FF – A Man Walks into a Gym
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by J Hardy Carroll.
Copyright J Hardy Carroll
Freddy stepped out of the taxi. This must be it, he thought. On the corner, lots of signs. Strange spelling, though. He entered the building and was invited onto a stage surrounded by ropes.
Strange, he thought. But… okay.
Then they hit him. Over and over. He dropped his parcel. Blood sprayed everywhere.
When he came round, he asked them why? Why did you hit me?
It’s a boxing gym, they replied. It’s what we do.
But I only wanted my parcel boxed up, he croaked.
Ah, they said. You want Boxing Jim. He’s next door. Here’s your teeth.
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Poor guy — terrible mistake! Shame on me for laughing. 😉
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I must admit to having had a little smile too 🙂
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*Boxing Jim*, groaning and laughing in equal measure 🙂
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It was too good an opportunity to pass up 🙂
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Easy mistake to make.
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Especially with all those misspelled signs all over the place.
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Smiling 🙂
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🙂
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I think the customer was a little slow on the uptake and he paid for it.
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He definitely didn’t seem to be paying much attention.
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Yeah, although to be fair, a stranger walking into a Boxing gym probably wouldn’t get punched out first thing. He’d have to pay for lessons first.
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There were a bit over-eager. Maybe their plan was “we knocked you out easy – you need boxing lessons”.
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ha-ha-ha! I like the punchline 😀
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Ha ha “punchline” 🙂
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Oh lordy….
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Hee 🙂
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Ha! I think that gym is very dangerous to walk into!
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It is! They like to demonstrate their skills.
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🙂
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Yeah. Not my favorite sport. Take two and try Fedex.
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Might be safer.
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Oh dear… 🙄
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🙂
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On the bright side, now the Tooth Fairy will be able to pay for his postage…
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What a stroke of luck!
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Lucky he wasn’t carried out in a box. He He.
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On the plus side, Jim could have fixed him right up!
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Lol!! Got a good laugh out of me with this. Does that make me a terrible person?!
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It makes you a person with the same sense of humour as me!
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Ha ha ha. A common enough mistake 🙂
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Jim is constantly surprised at the number of beaten-up customers he gets in his shop 🙂
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Poor Freddy. Now he needs to go to the dentist even before getting his parcel boxed up. Humorous and good writing, Ali. 😀 — Suzanne
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Hopefully there’s one right next to Boxing Jim 🙂
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Dear Ali,
Here’s your teeth??? Oh my. I hope Dentist George is next door to Boxing Jim. I laughed out loud.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
It’s a full service street. It would be a good location for an enterprising dentist. I’m glad you liked it!
Ali
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Poor guy! All he wanted was his parcel boxed up. LOL!
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He got a bonus boxing lesson. For free!
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Hahaha! It cost him his teeth!
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Hmm. True!
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‘Here’s your teeth’ is knock-out punchline…
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“Knock-out punchline” is even better 🙂
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Haha! Quite a dangerous little mixup 😀
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Yes, poor chap 🙂
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Well that’s a rather unfortunate misunderstanding! Funny funny 😀
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It’s odd how innocent misunderstandings in my stories often lead to violence 🙂
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ha ha, at least, he got his teeth back. 🙂
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Every cloud has a silver lining 🙂
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Hahahaha. Sorry, I am not laughing at his plight, just couldn’t help myself with the mention of the teeth.
Loved your story, Draliman.
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It’s okay, it was supposed to be amusing! I had a little smile myself 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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Poor fellow! What a mistake. At least they gave him his teeth back. I’m sorry but I’m smiling a bit. Now he’ll have phobia of entering into old building like this one.
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Maybe he can stick them back in! I’m glad it made you smile 🙂
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Haha! 😀
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Why is this so funny? Couldn’t REALLY happen, could it??
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No, definitely not. Well, maybe. Yes, it could!
I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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I think there is a dentist somewhere close as well….
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Let’s hope so!
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Ali! This is a hoot! Thanks for a mid-afternoon chuckle.
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You’re welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Funny. Ouch, but funny!
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I’m glad you like it!
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😂 A painful mistake to make! I hope the guy can find a dentist to fix his teeth without any similar mix-ups.
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Yes, one wonders what sort of mess will occur when he tries to find a dentist!
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Well it could be worse, he could of had my old dentist – his name was Dr Paine! Loved the last line – Here’s your teeth! 🙂
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Ha! I once went to a doctor called Doctor Proctor! I’m glad you liked my story 🙂
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:). I hope there’s a dentist round the corner.
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Me too. Right next door to a boxing gym would be a good place for a dentist to set up!
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LOL. So funny. Poor Freddy.
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He didn’t have the best of luck, did he?!
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Poor man – a simple case of walking into the wrong shop and bam! All boxed up. Nice tale, had us all chuckling
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A lot of my tales seem to involve simple misunderstandings leading to unfortunate outcomes 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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A good basis for so much comedy and drama! 🙂
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Oh, such an awful blunder. 🙂
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It’s a real shame about his teeth, the poor fellow 🙂
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Oh my gawd…that’s terrible…made me LOL .;)
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Yeah, poor chap and all that heh heh 🙂
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Lol this story made me laugh out loud!
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I’d forgotten this story so I had a laugh as well 🙂
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