Day 121 of 150

Day 121: Forty Messages About a Pram

On the landing of a block of flats in Yekaterinburg, the morning after a row in the building's chat, two residents meet a retired neighbour next to a pram.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Доброе утро. Это ведь вы вчера писали в чате капслоком про «детоненавистников из нашего подъезда»?

    Good morning. It was you, wasn't it, writing in the chat in caps lock yesterday about "the child-haters in our building"?

  2. B

    Каюсь, я. Но и вы, знаете ли, в долгу не остались: три восклицательных знака и «совсем обнаглели».

    Guilty as charged. But you didn't hold back either, you know: three exclamation marks and "they've lost all shame".

  3. A

    Вечером я, признаю, погорячился. Но коляска-то ваша, и она с понедельника загораживает мне проход к лифту.

    I admit I got carried away last night. But the pram is yours, and since Monday it's been blocking my way to the lift.

  4. B

    Позвольте, с чего вы взяли, что она моя? Моей дочке шесть лет, она из колясок давно выросла.

    Excuse me, what makes you think it's mine? My daughter is six, she outgrew prams long ago.

  5. C

    Доброе утро, соседи. Вижу, переписка перешла в очную фазу, а ведь я ещё вечером писал: «Позволю себе заметить, что владелец коляски, тем не менее, не установлен».

    Good morning, neighbours. I see the correspondence has moved on to the face-to-face stage, and yet I wrote last night: "Allow me to point out that the owner of the pram has, nevertheless, not been established."

  6. A

    Писали, Лев Борисович, но где-то между сороковым и сорок первым сообщением, так что никто и не заметил.

    You did, Lev Borisovich, but somewhere between message forty and message forty-one, so nobody even noticed.

  7. C

    Так вот, я, в отличие от вас, не поленился спуститься и посмотреть. Под капюшоном лежит записка: «Отдам даром, в хорошие руки».

    Well, unlike you two, I took the trouble to come down and have a look. There's a note under the hood: "Free to a good home."

  8. B

    То есть мы весь вечер ругались из-за коляски, которую кто-то просто хочет подарить?

    So we spent the whole evening fighting over a pram that someone just wants to give away?

  9. A

    Да уж, неловко вышло. Давайте я напишу в чат, что коляска ищет новых хозяев, только, чур, без капслока.

    Well, that's awkward. Let me write in the chat that the pram is looking for a new home, only no caps lock this time, deal?

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