Dec 6, 2010

Microfiction Monday #60

Stony River offers microfiction fans the following gloomy prompt: -



He:  Come over to my place?
She: Where's your place, then?
He:  Bury. 
She: I wouldn't be seen dead in a dump like Bury! Bury's a graveyard."

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 Bury . . fairly depressing town in Lancashire, UK.

18 comments:

  1. I love well-written dialogue. Nicely done.

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  2. a bit of the "local" flavor in your take I see. To tell you the truth, I don't think I want to go to "bury" any time soon, be it the UK or otherwise! Nicely played, dear Doctor!

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  3. they know their plots! too much risk nowadays!
    thanks.

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  4. Or better still, pardon me. It's these strange glasses we are sharing that blur the vision...

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  5. Good for her! She's decided not to settle. And really, who can blame her? LOL I'm afraid I'd turn him down as well...although I do appreciate the occasional walk through a graveyard (in broad daylight, with lots of other breathing folks about). :)

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  6. I've heard that term, such as "Bury St. Edmonds" -- what does it mean?

    It sure fit perfectly here!

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  7. This made me giggle. Love it.

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  8. Actually the best market in the country and one of the genuine oldest. but quite a funny joke!!

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  9. Gerry Snape . . you know Bury Market? I lived in Bury my first 23 yrs.
    I remember the market well. Visited in 2007 after many, many years. Much changed . . bigger and better. Stocked up with Black Pudding! Yummmmy!

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  10. Very drole LOL! :O)

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  11. Do they bury people in Bury? When we lived in Newfoundland we visited a place called "Petty Harbour"...and joked about all the petty people who lived there--and the petty cash they carried around and the Petty Officers working there...
    Great MM this week. Cheers!

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  12. She wouldn't be seen dead in bury. Well done Doctor.

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  13. What was he thinking??? Great one. :O)

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