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THE MYSTERIOUS PHONE CALL

By Cousin Gerry



'Twas late at night, the sky was dark, the birds had ceased to sing;

I'd just got snuggled up in bed when the phone began to ring.

I stormed out to the loungeroom and I asked with voice so dour,

"What sort of friend would call a man at this ungodly hour?"

I grabbed the phone to answer it. I said "Hello?" then frowned,

For I did not get an answer, just a strange familiar sound:

The sound of trousers ruffling, then the sound of unzipped fly

Then the sound of urination as a man let out a sigh.

It dripped and dropped and bubbled as I stood there all alone

I realised what had happened and I cursed the mobile phone.

A man may go and take a leak, but this is what appalled me:

In doing so, this man had knocked his mobile phone and called me.

And then I heard him talking to a woman, not too far;

Obviously this was a man who leaves the door ajar.

I listened very carefully to recognise the voices,

So I could yell out his name and be heard among the noises.

Before too long, I recognised the voices I was hearin':

My friend and colleague Dave O'Neil and his life-partner Kiran!

I think, just then, he realised what had happened - well, at least,

I heard a rustle, then a grunt, and then transmission ceased.

So it's a moral for you mobile users with which my poem ends:

Be careful with your buttons so you don't gross out your friends!