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This is one of the most unique ones you've come up with. As soon as I saw the curtains I laughed.

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I love the "sponsored" version, especially because the original text is so familiar to me now. It's a neat way to recall the story and the sponsors' images add details that I didn't have - or think of - when I first read the original text. Good one!

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Dec 12, 2023Liked by Terry Freedman

So clever and funny, Terry.

I laughed out loud at the Hadrian's wall tagline.

Also, I find the AI-corrupted text somehow fitting. It goes with the notion of being dizzy and confused from the bang on the head.

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Lol. Thanks Nathan. I was very proud of that tagline, but you're the first, and so far only, person to appreciate it. I am condemned to sojourn among Philistines. I agree with you about the wonky text being somehow fitting: I hadn't thought of that before! 😂

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Dec 12, 2023Liked by Terry Freedman

Your wit with words doth not escape me!

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😂😂

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Loved it! Cringed at the Sleep Tite...😂, and ready to invest in the fool proof compass, one for me and one for Rebecca!

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Dec 12, 2023·edited Dec 12, 2023Author

Thanks, Mya! Surely you're not in the same league as Rebecca in the realm of getting lost?😂

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I think I might be...Years ago, moving from Walmer to Deal (which are adjacent little towns on the Kent coast), whilst I had lived in Walmer for 8 years, I managed to get lost driving back from work, utterly unable to find our new house...🤣! Never lived it down! I have also tried leaving car parks in the wrong car...so it's a close call, me think!

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Ha. The nearest I ever came to that sort of situation is forgetting which locker I'd left my stuff in. But your scenario sounds utterly believable!

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So creative and funny!

Have to say, I did think of Rebecca with the navigational aides.

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Thanks, Prue. Me too!

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So funny! Sponsored by black out curtains! How about an ad for airplane cabin emergency lights in the comfort of your home. They will guide you to the bathroom. Is Zap it for real? 😉 How goes the concussion?

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Dec 12, 2023·edited Dec 12, 2023Author

LOL. Emergency lights would have been good. I did invent shoes that lit up as you walk! What concussion? It was a temporary blip in my otherwise almost excellent health record :-)

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SOOOOOO GOOD, Terry - what a fantastic variation!

Your 'NAAVGATIAL AIDS' is an image right after my own heart, with its confident assurance that you will 'NEVER LOSE YOUR SEINSE OF DIRCTION'. 🤣

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😂 Yes, thought you'd like that, Rebecca! Grate spilling too, innit?

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Dec 10, 2023Liked by Terry Freedman

"I think this post has taken me over four hours to research, so I hope you find it useful, otherwise I will cry." Ha ha ha ha ha ha. I did NOT find it useful, but DON"T CRY! I found your wonky photos hilarious. Sheer black out curtains, cabinet doors that won't open, typos, unhinged doors, footballer being attacked by a ... mop (?), double pointed pen! This post is a fine "What's wrong with this picture" puzzle. Well worth the four hours research!

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Thanks very much, Sharron!

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If Dr. Johnson's Writing Emporium actually existed, I would be one of its regular clients.

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I'd be first in the queue!😂

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Hahaha! Love it. Grin. Thank you Spin Doctor Terry. (The daftness of AI art worked surprisingly well here. 😃)

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Spin Doctor? Chortle! Thanks, Beth

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Wow, Terry. This is fascinating! But so sorry about your walking into a wall. I, sadly, have done that myself! (But only once, and let's both keep it that way!)

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Indeed, Susan. It's far from a pleasant experience!

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Brilliant! Thanks, Jeanne 😁

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Jeanne, my husband has recently popped several lights like these all around the house - they're absolutely brilliant whenever I get up in the night!

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I'd be worried about tripping over them. 🙃

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No, I don't trip over any of my husbands. That's precisely why we've got the lights, durrrrrr... 😉

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LOL How many you got then?

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🤣 Only the one, actually - I was teasing!

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I need to get some myself. They only turn on when you move right? I hate light at night

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Me too. I'm a lord of the darkness sort of fella

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Yes, that's right! We've got one halfway down the stairs, one in the bedroom (but out of sight of movement unless one of us actually gets out of bed), and one in the bathroom. Really convenient!

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Why not put one outside as well, like we've done? They're designed to deter buglers. And burglars

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Not much use out there if I'm getting up for a wee in the night, Terry......

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Haha! Good one Jeanne!

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😆

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