Jan 15, 2012

Friday Flash Fiction 13th January

G-Man wants us to devote 55 words to some "Nice Guy" we know . . . or knew.


A sweet man, Sidewinder was.  Loved his wife.  Gave to bums and dropouts as well as charity. Adored kids. Mended stray dogs’ broken legs.  Put new clutches up old ladies’ beloved old bangers. Fixed dripping taps(*), leaking gutters, porch roofs or rooves. One bedtime he tackled Kafka's "Metamorphosis" . . . when he woke up . . . life’s so unfair.



(*) faucets when you cross The Pond.

17 comments:

  1. Before you all start . . . I grew the carrot myself.

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    1. Fridge Soupers may come knocking on your door...

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    2. Jinksy . . I was thinking of knocking on theirs.

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  2. "...I grew the carrot myself."

    I'm not sure that's much of a reassurance.
    And some people over here on this side of the pond call them taps as well. Even I do, sometimes. But then, I am of Northern European extraction.

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  3. Do you grow melons too?

    When you dug this "prize" up, did you think: "This is a Flash 55!"? :)

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    1. Flash? Well, Goodness me, Margaret, I didn't see it as relevant to "flashing", but I suppose one might look at it that way.

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  4. I get the dripping taps, but the putting clutches up bangers sounds really, really dirty from here. (Montana)

    So instead of turning into a bug he turned into a vegetable? We all run that risk, though maybe not so literally.

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  5. lol - I sure hope there weren't any rascally rabbits about! ;)

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  6. Does that also mean you can see in the dark?

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  7. Hmm... pity there isn't much snow this year. You could have built an anatomically correct snowman and shock the neighbourhood.

    What kind of seed did you use?

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  8. Doctor FTSE, I have 'borrowed' your carrot. Thank you. All will be revealed eventually...

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    1. It rather looks as if all is being revealed already. But maybe (see Friko's comment above) I'm "not seeing things too clear". (1000 points to the first commentatpr who explains the significance of the quote marks)

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    2. Doc- I hadn't posted your carrot on Trellis Truce blog when I wrote the earlier comment - it was still in 'draft' mode. It (my post) has now been revealed. Capiche?

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  9. When points are on offer, Ada Trellis is your man - er - woman. Eating carrots, dear Doctor, was supposed to help you see better in the dark, according to wartime propaganda.
    When the face which looms alongside your pillow belongs to Caddoc, I would recommend carrots be banished from the diet.

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  10. N.B. I may have to report you to the Blog Land Filth Patrol for allowing pictures of scrubbed carrots to appear on your Blogpage...

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