Daisy's tail

K, on phone:

"Oh my God, you're not going to believe what just happened!"

N, in Woolies:

"Err what? Can it wait twenty minutes only I'm just in the middle of-"

"No. This is ridiculous you have to hear it."

"Okay then, shoot."

"OKAY SO DAISY'S TAIL JUST-"

"... Just what? Just fell off? Became sentient? Changed colour? Wha-- oh."

Her phone had run out of battery, and I had just assumed it was a pause for dramatic effect and kept talking.

The correct answer, by the way, was 'caught fire'. The cat's tail had just caught fire.

Cup-o'-tea Count: Soothing a bruised Dignity.

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