FF – Code Breaker
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by C.E. Ayr.
I had a bit of trouble coming up with a story this week. Click on the froggy for all the other stories!
Copyright C.E. Ayr
The special lenses easily picked out the relevant letters encoded into the text. Writing them down, Jerry smiled. Karl Marx’s tomb in Highgate Cemetery. Too easy. Jerry was one of the best.
He arrived at Highgate after dark. Placing the package on the gravestone, he watched from the bushes as it was… stolen by a drunken hobo! Chasing down the thief, snapping his neck and replacing the package cost ten vital minutes, but finally it was collected, and payment left.
Job done.
Some days he really regretted taking a job at DeliverMyFoodInSecretBecauseTheWifePutMeOnADietAndShellKillMe.com.
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Haha. A job much harder than even the highest level CIA agent, I’m sure…
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Definitely. Think of the consequences if the purchaser’s other half rumbles the trade!
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That’s so funny! And completely unexpected! 😀
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All I could think of was “spy story”, it took most of the day to get a twist into it. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Love that last line… great story!
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Killing the hobo comes extra or is included in the delivery charge?
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“All obstacles overcome”, I believe their strapline reads…
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Ha.. that is quite different from the other services… an app for delivery is way to easy to trace.
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This one is very under the radar!
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That ending really took me by surprise. So funny. Thanks for making laugh. 🙂
Susan A Eames at
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It took all day to think of a decent ending, so I’m glad it made you laugh 🙂
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I was wondering what terrible deed you would put on those forlorn glasses.
;0) Made me smile.
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Dastardly hobo murder. And diet-breaking 🙂
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Oh my, the worst. (:-0
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Next time will you please hold the chilli like I asked you to!
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After all I went through to deliver this, some people are never happy…
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Ha. Loved it.
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I’m glad 🙂
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Most of this was a sequel to my own story – until the final line reveal 🙂
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Ha, it is! I hope Mrs Newsome enjoys her kebab… 🙂
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Dear Ali,
Cleverwaytogetthoselastfewwordsshoehornedintothewordcount. 😉 Love it. You made me laugh out loud.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Pretty clever, huh? Hooray for URLs! I might write my entire story as hashtags next week…
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Ali
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Brilliant! You are so clever! Entertaining!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Ahhhh, that twist at the end. I actually once worked for an online retailer and as part of the induction, I had to take a shift with one the delivery drivers. I kid you not, one person had actually put in the delivery instructions to deliver it to a secret place down the road because they didn’t want their mother to see they were buying expensive food!
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Aw man, turns out my fiction is “based on true events” 🙂
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You can burn off a lot of calories just typing that address into the browser. Who needs the diet?
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Especially since you have to type it twenty times and huff and puff a lot to get it right…
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Absolutely brilliant! I’ve made a note of the address for future reference!
My story is a but click away!
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It’s very useful for those “kebab emergency” moments!
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it’s incredible to what extent some folks would go to get what they want. 🙂
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Sometimes the call of the midnight snack is too loud to ignore 🙂
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That’s hilarious. The problem is, I’m always the one who put me on a diet and somehow, I don’t see sending myself secret messages. It ruins the surprise.
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It does rather. Maybe get Garry to impose the diet next time!
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Haha a food junkie
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Sometimes you just can’t get enough!
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Made me laugh – great story – just love the punchline !
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Some way to collect order and deliver food! How was the payment made, if at all?
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I think the collector just left it on the gravestone in an unmarked envelope and then sloped off into the bushes…
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Great stuff – Pretty serious, when the hobo’s get murdered – but I expect getting caught by the wife would be worse for his clients.
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Yes, Jerry goes a bit too far sometimes but he’s always mindful of the potential consequences for his clients.
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MOL 😀 Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend🐾💞😽
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And to you 🙂
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Poor hobo, 🙂
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Yeah, he got a pretty rough deal!
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I would totally do that for chocolate.
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Definitely worth the hassle!
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Ha! Ha! I guess tonight Jerry will be logging on to his gold membership at HoboDisposalDiscreetlyDoneWontCostYouAnArmOrLeg.com
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Ha ha, yes, like that cleanup firm John Wick uses to dispose of “unfortunate messes” 🙂
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I must try the concertina word trick when I’m running out of words. 🙂
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Pretty neat, huh? 🙂
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I was thinking like Sandra – great way to get more words for your buck 😉
Poor man. Desperate measures.
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Jerry, forced into such a life, the poor dead hobo or the chap forced to eat in secret? There are no winners in this week’s story!
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No, there are not.
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That’s some name for a delivery service. He takes his job so seriously he’s willing to kill for it. That’s a bit scary. Well done, Ali. 🙂 — Suzanne
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He’ll stop at nothing to get the job done 🙂
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Oh my lawd! (lol)
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Heh 🙂
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I always knew being a delivery dude was a dangerous gig. Now, I have the proof!
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More dangerous for anyone who gets in his way!
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It’s a tough, important job… somebody’s got to do it! 😀
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And he’s so good at it 🙂
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Karl Marx might turn in his grave, but business is business.
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I’m sure Mr Marx understands that 🙂
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