A Day At The Movies.

Tony Dickson was a poor man without education. He married a woman of the same standing and through the years they were blessed with 9 children which did not make things any easier.

Then a distant relative died and left him a few thousand Rand. Not enough to change his life permanently but enough to improve things at home a bit.

After long deliberation he decided to take the whole family to the movies as none of them, himself included, had ever been in the movies. So off they went.

He bought 10 tickets – the latest arrival could still go in for free – and forked out enough to buy a color TV. After a while he returned to the ticket office, clearly agitated. He purchased another 10 tickets.

“And tell that guy at the door”, he said, “If he tears my tickets in half again I’m going to knock his block off.”laugh

I would not have found this as funny as I did, was it not that I remembered how upset I was about the torn tickets the first time I went to the movies with my mom and dad. I must have been about 4 at the time and I troubled my dad about it all the time until he took me out to the toilet and explained the process of access control to me.professor

Only then I was subdued. I was really scared that they would throw us out because of the torn tickets.help

I cannot remember anything about the movie other than the blond leading actress. Could it have been Doris Day or Marilyn Monroe? I don’t know; the man at the door made a much bigger impression on me.doh
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Enjoy what is left of this day.wave
We had another sunny day. Two in a row!yay
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No idea, but worth watchingthumbs up laugh

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BOB;
uh oh....Whew!
Luke
Absolutely!thumbs up
cheers comfort wave
See Angel
What the mind is full of flows out the mouth.
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Bob; sshhh!....comfort
Ok, I won't speak my mind. I remember about phoning 911 and asking them to hurry.
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Bob;
You betcha!.............................wink
Bob;
uh oh Some of the police here in my state/county, is kind of on strike!
So! Most likely....it will be just me & you! yay
Police on strike? It is like the army going on strike in the middle of a war.doh
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Hi GG
I was not scared of the ticket man. I was very annoyed with him. I knew he could not touch me with my father by my side. I was just scared of being told to leave after my father had paid for the tickets.laugh
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Bob;
.............laugh
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