Darryl’s sister, Molly, didn’t want to go for a ride on the Ferris wheel at the fair, so Darryl said he would go on his own. The man guiding people into the “buckets” asked Darryl if he minded sharing the double seat with a stranger, so he said he didn’t mind. A young woman sat down. Her name was Connie.
Around and around the Ferris wheel went! Up then down! Up then… It stopped just as Darryl and Connie’s “bucket” reached the apex. That was fine. Clearly they were loading new participants aboard. But they weren’t. The Ferris wheel had broken down. They were stuck.
Eventually they were rescued.
Ferris wheels have improved since then. That was years ago. Today Darryl’s sister, Molly, is popping around to help Connie and Darryl move into a retirement village.
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Awwww, Bruce. You’re a true Romantic at heart! Who would’ve guessed it?
I love True Romantics. They haven’t been burnt out by life, something that gets easier with the passing decades.
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Thank you Catxman. I learn new aspects of you every day!
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Ah, I saw that coming! Reminds me of the old song Palisades Park.
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Noelle! You’re getting too long in the tooth to trick! (I mean that in the nicest possible way of course).
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It’s still possible to get stuck at the top. It happened to me once with my brother, so nothing as interesting as your story.
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You should’ve been more careful on the ferris wheel as to who you sat next to!
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I know. but he was my little brother and didn’t want to go alone.
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Awww! That’s very kind!
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I have my moments.
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I shared a seat with a boy who tried to kiss me. I threw up on his shoes. I wonder if he might have proposed if I hadn’t soiled his Air Jordan athletic shoes.
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You have had such a venturesome life without him!
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Very nice of Molly to set her brother up like that, I hope he returned the favor.
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As the Taliban says, Boys are not here to return favors.
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And did he really identify as a boy anyway?
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Hopefully IT was given the option.
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Agreed.
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Lovely. I recently read about people actually getting married on the Ferris wheel at the 1904 World’s Fair. It happened so often, there was a compartment dedicated for it.
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Gosh – I never heard of that.
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You have fused the climax with a punchline of sorts. Sometimes, the wheel stops for destiny.
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I suppose I haven’t being on a Ferris wheel for 60 years. No wonder Destiny has largely ignored me.
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But no, that has been your destiny.
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That’s very kind! Thank you Uma.
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How sweet. Perhaps Darryl and Connie would like some blackberry pie?
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Ha!
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Sweet!
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Sweet comes naturally to me.
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