FF – We’d Like to See a Show!
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Ted Strutz.
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Copyright Ted Strutz
“Next!”
“Good morning! We’d like to see a show.”
“Huh?”
“Cats?”
“Whaa?”
“Starlight Express?”
“?”
“Evita, perhaps?”
“?”
“Oliver? West Side Story? Beauty and the Beast?”
“Ain’t got none a’ those.”
“Okay, so what do you have?”
“Big boxes. Medium boxes. Small boxes.”
“Boxes.”
“It’s right there, above the door. Box. Office. An office. For boxes.”
“But, um, that’s not what… are you taking the piss?”
“Do you want a box or not?”
“Hell. Give me a medium.”
“Do you want it boxed up?”
“Jesus.”
“Next!”
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I’d like my box gift wrapped as well. The person I give it to will be so surprised!
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Toddlers would love it, they’re always more interested in the wrapping paper and box anyway… and it would be a special treat for cats.
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Ha! That’s the exact opposite of someone else’s amongst us . Your character should trade places with the other one.
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I’ll have to track that one down.
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A medium? I saw that coming!
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Oh gawd… 🙂
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Definitely one of your best! 😀
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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I laughed out loud at this one….
My take on the photo: https://dbmcnicol.com/friday-fictioneers-freshly-boxed/
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I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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hilarious 😁😜
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I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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A niche market, but there’s still a need for them boxes!
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Good for storage, not so much fun on the stage.
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Next you’ll be saying the boxes come pre-packed full of receipts.
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It would save time!
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Jesus in a medium sized box. I know we’ve grown over the centuries, but was he that puny?
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He’ll fit if you squish Him in a bit.
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Clever, clever, clever! I could not get my ‘story’ down to the 100. It was my first exposure to ‘monster’ movies…. Godzilla. Check it out if you have time and the inclination. https://rogershipp.wordpress.com/2019/06/26/i-was-schooled/
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I’m glad you liked it!
Yes, you missed 100 words by quite a bit 🙂
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Once I started writing the prompt response, I realized that my writing was far more a personal reflection than a story, So I sort of ignored the counting. After writing the response, I looked to see if I could turn it into two (or three) selections, but then I decided… why try?
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Haha! Talk about lost in Translation!
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Some people are just too literal… 🙂
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Yup, I want my medium box boxed up, definitely.
This was great, especialy the ? – I could see the face of the guy in my mind, the ? hovering over his head.
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I’m glad it worked. Saved a lot of words, too 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Dear Ali,
I’d like my medium box packed in a large one, please. Clever play on words. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Whatever the customer wants! I’m glad you liked it 🙂
Ali
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Zing and Zang would understand completely 🙂
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Ha, they would!
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The joys of dealing with the general public…
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The’re always demanding the impossible…
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I’d like a boxed set of boxes, please…fun story, Ali!
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No problem, I’ll get you boxed set of boxes boxed up for you immediately!
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Another funny one. I really enjoyed the characters!
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I’m glad you liked it!
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I love this story – its surreal, I could imagine someone coming out of the theatre box office carrying a pile of boxed up boxes and no theatre tickets !
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That would be a fun thing to see 🙂
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Very creative!
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Thanks!
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it looks like he’s boxed in by his own version of reality. 🙂
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Yes, poor chap.
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Sales office for upmarket pass-the-parcel supplies no doubt 😀
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In the middle, in the tiniest box, is a small treat 🙂
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You’re right, Ali. Why spend a lot of money on gifts for kids and cats. The wrapping is much more interesting. 😀 — Suzanne
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It’s colourful and rustles 🙂
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Theatres do have boxes of course – ones with seats in like the royal box! Not this one though!
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The boxes are always where the murder takes place…
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Who’s on first? Great wordplay.
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I’m glad you liked it!
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A sketch worthy of Monte Python or the Two Ronnies. Great comedy.
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Two words together that mean exactly what they mean separately… how confusing! 😀
Imagine a compound word meaning exactly what its constituents mean. Butterfly = butter fly!
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It’s a mistake to take anything too literally 🙂
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I felt as if I was disappearing down the rabbit hole with Alice – lovely witty stuff.
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It did start getting a bit surreal 🙂
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Wacky. And yes, as your comment says, surreal. I enjoyed this.
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Could have always asked them to deliver to the in box. The story is, of course, out of the box.
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Out of the box is where I like it best 🙂
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With my friend’s permission, I brought her 12-yera-old son and his best friend to an appliance store for his birthday. The store owner let them dig in the trash of old boxes and pick out four large boxes. I spent less than $3 for backing type. The boys built a fort out of the boxes in the basement. They played in it for months.
Boxes are great.
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We loved boxes as kids too 🙂
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I still like boxes, but now they have shrunk to more manageable sizes. No more crawling through.
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Hahaha! XD
Fun conversation! 😉
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I’m glad you liked it!
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Looking at a wrong place for a wrong thing. Wanted to see a theatre, ended up buying a box!
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Oh well, at least they came away with something!
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So it is where the conversation began. Cats. Cats would love the boxes.
I love the “hell, give me a medium”. These things sometimes happen to me too 🙂
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That could be a redo of the original. Where they all pop up out of boxes to sing 🙂
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Love it.
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Thanks!
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