The Bicycle Removal Firm ©
By
Michael Casey
Today's blog is inspired by what I saw through the window.
And what did I see? Well you may have all seen The Quiet Man
with
John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. In it a spare bike is
“carried” by somebody already riding one. It no doubt takes great skill.
It wasn't that I saw but something much more intriguing, I
say a man on a bike carrying a mirror under his arm. Not the newspaper, but
a real mirror, a 3.5foot one under his right arm. He also had it
mirror side out, so no doubt several car drivers would have been dazzled.
Later on as I sat here at the computer I saw him again, this
time he had an ironing board under his arm, at least the legs weren't sticking
out. He just pedalled past. I was
wondering what would happened next. I was thinking it was nearly time to
collect the girls from school when he came walking past carrying a heavy bundle
on his shoulder.
As we walked home I told my girls what I'd noticed, I always
try and teach them to be observant, such as seeing the new trendy sign over the
help the aged charity shop today. And as we walked home why the policeman had
got out of the panda car near the bank, to go to the cash point and then
go to Subway for his sandwich.
I explained to my
girls that the man on the bike must be moving house, but he didn't have a car so he was DIY moving with the aid of a bike. My
mother once put on all her clothes and then walked home to Cromane Kerry
because she had no suitcase so she wore everything. Her mum had belted her for
her stupidity, this would be in the 1930s. I encouraged my daughter to use the
bike man as a story for her next English
lesson, she said it was not her
style. Then as we closed the front door,
who did we see? The man on his bike with
a mixing desk under his arm, my daughter laughed, but her little sister had the last laugh, she'd found
the chocolate biscuits.
So what can I say, I hope that if ever we move house, if
ever I sell my 3 books then I hope we can at least have a van to transport our
things. Or perhaps I could self upgrade from a bicycle removal service to
a bus removal service, I do have a bus
pass after all.
a story from 4 years ago, I was talking about furniture on my foogle+ thn I remembered this piece
No comments:
Post a Comment