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The lift

"What was that?   Oh my god, what was that?" "I would guess, to judge from the  loud clanking and the bumpy ride, it was the lift breaking down in some way." "Oh god!   Oh god!   No!   God!" "Are you OK?" "What's going to happen?   How will they get us out?   Do you think we'll fall?   We'll fall won't we?   Oh my god." "No.   The lift won't fall.   They're very much designed with not falling  in mind." "I can feel the walls closing  in.   I suffer from claustrophobia you  know, I could have a panic attack at any moment.   Oh god.   Someone's got to get us out.    How  can you be so calm?   We might run out of  air." "We're not going to run out of  air.    Look, there are ventilation holes." "I knew I shouldn't have come  out.   My horoscope warned me.   Why do these things always happen to me?   I was late to coffee morning w...