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Oh, the Olympic Games

Chris Hall58 Comments

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The red-head woman had been still smirking as she got into the taxi, she had rather a lot of euro coins as earlier she’d won at table-football with several people in the lounge in the Hotel St Germain, and she’d pocketed it them in her big bag, meanwhile the helpful concierge had been dialling one of the taxi ranks from the lobby.

The taxi pulled out and it seemed very busy, she craned up looking around – and then it had dawned on her: she’d completely forgot about the Olympic Games in Paris, and it was already happening, it was so interesting and massive, and right here too (she’d been distracted for several weeks), but now she was very excited.

The taxi had drawn up, almost right at the door, as the red-head woman opened her big bag and digged deep into her compartment, unearthing her money and got rid of most of her coins; she gave him saying – ‘keep the change’ – while he grumbled and then smiled.

The red-head woman heaved up her bag and hurried up to the top of her tiny flat, she deposited her bag, then opened the little balcony; she saw the two gargoyles who were hovering over her, ‘can we come in?’ – she nodded.

‘We’ve been busy for the past two weeks, as we have a temporary job, helping the climbers in the Olympic sport,’ they started, and stopped…

‘Gosh, sorry, got to go, we’re going to watch the final of women’s beach volleyball (ooh)!’

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58 thoughts on “Oh, the Olympic Games”

    • Thanks so much, Susan. Of course, I have no idea what will happen next, although we are watching some of the Olympics on the telly (and drinking coffee and eating cake)! ☕🍰😉

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  13. Paris, a place to dream. I visited Paris in June, just before the Olympics. And I loved the city. Totally recommendable. (Now during the Olympics, sightseeing is difficult because many streets are closed and accreditation is required). Thank you!

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  16. not such a fan of the Olympics*

    totally loves them gargoyles, ( Or, to be go all, Warner Brothers cartoons** Igneous familiaris )

    *can’t quite understand what the event was, but it appeared to be Competitive Hula Hoop! lol

    ** back in the day, especially in their Wiley Coyote and the Roadrunner cartoons they would have faux Latin description when the character would first appear

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    • Ah well, my French has had a little boost with those two gargoyles, but my faux Latin, or even my proper Latin, is more than rusty.
      (that might be a problem next week with those three ancient books – I really hope these are not in Latin…)

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  19. I only saw bits of some sports. Less of the climbing wall. There was a bit of controversy with the men’s I think… but then there was quite a bit of controversy throughout…

    I did not watch the opening or the closeing, both were reported as being slightly “off kilter’. 🙂

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