FF – Live or Die?
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Na’ama Yehuda.
Ah, there’s a big queue and it’s raining. How very British 🙂
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Copyright Na’ama Yehuda
Queuing for days. Life or death lottery.
Red ticket? Fiery death. Green ticket? A seat on the Ark Ship.
Uproar! All the seats filled by fat cats, politicians, dictators. Ordinary people? Doomed to die when the asteroid hits.
The Ark Ship leaves for its new home. The people of the world prepare.
News flash! The Ark Ship’s off course! Headed for the sun! Very sad. Everyone dead. And incidentally, completely unrelated, that asteroid? Not going to hit Earth after all.
Conspiracy? Hush. Bite your tongue and get on with your life. A fresh start! Don’t screw it up.
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Dear Ali,
Were the politicians going on the Ark ship in pairs? My guess is, fresh start or no, they’ll screw it up. 😉 Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
They entered the Ark of death two by two 🙂 No, I don’t see the fresh start being any better than the original…
I’m glad you liked it!
Ali
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lol, sounds like a great idea….
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A nice clean sweep…
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I wonder if they’ve figured out yet what causes the fat cats and the dictators. If not, they’re in for more of the same
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I guess some of us are in for a “promotion”…
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I am laughing and clapping, sir!
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I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Oh, what a great story you’ve conjured up in so few words! Brilliantly done.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Now this is an idea that I could get behind and vote for…. 🙂
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Those of us in the know could wave them off with evil grins on our faces 🙂
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If only.
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Yep 🙂
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Well … Someone had to ‘go’ … 😉
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Yes. But such a shame it had to be those lovely politicians and dictators. How will we ever cope? 🙂
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The sacrifices … I know …
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HAHAHA! Karma strikes again! 😀
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And in a big way 🙂
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I love a good queue, and also a good measure of comeuppance!
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Who doesn’t (on both counts)!
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I LOVE YOUR STORY. IF ONLY!!!!!!
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Yeah, right? I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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🙂 Oh, I did.
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Just a perfect story, which made me smile,
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I’m glad you liked it!
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That is how it is done!
Karma is a bitch when you are a nasty fat cat politician!
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Yeah, they’ll get theirs come judgement day. Which was a lot earlier than they’d anticipated 🙂
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Me thinks…
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Sounds like a lot of work went into making this possible.
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There was certainly a lot of planning involved!
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It would have such a happy ending if everyone who remained on earth didn’t end up killing themselves in the panic and chaos of the impending apocalypse that didn’t happen…
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It certainly did thin the herd somewhat. And all the electronics shops were suddenly devoid of big screen TVs…
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You gotta love those “Going Out Of Existence” sales….
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Oh wouldn’t it be love-err-ly! No more politicians!!
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Away with them, I say 🙂
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A great tale and my first broad grin of the day!
Here’s my story.
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Was it an evil grin?! I’m glad you liked it!
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Those left behind by the arc ship are now really happy. Let the rich and powerful burn in hell. We shall create new rich and new powerful. May be it will be me.
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I’m hoping to rise to the top as well, now we have a clean slate!
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Oh, I am sure there is a new line… applying for the newly vacated positions.
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We do love to queue 🙂
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Evil giggles… I liked that one!
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Bwahahaha 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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If only!!
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Yeah, right? 🙂
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A happy accident i think, we could do with some of our MPs disappearing on that ark of yours!
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They’re so busy yelling at each other they probably won’t even notice the change of venue!
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I just thought, this is a repeat of the sinking of the Titanic – all the rich get the benefits while the poor sink or swim. Nothing changes.
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Only ultimately, the exact reverse!
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Wouldn’t you just love to put all the non-working pols in the Ark-Ship and wave bye-bye? Trouble is, that would be sort of like playing wack-a-mole. For each one gone, two more would pop up.
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A harsh policy! Might decrease my taxes a bit, though…
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🙂
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a new beginning. there must be hope for those left behind. . 🙂
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Let’s hope so 🙂
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One way to drain the swamp lol
Great stuff 😀
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Nice and permanent too. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves. This was a very unique take on the prompt, well done.
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! Yep, a little story about an asteroid and they were the first to jump ship.
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Well praise the….whomever we are idolizing!
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It’ll be me, when I come out on top!
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King of the Heap! 🙂
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Surprise, surprise. Unless human nature completely changes, new villains will form. A good story, Ali. That was literally riding off into the sun. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Yes, there won’t be a power vacuum for long.
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…and…somehow…that seems fitting. 😀
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It does. Weird 🙂
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Haha! It’s about time we ordinary people got the long end of the stick! 😀
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For sure! And I’ve been waiting ages for a power vacuum to fill… 🙂
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My lips are sealed. Go ahead with the plan.
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Woohoo 🙂
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Hahahha what a twist! Get on with life…
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Now all those pesky fat cats are out of the way!
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