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FF – Tastes Like Chicken

Here is my contribution to Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by J. Hardy Carroll.

 

“It’s so beautiful in here, safe within the Dome.”

“It’s beautiful outside too, Dad!”

“Beautiful, but DEADLY. We got in here just in time. The atmosphere… TOXIC! The plant life… CARNIVOROUS!”

“But I can see people out there, Dad!”

Monsters, sweetie. Cannibals! They’ll rip the FLESH from your BONES!”

“Whaaaaa!”

“Don’t scare the child, dear.”

“I’m only joshing! Look, I’ll pop outside. See? Perfectly… aaaaargghhh!”

“Hmm, looks like he was right after all. Back inside, kids. Looks like ‘Future EcoWorld Biodome’ is home now. Good job we dragged your Dad’s body back inside. Anyone for lunch? Tastes like chicken.”

“Hooray!”

 

  1. January 15, 2020 at 9:23 pm

    Can I have a leg?

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  2. January 15, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    Dad – always the idiot that ends up first to go! 🙂

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    • January 16, 2020 at 12:33 pm

      It’s that macho attitude, always leads to an horrific death 🙂

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  3. January 15, 2020 at 10:35 pm

    Did chips come with that? 😀

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  4. January 15, 2020 at 10:48 pm

    About that pizza you once offered me . . . we’re gong out to eat!

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  5. January 16, 2020 at 12:11 am

    That’s a mother who knows to take advantage iof any situation. Cool as ice.

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    • January 16, 2020 at 12:36 pm

      Waste not, want not and all that…

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  6. January 16, 2020 at 12:43 am

    I’ll have mine with a salad please. Seems there’s lots of greens inside.

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  7. January 16, 2020 at 5:42 am

    Ewww. I wonder if Dad had a red shirt on. 😦 — Suzanne

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  8. January 16, 2020 at 9:24 am

    Lovely photos 🌸 e

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  9. January 16, 2020 at 9:46 am

    *Gulp*…😸Pawkisses for a delicious day🐾😽💞

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  10. January 16, 2020 at 10:13 am

    I like a practical matriarch. Perhaps not that practical… but…

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    • January 16, 2020 at 12:42 pm

      She did take things to extremes, but hey, it’s not like she killed him herself…

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  11. January 16, 2020 at 11:56 am

    Mother will always try to make the unavoidable seem palatable to the other members of the family. BTW from what I read, it’s more like pork… 😉

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    • January 16, 2020 at 12:44 pm

      From what you “read”… 😉
      Yes, mum will always try to protect the (still-living) family members.

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  12. January 16, 2020 at 1:58 pm

    Dear Ali,

    Guess who’s for dinner tonight. Your dad. Oh dear. Disturbing dystopian black humor.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    • January 16, 2020 at 3:40 pm

      Dear Rochelle,
      Yes, it all went a bit wrong for dad. But on the bright side, the rest of the family is okay (for now)!
      Ali

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  13. bearmkwa
    January 16, 2020 at 2:06 pm

    Good one. Oh, yuck the final line. had me mentally gagging at the very thought. Well done!

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    • January 16, 2020 at 3:43 pm

      The kids don’t seem too phased by the thought 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!

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  14. January 16, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    I imagine they’ll be perfectly safe and sound from all the monsters and the toxins. At least until the first time it hails….

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    • January 16, 2020 at 3:46 pm

      All it’ll take is one little hole and it’s dinner time!

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  15. January 16, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    what a dad. he took the risk to show he was right 🙂

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  16. January 16, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    Now, there’s a good dad. Even in death, he never stops giving.

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  17. January 17, 2020 at 2:19 am

    Good grief. In the previous story, they ate Granny and the narrator was next up on the menu. Now they’ve put dear old dad on the barbecue! What next?

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  18. January 17, 2020 at 5:07 am

    Does anyone have any salt?

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  19. January 17, 2020 at 8:26 am

    Thanks, Ali, this got my day off with a chuckle!

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    • January 18, 2020 at 11:04 am

      The apocalypse doesn’t have to be dark and frightening!

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  20. January 17, 2020 at 10:46 am

    At last, a welcome bit of light relief! A tasty tale indeed.

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  21. January 17, 2020 at 12:45 pm

    Special ingredient in KFC!
    Fun story.

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  22. GHLearner
    January 18, 2020 at 9:04 pm

    I’ve read that about the pork, too. 😉 I’m a bad person, I howled. From laughter. This was great.

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    • January 19, 2020 at 7:02 am

      I’m glad you enjoyed it! The apocalypse doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom 🙂

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  23. January 19, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    Oh dear ! Poor old Dad – he just wasn’t thinking it through was he ?
    I thought people tasted like pork ?

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    • January 19, 2020 at 5:03 pm

      He was pretty convinced it was safe… I guess they’ll find out soon enough what it tastes like 🙂

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  24. January 19, 2020 at 8:36 pm

    Recycling has a purpose… I guess the biodome is all vegan except when there are som fresh corpses to indulge in.

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    • January 22, 2020 at 3:07 pm

      Yes, this was a rare “treat”!

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  25. January 20, 2020 at 2:06 pm

    Bon appétit! 😲

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  26. January 21, 2020 at 12:23 am

    Shaking my head here. 😉

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