Ficlets

“I can’t say I’ve ever been tripped by an elbow before.”

“I shouldn’t think why not.”

“Well, why should I be tripped by an elbow?”

“Rather tricky things, elbows. Rather like knees. They just
rather sort of stick out, you know. Never mind that you can close them around something like a steel clamp.”

“Yes, but to be TRIPPED by one?”

“I’ve obviously never told you about the time I was in Switzerland; The Trip of ‘72, and what a trip it was! The shapeliest elbow I’d ever seen. Why, just thinking about it brings back the joys and pains of my youth; Oh! Cecilia—“

“Yes, but—an ELBOW ? An elbow’s a long ways away from a foot, or an ankle! You know, the things that usually get tripped in a tripping!”

”...And your point is?”

“Well…well…well, it’s dashed odd, is my point!”