Charlie was the lead pig in a musical production of Animal Farm. An accident happened towards the end of the third performance. Charlie had to sit at a table and drink tea. It was then that he spilt tea all over his lap and it left a big wet patch. He finished his performance looking as though he had wet his pants. The costume would be permanently stained if it wasn’t cleaned immediately.
He took it straight to the dry-cleaners first thing in the morning. “I need the costume for tonight’s performance,” Charlie told the woman at the dry-cleaning counter. “Could it be cleaned as a priority?”
Charlie was told that he could pick it up at 5.30 pm. The curtains opened at 7. Charlie arrived to pick up the costume early. It was 5.15 – and the place was all locked up. No one was about. Clearly they had finished the day early.
Dear Reader, you shall be spared the details. For the next hour Charlie raced around in a panic. He managed to locate the owner. The costume was collected. It was a quarter to 7. Only 15 minutes to get ready. He dressed in his pig costume at home and raced in the car to the theatre. It was now 5 to 7. Charlie was sweating like a pig.
The theatre was locked. It was Wednesday. There was no performance on Wednesdays.
Oh dear he’ll have to get the costumer cleaned all over again!
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The pig looks pretty in pink.
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He shouldn’t hog all the tea, you know.
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He can’t help making a pig of himself.
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Charlie was sow-prized.
Where do you find a man in a pig costume on stage picture?
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I found a picture of an empty stage. I found an advert for kids’ fancy dress. And I photo-shopped them together – except I don’t use photoshop!
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I got ya! DIY man-pig on a stage
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All days are equal, but some are more equal than others.
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That’s very true – especially when it comes to weights.
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I subconsciously read it in continuation with ‘Pantomime Season’, the post number 2300, and believed it all to be true, before realising it was yet another of your twists. Whatever the facts, it was hilarious and suspenseful, and a remarkable reminder of what might just happen to anyone of us!
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Thanks Uma. I can understand why you were thinking it was a continuation of the Pantomime. The real pantomime going on in Orwellian.
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That sounds like something that would happen to me in real life.
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An unexpected free evening, and he’s already dressed up. Time for Charlie to go hog wild.
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Snort.
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Boy, have I done something like this before! A friend gave me a DAY clock so I would always know what day it was!
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I need a day clock these days as I have a calendar but need to know the date to look up the day!
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I bet his room is like a sty too.
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Sty-lish.
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