Stairlift to Heaven
“It had not long since been announced that Britain had been granted the 2012 Olympic Games, and with it the Paralympics, and it was probably this, and the thought I’d just had about cripples taking up their bed and walking, that put the idea into my head.
After I’d gone to recover the Zimmer Frame and started to walk back the man had stopped to watch, and now looked on, puzzled. I turned to him and said, a little self-critically, “Not bad.”
His face was a picture of inquisitiveness. “What are yo...u doing?”
“Training for the Paralympics.”
“Pardon?”
“Throwing the Zimmer Frame,” I explained. “It's a new event. Apparently the host country can pick an entirely new event and Britain has chosen ‘Throwing the Zimmer Frame’. It just nudged out the ‘Hop, Hop and Hop for the One-legged’ I believe.”
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STAIRLIFT TO HEAVEN Copyright © Terry Ravenscroft, 2011 Cover artwork by Tom Unwin A RAZZAMATAZZ PUBLICATION **** About the author The day after Terry Ravenscroft threw in his mundane factory job to become a television comedy scriptwriter he was involved in a car accident which left him unable to turn his head.MoreLess
After I’d gone to recover the Zimmer Frame and started to walk back the man had stopped to watch, and now looked on, puzzled. I turned to him and said, a little self-critically, “Not bad.”
His face was a picture of inquisitiveness. “What are yo...u doing?”
“Training for the Paralympics.”
“Pardon?”
“Throwing the Zimmer Frame,” I explained. “It's a new event. Apparently the host country can pick an entirely new event and Britain has chosen ‘Throwing the Zimmer Frame’. It just nudged out the ‘Hop, Hop and Hop for the One-legged’ I believe.”
The story continues....
STAIRLIFT TO HEAVEN Copyright © Terry Ravenscroft, 2011 Cover artwork by Tom Unwin A RAZZAMATAZZ PUBLICATION **** About the author The day after Terry Ravenscroft threw in his mundane factory job to become a television comedy scriptwriter he was involved in a car accident which left him unable to turn his head.MoreLess
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