FF – Alien Attack!
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Douglas M MacIlroy.
Looking at the title of the photo, I think this was taken at an observatory.
“What did the general say?”
“Not much, but I could hear shouting in the background. They’ve locked in the coordinates we got from our telescope. The military has been scrambled. Missiles have been launched at the unknown object we reported.”
“That’s not so good, then.”
“And I gather from all the screaming, Russia and China think we’re about to attack them and have mobilised their own militaries.”
“So when do we tell him that what we saw was the result of a seagull crapping on the lens?”
“Maybe we’ll leave it for a bit. They sounded very busy. Pint?”
“Yep.”
Categories: Fiction
flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers
Yeah. No need to make a thing of it. Mutual nuclear annihilation, okay. But at least nobody will ever know
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That’s the main thing. Wouldn’t want to get the blame, best to ride it out in the pub.
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Whoops.
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Whoops indeed!
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HAHAHA! Silly seagulls. A pint fixes everything.
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Always 🙂
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Oh shit!
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That’s exactly what they said when they checked the lens!
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Always time for a swift half!
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Never a truer word spoken!
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Ive lived my life by the film that is withnail and I
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Let’s hope they can enjoy their pint before all hell breaks lose. Cackling madly here once again. What a funs tory.
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I’m sure they’ll still be enjoying their pints as the world falls to bits around them 🙂
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we live in a tenuous world where one simple mistake or error in judgment from our leaders can lead to our complete demise. it’s not too late to enjoy while we can.
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Fingers crossed they keep their fingers off the buttons.
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Normal people relax with a pint while the politicians tear each other apart. So true.
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It’s best just to let them get on with it.
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I am not so sure the over self important Politicians (with a capital P) tend to mess thing up.
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Good to see they are getting their priorities right. Your round!
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First things first!
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Sardonic smile 🙂
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🙂
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Ha! That goes from a scary look at Earth to hilarious, nice work!
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Thanks, let’s hope it all sorts itself out!
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I hope so! Everybody needs to relax and talk in a hurry!
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Just goes with what I’ve said over and over again….. birds are evil!
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Nasty buggers.
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Are you still living out there someplace?
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I’m living out here somewhere.
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Dr. Strangelove, 50 years hence (sort of). Well done.
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Yep, thanks!
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LOL!! Well… you never know just how close to the truth that could be, right?? How often has there been just a teeny weeny over reaction to something as mundane!! SMH!
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Sometimes I think they just need to take a breath and use their heads 🙂
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So that’s how the world ends! A splat of seagull shit on a telescope!
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Yeah. Who would’a guessed? 🙂
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I swear… I believe that our next world war will be caused by such a small miscommunication. Great story this week. Hey, you a Nano-ite this year?
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Yes, one little error somewhere…
No, I’ve never done that. There’s no way I could get through that, I’m too lazy!
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heheh! That’s what I used to think. Then, I blew myself out of the water and seriously overachieved at it.
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Dear,
There’s poetic justice in that somehow. I mean, isn’t that the basic state of the world right now? 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Yep, pretty much 😮
Ali
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The future of our world rests in just such hands even as you have written. Look out!
pax,
dora
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It’s a scary thought for Halloween 😮
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Obviously the seagulls have been stealing too many hot chips from unwary beach goers. 🙄
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It’s got to come back out somewhere 🙂
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😁
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There’s always time for a pint!
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Always, no matter what 🙂
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May as well get a pint or two in before oblivion. Cheers!
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It’s the best way to see the world out 🙂
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