A Little Misinterpretation


There’s something in the air.

There has to be.

I mean to say, there’s no other explanation for it.

None.

Whatsoever.

What, with the recent goings on in Essex and all.

I’ve just seen a polar bear strolling around the back of the dry cleaners. I had to call in to drop some laundry off, which will be done for Tuesday, but moments before I walked in through the door I saw its bulking mass amble behind the shop.

Other people must have seen it, I thought to myself as I walked into the shop, as there is a busy main road behind the building.

Shop business dealt with, I thought I would walk the long way back, and walk along the main road. Why I thought this is beyond me, as you really don’t want to come face to face with a polar bear, do you? Nevertheless, I walked that way.

I jumped as I saw the large white figure staring at me behind the shop.

Snagged on a bush was a large white carrier bag, rounded like a hot air balloon, trying to free itself and fly with the wind. Luckily, I never ran.

Like I said… there’s something in the air…

29 responses to “A Little Misinterpretation”

  1. Visionkeeper avatar
    Visionkeeper

    Love it !!! Most ingenious T….I so enjoy how your mind works. well done 🙂 VK

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      It likes to play tricks on me every now and then, VK!

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  2. Deb avatar

    You always have the most clever ideas, Tom! Love it! 🙂
    Have a great Friday, my friend!

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Thanks, Deb.
      Hope you had a great Friday!

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  3. prenin avatar

    Good one Tom! 🙂

    It’s amazing how the eye deceives us… 🙂

    God Bless my friend!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Yes, Prenin, sometimes in the most obscure of ways…!

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  4. SidevieW avatar

    LOL, yesterday I thought I was seeing a chicken on top of a wall above where I was walking. As the path got higher I realised it was a plastic bag.

    There is something in the air

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      It’s these pesky plastic bags, Sideview, they’re everywhere!!!

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      1. SidevieW avatar

        they are, and so destrutive

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  5. Androgoth avatar
    Androgoth

    A nice twist Tom 🙂
    Have a great weekend…

    Androgoth

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Thanks, Andro. It was a random experience…

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  6. Sue Dreamwalker avatar

    Now I thought my eyesight was bad Tom! :-).. Things could have been worse, it could have been a Black Bin bag.. in which case it could have been a Black Bear,, But I hear they are getting ready for the Picnic in the woods, so you would have been Ok had you got your sandwiches and flask with you.. 🙂
    ~Sue

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      I was being brave investigating the polar bear, Sue. I may have thought otherwise if I’d thought I’d seen a black bear… I also shall be avoiding the woods at all costs!

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  7. europasicewolf avatar

    Err…Aquatom…there is something in the air…that plastic bag you thought you saw? It’s an alien…there’s an alien invasion set to invade your Mansion in the form of polar bears… 😉

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Noooooooooooooo!!!
      Icewolf, here’s me thinking things are finally starting to be ‘normal’ here, and you tell me that! Best take refuge… in the BATHROOM!!!!!!!!!

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      1. europasicewolf avatar

        No Aquatom…things will never start to be normal in your universe!! That simply isn’t possible! And as to your choice of refuge…lol…that is probably the worst, most ill-advised place for refuge you could possibly think of…!!! Oh Wolf!!!

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        1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

          Sigh. They wouldn’t think of looking for me in there, though, Icewolf… unless they were invading through there, that is… 😯
          OK, bathroom’s out…

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          1. europasicewolf avatar

            You have to think ahead! What if they had invaded the bathroom first and turned it into an alien citadel?!!! 🙂

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            1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

              What makes you think that we… er… they haven’t already?

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              1. europasicewolf avatar

                Oh no! Oh my wolfie paw!! That explains everything!! You’re one of them! And you’ve disguised your citadel as a BATHROOM in your Mansion!!!! Oh wolf, oh flea!!! I thought there was something strange about your hair gel…it must have arrived through the Mansion portal as part of the invasion and now it plans to take over the Earth by turning humans into mini hair gel portals designed for easy and portable alien transportation between realities!!! Oh howling wolves! It all makes perfect sense now…Quick Icewolf…call the Men In Black!!! 😉 😀

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                1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

                  Yes. I’m one of them, Icewolf.
                  But… shush…!
                  I’m a good one.
                  No, I really am.
                  Really! A good alien.
                  How do you explain the super-powers?
                  Do you think I was struck by a bolt of lightning or bitten by a radioactive spider? That only happens in comic books. Well, the radioactive spiders, anyway… I have a tale to tell about the lightning…
                  But don’t call the men in black… not yet… Icey… I’ll prove I’m good. Really I will… 😉

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                  1. europasicewolf avatar

                    Ok be a good little alien and I’ll hold fire on calling the MIB…for now! I’d like to hear the tale about the lightning before I let them loose to deal with any alien naughtiness you may have lined up in that alien citadel oops…typos again 😉 … Mansion of yours! 😉

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Looks like it, LA… it is a little hard to tell though…

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  8. shreejacob avatar

    hehehe..I’m so glad that you entertain us with your misinterpretations, especially when it pokes at our imaginations too!

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Thanks, Shree. My mind at times likes to have a little fun!

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