Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Fire!

Here's my 100-worder for Friday Fictioneers. Actually it's 101 words because last week I only used 99 so I saved the spare one for today! 



I dated a fire fighter once. Honestly! Guess what his name was.... Jose which is pronounced hose-ay! Ha-ha!

He was such a bore. He always made me use a fireguard, complained about my bonfire, panicked when I lit candles, wouldn’t let me smoke a ciggy, checked my alarm every visit and said I should always strap myself to my step ladder when using  it! (I made the last one up!)

He wouldn’t eat smoked fish, didn’t like flambéed food, didn’t approve of a flaming sambucas and as for barbecues...!

But he didn’t inflame my passion so I extinguished him!


...and if you believe that you'll believe anything!!


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37 comments:

  1. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields15 April 2015 at 11:12

    Dear Rosey,

    You burned up the screen with all the plays on words. Love the last line.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. Unknown15 April 2015 at 11:29

      Aw thanks Rochelle! I guess most of the other writers will go down the serious route so I thought I'd lighten the mood early on with a bit of nonsense!
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  2. Sandra Crook15 April 2015 at 11:28

    Sounds like he was something of a damp squib. Better to put him out. Good play on words here. :)

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  3. Anonymous15 April 2015 at 11:37

    Hahaha this is hilarious!! Jose the Fireman... geez, that's a good one! Well done.

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  4. Anonymous15 April 2015 at 12:04

    :) a great last line !

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  5. Anonymous15 April 2015 at 13:38

    He must have forgotten to demonstrate the fireman's lift! ;-)
    Clever and funny piece Rosey.

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    1. Unknown15 April 2015 at 15:33

      Ha ha! Wish he had, it might have been fun!

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  6. brudberg15 April 2015 at 16:56

    Ha.. and I always thought that firemen were the hottest thing :-)

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  7. Anonymous15 April 2015 at 17:01

    Perfect fun read. I bet he wasn't that un-appetizing to the eye

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    1. Unknown20 April 2015 at 10:27

      He sometimes smelled of smoke which wasn't very nice.

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  8. Anonymous15 April 2015 at 18:15

    cute stuff.
    Randy

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  9. plaridel15 April 2015 at 22:49

    this made me laugh. at the same time, i felt bad for jose. he failed to light your fire. good one. :)

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  10. Perry Block16 April 2015 at 02:45

    Very funny! Great plays on words all the way through and still smokin' at the end!

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  11. Sally16 April 2015 at 11:31

    This made me laugh, great use of words.

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  12. Anonymous16 April 2015 at 13:41

    This was too funny, especially the last line. It just confirms the new law of nature: no one resists a fireman, even if his name is hose-ey. Great story. --gahlearner (can't publish with my WP account for some reason).

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  13. Unknown17 April 2015 at 19:34

    Haha. Loved your conversational tone and use of words. From what you wrote Jose had to be extinguished.

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    1. Unknown20 April 2015 at 10:20

      Saying it as it is is far easier than agonising over trying to be clever and complicated!

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  14. Unknown18 April 2015 at 03:56

    Light and whimsical... loved it :)

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    1. Unknown20 April 2015 at 10:19

      It's the only way I know! Life it too serious as it is without out me adding to it!

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  15. Anonymous19 April 2015 at 16:56

    I love this, made me smile :)

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  16. Dale19 April 2015 at 22:32

    This was a hoot and a half! Loved it!

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    1. Unknown20 April 2015 at 10:17

      Well, everybody else wrote such deep and meaningful pieces so I'd thought I'd inject a bit of flouncy nonsense!

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  17. i b arora20 April 2015 at 04:26

    But for Keith i would missed this post, great post

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  18. Raesquiggles20 April 2015 at 21:15

    Lovely wit and I can just picture his visits.

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    1. rosey pinkerton20 April 2015 at 22:34

      Picturing it is one thing, being there another! Thanks for visiting me.

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  19. Caerlynn Nash21 April 2015 at 17:14

    Time to check out Hose B, I guess. LOL. Funny.
    Thanks for the chuckle!

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