Roy Orbison in Cling-Film

This had me wrapping my whole arm around my face at work today, so that I wouldn’t have to explain all my giggling to anyone around me. That it is just as likely the work of a demented prankster as that of an actual weirdo with an unhealthy fixation about wrapping the singer of “Only the Lonely” in Saran Wrap really doesn’t help make it even a tiny bit less insane.
What really gets me is the incredibly stilted prose style:

‘Hello Roy,’ I say. ‘What are you doing in Dusseldorf?’
‘Attending to certain matters,’ he replies.
‘Ah,’ I say.
He apprises Jetta’s lines with a keen eye. ‘That is a well-groomed terrapin,’ he says.
‘Her name is Jetta.’ I say. ‘Perhaps you would like to come inside?’
‘Very well.’ He says.

I’m thinking I’m going to have to make “I have a surprising amount of clingfilm” into a sigline somewhere. (Via the always wonderful Making Light by Teresa Nielsen Hayden.)

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