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THE RADIO ANNOUNCER IN FULL SLING
[FlashXer] EXERCISE: SUNDAY, JAN. 13, 2008
At the moment, I am listening to the radio as I work on the
computer. We have a DJ here, an old man now, who specializes
in Sinatra...and in a few moments that show will be on the air.
It will be 52 years that the show, Sunday with Sinatra has been
broadcast, and if you are a Sinatra groupie (as I guess I was when he
was alive, and still am in terms of his music) this is he show to
listen too. It is on Philadelphia radio, the big talker, 1210 and I
listen whenever I can. Years ago, I bought time on the show, and
I would guess it may have helped my client. But one never knows.
At any rate, the point of this is that the show that precedes the
Sinatra extravaganza is some radio doctor telling us what we need
to stay alive. If you buy his stuff, eternity is guaranteed. If you die
you might get your money back. Or something like that. At any rate,
it is what\
I do early Sunday...Ah Frankie, what a joy!
A little longer prompt today, lets see how this works out...
LIKE A SNIPPER, HE LAY WAITING. WHEN THE
FRONT DOOR OPENED, HE PULLED THE TRIGGER...
Usual rules. 1000 words. In the subject line, please
you name the word Waiting and the story title.
Get charged up, folks and take a pot shot at the problem.
Who knows, you might just hit the target.
Have fun
Irv
Janine's Waiting "The Radio Announcer in Full Sling" 79 words
Like a snipper, he lay waiting. When the front door opened, he pulled the trigger on the high powered sling shot.
The scissors flew threw the air and pinned the intruder to the door jamb by catching the edge of his jacket with the scissor tips stuck in the wood.
Will the snipper ever snip again?
Will the intruder break free from the high powered scissor pinning?
Stay tuned as our combatants duke it out on prime time TV.
1/20/08
Janine,
Very clever. You caught me good. Question: in the
first sentence you used the word "snipper" instead of
"sniper." Was that intentional? Even if it wasn't, I
would accept credit for it, if I was you. I love this
little, clever story.
Connie
1/20/08
Hi Connie.
It was the typo in the initial prompt that had me falling off my chair in laughter, which is why I wrote the story. Snipper is the reason for the story in the first place. Thanks for noticing. I'm glad you liked it. I enjoyed writing it.
-Janine
1/21/08
Janine,
What a nice combo of radio/tv teasers. Good hook with the attack. Nice conflict ending with the questions, then a sad closure to realize that the use of our imaginations to 'see' the action was going to become obsolete. Only nit I found was 'snipper' for 'sniper'. A fun read,
Sharon
1/21/08
Hi Janini
Very clever and funny since the prompt actually read "LIKE A SNIPPER,
HE LAY WAITING. WHEN THE
FRONT DOOR OPENED, HE PULLED THE TRIGGER...." I guess a snipper
snips, whereas a sniper snipes. Your character does both. Great fun.
Regards,
Cecil
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