FF – On the Thoughts of Ghosts
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Liz Young.
I had no real ideas this week, so fair warning – you need a really weird sense of humour to see anything in this, and even then, it’s likely to be “huh?” It’s a wee bit surreal 🙂
Copyright Liz Young
Typical. With all the “space-saving grave relocations” going on, his coffin had to be on the one plane which blew up mid-air.
His tombstone had landed in a public park. The rest of him was scattered the length and breadth of Wiltshire.
When he’d been alive he’d often needed to be in several places at once. Now he was. It was rubbish.
He supposed he’d better start haunting someone now he was no longer stuck in a coffin.
Or several someones. The length and breadth of Wiltshire.
That tenacious dog playing with his shin-bone could be his first victim.
Boo!
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He’s all over the place! 😁
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Ha, he certainly is 🙂
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Perfect! A happy-go-lucky ghost 👻!!
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Nothing’s gonna keep him down for long 🙂
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Love this Alistair. That explains the left foot I found in the garden. Pity the shoe didn’t fit!
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Oh, man, that’s a good one. But can you explain those boxers in the tree?
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They were left over from the rebellion!!
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snorting laughter….
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The shoe probably belongs to another unlucky corpse 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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It reminds me of a joke that involved an RAF flyer who could be found “there and there and there and there.”
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I heard the same one, but US Navy Pilot and involving the flight deck. LOL!
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They’re only old if you’ve heard them. 😉 Yeah, I’ve heard it, too.
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I’ve heard something similar 🙂
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Thankfully, I do have a weird sense of humor. This is morbid! Yay!!
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Yay for morbid 🙂
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I really shouldn’t have read that in a public place, people are looking at me funny, and pop is fizzing outa my nose. That was hilarious! (Cackling laughter brings tears). 🙂 ROFLMAO
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Heh heh oops 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it anyway!
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ha-ha-ha A master of multi-tasking! 😀
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Think of all the things he can do in so many different places at once 🙂
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Dear Ali,
I guess I’m blessed with an absurdly warped sense of humo(u)r. I laughed out loud. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I wasn’t sure if anyone would “get it”, but I should have known better with our little group of writers 🙂
I’m glad you and everyone liked it!
Ali
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All very exciting for him until a former business associate (also deceased) yells from across park, “Oy Cedric! I gotta bone to pick with you!”
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Ha ha groan 🙂
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Spot on, I think my dogs just found one of his neck bones, where do I send it to. Ps sorry that its a bit chewed.
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He needs to sort out a home base for all his bits 🙂 I think “slightly chewed” is the least of his worries!
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Reading all the comments… I can assure you that you are surrounded by many of us of the same ilk… This was great! What happens when you REALLY have no ideas?
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Yes, I was pleased that so many saw the humour 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it too! I wanted to do a funny one, but the picture wasn’t really that funny…
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I did. And no, not a funny picture but…😉
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We work with what we have… and you did a funny one too 🙂
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Thank you. I tried to! Started off morose and then ditched that (obviously) 😉
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You know it’s going to be a bad day when it’s raining decayed body parts….
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It can really put a crimp on your day.
“I missed my alarm, my coffee machine broke and then dead people started falling out of the sky…”
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Wow, Ali, a new kind of multitasking. Good writing. 😀 — Suzanne
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Thanks! Think of everything he can do now 🙂
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I laughed out loud about the story, and chuckled my way through the comments. Brilliant!
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I’m glad you liked it, and the great comments people have added 🙂
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Made me laugh and I could picture it well.
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I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Hahahaha! This is hilarious! I think that dog should stop playing with his shin bone and run! LOL!
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Let’s hope he doesn’t run off with the bone 🙂
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Hahahaha! He probably will if he gets spooked.
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“When he’d been alive he’d often needed to be in several places at once. Now he was” Loved it! Enjoyed!!
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I’m glad you liked it! Sort of “deadpan”, pardon the pun 🙂
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I like a corpse that gets around. And I’m glad to see a note of levity. 🙂
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I was determined not to do a sad/loss story 🙂
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What a great wishful thinking… poor dog that has to deal with him
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Yeah, poor mutt!
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This is sheer delight. Thank you for a spot of humor.
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I’m glad you liked it! I was determined to do a humorous one, despite the rather grim scene 🙂
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for the life of me, i never thought anybody could write something funny looking at this week’s prompt. you just did. well done.
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Finding humour in every situation… 🙂
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My reaction is a combination of “Horrors”, “Grim” , and “Ha. That’s funny.” 😊
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The full range 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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Hilarious, yet so realistic comment on his life!💐
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Or his life after death 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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Funny & grisly – not easy to pull off but you did it!
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Funny and grisly’s my middle name! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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It made perfect sense to me. I wonder what that says about my scattered brain?
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It seems to have better received than I thought it would be, so I guess the members of our little group are all of similar mind 🙂
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Ha Ha! This is a fantastic imagination. A hilarious take on the prompt.
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Well, my weird sense of humor loved this! Very clever and witty.
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I was a bit worried but it seems to have worked for most people. I’m glad you liked it!
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This was extra clever and I loved the humor. I was cracking up while reading it. I was thinking…the dead guy can go wherever he wants but he better not lay a hand on my Cadbury’s chocolates! lol.
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Your chocolates are probably safe from our stomachless ghostie 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Probably just won’t do. lol.
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He was probably never a grave person. Nice one.
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Ha, no! He’s much happier out roaming.
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For a no-idea writer you’ve done very well!
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Thanks! I wanted to do a properly funny one but the photo wasn’t very funny-looking 🙂
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Thanks for the warning. Lol
No, cute story, really.
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Ha! Glad you liked it.
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Definitely a multi-faceted story today. Multiple hauntings too. I really do wonder where you come up with all your weirdly hilarious ideas for these stories. Perhaps the Cornish air aids creativity. 🙂
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It’s all the radon 😦
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Phew! I’m glad I’m not a doggie 😀 Pawkisses 🙂 ❤
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No, that doggie’s in for an “interesting” time 🙂
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