Unreliable
She’d near-perfected it, that casual, semi-bored, but taking-an-interest question on a Friday evening as they sank their ritual second glasses of wine before going their separate ways, he to fiddle about in the garage, she for a bath, probably: “Plans for the weekend?”
“Out, on a run, the girder fork run.”
“Girder fork? What? Are they real?”
He explained, at greater length than she required about the age and the reason and the construction, and the pros and the cons; all she’d wanted to know was a) was it real and b) how long would he be away for.
What he failed to explain was that other bits of the bike were dodgy, likely to break down.
So they were caught not only by him, but the AA man too, who was sat outside, still checking for details of his next call when the gun went off.
One Word, Sentence Two (Friday) In the second sentence include the following word: fork
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Comment by Sandra Davies on February 24, 2013 at 11:50am -
I don't remember explaining ... which doesn't necessarily mean a lot!
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Comment by Kerry Logan on February 24, 2013 at 11:39am -
Ah, I think you explained that before? Or did I just have a de javu over this conversation??
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Comment by Sandra Davies on February 24, 2013 at 9:52am
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No, sorry, he says 'run' when it is an organised ride-out of a group of bikes/bikers; in this case belonging to a club. AA is also Alcoholics Anonymous here which can be misleading!
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Comment by Kerry Logan on February 24, 2013 at 9:45am
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Ah! Here we'd say going for a ride if it is a car or motorbike and AA is for Alcoholic's Anonymous- a recovery group and AAA is our road side assistance company. The gun does surprise!
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Comment by Sandra Davies on February 24, 2013 at 12:04am
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A motorbike run, old, 'classic' bikes, and AA is one of the breakdown rescue services which tows them home when they break down. Up to this point, all too true :(
But the being caught and the gun ... just fiction. And the gun just a way to add drama in what would otherwise have ended limply, by her saying "What, again?" :)
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Comment by Kerry Logan on February 23, 2013 at 10:34pm
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Is a run known to be a bicycle ride? What is an AA man? And I got lost on why there was a gun. I liked how he answered too much. So typical, isn't it?
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