Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Wherefore art thou Rodney?

Here is my 100 word fib for this week's Friday Fictioneers!


I used to know this guy called Rodney. One day he stood on his balcony and proposed to me! He thought it was romantic. Duh! Corny more like.

He asked me to return with my answer the next day. I didn’t have the heart to refuse. At least I’d be several feet below when he got the bad news!

I went back, but during the night the balcony had collapsed. I thought he might walk out clutching a bunch of wilting carnations, crash down and shower me with petals.

Fortunately he didn’t. I wandered off and never saw him again.


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36 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 April 2015 at 18:00

    A casual and light story...Nice!

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  2. Heidi BusbyBrown1 April 2015 at 19:59

    Lovely piece made me chuckle :)

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  3. Anonymous1 April 2015 at 22:54

    So funny! Easy out! P.S. This shows as anonymous but should be signed signed Alicia

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    1. Unknown1 April 2015 at 23:07

      Glad it amused you! Actually anonymous, you show as Iishwriter which has really confused me! Nothing unusual there though!

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  4. Dawn2 April 2015 at 02:05

    Oh my..poor Rodney :/

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  5. Perry Block2 April 2015 at 04:25

    Funny piece! Wherefore art thou, Rodney? In the annals of hard luck literature, and he also has to pay for a whole new balcony!

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  6. Sandra Crook2 April 2015 at 07:53

    Loved the light, almost slapstick tone of this. Nicely done.

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  7. Anonymous2 April 2015 at 07:59

    Bill Shakespeare must be turning in his grave. ;-)
    Well done.

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  8. draliman2 April 2015 at 08:41

    Fun story! I like the casual voice you used to tell it. I can imagine her standing out there and waiting a few minutes just to see if Rodney would come crashing down.

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  9. Anonymous2 April 2015 at 18:25

    i guess this is what happened. when the balcony collapsed, he saw it as a bad omen. so, it didn't bother showing up anymore. :)

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  10. Anonymous2 April 2015 at 22:16

    Yeah, I wasa thinking of the bad omen, too. Can't be said any clearer that his proposal was hapless. Fun story, I liked it a lot.

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  11. Anonymous3 April 2015 at 05:57

    That's so funny how she just wanders off and never sees him again and she doesn't care at all.

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  12. margirene4 April 2015 at 04:56

    I hope poor Rodney didn't meet a sticky end. He sounds like a nice boy. Entertaining story.

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  13. Siobhan4 April 2015 at 15:17

    Poor Rodney, I hope he wasn't on the balcony at the time! Fun story :)

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  14. Anonymous5 April 2015 at 06:37

    Dear Rosey, I hope Rodney is still alive. Your story is so cute - and funny too! Nan :)

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  15. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields5 April 2015 at 12:07

    Dear Rosey,

    Timing is everything. Cute story.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  16. Unknown5 April 2015 at 13:27

    Poor Rodney. I don't know whether it was a good thing for her or not. They may have been very happy together.

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  17. P.S. Joshi7 April 2015 at 12:09

    That's kind of an odd, but creative, proposal. Good thing he wasn't on the balcony when it collapsed. Well done, Rosey. :) --- Suzanne

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  18. Dawn Q.7 April 2015 at 21:04

    Rosey, true story telling... this read like a good fairytale.

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