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This Week's Special:
It was Michael's
birthday and he asked that nobody get him anything. Liam gifted him
an expired fire extinguisher with $20 taped to it.
Michael said: 'You, uh, you
shouldn't have.
Liam smiled: 'That's all
right.'
'No, you really shouldn't
have.' Kristy
glowered. 'The fuck'll we do with an expired fire extinguisher?'
'It's a conversation piece.
Simply place it somewhere visible -' Liam's demonstration is coffee table. '-
and your guests with natter high brow.'
Liam's use of 'natter'
raises Kristy's hackles but he is right. On three occasions, Fire Sale by Liam has prompted small
talk of investment portfolio variety.
'... Trump got preppers
cooking MREs...'
'...another batch of Beer coming up...'
'...he just kept pumping Sascha...'
These conversations steer
widely around the expired fire extinguisher on table.
Kristy wants Fire Sale by Liam out of the house but
it is Michael's so he gets to choose
its swappings. Michael agrees: whoever buys this conversation piece is, likely,
wanker. This is not artwork for venture-capital bros, this is chintzy for
hobbyist entrepreneur. The buyer will pose as innovator and not very well.
That market is Frankie.
Frankie had an
unwanted four day weekend. It started typically hungover but Saturday and
Sunday were perfectly balanced between productive and recuperative. Monday
morning surprised with nausea and Frankie called sick before vomiting water and
spending twenty-four hours in sweating toss-and-turn. Tuesday's further tummy
issues were most likely hunger.
Excess (but necessary) sleep
kept Frankie awake for five hours of Tuesday's bedtime. When she hit REM she
hit hard: a tropical resort where claymation Jordan Petersons played poker,
badly. They did not point most of their cards towards themselves.
Frankie played and her
winnings became the first-things-first water bottle on bedside table. Now those
who sip on Water Bottle (Name Pending) will glimpse purview of their hypothetical
next child's life. It is snapshot akin to hovering mouse over adult film
offered in list, if they still do that. Frankie does not want kids.
That market is Michael, who
has been binging Spy X Family.*
* Despite it not being very good.
