Today in Lidl

[AgentPete]

I was standing still in the garden the other day.

Absolutely still.

“There was a man standing still in your garden the other day!” said the Lidl checkout lady to Peggy.

“Was there?” she said.

“Yes” said the checkout lady. “He was standing absolutely still! I texted my husband about it!”

“Ah” said Peggy. “That might have been my husband. He was feeding the birds.”

“Was he?” said the checkout lady. “But he was standing absolutely still!”

“Yes”, said Peggy. “He does that sometimes.”

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Wait! You were….standing still…???? (faints in horror)

 

[Rich.]

Brilliant! And now I'm wondering, do you always strike the same pose?

 

[Bloo]

I think I understand the confusion. The Lidl checkout lady couldn't get a good look at you.

Perhaps if she was taller...

 

[Hannah F]

"Look at that tree the birds are perching on. It's wearing clothes!"
"No, that's not a tree, it's Agent Pete."

 

[Peyton Stafford]

Great prompt for a story.

 

[Claire G]

She texted her husband? That's a Lidl extreme!

Bada-bing!

 

[Katie-Ellen]

"He was standing so eerily, so absolutely still, the man, as if frozen on a screen. Framed in a ghostly portal; a quirk of quantum time and space. Was he real? Was he even really there?"

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Lady didn't remark on the birds? My husband stands still so as not to frighten the birds,and then they come right up to be fed.

 

[Pamela Jo]

A little oil will fix that right up. It's an old Kansan remedy. . You are however perfectly equipped to be a heartless agent.

 

[Pamela Jo]

I think I understand the confusion. The Lidl checkout lady couldn't get a good look at you.

Perhaps if she was taller...

That took me WAY too long Bloo.

 

[Hannah F]

"There was a man standing still in your garden."
"Yes. My husband is practicing. With so many going the self-published route, it's not easy to be an agent these days."

 

[CarolMS]

She texted her husband? That's a Lidl extreme!

Bada-bing!

Bada-boom!