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"Mon. Cliff and Madam Karen's Disastrous Day"
by Karen Fay
On Thursday, I met Cliff on the pub terrace where we sat and
chatted until the tide came in. We the proceeded to blow up the
dinghy (not literally, though that might not have been a bad idea).
We rowed out to the boat and as soon as I was in the cockpit, I
remembered that I'd not taken the boat keys out of the car. All well
so far then! So Mon. Cliff said "Don't worry, I will row back and get
them, just give me the car keys."
I handed Mon. Cliff my car keys, together, on the same keyring,
with my house keys. He dropped them into the dinghy. I pointed to
what looked like concrete that he could row to, just opposite Jouet.
I set about taking the sail cover off, when I heard
"KARRENNN!"
I looked up and Cliff was up to his waist in mud. Argh! What now?
There was a man on the shore who I heard ask Cliff if he were OK
(which he obviously was not).
"Could you give me a hand out?" Cliff replied, to which the fellow
on the shore replied "Sorry mate, aint got me wellies on."
Poor Cliff was probably petrified by now as being stuck in that there
mud is scary! I thought "For F---'s sake you silly man, go and grab
some people to help!" By this time Cliff decided to try and climb
back into the Dinghy - phew! he was successful. Onboard, Cliff now
decided to row to the jetty by the sailing club.
Next thing I heard was Cliff shouting to me from the shore that he
could not find the keys, I shouted back that they were in the car by the
gearstick. No, he shouts "I can't find the car keys!" Oh Hell! I don't
beleive it. After some considerable time of Cliff searching the dinghy,
I shouted "Come back!" When he returned, both he and the dinghy
were unbelievably muddy, and I mean unbelievably.
Mon. Cliff suggested we get the dinghy onto Jouet, let her down,
and search her for the keys.
"You are joking Cliff" I said "Firstly, the dinghy is too dirty and
seriously, Jouet is just not big enough to blow the dinghy up on. Just
climb onto the boat, have a rest, and take the dinghy back to the jetty."
Off he went, and 50 minutes later he returned with a clean dinghy
but no keys. We then called the AA (Not alcoholics anonymous) who
were not at all helpful. They could send me a locksmith to change the
lock on my door but could not guarantee not to damage the car. No
thnaks. To cut a long story short, Cliff ran me home. Or should I say
not home, because I could not raie my partner who is on strong meds
at the moment, so ended up going to my daughters, who, I might say,
is not the most obliging girl. She thankfully took pity on me and took
me in. Now all cliff had to do was find his way home. (I am sending a
copy of this to him, thank you Cliff, I hope you found your way home
OK)
I ended up getting a locksmith to get me into my flat which took
him precisely 2 minutes, he slid a piece of plastic between the door
jamb and lock. £80 thank you very much but at least I got in. This
morning I took a train to Chichester to retrieve my car!
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