June drabbles - 22
“As Mark Twain said, ‘The less I know about a subject the more confidence I have.’ So that’s the key you see, that ushers in the power.”
“Yeah well, just apply that power to this washing machine if you will.”
“Poor ugly thing.”
“Didn’t ask you to kiss it.”
Dan, knowing marginally more about machines than his wife, undid the screws and found, “Here’s your problem. Pennies’n lint.”
“But there's a trap to catch things.” She looked round the room. He’d left the trap in the sink when he loaded the machine. Not knowing, she guessed, and filled with confidence.
“Yeah well, just apply that power to this washing machine if you will.”
“Poor ugly thing.”
“Didn’t ask you to kiss it.”
Dan, knowing marginally more about machines than his wife, undid the screws and found, “Here’s your problem. Pennies’n lint.”
“But there's a trap to catch things.” She looked round the room. He’d left the trap in the sink when he loaded the machine. Not knowing, she guessed, and filled with confidence.
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