It’s time again, for Kat Myrman’s wonderful challenge, to write a story, inspired by her picture prompt, in 280 characters or fewer.
Here is this week’s prompt and my contribution.
Check out all the fabulously creative entries here and, if you’ve never had a go, why not try a story of your own? You may surprise yourself!
Photo by Ryan McGuire at Pixabay.com
Simon forced his eyelids apart, licked his dry lips, and looked down, with a sigh, at his wallet, now devoid of cash!
The last thing he remembered was staggering out of the club.
He looked up, and could see, immediately, that he and the Beetle had an identical problem.
Piston broke!
(280 characters)
If you have to explain a joke, it ceases to be a joke, but I’ll risk that.
In British English:
“Pissed” does not mean “very annoyed”, but it does mean “drunk”.
“Broke” means “having completely run out of money”.
There, one joke ruined, just like the piston!
Love it! Brilliantly done Peter – that made me laugh out loud :O) x
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Thank you kindly Ma’am.
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Good one! 😀
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Oh, that was a good one, brilliantly done! 😂
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Thank you. I started out writing something completely different!
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I do that all the time!
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Great story, Peter, and I did not mind at all that you explained the joke!
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I was quite pleased that I got it without the interpretation. Thank you to all the British bloggers and vloggers !
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Well, you are almost Irish!
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😂
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This was brilliant Peter! Very dry wit you have. Anita
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Thank you!
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I think that everyone should speak British English, but sadly Americans have their own way of doing things.
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The battle is well and truly lost!
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Hahaha! Every one a gem! Very witty, Peter..glad I managed without the explanation! 😉
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You can’t see it but I played a drum and cymbal at the punchline 🙂
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I thank you!
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Love it Peter…and thank you for your tutorial on proper English slang. Your play on words is brilliant! 😄
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Thank you Kat.
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