One Last Job
It’s Friday Fictioneers time again, hosted by Rochelle! Today’s photo prompt, to which we attempt to write a 100 word story or poem or such, is provided by John Nixon. To view all the entries for this week click here – check back often as more are added through the week!
Copyright John Nixon
The old man tottered into the shop and pointed his walking stick at the sales girl.
“This is a hold up. Hand over the wedding dress in the window!”
“That’s a walking stick, Sir,” said the girl, unimpressed.
“Is it? Wanna bet your life on that?”
A security guard joined the debate.
“Please lower your walking stick and leave the store, Sir.”
A moment later the old man left the shop, dress over one shoulder. Former master armourer to the notorious Gianni family, he blew a little smoke from the end of his stick and walked off down the street.
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Never judge a book by its cover, nor a walking stick, lol 🙂
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Well, he did warn them… 🙂
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Ha!!
janet
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🙂
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Way to go, old guy! You rock! Love it.
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He should have been wearing that t-shirt Garry was wearing in that photo a week or so ago, “Old guys rule” or whatever it was!
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LOL! So much for retirement….
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He’s just “keeping his hand in”, can’t let those skills go stale 🙂
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Old man’s a Rockstar! Ha Ha!
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I guess he really wanted that dress 🙂
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Seems like it!
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Ooooo, love the old guy.
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He’s not ready for the retirement village just yet!
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Nice one!
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Thanks! 🙂
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OMGoodness! My friend Evil Squirrel recommended your story to me this morning and I love it!
Bravo!
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Thank you so much, I’m glad you liked it!
And I shall have to head over to the Nest and thank ES 🙂
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A loaded walking just like in the old days – I like it!!!!!
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An oldie but a goodie! The guy looked like he would appreciate a more traditional style of concealed weapon.
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Dear Draliman,
Whoda thunk it? A loaded cane. My only question is, why did he want the wedding dress so badly? Good story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Funny you should ask about the wedding dress – I would also like to know the answer. I’m thinking he’s pulling one last job to finance his wedding 🙂
I also hope he only fired the cane as a warning – he doesn’t look like a killer. That’s the thing about 100 word stories – the author often has as many questions as the readers!
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Never judge a book by its cover, hmm?! Clever 🙂
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He was somewhat more dangerous than he looked, as was the walking stick 🙂
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Hey I like it sir, well done, you gotta love an old gangster.
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Thanks!
Yes, I’m guessing he lived by some “code”, which hopefully means he only fired his walking stick as a warning 🙂
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Dear Draliman,
I liked your story. Should it be, ‘lower your cane instead of you cane? Well done and strangely plausible.
Aloha,
Doug
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Thanks, Doug.
Isn’t that amazing? No matter how many times I proof read and I missed that! I’ve updated the text, thanks for spotting that.
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Wow, but he looks like a nice fellow! Unexpected and well done.
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Thanks! It’s always the ones you least expect who turn out to have a gun in their walking stick 🙂
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Oh my…
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🙂
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Thanks for letting me camp out in your blog for a little while today. I had a great time and tried to leave my campsite as good as when I arrived. I’ll be back!
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Thank you for visiting – I’m glad you had a good time, and thanks for leaving the campsite in good order!
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