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Nobody in Their Right Mind
Hoo boy. Lookee. That’d make me stop drinkin’.
Nothing will stop you from drinkin’, Roy.
I’d nary have a drop o’ that.
Nary a drop? Ha. More’n likely you’d drink a still’s worth.
Maybe. But now how’s I’ve seen it, I’ll pass.
Roy, I’ve seen you drink wood grain, mouth wash, and turpentine!
Yeah, but I was already drunk. Nobody in their right mind would drink somethin’ made from
that.
Roy, you have no right mind.
Shut up and pass me the damn jug. I’ll be in my right mind soon enough and everything
will look good – even you, Jethro.
Randy Mazie
Wow! I am at a loss for words and that doesn’t happen often! Great visuals from this piece!
Thanks. Keep dropping by…
Fer sure! I adore the ones who win the gold!
The photo is the end result, right? I could see and hear these numbskulls. Nice take. Makes me smile.
http://www.rochelle-wisoff.blogspot.com/2012/08/wild-life.html
“The driver, texting on her cell phone, never saw him cross the street.”
Sadly, I think the driver was one of Roy’s numbskull friends. Your piece was great. My wife “is my home”….I so relate to that. Randy
I have a husband of 40 years like that, too.
Man, the thought of drinking anything made from that really turns my stomach. I appreciate your story’s originality too-I would never have thought to write something like this. Good job!
Thanks. Care to celebrate? I’m buying…
BTW in your story, was the mother pissed that the daughter unlocked her from the tree?
I also can’t help but allow my off-beat humor creep in and ask if the kids in the neighborhood. after this episode. referred to her as Mother Hugger?
Just my slight attempt at humor. Hope to hear from you soon. Randy
My character ate this stuff and yours drank it. What a pair!!
Fun story.
Eat, drink and be teanatious (tenacious)….that’s my motto!
So did she eat it or not? And either way, what were the consequences?
Part II to follow? That’s tenacity! Ha
heehee, you made me laugh, especially with the last line. Not an easy thing from this prompt, so well done!
I’m over here: http://elmowrites.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/friday-fiction-torment/
Glad to make you laugh. Read yours and left my comments on your site. Thanks
” Nobody in their right mind would drink somethin’ made from
that.”
“Roy, you have no right mind.”
Reminds me of Macduff’s confrontation with Macbeth:
Macbeth: “No man born of a woman can kill me.”
Macduff: “But I wasn’t born of a woman. I was taken out of my mother before I was due.”
(That’s just a crude paraphrase so don’t take me up on this, OK?)
Wow. That’s some comparison. I wish I could claim that it was my inspiration.
And as I read it I am chuckling to think that if Jethro had said that to Roy,
I’m afraid that rather than ask for the jog, he’d be going for his shotgun… HA.
Randy
Good one, though the thought of drinking it… more than I can bear.
Come sit on Roy’s side. He needs some support in bringing Jethro to his right mind.
Randy
great work with that prompt
See mine: http://niftitalks.com/2012/08/03/a-rip-in-the-bud/
Thank you.
Wow. You waxed poetic with yours… not an easy inspiration.
Haha, good one. Sounded very true to character, too!
Fester from Gunsmoke and Jeb from the Beverly Hillbillies dropped by to give me some speech-ified lessons.