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Lessons in the Key of Life

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A music and dance teacher's improvization

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Comment from tfawcus
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I'm enjoying this book. Another chapter with a light touch of humour. (A speechless car salesman? This was epic.) You have an engaging storytelling style.


 Comment Written 25-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 25-Jun-2019
    Wow. Coming from a writer with your talents, that is quite the compliment. Thank you, tfawcus. xo
Comment from Joy Graham
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LOL!!! You are a hoot in a hand basket. I am So Sorry to be out of sixes. This is hilarious. You had me curling my finger like a hook until my mouth hung open like a cod fish when the salesman got out of the car. So so funny. Why do you dress like a pirate? Because you arrrrr one. See, I can be funny too. Jackie O never popped into my head. This will have me laughing all day.

Joy xx

 Comment Written 24-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    Let me tell you, Joy, it's a lot funnier with all these years since it happened. That whole day, I swear I was as red as my hair! Thanks for the fun review. xo
Comment from 24chas
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Hilarious, Rachelle. This story really demonstrates a lot about your personality. Your thoughtfulness about your young student and your sense of humor with the car salesman. He probably thought you and Bobby like to roleplay! :)

 Comment Written 24-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    I fear he thinks it's only I who does, by virtue of the fact that HE was with Bobby before they entered the driveway to see me dressed like a pirate! Bobby used to work at that car dealership WITH that Sales Manager [Bobby was the F & I guy, the one who gets the deals bought by the bank], so they knew that he was this quiet, conservative, under-the-radar type. I can't help but imagine how that added to the fodder of their water cooler conversations later that day. "Hey, wait until you hear about the doozy Quiet Bob Allen is married to!!" Oy.
reply by 24chas on 24-Jun-2019
    Too funny! I think you've got a new fiction story based on that conversation.
reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    Hmmm! Maybe that's not a bad idea! Thanks for the suggestion! xo
reply by 24chas on 24-Jun-2019
    No problem.
Comment from Y. M. Roger
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Hilarious!! :) :) And don't you just know that you gave those bored sales people so very much to talk about?!! :) :) Not to mention your husband to his friends at work! ;) :) Great one -- and, you're so very right, a bit of blush today makes for great smiles tomorrow....as long as we remember to 'convert' one to the other!! ;) :) Thanx for sharing! ;) Yvette

 Comment Written 24-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    Worst of all, Yvette, my husband used to work at that car dealership WITH that Sales Manager! (Bobby was the F & I guy --the one who got the deals bought by the banks. So they know what a quiet, conservative under-the-radar kind of man he is...married to this doozy who dresses up in costumes every day!) Argh!
Comment from Mark Valentine
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Wonderful! I think the real lesson here is that a sense of humor (especially the ability to laugh at yourself) is a good companion to carry through life. I'll say it again - what a wonderfully creative premise for a series of vignettes - you always manage to choose episodes that, while they may not contain high drama, always have a point that we can all relate to.

Keep 'em coming!

 Comment Written 24-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    Argh! Will do, Matey!!
    Thanks for the fun review. xo
Comment from WryWriter
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I have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. This is F A B U L O U S!! You have to submit this beauty somewhere! It is the funniest thing I've read in a long, long time! A speechless car salesman?? LOL! LOL! LOL! You have more talent than you will ever realize!! LOL! LOL! LOL!

 Comment Written 24-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    Yes, for that alone, we should bottle me! We ALL could use more speechless car salesmen in our lives!!

    Thanks for the very fun review. xo
Comment from Robert Zimmerman
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Hey Rachelle: That is a funny story. That shows real versatility. One day you are Long John Silver and the next day Jackie O. I have two questions: Did you ever get the cookies and how were they? The best part was when you realized "it wasn't them." Great Story. -Robert-

 Comment Written 23-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    I did get the cookies, but they were waiting for me on our back deck when I returned home from the pirate test drive. I called the mom and told her the story, and she got hysterical with laughter. Then, when I called her the next day for Part II, she got the giggles all over again.
reply by Robert Zimmerman on 24-Jun-2019
    I never eat cookies. I'm overweight because I eat too much salad.
reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    That is a very unique problem, Robert!
reply by Robert Zimmerman on 24-Jun-2019
    You're right about that Rachelle. Actually I need to go on the "eat anything diet." I'm just not allowed to swallow.
reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    My husband calls it The See-Food Diet...
reply by Robert Zimmerman on 24-Jun-2019
    That's funny.
Comment from Diana L Crawford
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This is hilarious! The takes you weave are so wonderful! This puts a big smile in my face! One day a pirate and the next Jackie O! Brilliantly done as all your work! XO!

 Comment Written 23-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 24-Jun-2019
    Argh! Thanks, Matey! xo
Comment from pome lover
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cute story! and you handled it well - PLUS got a new car in the bargain.
Not bad.
But I have a question: When you went to take the test drive, did the little girl come while you were gone? You didn't mention whether you got to do your pirate thing or not.
But this is a neat account. You sound like quite a character - someone fun to know.
pome lover

 Comment Written 23-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 23-Jun-2019
    Yes, my student and her mom came with the cookies, but I was doing my pirate test drive at the time! So they left them on the back deck, and I called them with the story when I returned home and found them. Then I had to call them the next day and share Part II of the story!! They thought it was hilarious. xo
reply by pome lover on 23-Jun-2019
    it was!
Comment from susand3022
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Rachelle... you are frigging priceless!!! I'm sitting here laughing as I write this... Jackie O! LOL That's just too funny... but the fact that I can see you in a pirate get-up with a penguin on your shoulder with the car salesman at a loss for words had me in hysterics! Your stories always have me in stitches! This is a virtual 10 but alas, they only give us up to 6! Laughing my butt off! hehehehehe....

 Comment Written 23-Jun-2019


reply by the author on 23-Jun-2019
    Thank you, Susan! In retrospect, it's far more amusing than it was when it happened!! Glad you got a good laugh. Thanks for the fun review. xo