Just a short one

 

Oh darling, there was a telephone call for you earlier.  One of those lifestyle surveys that advertisers use.  I said we weren't interested and you were busy doing your chores, but they were very insistent.  Apparently, you’re an important demographic for them.  Goodness knows why.  So I said I’d answer for you, so they won’t keep calling back, you know.

Let me see now... what did they want to know?  They asked about hobbies so I said cleaning, ironing and cooking.  They asked about your sex life, so I told them you didn’t have one.  They asked if there were any purchases that you always make sure you never run out of, so of course I said tampons, because you know how cross I get if you don’t have them ready for me.  Oh – and they asked about disposable income so I said you get five pounds a week in pocket money if you’ve been good.

They lost interest after that, I think, because they just finished up the survey and rang off.

 

 

Sorry that was so disappointingly short.

 

Wow - I just had a really overwhelming sense of deja vue!  Because I'm sure I've typed that exact same sentence before.   But I think this is the first time I've posted such a short story as a stand-alone item, so I've no idea when that can have been.  Isn't that weird!  Do you ever get that?

 

Oh well. I expect it'll come to me.