Hey, Bobbie!

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ID: 941862   (Rated: 18+) The Dialogue 500: IT'S BACK, BABY!  Stories 500 words or less, written only in dialogue. New prompt for May 2012! by ~j

Prompt
This week's prompt takes place in a Nursing Home: a dialogue between you and an old person who mistakes you for a relative

"Hey, Bobbie! Are these my teeth?"

"I'm not Bobbie, Mr Happle. I'm Mary-Ann, the Day Care Activities Co-ordinator."

"Sure, sure! So, these aren't my teeth...?"

"I don't know, sir. Did you have them with you at lunch?"

"Of course, I had 'em with me when I had my lunch; how else would I have saved some peas behind my palate for later...?"

"Quite... 'Erm, if the peas are still there, it's odds on, they are your teeth."

"Don't you wise-crack me, Bobbie-Sue; you're not too old for a spanking."

"I wouldn't dream of wise-cracking, Mr Happle. My name is Mary-Ann."

"What do you want me to do about that? 'See you walking to school', like that hippy-headed, rock combo, The Bee-Gees - "

" - Boston; I think you mean."

"I swear, some days it beats me why I come and visit you here; it's like talking to the butter-dish, Bobbie."

"I don't mean to be cruel; but, I sure am glad you got Mr Happle today."

"Oh, I don't know - I kinda like the fact he comes and visits his wife."

"But she's been dead for five years; you think some relative somewhere would take more care of him."

"Oh, apart from a dickie memory for faces, I'd say he takes pretty good care of himself; he's always well dressed, well groomed, well fed, and... well!"

"How can you be so sure?"

"I don't know, exactly; it's more than a feeling."

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