Looking up at the roof

(Grunting noises from behind the hedge.)

Me: What’s wrong?

Her: Oh, technology is defeating me today.

Me, interpreting the sounds: Your bicycle pump?

(Rummaging sounds from her shed.)

Her: Oh, this one is better!

Me: You should throw the other one out.

Her: Oh, I don’t know …

Me: You’ll just try that one again first next time and get frustrated.

Her: This is how I have to do it.

Me: Okay …

Looking out from the roof, a short time later