Tally-ho, InkTober series of
Jobs Mikkel Madsen has Been Fired From continues:
Day 8 - Frail
The customer had just paid an exhorbitant sum for the frail pre-Rash-era antique lace tablecloth, when shop assistant Mikkel got a little tangled up trying to package it.
(an experiment using wet wash and white ink in addition to the usual pens)
Day 9 - Swing
Somehow his young charge’s parents were not persuaded by Mikkel’s assertion that the Finns routinely try to swing over the top bar as a competitive sport, and their child could have a glittering sporting future ahead of them.
Day 10 - Pattern
Mikkel was not a gifted interior designer.
(my daughter labelled the two artworks 'Hansel & Gretel died in this house and they will watch over you forever')
Day 11 - Snow
Just a joke, to relieve the boredom of guarding the perimeter? Mikkel’s strenuous effort wasn’t appreciated.
(my husband accomplished this trick once)
Day 13 - Ash
Despite now being built in Mora each year, it’s still called the Gävle Goat, and it still burns down most years. Mikkel participates in the other regular ritual, the firing of the Goat’s security guards.
Day 14 - Overgrown
A contractor was called in to bring down an overgrown tree that was threatening a house. The contractor’s new arborist Mikkel said it was a simple matter to fell the tree, using the weight of the truck to ensure the tree would fall away from the house. He made a
slight miscalculation of the weight of the tree versus the weight of the truck.
(my husband tells me this is a real thing that is talked about in 4WD circles - I'm not convinced by my rendering of it, but supposedly it's a real thing)