It is too damn hot. I swear this ceremonial helmet thing is boiling my brain. I can feel it turning to goo. God, now my nose itches. Would anyone notice if I gave it a quick scratch? Oh, who am I kidding, it’ll end up on YouTube. And the next kid that comes up to me and puts sticky fingers all over my boots will find out if there are bullets in this gun. I cannot fathom why I chose this as a career. If anyone had told me three years ago that for eight hours a day I’d let pigeons poop all over me, I’d have laughed.
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The Blurred Line 
Pigeon poop and sticky fingers! Sounds like the next trending exclamation we should all use to replace the obscenities that come out far too easy. I loved the humor.
Thank you Joe!
Great take on the promtp, as soon as I saw the title I started smiling.
Good job
Dee
Thank you!
Best to go to Iraq and get shot, I guess. A soldier’s life…!
What is that funny saying about how it is 90% boredom and 10% OMG I am going to die!
Counting windows is what the guards do… you can do ir as many times as you want because your always forget….
Dear Victoria,
I think you captured what must go on in many a guard’s head.
shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you. I know it would go on on mine. I have the greatest sympathy for the guards at Buckingham Palace.
Hazards of the job. Nice story.
Thanks
As soon as I saw your title, I started smiling. I still am. My husband intensely dislikes pigeons. But at least he’s not generally in their line of fire.
janet
I know how he feels.
Too funny! This was a really enjoyable read!
Thank you
Hahahahaha!
Wasn’t it Milton who coined the phrase, “They also serve who only stand and wait.” ? Good attitude on this one’s character! It’s MUST be very reflective of what these people are thinking.
I often wonder. I suppose they fall into a sort of meditation like trance.
I have these same thoughts when I am at work.
Well, sort of 😉
Me too.
During my time in England, I spent some time in London, and went to Trafalgar Square. There, I fed the pigeons — rats with wings, really — and they landed all over me. This is a thing we tourists do, apparently. I’ll have to see if I can find a photo.
Thanks for the chuckles, darling.
I have the same picture only in Vienna! It was horrible.
Yes, but the beer in Vienna! Mmmm.
It does make you wonder what they are thinking while they are standing so still all day, doesn’t it. Nice peice.
Thank you.
Great one! He certainly isn’t laughing now.
I wouldn’t in his position.
LOL love it 🙂
Thanks