The phone rings.
Me: [chirpy] Oh Hi Lynne. Good to hear from you.
L: Oooops. Sorry, John. Didn’t mean to phone you. I pressed the wrong button.
Me: [shoulders slump] Don’t feel bad, Lynne. Most people who phone me don’t mean to.
L: Oh.
Me: It’s alright. I’ll have a little weep in the broom closet and get over it. Until the next time, that is. But just don’t ask me ….
L: [sounding worried]. What?
Me: RUOK?
L: Well are you?
I hang up.
John Malone 
R U OK?
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Lol. Yes 🙂 🙂 I just love taking these little snippets of everyday life into wild, weird, unpredictable places to show perhaps the wafer of difference that separates them 🙂
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I completely understand. I enjoy a good hairsplitting twist myself.
Keep them coming. Love this stuff and love your work 👍
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Lol, that’s the best reaction to an accidental phone call I’ve ever heard of! I’m going to steal that one, John. My poor family has no idea what they’re in for.
But knowing me, I’ll probably lose character too soon and start laughing when they first begin to squirm.
Scammers are also fun to mess with, but that’s a whole different spectrum. 😉
Have a good one, friend.
-Beth
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Never lose character, Beth, never too soon; losing character is the scourge of all actors and writers 🙂
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Indeed, John. I agree with you. Such an act can ruin a story. Or, in this case, a perfectly executed prank. 😉
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Excellent.
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Keep being chirpy and quirky John!
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I think it is my natural state, Carolyn; it is others who must put up with it 🙂
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Answer good enough… I actually called a guy in my previous university-class by accident a couple of times, because he had the same name as one of my friends. It took me a short while to realise he was the wrong guy, and I didn’t dare to tell him when I found out, because he seemed really happy I called. We ended up going out for beers with some other classmates as a result 😀
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that’s a good story.. thanks. it’s good when people are pleased to see you 🙂 it happens to me sometimes too 🙂
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