check on Penticton. And wow, it's a city in Okanagan Valley. I saw a picture in Wikipedia and about that Skaha lake. It's truely stunning. Nice place to be in.

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Mine:

Beyond repair,
Just like a dead man,
Lying in the ground,
Speaking his final words.

morganna said...

Oops, Mommy,
I didn't mean to tear your plant
I can fix it, really.
Can I have the tape?

Marc said...

Greg - probably a couple of convicts in the trunk, that's what :P

Number 3 made me laugh out loud :D

Zhongming - yeah, the drive up there is really beautiful (it's only an hour away). I'll have to take some pictures eventually.

Great take on the prompt!

Morganna - I hope that tape is duct tape! That stuff can fix anything.