FF – Fate Happens
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by C.E. Ayr.
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Copyright C.E. Ayr
“No! No way!”
“Whatever is the matter, my dear?”
“It has a balcony! Read the news, woman! English tourists are forever plunging to their deaths off balconies. And that aircon unit! In every American film I’ve ever seen someone’s been crushed by a falling aircon unit.”
“Maybe you’ve been watching the wrong…”
“You go inside. I’m nobody’s fool. I’m going for a swim in the pool.”
Funny, but in every film I’ve ever seen…
GERRRONIMOOOO!
… the injury’s because some idiot doesn’t check…
SPLAT! ARRRRGHHH…
… there’s water in the pool before jumping in. I hope our holiday insurance covers gross stupidity…
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lolz!!!!
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Hee 🙂
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HAHAHA! Look before you leap! 😀
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These things are “sayings” for a good reason!
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Great Belly Laugh!
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I’m glad you liked it!
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There’s just danger everywhere you look – even tripping on the plant pots on the stairs…
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He sees it everywhere. Except where it actually is!
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He should’ve been more concerned about all those plants. How many movies have giant man-eating plants in them? All of them, that’s how many!
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I’m sure they’ll get him as he drags himself up the stairs on his way to phone for an ambulance!
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{giggle-snort} Well done!!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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oops. His paranoia needs to run deeper….so to speak.
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Yes, he didn’t quite spot every danger 🙂
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Spoken like a true wife. Warning after the event…
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Heh! She’s not exactly rushing to call an ambulance either 🙂
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Nervous and impetuous, a dangerous combination!
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As he has found out to his cost!
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Hilarious, Ali. Great dialogue and sounds. He seems to have his own blind spots. I loved the “Splat”. 😀 — Suzanne
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The “splat” seemed appropriate 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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Ooops!!
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Never a truer word spoken 🙂
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Dear Ali,
Nothing puts an abrupt end to a swim than a pool without water. You made me laugh.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
As a keen swimmer, not a mistake you’d make, I bet! I’m glad you liked it.
Ali
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Made me laugh – such an inventive story. Love the energy of the paranoid person in the story.
Well done.
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His wife will probably be glad of a bit of time to herself while he recuperates 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Very slickly and fluently written, Ali. I liked the hysteria of the husband’s voice.
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He did seem close to the edge, didn’t he? I’m glad you liked it!
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Oh Oh🙀Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend🐾😽💞
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You too LB 🙂
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Love the “gross stupidity” line. Made me laugh at Mr. Know it all! 🙂
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He knew nuffin’ 🙂
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Danger lurks about everywhere! You have to be en garde every moment just to stay alive lol.
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Especially when you’re as silly as him 🙂
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Haha. Perhaps it was one of those skateboard pools.
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I hope he didn’t land on a skateboarding youth!
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Stupidity is a pre-existing condition. 😆
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True – looks like they’ll be paying for everything themselves, then!
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Hoped for a splash and went splat instead! I’d like to say it’s an easy mistake to make, but it’s really not! Nice one.
My go at Friday Fictioneers!
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No, it’s not! Complete and utter muppet, this chap.
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Haha. Oh I had forgotten how sublimely silly yet ultimately refreshing your stories were, Ali. Thank you.
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I’ve done a run of silly stories recently. I’m glad you liked it!
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Hahaha very funny.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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I love the way you structured this conversation. But I have to ask—-REALLY? People have actually NOT checked to see if the pool was full? Yikes.
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Lots of people don’t check, those people being characters in slapstick comedies. Plus this idiot 🙂
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She’s very patient. I think she knows what to expect from him. Very funny story.
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Yes, I don’t think this is the first time something like this has happened. I’m glad you liked it!
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The house seems to be particularly jinxed for English visitors.
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Danger at every turn!
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These people would find a way to injure themselves even if they lived in a bubble!
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Some people are just accident-prone!
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This made me laugh out loud. I think all the insurance he needs now is for a funeral.
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Ouch, repatriating a body doesn’t come cheap… 🙂
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Why repatriate? 🙂 (Double-ouch…)
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True, just leave him in the pool and get on with the rest of the holiday 🙂
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I realise we should probably not laugh, but laugh we must!
Fun one, despite the fact he probably didn’t survive that one!
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I like to think he only shattered both his legs. He’s a jumper, not a diver 🙂
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I dunno….
If he were a stuntman, he would have a chance…
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Sadly not a stuntman. He’s an accountant. Was an accountant… 🙂
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Right. Well, then.
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I giggled a little too.
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It’s funny if you’re not him 🙂
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