Comic Relief

Keith Mulder is this month’s winner of R500 sponsored by Oakleigh Life, for his funny, true-life story!

My son asked me what size bed we have. I replied, “queen.” for the bed, and saw that it was “hotel”, not “queen” – mystery solved!

So, a few days later, he and my daughter-in-law brought us a new duvet cover and matching pillow cases, and fitted them. Then they sent us a new set of sheets and duvet from a home store. I was about to open the package when I spotted a problem: on the packaging I saw that the sheet size was 144… but our bed measured 152cm. Something was amiss.

After a bit of digging I found the invoice So I took the sheets and duvet back to the bed store for an exchange.

The shop assistant took a look at the packaging. Then she calmly pointed out that “144 is the quality, not the size. The size is here: 152cm. That’s queen size.” “But what about the ‘hotel’ size on the invoice for my bed?” I asked.

“Sir, ‘hotel’ is also a quality, not a size.” Was my face RED!

Submit your giggle-worthy story of up to 130 words. Runners up will be featured on our social platforms and the winner will be featured in our magazine! Send to editor@seniorlivingmag.co.za, using ‘COMIC RELIEF’ as your subject line.

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