“In the event of an earthquake,” said Randolph to his factory workers, “make a beeline for the nearest exit.”
“But,” said Gilbert who operated the knitting machine, “that’s the last thing you should do. Stay inside and get under a table or something.”
”What nonsense,” said Randolph. “I say make a beeline for the nearest exit and get out in the open.”
A week later there was a substantial earthquake. The workers got under tables or stood in the strong-framed doorways. Randolph made a beeline for the nearest exit. As he exited through the door a brick from the outside façade of the building fell down and hit him on the head.
“That’s what happens,” said Lorna of 34 Hillsbury Crescent, “when you make a beeline for the nearest exit.”
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Randoph and Lois are both going to do in Lorna of 34 Hillsbury Crescent…I hope her demise comes soon.
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Lorna is pretty persistent.
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Yes she is…
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Well, that Lorna never did like Randolph. I think she probably told him to make a beeline for the nearest exit.
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I can never work out this saying – bees seem to zigzag in their flight.
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It is a mystery.
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What folks didn’t appreciate was Randolph’s euphemism. Nearest exit can be an instantaneous withdrawal from the raging chaos all around.
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Make a beeline for an instantaneous withdrawal perhaps.
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I remember our earthquakes in California when we would go stand in a doorway. Of course, there were always the surfers ready to go out and surf the big ones that might just roll in. We were wondering how far east they could go!
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We always stood under the doorway. These days, age has increased my detestation of them and I’m inclined to dash outside – although the last few I’ve slept through.
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I wonder if karma will visit Lorna…
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Possibly not – inasmuch as I hold the strings!!
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it must be nice to have such power 🙂
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It is nice – I once wrote a novel in which I killed off everyone including the Narrator!
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I hope I’m never a character in one of your novels…
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!!
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I hope Lorna writes a self-help book someday.
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If she lives she may well write a book.
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You could always give her the Moriarty treatment.
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Elementary
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And Moriarty I probably mean Holmes.
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Elementary
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Lorna, oh goodness, there’s no escaping her!
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It was a bitter pill to swallow.
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Oh dear, I find myself reading backwards through Lorna’s adventures. I suppose this is my punishment for only visiting every few days.
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No need to worry – Lorna will possibly hang around for a while yet!
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