A Wager Won - by Derrick

The 3 of us, seated upon this tasselled divan, sipping our daily dose of effervescent tea. I noticed a gleaming white colossal bike. I remarked to our rotund friend, Daniel, "Do you know not of an impressive function concealed within this menace of a motorbike?" "What dah?" he exclaimed. "The startling function is that this bike has a reverse gear!" Our burly friend rebuked me with such angst and tenacity. He said "No la. Nonsense. Don't talk cock." I was stupefied by his terrorising manner. His immense manner in which he rebuked me made me incensed. I thought to myself, "This imbecile's appalling behaviour would not even be tolerated by a mere cockroach, not to say myself." As it turned out, the irony of fate intervened and a cockroach landed on his hairy arm.

I decided that I shall not be reproached like this. "Good sir, I wager you 1000 francs that the bike indeed has a reverse gear, what say you to that?" Daniel's eyes nearly bulged out of his measly sockets. He replied with such confidence that it made me doubt myself. Nevertheless, the nincompoop compromised on the gentleman's wager. Daniel walked with a confident swagger towards the machine, whereas I used the large thing between my ears, (which wasn't my nose) and approached the rider and asked him the fateful question. The gay fiend, when he heard the truth, burst into an ecstatic trance and his button on his shirt nearly burst. He went into a sudden outburst and screamed what sounded to me like an insult, which vaguely sounded like 'meek', but dragged out over 10 seconds. I was astonished by the antics of our robust fellow, a little insulted perhaps but elated over the fact that I have triumphed over this mangy fellow. Moments later, the rider took his leave and gladly obliged us by reversing his bike in front of us. The moment it happened, streamers and confetti laced down from the skies, as wild cheers erupted. Daniel himself proudly gave a standing ovation with a wide grin on his enormous face. Daniel was clearly enthralled. That put a smile on my face too.
~Derrick