An Indian Summer

Open mind please..non pc

The 27th half wit of the day approached, smiling,

" can't believe how hot it is, can you. It's 73 degrees " he said before continuing,

" It's an Indian summer, that's what it's called at this time of the year when it gets warm again, an Indian summer " he smiled, chuffed at this jewel of information.

I smiled back. " why? "

"Huh" he grunted, perplexed at the question.

" why is it called an Indian summer, and how many days must this weather hold for it to be considered thus ? "

"Bus ? My grandad drives a bus, a big red f****r in London, a double decker. He takes all of the foreigners sight seeing, you know, Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, Houses of Parliament, Hard Rock Cafe. He said it's mainly Japs these days, with a few chinks, but hardly any darkies or Arabs. He reckons it's all to do with that Al Keeda fella. You know, him that goes around choppin' people's heads off and blowing things up. Now, I ain't being funny but you would've thought they might have nicked him by now, I mean, he must have to catch a plane to get round all of the places he gets up to no good in, so you would've thought they might be keeping an eye out at passport control. Can't be that many men called Al Keeda can there. "

As I went to reply, he set off chopsing again.

" Mind you, there's plenty of Browns, Smiths, Greens over here, perhaps Keeda is a popular surname where all of them terrorists come from, might be thousands of the little fuckers. Yep, that must be it, can't be any other explanation can there, makes sense when you think about it. Anyway, can't stand chatting all day, got a meeting to attend, annual Chief of Police seminar.
You take care".

and with that he was gone.

Reviews

[Soren]

Loved it. It underlines many problems now days. Well written, although I didn't think it would appeal to me to start with. I was a little slow to catch on and then it grabbed me. Good work

[Gee]

Cheers Soren. Cocking a snook at the pc brigade :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Love the dialogue in this so good! A nice snap shot conversation filled with views and descriptions that are real and held by many. The twist was supreme and not too far from the truth. But as Mr Pettit says keep yer heed doon fur a while!

[Gee]

I'm hidden behind the parapet. Reading this back brings Alf Garnett to mind. Perhaps not a good thing.
Thanks for reading and commenting John.

[Neville]

Bril and I aint just talkin fish... oops sorry.. creatures of the ocean.. Most amusing squire.. Hope you guys in MK are all good.. Go well, but do keep ya head down for a whale.. I just had a while of a time :)

[Gee]

Cheers Neville. Hope all is well with you and the good lady.

[Neville]

You are more than welcome... Not too bad this end Gee, thanks Neville

[Abhishek Izy]

I totally appreciate the natural sync which has been put in place here. The dialogues are very non improvised in tone and just like a conversation would be.. That makes it sound in sync with the situation you build. I'm big fan of writers who can write dialogues without improvising them and you did such a healthy job with this one.
Would this continue because you left it very open ended, and i would be interested in further reading for sure.
Appreciate it so much, please keep writing.

[Gee]

Thank you. Doubt this will ever progress further as I never revisit my scribblings.

[richieb]

Gee,
I can relate to your well written story. Sadly I live in the days Trump. I know ignorance and we are flooded with it in the states. Your poem was very clever, I admire the way you led into the man's rants. If it wasn't so scary it would be funny.
Peace, Richie b.

[Gee]

Cheers Richie

[Mrudula Rani]

It takes all kinds to make this wonderful ( at times frightening) world, isn't it? As a writer you have an obligation to show the world it's reflection!
Trust all is well with you, Gee. Uma grande abraço.
Bom fim de semana ( have a good weekend). At this rate, by the time you visit Brasil you will be speaking português!!)

[Gee]

Fluent..... Thank you Mrudula.
All is well but cold here, hope you and yours are all well :))

[Mrudula Rani]

We are all fine, dear. Uma abraço.

[Ken Simm.]

Oh the irony. Hoped that was coming. But still guffawed.
I met this guy the other day as well. And the stupid shall inherit the earth.

[Gee]

Indeed, there is hope for me yet !! Cheers Ken, hope you are well

[Esther]

A unique sense of humour from the Keeda clan *laughs*

[Gee]

Thank you Esther

[Esther]

You're welcome

[Beccy]

I have decided you are slightly barking; which is a good thing given how boringly straight the roads are in MK.

Beccy. :))

[Gee]

Lol, I like that, slightly barking, sure beats normal and samey. Thank you.
Hope you and the young fella are well Beccy

[mattavelli]

Hey, Gee. :)
I got a kick out of it, a great spin of ironies.

[Gee]

Cheers Matt.
Hope all is well with you

[mattavelli]

Alls well here, just haven't been writing.