Richard's Bass Bag: Simon and the rubber hammer.

Summer was three days away and Simon, a staunch reader of 'the bag', wondered how Summer could be represented.

The closest rhyme with Summer, that popped into his mind, was 'bummer' and he didn't want to go there. For a start, it sort of encouraged the prediction that this Summer was going to be wet. He knew that people in and around Nuova Lazio were getting over 'wet'. Summer was a time of hope - for sun and warmth.

While this picture might have done the job,
for Simon it was too obvious.

Simon liked to think outside the square.

He was well aware of the image that had been used for Spring and its obvious association that even a blogging team like The Curmudgeon Ink could have thought up. Simon decided to pass the task over to his unconscious mind while he just carried on with his ordinary activities.

Simon's immediate concern was to erect more storage space in his spare room and, to this effect, he had bought some metal shelving.

Assembly required.

He carefully lifted the large bits out of a big cardboard box. He found the assembly instructions. One sentence caught his attention.

"RUBBER HAMMER NOT INCLUDED."

"Why didn't they make that known at the hardware store?" he thought.

He returned to the store to find that rubber hammers were not expensive. He was very impressed by the firmness of the rubber - it was almost like steel. As he drove home with his new acquisition, he wondered what else it could be used for once the shelving had been assembled.

It would certainly make a wonderful defensive weapon. His imagination took over and he imagined thugs breaking into his house. They didn't pay much attention to the little rubber hammer he was holding until he started breaking noses.

When Simon got home, he noticed that the house was cold. So, three days before the start of December, he turned two heaters on.