I was walking down the road this afternoon when a couple of boys on the opposite side of the road threw a snowball at a man about 50 yards in front of me. He turned round and looked at bit angry so I pointed over the road and snitched on the kids!
He let me catch up to him. I said there were two boys thinking they were clever ... he said, kids, never liked 'em!
Having noticed that he was wearing hiking boots, winter clobber and was carrying a ski pole, I said he looked set up for a long walk. In rather a dejected voice he replied that he was killing time! I asked, what does that mean? He said he was supposed to be going home to Penzance but his wife had broken her ankle. He said they were out in the snow yesterday and as his wife came towards him, she went over on her ankle and it broke!
I asked if she was in hospital and he said it needs pinning but they can't do it before Saturday and they're stuck here for another two weeks.
As we got to my bus stop we parted and I wished him well and he wished me a happy new year!
Nice chat all brought on when two boys threw a snowball at a complete stranger!
DW
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