Stripe Me Pink

We have to be careful with whatever we say as it might happen to us one day. I knew a fellow once who had a saying that entered into every conversation that he made. He would say quite loudly, well, stripe me pink. One day he woke up and found he was striped pink but the joker didn’t stop there, he gave him green and purple spots as well. He went to his doctor who was quite mystified with having a man come into his surgery with pink stripes and green and purple spots. He asked what he had been eating, nothing unusual the fellow replied. The doctor frowned feeling there was nothing he could do told him to go home and rest until it wore off. The days passed and a month went by but the stripes and spots remained. Off he trotted back to see the doctor again who shook his head saying there was nothing he could do as is looks like the stripes and the dots are permanent. The only suggest I can make is that you get clothes the very same colour then no one will ever know which is the clothes and which is you. So the next time you utter something ridiculous be careful what you are saying as you might end up wearing it until your dying day. 1 October 2009