Linen
Oho! Somebody forget the iron this morning!
A gleeful voice proclaimed beside my desk.
I looked up from some precious documents. Before me stood a work colleague. Face lit up with delight at perceiving a vulnerability on which he could pounce.
Such is the way of some people, that the meagre joys they scrape from life seem to be based entirely on the discomfort they engender in others.
However, I am not typically one to lie docile in the face of such first world one-upmanship. Nor was I going to launch into a long explanation of why I had commited the cardinal sin of not ironing my shirt.
It's linen.
I stated flatly.
He looked uncertain, his knowledge of the weft and composition of various garments was obviously minimal and he shifted his weight from foot to foot as he decided how to return my unexpected curveball.
Linen eh? Whit, so yer oan the catwalk ur ye?
in his broad Glaswegian I believe he was implying I was set to strut the catwalk for wearing one of the forbidden fabrics for men
Oh so deft! What nimbleness of the mind this one possessed. Oh well, engage friendly banter mode.
What's that on your chin?
Whit? Hahaha. Ye jealous of my beard noo?
If you didn't have half your lunch in it perhaps...
Eh, ha ha. Er... Aye right!
He fingered his forlorn wisp of a beard uncertainly. Torn between running to the nearest mirror and seeing if he had food trapped in there like a fawn in a thorn bush or staying to continue the game.
It takes a man to grow a beard boomdawg!
He declared victoriously after some hesitation.
I looked at him in the way I look at dogs defecating on my lawn.
I hope he gives you a nice big cuddle when you hand it back then.
He left, cursing under his breath.
I contemplated running after him and delivering a damn good beating with my stapler but instead, turned to my PC and googled what is linen
People focus on the minor things in life and stress out over everything. Win the " wars", give up the " battles. "
They do, the sad gits!!
lol .. you wanted to give him a good beating with your stapler?
would that hurt that fault finder? :D
It certainly would :0)
Thank you for posting @meesterboom.
So very humourous......the story/images/pictures are hilarious.
Now you must have a linen shirt......linen is perfect in summer......
Well, you are at the very least bringing Steemians knowledge that they need most. How to bust through silliness with charm. ^_^
Wishing you and yours all the best. Cheers.
Charm is so much more often a splendid weapon to repel those blunt comments :O)
I do have one! Not the one I was wearing, I had no idea once I said it what it actually was beyond a material. Fortunately google sorted my thirst for knowledge out.
All the best to you and yours @bleujay!
Ow no, the linen monster strikes again...
Beware the linen monster!!
Damnit! You made me google "what is linen" as well! HAHAHA! I never iron my shirts, and I'm often ridiculed for it as well. It's going to be crumpled anyway, so I might as well speed the process along. So, don't ever think that you are the lone rumpled man (Ha! You thought nobody would be able to read it huh?) I am with you there, brother!
It was tiny!! I am impressed that you saw it!! Hehe, I struggled to read it myself :0)
I often don't iron mine too, get it up them!!
It's fascinating linen eh!!
Oh, of course! I have eyes like a hawk!! Caw caw!!! And a right-click mouse function to open up an image and zoom hahaha!
A handy function indeed!!!
I love your stories @meesterboom! YOu are so quick to answer people.....how do you come up with this stuff?
When using the dryer, take it out quickly...and no need to iron either! Voila! :)
Hehe, I sometimes wonder where it comes from myself :0)
Yeah you gotta whip it out fast!!
Did you have to get inside the dryer to take that pic :D
I'll go google linen now
Hehe, I was disappointed with my photo editing skillz actually with this one!!
Haha! OMG that confidence when you said "It's linen" :D
Impressed by the way you have adopted to deal with him. Thumbs up!
And yes linen is my favourite its a graceful kind of fabric and really good for summer.
Hehe, I must admit it came out of nowhere!! It is a cool thing in the summer!
Thank you for reminding me why I'm not fit to work in an office. So much pent up hostility at work. I'd just make monkey noises at anyone who talked to me. You'd be fun to work with though.
It can be a pit of despair that's for sure!
I thought the scots only wore wool rompers at the office. Linen?? You must have gone shopping on vacation.
Vacations are good for some things :0D
Cringing at thought of being beaten with a stapler - it's really painful when you accidentally staple yourself!
It is indeed, thankfully it has only happened a few times!!