Noisy Neighbors

[write_light]

TATTLE TALE GRAY!  and weirdly meta - the ad mentions (and shows) and ad for itself and the product IN the ad for the product.

Comments

[franklanguage]

I first encountered Fels-Naptha at a painting school where we all painted in oils; it was de rigeur for cleaning brushes, and particularly for washing the turpentine out of the bristles.

I'll never forget that smell.

[huskyteer]

And she thanks them by buying them a bird and wrapping it up. OK then.

[write_light]

I think a little tissue paper around the cage won't harm birdie (might even keep the soot off him on the ride home) and adds the surprise (not just 'HERE'S A BIRD' but "Here's a gift, you eavesdropping old biddies.")

[fallconsmate]

putting a wrap of some sorts on a bird cage is quite normal. cover the cage at night, and the birds KNOW it's night and time to settle down and sleep. otherwise some breeds of birds will stay up all night twittering.

long ago, i had zebra finches. they're sweet little guys, but egads, they'll chirp 24/7 if they aren't covered at night!

[ejia_arath03]

"I've personally trained it to make the most godawful noises just when you've gotten to sleep. You're welcome, you interfering old bats!"

[fallconsmate]

eh, there's nothing much else for elderly ladies to do than to gossip and poke their noses in...

i guess i see this more as "poor child, her mother never told her about the magic soap, we need to!" than being nosy neighbors. and of course the young girl knew damn well who slipped the ad under her door, no one else would have heard her crying.

and i find some amusement in the "two spinster ladies sharing an apartment" ploy...if two spinster ladies were sharing an apartment, we got some homosexual undertones going on!

[progbear]

Whatever you do, don’t do the “old wives tale” thing and use it to treat a poison-oak rash. It gave me an allergic reaction on top of my poison-oak, doubling my misery.