FF – Mr Clumsy and the Second Apocalypse
Here is my little story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Sandra Crook.
My story this week once again includes “sound effects” (some imagination required)!
Copyright Sandra Crook
It’s Andy “Accident-Prone” Andrews’ first day at the Museum of Pre-Apocalypse Earth…
“Oops, I’m sure that wasn’t valuable… moving on, here we see the last surviving example of a ‘wooden’ table. One sec, someone’s left a bunch of crap on it…”
Sweep, crash, tinkle
“That’s better. This so-called ‘wood’ was very solid…”
Knock knock
“… and as I demonstrate with this flame thrower, completely resistant to…”
Whoomp!
“…oops, um, all part of the show, folks, um, over here we see the last surviving ‘atomic bomb’. As you can see if I hit it with this sledgehammer, it’s completely resistant to…”
WHOOOOOOOOMP!
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draliman on life 
Even after the Apocalypse, we still haven’t learned…!
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Nope. One would have hoped that the last surviving weapons of mass destruction would have been destroyed or at least better protected…
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He went out in a blaze of glory! 😀
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I was thinking a blaze of stupidity 🙂
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Oh dear! That idea didn’t end well at all!
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It certainly didn’t 🙂
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There’s something about the words flame thrower – something terrifying. Very amusing story, well told.
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I started with “lighter” but thought “flame thrower” was much funnier 🙂
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So funny!
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I’m glad you liked it!
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🙂
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Be careful who you hire! This brought a smile to a rather dreary afternoon. Thanks.
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Their interview process could have used some work. I’m glad you liked it!
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Ah! The proverbial “bull in a china shop.” If they still have lawyers in that age, his employers are going to get hit with an atomic-sized lawsuit.
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Unless his employers were on-site at the time. In which case they’re never going to have to worry about anything ever again…
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I like that blaze of stupidity from the comment section –
And the sound effects were fun
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“Sounds effects” are also a cunning way to avoid breaking the dialogue and use far fewer words 🙂
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Oh that is good to know – and it also was fresh and different – so keep on with your creative self!
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I will 🙂
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🙂
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Ha ha ha. Reminds me of the time when I was demonstrating the ‘unbreakable’ transparent shelves of a new refrigerator model to a customer at an exhibition. We had been taught to take them out, and gently drop them to the ground(upside down) to show how strong the shelves were. I took one out, and smartly threw it down straight. It chipped off with a loud CRACK, and the customer squealed with delight and started clapping and shouting- It broke, it broke!
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Ha, I wish I’d been there, that sounds awesome (well, not for you) 🙂
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Andy’s going to be in REALLY BIG trouble once the fallout settles. How dare he sweep all those precious artifacts off the display table like that!
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Well, it saved them from the fire! Though not the nuclear explosion.
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Explosive stuff!
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Sorry to turn your lovely photo into an apocalypse 🙂
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Haha! I didn’t see that coming! Once again, awesome story.
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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And I thought I was clumsy… 🙂
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I bet you haven’t ever accidentally nuked any civilisations. Amateur 🙂
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Yes, darn it anyways. 🙂
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Accident prone Andy is not suited for the job, is he? Anyway, he has cause a nuclear explosion of some sort.
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Definitely not the job for him! Or anybody any more.
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Dear Ali,
Looks like the last job Andy will ever have. 😉 Pow! Funny stuff. Bam!
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Even if had survived I don’t think anyone else would take the chance. I’m glad you liked it!
And now you’re doing some sound effects of your own – I look forward to seeing them in your stories 😉
Ali
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Oh well at least Andy had a blast. Who would have thought that an ass could turn into a weapon of destruction.
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Ha yes, he certainly went out with a bang!
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I hated to cackle at this one… guess we now know how Terra was destroyed….LOL! Love it!
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Yep, Andy got to it! At least in your story they still have replicate samples to study. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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From the photoprompt to Armageddon in 100 words. Wow!
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You can’t hang around when you’ve got a word count 🙂
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Had me laughing out loud! Nice one!!
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I’m glad it made you laugh 🙂
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You made me chuckle. I get the feeling he should have researched wooden tables before taking on the job! Very funny.
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He definitely didn’t do the “required reading” before taking the job 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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Too funny, Ali…
Well then. So much for that. He took his clumsiness to last extreme.
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Someone always has to take it too far 🙂
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if his boss has survived, he’ll be fired. that is, if both of them did. 🙂
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Dead or fired. What a day 🙂
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Oy. Hes an apocalypse all by himself 🙂
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Yep, a one-man disaster 🙂
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Oh my goodness, keep that man away from anything flammable or explosive. Oops … too late. Hilarious story! 🙂
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There was probably a warning in his employee file but who reads those? 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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Seems like there is always a post apocalypse apocalypse…
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We’d never stop at just the one, that would just be lazy.
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This must be the worst first day on the job anyone has ever had! At least there’s no need to fire him… he did that to himself. 😉
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He dodged a bullet there 🙂
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How on earth did he even get the job in the first place? Clever stuff.
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The only thing he’s any good at is interviews 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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MOL…MOL 😀 Extra Pawkisses 🙂 ❤
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🙂
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All the predictions are wrong. The world will be destroyed by a klutz. Very cute.
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It’s always what you least expect 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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This is the shortest version of the Apocalypse I have ever read.
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It doesn’t take someone like Andy long before it all goes horribly wrong.
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LOL. OMG where did they find Andy? Accident prone doesn’t quite cut it. Great laughs this week 🙂
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There’s an Andy in every firm. Hopefully most of them don’t have access to nuclear weapons 🙂
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The absolute worse docent in museum history!
He could have had his own show but that atomic bomb blunder blew his chances!
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A real comic talent cut short in its prime!
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Very good!
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Thanks!
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