What a busy day it was for Errol! Not only had he almost completed editing the report of 411 pages, but the firm’s secretary was ill and Errol was mandated to answer the telephone. All he had left to do was to print off page 29 of the report and amend it and it was done, but once again the phone went. This time however it was the boss. Would Errol come to his office please?
Blow it, thought Errol. He pressed the button on the computer to print page 29, and set off for the boss’s office. The boss didn’t want him for much; just a silly little niggly thing about where did the secretary keep the stamps? However, Errol was in the boss’s office for about half an hour while the boss talked about everything except work: the football results, the weather, the secretary’s illness…
When Errol returned to his office it was a mess. He had told the computer not to print page 29, but to print 29 copies of the 411 pages.
I’m trying to imagine what 11,919 sheets of paper would look like.
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You do Math(s)?
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I have an Abacus 2.1
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They tell me that the Abacus 2.2 model has things called wheels so you can push it around to where ever you want to use it.
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Damn and blast, the models are obsolete before you leave the shop.
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LOL! I find the same thing with phones and laptops… The next thing in abacuses will probably be self-winding ones!!
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Ha ha! I have met many Errols during my lifetime so far, and am sure the best are yet to come. But I enjoyed the snafu in the twist.
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Thanks, Uma. You must spent nearly all day looking for a word whose meaning I have to google!
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The first time I came across that word was when I was 15 or so and reading ‘Airport’ by Arthat Hailey. As such, I have spent a lifetime looking for a word that could send you searching somewhere.
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Well keep at it! It’s educational! (for me)
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one knows it is a true story, when the report is 411 page long..
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LOL! Sylvie, you read me like a book!!
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😊
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Or like a report😊
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!!
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Errol needs this for his door!!

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LOL! He’ll have plenty of spare paper to print it on!
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Yikes!
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He’ll need some help dragging the recycling bin to the curb this week.
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My characters in the main don’t recycle. They prefer to be irresponsible!
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Oh dear, I guess Errol just added cleaning up to his busy day!
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Cleaning up? It’s what maids are for?!
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