17 October 2025

smoking in the rain

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Two elderly women were standing together, smoking. As it began to rain, one elderlyâgée woman with a weathered facevisage marqué and greygris hair, covered by a scarffoulard, pulled outsortit a condom, snipped off the tipcoupa l'extrémité, and placed it over her cigarette to keep it from getting damphumide.

The other woman thought this was a nifty trickastuce ingénieuse and asked what she had used. The first woman replied that it was a condom, available at any pharmacy. The second woman thanked her and decided to pick one upen acheter un when she collected her prescription later that week.

Sure enoughcomme prévu, a few days later, she entered a pharmacy and approached a young man in a blue shirt behind the counter, with shelvesétagères of medication in the backgrounden arrière-plan. She said, “Young man, I’d like to buy a condom, please.”

The pharmacist, taken abacksurpris by her age, replied, “Blimey, good for you! Nobody’s ever asked me for help with that before.” He then asked, “What size do you need?Quelle taille vous faut-il ?

The woman paused, then said, “I need one that will fit a camelIl m’en faut un qui ira à un chameau.”


Vocabulary
elderly: aged, older in years
nifty trick: clever method
sure enough: as expected
The elderlyâgée lady smoked quietly.
Her nifty trickastuce ingénieuse impressed everyone.
Sure enoughcomme prévu, she returned later.
Grammar
This anecdote uses reported speech and the past simple tense.
Reported speech: She asked what the woman had used.
Past simple: The woman snipped off the tip.
Synonyms & Alternatives
Nifty trick: clever idea, smart move, handy solution
Taken aback: shocked, surprised, startled
Pick one up: buy one, grab one, get one
Mini Dialogue
Emma: Have you got a nifty trickastuce ingénieuse for balancing the accounts?
Tom: Use the new software; it’s brilliant!
Emma: I’m taken abacksurpris—it’s that simple?
Tom: Sure enoughcomme prévu, it saves hours!


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