The Good Lady looked up from her squeakers at the sound of the doorbell.
Daddy Bear, can you get that? I am feeding the Little Boom.
She asked, tilting the Little Boom at me as if to prove that she was indeed feeding our son and not some random male intruder that had run in from the street.
Uff, why is it always me?!
Putting down my laptop, I got up from my chair and slouched sulkily to the front door. I heaved it open and moodily swung my head up to challenge the doorbell ringer.
It was a woman, she was wearing a garish grey and yellow outfit and looked like the cruel offspring of an Elephant and a Canary.
The woman looked at me and tipped me a knowing smile.
I think... this might be for you?
She said mysteriously, holding up a flat rectangular box.
I stared at the box. It was black with yellow warning tape that screamed FRAGILE! My eye caught the text along the side.
Lenovo.
My heart skipped a little as if someone had goosed my silk purse with a feather. A laptop?! It was Lenovo. It had to be a laptop!? Yet, I had ordered or purchased no such thing.
What should I do? Fess up to the Canaryphant that it was not really for me? Or, perhaps I should just take it and to hell with the consequences for my soul?
What would Elvis do?
Uh-huh.
I said to the Canaryphant with a crooked lipped smile.
The Canaryphant nodded again in affirmation.
Yes, definitely for you.
She smiled as if we had once made out in a cupboard under some stairs.
I smiled in return and held out my hands for the contraband she was about to deliver unto me.
Amongst the smiles, the large laptop box was passed over.
Thank you.
Hurriedly, I slammed the door closed in case she changed her mind and ran into the house with my booty.
My mind was awhirl. Why had the lady acted so mysterious? Had she known that I had ordered no such delivery? Was she going to tap me up later and demand some of my manful sperms in return for not bodging me into the cops?
I would just have to wait and see.
I pushed the box onto the worktop of the kitchen and gazed at it. Then I noticed the label.
It was addressed to Meesterboom...
Ah.
That's why she gave me a funny look.
Not because I was getting a contraband laptop but because she was delivering a parcel to a man who called himself meesterboom.
Perhaps she was dreaming of what kind of man this would be and the things she would do with my bangstick..
Boomstick...?
Then I remembered. I had been talking to the splendid @verhp11 after my last beer post and he had offered to send me some fine Dutch beers.
I was more than happy to accept his kind offer.
This must be the chaps in question.
Excitedly, I tore open the box. With some difficulty, I might add.
There they were. Fine Dutch beers!!! With a note saying that he hoped I enjoyed them. I bloody well will!
Thank you Mr @verhp11. They are magnificent and I cannot wait to try them! Most likely this Saturday!!
Hurrah for generosity and hurrah for Steemit and hurrah for @verhp11!!!
Cheers!
You're more then welcome @meesterboom !!! Happy to be a part of steemit, happy to being able to show you some Dutch respect by sending you over some fine Dutch beers !!! And I had a laugh reading your post :) awesome as always !!! Cheers !!
And thank you again Mr P! I forgot to mention the note! :O)
You'd think in this day and age postal workers would be used to people getting stuff addressed to their nyms XD
Don't need to tell you to enjoy the beers but I'm going to anyway :)
And I am going to enjoy them!!!
You think they would , tsk tsk. Although we have som many different couriers and postal workers that I seem to rarely see the same ones twice!
Are you in a pretty dense area? I seem to get the same postie and 2-3 of the same couriers over here.
We are in a quietish bit but they have broken up the postal service in the pursuit of profit and now our mail can be delivered by several different companies and they rarely have the same staff because they treat them like rubbish to save money!
I looked the days when I actually knew the postman and the courier's!!
Pursuit of profit ruins everything doesn’t it 🤣😑
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After all these years she doesnt know your 'real name'.. tut tut...
The man of mystery claims no name!!! :0D
Well at least if steem goes to zero, you'll always have the free beers! Better than nothing.
Beers do taste nicer when they are free! I have every confidence that steem ain't going to zero though.... Maybe 4 cents but not zero :0D
That's the spirit! 👍
And then moon!!!
No wonder that smile and funny look of Canaryphant ...
Lord of the sonorous dong, hahaha.
Heh heh, I enjoyed faking that bit!!
That's how to know if your making it big on social media... when people send you mail and call you in the middle of the street by your "internet name" instead of your real name xD
Lol, I sometimes live in fear of someone saying meesterboom is that you?! lol!
My friends once spent weeks calling me Teutonium just to mess with me... it's so awkward, thank god they started calling me my name again
Hahahah, that would have been funny though. Teutonium coming through!! It has a bit more command to it than meesterboom!
That are some very tasty beers peter send to you. But a little note, affligem is notba dutch but a Belgian beer. Enjoy this fine selection of beers.
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I am glad you said that, I daftly assumed they were all Dutch. I will treat that one with caution ;O)
Sorry about that ;) Affligem is indeed belgium which I included cause of me tasting this beer just before I selected the beers (Hertog Jan's). So I forgot to mention the foreigner ;)
What a fine gift!
I notice two of the same - this one must be stuff of legends, enjoy!
That one looks particularly enticing/mental!!!
indeed, one is for tasting and the other is for....."wow, why didn't I drank this beer sooner" :)
What a wonderful gesture . Geniet jou bier (that is Afrikaans for enjoy your beer ) and geniet van je bier in dutch. Cannot wait for the testing.
Ooo, I like that. I will have to try and remember it and I shall very much enjoy em!!