FF – The Nam
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Susan Eames.
And…. Action!
“Hello, Bruce, we heard from your grandson that you were injured in Vietnam and would love to talk to you for our documentary.”
“Sure thing, cobber. Hurt in The Nam, I was.”
“How did it feel?”
“Bloody painful, mate.”
“Shock, fear?”
“For sure!“
“Do you still suffer?”
“Aches on cold days. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, reliving it, like.”
“I bet.”
“Bad year, 2018.”
“2018?”
“My holiday in Ho Chi Minh City. What we’re talking about! Slipped in the shower. Broke me leg in three places. Five star hotel, too!”
“Bloody hell. Cut!”
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Ah, PTSD does come in all kinds of times and spaces, eh? 😉
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He might never get over his holiday mishap 😦
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Yeah … 😦 Oy…
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It’s still an injury. Just not one that needs to provoke anguish
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I think he’s overplaying it just a bit.
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hehehe! Good thing he didn’t visit this year. 😀
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Yes, he might have got stuck out there on top of everything else 🙂
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The way TV is made these days, I can see this mistake happening.
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Yep. Leap on everything, no research.
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I heard Vietnam was hell, but this really brings it to life.
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Yeah, they should make a film based on Bruce’s horrific experience.
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what a twist. didn’t expect it. 🙂
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Neither did the TV crew 🙂
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Wasn’t expecting that. Great swtich!
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Thanks, the TV crew were also taken by surprise!
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Something somewhere in the scenario has gone akilter. Glad the old geez is ok no matter what.
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Yeah, I think he’ll make it!
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Well, I wasn’t expecting that. Bruce is having more problems than was first thought…what’s with the painted toenails? Nurses bored? 😀
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One of those drunken hospital parties… 🙂
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The Viet Cong and their booby trapped hotel showers get another one. Bruce needs to coordinate his toenail polish with his new Purple Heart…
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Yeah, all these years on and they’re still finding them…
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Well, the story started out great. Vietnam is probably doing better than us now. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Probably 🙂
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I know someone who broke a leg in three places on holiday – in Italy, Greece then Spain!
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Ha badoom-tish!
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Lovely humour again, Draliman
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Ha ha – you got me too! Great take on the photo prompt.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Dear Ali,
Technically he was injured in Nam. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Very true. They should include his interview 🙂
Ali
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Now that is an original angle!. 🙂
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His leg was at an interesting angle just after his fall, too 🙂
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Loved the humour at the end. Dangerous places are the hotel showers in Nam.
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Many are the hidden dangers of the tourist world.
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Not funny for him, but it sure was a great piece of misdirection 🙂
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Thanks, the poor film crew were also somewhat misdirected 🙂
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Just because they forgot to ask the year of his injury, doesn’t make it less real.
This was a hoot!!
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For sure, he deserves his place in their documentary!
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Sounds like a good interview to me! What’s the problem? 😉
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It had everything – angst, thrills, an exotic setting, a horrific injury… 🙂
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Clever twist at the end of the story – like the way you play with our assumptions.
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I don’t like to be too obvious 🙂
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I was electrocuted in Laos, actually. Nasty story, but they didn’t get a word out of me. Mainly because I was all alone when I touched the electric circuits in the shower heater and blacked out.
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Ouch, sounds nasty.
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I’ve missed your dry wit, Alistair! I was following you under my morrighansmuse account but now that I somehow ended up using Liz way more, I’ve missed reading your posts.
But I’m back and you won’t get rid of me now!
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I’ve been reading your poems on that account but was vaguely aware that you had another account too 🙂
I’m glad you liked my story!
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Thanks so much for reading my poetry! I kept wondering why I wasn’t getting notifications for your posts since I had followed your blog but somehow, I cannot remember that password or my logins default to this one account which I use for my poetry blog now, too.
It’s nice to be back writing poems. It’s been a while!
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