Humor Fiction posted April 28, 2024 |
This is my attempt to show reactions to a neighborhood issue
My comments to broken clock
by Dick Waters
Writer [I bet I could come up with many stories about that broken clock]
Home Owner (husband) [Another thing to add to my list]
Home Owner (wife) [Should I try to fix it myself?]
Good son [I should fix that for dad]
Lazy son [I hope he’s not going to tell me to fix that this Saturday]
Next-door neighbor [“Did you know your clock isn’t working?”]
Bad neighbor [How long will it take him before he fixes it?]
Good neighbor [“Can I see if I can fix your clock?”]
Home Owner Association (HOA) Representative [What do the CC&Rs say about clocks on houses, including broken clocks?]
Optimist [It’s still correct twice a day]
Pessimist [Probably can’t be fixed anyway]
Realtor [“The house for sale is three down from the house with the large clock on it.”]
Kid in the neighborhood [Strange, every day I pass this house it is the same time.]
Jogger [I miss using that clock to time my laps]
Gossiper [“Did you know it's been days since they haven’t addressed that broken clock?”
Politician [Obviously they belong to the other party!]
Analyst [That makes 16 days, 3 hours, and 15 minutes since I noticed their clock not working]
Visitor [They said to look for the house with the large clock on it]
Engineer [Most likely made in some foreign country]
Designer [I bet that would look better in the family room]
Battery Designer [That should have been a solar-powered clock]
Hardware Store Owner [I wonder if we carry the repair parts for that clock?]
Reporter [There might be a story behind that broken clock]
Weather Man [I wonder if the recent rain or the Sun caused that clock to break]
Consultant [Can I learn anything from that broken clock, and will I make $$ with that knowledge?]
Airplane Mechanic [Looks like an easy fix]
Handyman [I wonder if they would pay me $25 to fix it?]
Yard Sale Enthusiast [Would they take $5 for it?]
Scrap Picker [Looks too light to be worth picking]
Clock Repair Person [Do I want to get involved, it’s probably just a battery issue?]
Frequent Shopper [I wonder if they got that on Amazon, for how much, and any negative reviews?]
Landscaper [That would look much better on the back block wall]
Lighting Engineer [Good thing that broken clock is not lighted]
Project Manager [laughing “I could complete things more often if time wasn’t an issue!”]
Historian [Who determined to measure time, and how did they know what was the ‘correct’ time?]
Teacher [That’s a good idea…start an analog lesson plan]
Writer [I bet I could come up with many stories about that broken clock]
Home Owner (husband) [Another thing to add to my list]
Home Owner (wife) [Should I try to fix it myself?]
Good son [I should fix that for dad]
Lazy son [I hope he’s not going to tell me to fix that this Saturday]
Next-door neighbor [“Did you know your clock isn’t working?”]
Bad neighbor [How long will it take him before he fixes it?]
Good neighbor [“Can I see if I can fix your clock?”]
Home Owner Association (HOA) Representative [What do the CC&Rs say about clocks on houses, including broken clocks?]
Optimist [It’s still correct twice a day]
Pessimist [Probably can’t be fixed anyway]
Realtor [“The house for sale is three down from the house with the large clock on it.”]
Kid in the neighborhood [Strange, every day I pass this house it is the same time.]
Jogger [I miss using that clock to time my laps]
Gossiper [“Did you know it's been days since they haven’t addressed that broken clock?”
Politician [Obviously they belong to the other party!]
Analyst [That makes 16 days, 3 hours, and 15 minutes since I noticed their clock not working]
Visitor [They said to look for the house with the large clock on it]
Engineer [Most likely made in some foreign country]
Designer [I bet that would look better in the family room]
Battery Designer [That should have been a solar-powered clock]
Hardware Store Owner [I wonder if we carry the repair parts for that clock?]
Reporter [There might be a story behind that broken clock]
Weather Man [I wonder if the recent rain or the Sun caused that clock to break]
Consultant [Can I learn anything from that broken clock, and will I make $$ with that knowledge?]
Airplane Mechanic [Looks like an easy fix]
Handyman [I wonder if they would pay me $25 to fix it?]
Yard Sale Enthusiast [Would they take $5 for it?]
Scrap Picker [Looks too light to be worth picking]
Clock Repair Person [Do I want to get involved, it’s probably just a battery issue?]
Frequent Shopper [I wonder if they got that on Amazon, for how much, and any negative reviews?]
Landscaper [That would look much better on the back block wall]
Lighting Engineer [Good thing that broken clock is not lighted]
Project Manager [laughing “I could complete things more often if time wasn’t an issue!”]
Historian [Who determined to measure time, and how did they know what was the ‘correct’ time?]
Teacher [That’s a good idea…start an analog lesson plan]
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