PHOTO PROMPT © Brenda Cox
A Frenchman, Scooby-Doo, and a Clown walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “What’ll you have?”
The Frenchman says, “I will have some simple joy, escape from the ever-worsening gloom that has infected the city.”
Scooby-Doo says, [translated] “I’ll have some Scooby Snacks, but what I really want is a permanent place to park the forensic lab near my apartment.”
The Clown says, “You two bozos think small, don’t you? Bartender, please give me three shots of wish and a prayer, neat.”
Exiting the bar they realize their dreams: a carousel, a parking space, and three blue mystery boxes.
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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the talented host of Friday Fictioneers.
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Nicely done!
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
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Very clever!
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Love this story Li. Why think small?
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Thanks, and exactly!
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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So good at writing outside the box. Love it.
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Thanks, Trish. This has been the most challenging image to write to so far for me. I tried again and again and finally saw Scooby Doo in the bus and it sparked from there.
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I loved the way you tied those elements together (and ignored the big blobby tram)
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What is the big blobby tram? That thing with flowers on it? Did you ever watch the cartoon Scooby-Doo? The van they drove was covered with hippy flowers like that. Using “literature leeway” I converted what I think you’re calling a tram into a van — just a few letter changes — so there :p
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Yes, that’s the one!
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Lol! 😛 love it!
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🙂 Thanks!
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That photo looks like Reims!
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Misky, I don’t know what Reims is? This is an image given to us at Friday Fictioneers so I don’t know anything about it.
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It’s a city in France with an amazing cathedral. Hemingway lived there for awhile. They have a carousel just like the one on your post.
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Actually I think it’s Montpellier.
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So neat when a town has a carousel.
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Ooh I just deleted the comment I wrote as I see you left another with more info…
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Hilarious take on this prompt. So I had to read it twice to cement it in my barely awake noggin, but I enjoyed more the second time through 🙂
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Linda, thank you 🙂
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Absolutely brilliant Lisa. I always enjoy stories that start with someone walking into a bar and this a corker.
Btw, a horse walked into a bar and the bartender said ‘why the long face?’
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Keith, thank you 🙂 I like those kind of stories also but rarely tell them. LOL on the long face
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Well done, Lisa. Love the exiting the bar…. 🙂
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Bill thank you! This was a really tough image to write to, as it feels surreal looking at it. These things look so out-of-place with each other!
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Indeed. But you nailed it. 🙂
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LOL, this was both, great fun and very clever. I love it.
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Thanks, Gah!
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I love the way you took the joke and the prompt and ran with it. I would probably go with the blue boxes, but that van is tempting. (K)
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🙂 Thank you.
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I love the original Scooby Doo, great story.
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Mason, thank you 🙂
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LOL! Cute story! 🙂
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Thanks, Na’ama!
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Now THAT was brilliant! Love it.
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🙂 Thank you, Dale!
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🙂
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like they say, it pays to think big. 🙂
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🙂
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Well, that was excellent, Lisa!
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Brenda, thank you! 🙂
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Clever 🙂
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🙂 Thanks, Ali!
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Dear Lisa,
A priest, a minister and a rabbit walked into a bar. The rabbit looks around and says, “I think I’m a typo.”
Anyway, your story was adorable. Glad their wishes came true.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, thanks so much for the funny joke and your comment.
Shalom,
Lisa
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What an imaginative story! Kudos, Jade. I’m even more impressed when I read in the comments that you found it a difficult prompt.
It’s fascinating how we all respond differently to the prompt, isn’t it?
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Thank you very much, Penny, and yes, it’s fascinating and wonderful. It’s why I like writing and reading the stories so much in Friday Fictioneers.
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Great!
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Thank you!
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Had me with Scooby Snacks 😂! Fun take on the prompt.
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Thank you, Tannille!
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That has to be probably THE most original contribution this week. Well done.
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:::blushing::: Thank you, Sandra! 🙂
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What an inventive take Jade, I like the classic opener ‘ three people walked into a bar’, it sets the scene so clearly.
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Thank you 🙂
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Oh well done! And the punchline is par excellence!
pax,
dora
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Dora, thank you 🙂
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Oooo fun. I wonder what’s in the mystery boxes. Clever take on the prompt
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Thank you, Laurie! I wonder what’s in them also 🙂
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Nice one!
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Thank you, Neel.
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Adorable story that made me grin. Love the take on the prompt.
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Anne, thank you 🙂
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