Cooked
It’s time for some Friday Fictioneers action again, which is hosted by Rochelle. The photo, for which we need to write our 100-ish word story, has been contributed by Ted Strutz.
To read all the other stories or to contribute your own, click on the blue frog.
“Oh, you’ll talk!” grinned Marcos, shoving the extension cord down Jeff’s trousers. He flipped the first switch. Nothing.
“One down, two to go! Where’s the gold?”
Although Jeff’s hands were bound, he managed to flip Marcos the bird. Another switch. Jeff still wasn’t talking.
“Say goodbye to your bits!” laughed Marcos and pushed the final switch. There was a bang, the outlet exploded and Marcos fell twitching to the floor. Jeff set about trying to extricate the cord from his underpants as the thug sparked and smouldered.
“The gold’s in the switch box,” he said. “Don’t try to use it, it’ll probably short out. Heh heh.”
Most amusing.
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Thanks 🙂
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Good thing he wasn’t hiding diamonds! 😀
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Yeah, he might have lost both sets of “rocks” 🙂
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Oops. I guess he should have tried water boarding instead, huh?
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Yep. But not near that switch box 🙂
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Say goodbye to your bits! Ha ha! That made me laugh, but ouch. Stay away from the switch box! Great story, Ali.
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Thanks! Glad it made you laugh 🙂
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Great giggle in the middle (say goodbye to your bits) and a big HOORAY at the end.
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Yeah, just when it was looking a bit ropey for Jeff he came out on top!
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Loved the way it ended. Haha! Marcos is on the floor twitching and sparking. Haha! What a sight to behold! 😀
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I would say “poor Marcos” but it sounds like he deserved it 🙂
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I think he did to, which is why it is funny. 😀
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Laughing last, isn’t Jeff? Good for him not losing his cool or his bits! Well done.
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Yeah, he must have worried just a little bit that the box wouldn’t short out. He’s a cool customer!
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Excellent twist! I was not there for it at all!
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Thanks! I didn’t really want to fry Jeff’s bits.
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The images from your story are are are… funny and not so funny. Loved it!
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It’s a subtle mixture of fun and gruesome 🙂 Glad you liked it!
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Yes! That’s exactly what it is!
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Yum, fried person.
That was good story from that photo.
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Thanks! Tastes like chicken 🙂
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very funny. this one just made my day. 🙂
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I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Nice twist. Sounds like he deserved it. I shudder to think about a bare extension cord down my pants. Thanks for the nightmares. 🙂
-David
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It is an image to keep one awake at night!
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Good thing it was only a cord he extricated from his pants.
DJ
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Heh heh 🙂 I thought there was more than enough gross imagery for one story.
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Dear Draliman, You are so funny – wow what a way to torture! Yikes! Nan 🙂
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Dear Nan,
I expect Marcos has been on some sort of course or something to learn such things 🙂
Glad you liked it!
Ali
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LOL! 😀
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🙂
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I was cringing here for a moment; never more pleased to reach the punch line.
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Me too – the alternative doesn’t bear thing about.
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Fried acorns! Get your fried acorns here!!!!
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Yeeks! Have you ever electrocuted Buster?
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Not in a comic… that I can remember. I did once use him as an electrical device in a drawing…
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Ha, that’s a classic! Poor Buster 🙂
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Good thing the gold apparently stopped the current. Clever story, Ali. Sounds like something James Bond might have done. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Maybe this is his younger brother – Jeff Bond 🙂
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“Say goodbye to your bits!” LOL 🙂
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Heh heh 🙂
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‘Golden Balls’ came into my mind, but then the gold would have been in his pants not the box, great piece though 🙂
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“Golden Balls” would have made a much more fun Bond villain than Goldfinger 🙂
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Oh goood. That’s where you were taking it. I’ll go wash my dirty mind now. O.0
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You didn’t really think I was going to do something that horrible to Jeff did you? 🙂
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Nooo, it just went down the trousers and my mind went to a dark, dark place.
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You have managed to make torture fun.
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Jeff certainly seemed to be enjoying himself at the end.
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Horrible and funny! Great combo 🙂
Ellespeth
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I like writing horrible/funny combos 🙂
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Dear Draliman,
Some enchanted evening… Nice story with an electrifying switch at the end.
Aloha,
Doug
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Dear Doug,
Someone was going to get the wrong end of the current!
Ali
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Dear Ali,
Now that’s one way short out the family jewels. Charred black comedy I’d say.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
“Charred black comedy” – that could become a thing 🙂
Ali
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Very funny. Of course gold makes a great conductor, if an expensive one. Good job Jeff got to the switches first.
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Yes, a lucky choice of hiding place – or maybe he’d heard the sort of tricks Marcos was into!
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That was very clever – no honour amongst thieves 🙂
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There rarely is I reckon! I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Highly amusing and very well written. Clever you!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked my rather dark humour!
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Actually .. I crossed my legs when he pulled the last switch.. delightful with tables turned.
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Ha ha! Yes, it could have been very nasty for Jeff.
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What a situation! I wonder whether Jeff would have been quite so calm about it all had he not known where the gold was… Very amusing story. 🙂
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He’s a cool customer. He seemed very sure that the gold was going to short the box out.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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There’s a golden switch to this tale.
But not all that sparks is gold.
randy
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The gold certainly turned out to be bad news for Marcos. Had it been diamonds, it would have been a different story!
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Great turn of events. Hope he spends it wisely.
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I’m sure he will, once he’s extricated it from the switch box. It’s probably a bit melted by now!
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Marcos shouldn’t have been so sure of himself. Jeff was one up on him. Fun story.
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Pride comes before a fall, as they say. Glad you liked it!
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Just brilliant.
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Thanks!
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