FF – A Nice Big Car
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. The photo was contributed by Kent Bonham.
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“A nice big car, yes…”
“Indeed! So, interested?”
“Hmm, yes, good acceleration, a nice big boot, large enough for two of my enemies simultaneously…”
“For your whaaat…?”
“My shopping, yes, as I said, large enough for my shopping.”
“Um, and very economical to run…”
“Yes, economical, yes, who needs to have to keep stopping for petrol during the kidnappings?”
“The whaaaa…?”
“During the school run, as I said, the school run, yes? Let’s talk Shekels.”
“Listen, take it, just don’t hurt…”
“Nonsense! Here is a suitcase full of untraceable non-consecutive banknotes, yes? Goodbye!”
Vrooom.
“Man. I hate selling to politicians.”
Hahaha – they don’t even bother to tell convincing lies!
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No. Talk about lazy 🙂
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That’s what you call blind confidence.
They know people won’t think hard about coming after them.
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He’s certainly sure of his unassailable position.
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I thought we were supposed to write fiction. Are you sure this is made up? I’m not convinced, but a nice big case of untraceable money might help convince me.
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No worries. Now where did I put that old Monopoly set..
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NO ONE — not even an assassin — would take shekels. Those deals are always made in Euros or dollars. Just saying.
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Ah, it’s one of “those” economies, is it?
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hehe Another satisfied (un-traceable) customer. 🙂
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Judging by his plans for the car, it’s probably best there’s no paper trail 🙂
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Lovely,
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Thanks!
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Yikes. Not the Mafia? Not enemy soldiers? Politicians who don’t even feel the need to hide their dishonesty. Yeah. We’ve got some of that.
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It comes to a sorry pass when they can’t even be bothered to think up a decent lie any more…
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True. But why waste the effort on a bunch of lemmings?
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I wager you had fun writing this one. Not that I am gambling man, of course.
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It took a while to think of a story but when I got it, it made me smile 🙂
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An intriguing story (pun intended.) The sales person better spend the money before the next coup.
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Yeah, it would be a shame it all suddenly became absolutely worthless.
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Or the next govt started investigating what became of all the money that disappeared. Sometimes getting a payoff from the big guy now can lead to a different payoff when the power shifts. 😦
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HAHAHAHAHA! Ali, you nailed it BIG!
Five out of five Knesset Kills.
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I’m glad you liked it! And now thanks to you (and Google) I know what the Israeli parliament is called!
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You doubted me that you had to look it up on Google …? 😉
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POLITICIANS are corrupt – I get so tired of hearing them on the news gripe about who did what to whom and when and where. Enjoyable story! Well written – Nan
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It would be nice if they all just shut up and got on with actually running the country. Or resigned. One of those 🙂
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I don’t know where you get this jaundiced view of politicians from. Oh wait… I remember… real life? Very funny.
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Yeah, I’ve been reading the news again 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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That was very amusing, until the last line – which made me laugh out loud! Excellent 🙂
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! It took me a little while to get the last line after the rest was written.
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Hilarious last line — it was worth taking the time to come up with!
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I often have trouble finding something to wrap things up. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Thinking of that perfect last line is hard, I agree!
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The last line is a cracker!
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Thanks, it took me a while but I finally came up with something 🙂
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Well that ended with a guffaw! Loved this, Ali!
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I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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I found a lot of truth in this one, unfortunately. Great write.
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Politicians are the same the world over. I’m glad you liked it!
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Ah, yes, politicians. It all makes sense now. Hilarious and good writing, Ali. 😀 — Suzanne
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They’re a shifty bunch! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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This is simply brilliant – love the dialogue and as for the ending…!
Click to read my FriFic
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! The last came to me eventually.
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That just got funnier and funnier and the punchline was the icing on the cake!
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it! It made me smile too 🙂
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Dear Ali,
What? You mean politicians aren’t honest people? My pedestals just crumbled. Loved it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Sorry for shaking your belief in our elected officials 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
Ali
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Wow. I think you may have just offended a lot of decent kidnappers out there with that last line…
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The height of insults…
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he sounds like mr. trump. 🙂
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Heh 🙂
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Politicians lie??? 😮 Oh my…I did not realise that.
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I have blown the lid off the whole thing 🙂
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Fake news, all of it. 😀 Great fun.
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Not a word of truth to it 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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Hahaha, aa man I love this!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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This was great, had me laughing all the way
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I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Haha – good one 🙂
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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That made me smile – well done!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Ha! What fun, especially the last line.
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I’m glad you liked it! It took a while to think up a decent last line but judging from the comments it was worth it 🙂
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So clever and so funny. Absolutely love this. 🙂
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Haha,,,the last line was perfect!
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Thanks, it took a bit of thinking to come up with it 🙂
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Selling to politicians? Sounds like he was selling to an ex-spouse. Well done!
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Ha, yes, that would have worked too 🙂
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Haha enjoyed this
Can you please check out my latest post on my blog too?😊
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I’m glad you liked it 🙂
I’ll pop over in a bit!
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