FF – Future Relationships
Here is my post for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s picture was contributed by Liz Young.
There’s been a lot of talk recently of the great strides in AI and robotics…
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Copyright Liz Young
“Live, damn you, live! One-one-thousand, two-one-thousand…”
“What the hell are you doing?”
“Push the fluids! Another amp of epi! Charge to 360! Clear!”
“Stop! Um… she’s gone.”
“Gone? How do you know?”
“Firstly, her body is over here and her head is over there.”
“Can’t we just, you know, reattach it? With some glue?”
“Actually, yes. Because this is First Aid training and you just broke the Resusci Annie.”
“But she was so young! What have I done? Why, God, whhhhyyyyyyy…?”
“Hello, is that St Winifred’s Home for the Permanently Baffled? We have another one… mistaken Resusci Annie for his robotic girlfriend…”
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Mel Brooks called it the “Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very Very Nervous.” It was funny then and it’s still funny now 😀
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Love your comment! Though I’ve watched High Anxiety many times, I still cannot get through the Harvey-Korman-as-wolfman scene toward the beginning without passing out from laughing so hard.
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Ha! What film was that?
(edit – I just read Leigh’s comment so now I know!)
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Lol… loved this one!
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I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Someone is a few fries short of a Happy Meal.
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Ha, for sure!
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Great fun. At least he is taking the first aid training seriously.
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Yes. Which is more than I ever did!
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Haha, I liked this. Fairly strong dialogue, but the story is held together by the decent concept. I’m enjoying trying to build up a back-story of where this event is taking place. You’ve just about got the two characters to be distinct enough, but then again, it’s a short piece so I think you’ve done pretty well.
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Thanks! I had to cut a few bits out to get the word count down, it could definitely have done with 40 or 50 extra words for it to make total sense but once I thought of it I was determined to stick with it. I’m glad it was close, given the word count!
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You could’ve gone totally dark on this one, Ali, but you didn’t. Very funny and captivating, even with that creepy picture! My husband has a Star Wars character ‘head’ (Micromachines? maybe) that he used to keep on shelving downstairs and I hated that damn thing. Something about partial fake people who look pretty realistic, I guess, though dolls (and robots) don’t creep me out in general.
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The more human a robot looks, the more creeped out I get. Though a Cylon would creep me out too and they’re not very human-like (the original ones and reboot drones, anyway).
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Ha, ha, it just occurred to me the Red Dwarf episodes about spare head (I think #1), where he’s crashed and puts an eyeball on the end of the hand which goes into Lister’s pants. More hilarity. Were you inspired by anything for this story?
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And the other Spare Head who has “droid rot”, the poor fellow.
There wasn’t anything in particular which inspired me, though I do watch a load of medical dramas.
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LOL now this is the D-Man we know and love 😀
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The D-Man is back 🙂
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LOL he is indeed 🙂
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Too funny! St Winifred’s Home must be filled to capacity! 😀
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Yeah. I think I’ve used the St Winifred’s in at least one other story, too!
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Weird but funny!
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So weird it only barely makes sense 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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Dear Ali,
You are definitely among the most warped of my Friday Fictioneers. Love your sense of humor or should that be humour? 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Thanks (I think) 🙂
“Humour” – I’m all about the u’s!
Ali
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It was meant as a compliment.
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I know and took it as one! Sorry, I didn’t mean to give a different impression. “Warped” is good in my book when it comes to fiction 🙂
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Haha.. i re-read it. Its funny.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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I am a little concerned over that gigantic crater where Annie’s nose should be. Just what was he doing to his poor, lifeless girlfriend!?!?
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Only you would think of that… okay, it crossed my mind as well 🙂
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Frenetically funny. Loved it.
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I’m glad! It didn’t quite made sense but made me smile 🙂
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Completely different and a refreshing change from the dark and dismal tales elsewhere. Brilliant.
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I thought it was too weird a scene to be all serious 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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A good chuckle on this one, The Home For The Permanently Bewildered will probably be next. 😀
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I’m glad you liked it! I think I could benefit from some time in the Bewildered Home 🙂
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Oh, that was too too hilarious! Sounds like a trick we used to play at the nursing home on ‘greenies’. Made pop come out my nose laughing at this one! 🙂 ❤
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Hope it didn’t make too much of a mess 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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This was indeed a hoot and a half, Ali! Yes.. what did he do to her poor nose? That must have been some powerful resuscitating attempts!
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Yeah, I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to use your teeth 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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Ha ha!!
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That’s a step up from an inflatable doll, I guess?
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It’s way more technologically advanced! I almost went down the “inflatable doll” route but stopped myself just in time 🙂
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Haha – I laughed, I cringed, I laughed some more. I remember Annie from my own first aid course.
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Me too. She had no legs as I recall, the poor dear 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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And she smelled funny! Didn’t have a lot going for her did she?
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Hahahaha! Home for the baffled!
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Hee 🙂
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Permanently Baffled!!! Hahahaha! This is awesome!! 🙂
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Hee, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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It’s such a joy to connect with someone who’s mind is as warped as mine! Loved this Ali, nice one 🙂
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Warped is good (fiction-wise) 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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Poor St Winifred’s they must be over loaded, I suggest that they send out a mayday call
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It’s filling up fast. I think I sent someone there in a story a few months ago too!
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great story-telling. i could imagine what was going on in my brain. enjoyed it very much. 🙂
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Hee Hee. Gobs of fun!
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I’m glad you liked it!
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Ha… I guess that are those who cannot handle any bloodshed.
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Yeah. Good job it was just a resuscitation dummy 🙂
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Hilarious. I love it when the humour creeps up and bites you unaware. Great stuff.
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Yes, you’ve made me laugh again, it’s a weekly event, thanks. Great take
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Thanks, I’m glad you get a laugh out of my stories!
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First Aid class, happy days. An everlasting source of jokes 🙂
We have been talking about robotics lately, and agreed that we can handle that 🙂 As soon as the world’s population hits 10 billion, humanity will enter a new era. I wish I could live to see it. Imagine all the “Annies” marching to work in the morning 🙂
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Yeah, we had a few laughs about First Aid training too 🙂
Sometimes I wish I would live longer so I could see what’s going to happen. Of course, people who were middle-aged in the fifties probably thought we’d have flying cars by now…
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That’s true 🙂 When we think of the future, we think of the things we already have, only in a very advanced form – like flying cars. In fact, the most impressive thing will be the ones we absolutely have no clue about today. I love the future, and like you I would love to see at least a glimpse of it.
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Yes, I feel robbed 🙂
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Sigh…
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And where is his robotic girlfriend? Get the search party going! : )
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She’s taking advantage of his absence by treating herself to a spa day (oil change, tune up, that sort of thing).
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MOL 😀 Pawkisses:) ❤
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Very funny take on the potentially gruesome prompt.
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Thanks. It could have gone very dark this week 🙂
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The poor guy, losing his first patient before even finishing class! I’m glad you went funny with this one. Dolls are creepy enough without a gruesome story to go with them.
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Human-looking life-size dolls are the creepiest of all. At least I’ll be dead before they’re commonplace in homes as android helpers. Yay 🙂
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Lol! Since I find dolls so creepy, I guess I should be glad I’ll be dead then too!
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This has taken a rather morbid turn 🙂
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File this under things that made you groan. Ugh (lol)
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Heh 🙂
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This is hilarious, thank you for the laugh!
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You’re welcome, glad you liked it!
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Hahaha! 😀
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🙂
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You did a great job creating such a fun story from the prompt picture. First aid training always engenders silly talk and behaviour, even when the dummy doesn’t lose its head! St Winifred’s must be a real fun place to live – or work – in. 🙂
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That’s the best bit about first aid training 🙂
St Winifred’s is filling up with all sorts of interesting characters – I’m sure I’ve sent someone there before!
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Hilarious, Ali. I love the Home for the Permanently Baffled. Good humor writing. 😀 — Suzanne
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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