FF – Document of Doom
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Roger Bultot.
I’m guessing most people will have heard of the subject of my story, hopefully.
Copyright Roger Bultot
An unassuming building on a nondescript street. Yet to those who know, who recognise the symbolism of the window, so much more.
A treasure lurks beyond that door, containing secrets both wonderful and terrible. Paid for in blood, sweat, and tears… oh! so many tears.
For centuries it has lain undisturbed. Until now.
The door screeches open. Figures enter, shadows banished by glaring lamps. They approach, reverently, and behold the mystical document. They read the sacred, terrifying words on its cover…
Oct 2029 Brexit Plan Revision 9323
They gasp and, trembling, peruse the awful pages.
“Hey, Deevor, what’s an ‘Irish Backstop’…?”
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Let’s hope that after several centuries have passed the twentyfirst century will be remembered for more than Brexit
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Don’t bet on it!
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Ha… I can see this happen… actually it’s a complete backstop or limbo
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Yes, a bit of a dead end.
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Ask the janitor. His name is Boris!
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How the “mighty” have fallen!
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That’s success. His ambition was to be dead in a ditch!
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hahaha! I thought there would be even more revisions. 😀
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I think they probably lost the will to live eventually 🙂
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I bet Farage and Boris will still be there, getting Brexit done.
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Scratching out new “ideas” as the centuries pass unnoticed…
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You had me expecting some incredible miracle—-and then, Brexit 🙂
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The miracle would be if it ever happens 🙂
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Please don’t tell us we’ve ten more years of hearing about this! 😉
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No. Twenty 🙂
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Does ANYONE have a real government? They are all totally WHACKED.
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Not any longer. Everything’s gone a bit wrong 😦
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Oh lawzy… there will be no end!!!
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No end ever! It’s our “thing” now 🙂
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It is 😉
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That’s still going on? Don’t they know the buzzword “Brexit” is long past its expiration date? They’ll need to come up with another revision to find a new clever name for it now…
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We like nothing more than to flog a dead horse or two…
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Dear Ali,
To quote (or misquote as it were) Rodney King, “Why can’t we just all get along?” Maybe in the 22nd century…? Clever story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Wouldn’t that be nice. I’m tired of all the bickering at the highest levels of our elected officials…
Ali
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Teehee! Brexit plans attaining the status of a grimoire!
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They’re probably eager to find out what all the fuss was about and how one issue brought down 27 successive governments… 🙂
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the way it’s going right now, how many more revisions before it’s finalized for good? 🙂
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I shudder to think… 🙂
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Nice read
Strange
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Thanks!
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More than a decade and close to 10000 revisions! A sacred document indeed.
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Sadly unappreciated in its time, however!
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Have there only been 9323 revisions? I wonder how many there will be by this time next year!
Here’s are my story!
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More, oh God, there will be many more…
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Great story! Captivating from the first word. Have you considered expanding this piece? So many places to take it!
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Thanks! It could be expanded if I ditched the “Brexit” theme 🙂 Who knows what they actually find, how it could change the world…
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Yay there is a year 2029!
Great atmosphere.
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Ha ha, a silver lining indeed!
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I liked this, a doomed nightmare without an end, how long must this go on. It seems at least a decade.
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I’m sure sooner or later everyone will get up and either just sign or ditch the whole idea…
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October 2029?! Aaargggh!
This is your scariest story yet!
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Yep. I hope no-one has any nightmares!
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Made me laugh a lot ! That’s what BREXIT feels like — a never- ending curse that cannot be broken, rumbling endlessly on through the generations. And how can there be a customs border in the middle of the Irish Sea ?
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We will find a way!
I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Didn’t head the direction that I thought it was going to head… I expected a date around the era of World War II…. yet, where it does lead is just as scary for you.
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We’re all just fed up with it now. I think it’s a cunning tactic so that no matter how awful the deal (or not) they eventually get, no-one’s going to care as long as it’s over 🙂
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