Sunday, 22 June 2008

Period Pains - A Short Play in One Act

Characters: Brother, Bad Sister
Scene: Mother and Father's Dining Room.
Bad Sister is doing mother's ironing.

Brother: "Tra la la. Hello Sister. What are you doing?"
Bad Sister [through gritted teeth]: "I'm ironing. Sheets. Mother likes her sheets ironed."
Brother: "Shame. What a thing to have to do"
Bad Sister:" And it's my f*cking period!"
Brother: "Well don't expect any help from me".
Bad Sister:" Go away before I stab you!"
Brother:[leaves stage right]
[Bad sister continues ironing. Sounds of bottle of beer popping open from kitchen]

The End

4 comments:

Jeangenie said...

Sheets must be ironed. Unironed sheets, even if washed and dried 5 seconds before, feel dirty.

It's a PITA, but true.

Unknown said...

So good sister 2 has become bad sister again!

cogidubnus said...

Why the fuss about ironing? It's one of the easiest housekeeping jobs, especially as you can usually "switch off" and relax while doing it...

I've done most of ours for years...

Anonymous said...

Great work.