Monday, 7 February 2011

Microfiction Monday #40


Susan at Stony River hosts this fun theme each Monday, so do pop over and read the others who have signed Mr. Linky. The rules are thus:


Every Monday Susan will post a picture for the subject of your story. Microfiction means the shortest of short stories. Think Aesop's fables, comic strips, or even jokes: complete stories that can be told in under a minute. For this game, the limit is a tweetable 140 characters or fewer, including spaces and punctuation.


Here's today's picture and my contribution.



Only slightly late, Kate was disappointed her blind date hadn’t waited,




Had she arrived earlier she would have seen the police arresting him.



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29 comments:

  1. Commander Zaius7 February 2011 at 07:59

    Had a couple of blind dates I wish the police had arrested before I got there.

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  2. anthonynorth7 February 2011 at 10:47

    Well it's certainly a good excuse :-)
    Nice one.

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  3. Anonymous7 February 2011 at 11:05

    Excellent!! I don't think I've ever had a blind date and I sure wouldn't wait for one!! Love this prompt - have just read another on a different blog.

    CJ xx

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  4. Valerie7 February 2011 at 11:08

    Lucky girl! Never did trust 'blind dates'

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  5. indicaspecies7 February 2011 at 12:06

    Well, not being punctual turned out to her advantage fortunately.

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  6. Doctor FTSE7 February 2011 at 14:01

    Poor Kate or lucky Kate? Maybe the police arrested him for loitering . . .

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  7. Peggy7 February 2011 at 15:06

    I have never had a blind date either, but would hate not to know what happened when I showed up a little late. Good tale, made me think>

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  8. Diane7 February 2011 at 15:26

    Perfect! Love the humor on this one. :O)

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  9. Ron7 February 2011 at 16:30

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh dear god, you CRACK me up!

    Brilliant!

    Gee, I wonder what he was arrested for?!!?

    Have a lovely day, m'dear!

    X

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  10. Julia Phillips Smith7 February 2011 at 16:37

    LOL, Beach Bum!

    Akelamalu - now we all want to know the backstory!

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  11. Sylvia K7 February 2011 at 17:06

    I love it!! Just the laugh I needed this morning and what a terrific take on the pic of the day!! Have a great week!

    Sylvia

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  12. Akelamalu7 February 2011 at 17:17

    LOL do tell Beach Bum ;)

    Thanks Anthony

    I've never had a blind date either Crystal Jigsaw - too risky!
    ;)


    I know what you mean Valerie LOL


    It did indeed indicaspecies!


    Or something more sinister Dr. FTSE!

    At least she knew she hadn't been stood up Peggy ;)

    Cheers Diane :)


    Let your imagination run away with you Ron LOL

    As I said to Ron you can let your imagination run away with you re the back story Julia :)


    Glad you enjoyed it Sylvia

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  13. mrsnesbitt7 February 2011 at 17:41

    Oooooooooooooh interesting!

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  14. jabblog7 February 2011 at 17:48

    Very good! Kate doesn't know what a narrow escape she's had.

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  15. Akelamalu7 February 2011 at 18:55

    Thanks Mama Zen :)

    Glad you think so Denise x

    Indeed she doesn't Jabblog!

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  16. septembermom7 February 2011 at 21:28

    Apparently, he had a few secrets of his own :) clever one today...

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  17. Empress Bee (of the high sea)7 February 2011 at 23:47

    oh lucky for her!

    smiles, bee
    xoxoxoxooxox

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  18. Dianne8 February 2011 at 00:11

    blind dates can be dangerous
    well done

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  19. Susan Fobes8 February 2011 at 01:08

    At first I thought this was going to be romantic, but you surprised me. Nice job!

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  20. CrystalChick8 February 2011 at 01:54

    Probably for the best!

    Good one. :)

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  21. Elizabeth Mueller8 February 2011 at 03:29

    Yikes! I wonder what he was caught doing? :/

    ♥.•*¨ Elizabeth ¨*•.♥

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  22. Shrinky8 February 2011 at 12:16

    Eeek, she had a narrow escape!

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  23. Linda8 February 2011 at 17:25

    Sometimes it pays to be late!

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  24. Charlene Amsden8 February 2011 at 19:56

    Timing is everything!

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  25. secret agent woman9 February 2011 at 01:45

    I may have to re-think my punctuality.

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  26. Travis Cody9 February 2011 at 05:08

    Ooops! Another criminal twist. I love it when you write that way.

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  27. Akelamalu9 February 2011 at 15:57

    Indeed he did septembermom!

    Yes lucky Kate Bee!

    I imagine they can Dianne

    I think Kate thought it was going to be romantic too Susan LOL

    Probably Crystalchick ;)

    She'll never find out Elizabeth ;)

    She certainly did Shrinky

    Oh yes it does Linda LOL

    Absolutely Quilly!

    Me too SAW

    Aw thanks Trav, glad you liked it.

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  28. Spiky Zora Jones10 February 2011 at 18:15

    me thinks it was a good thing she was late. heheh. you know everyone probably wonders why he arrest?

    here's my theory...he's the blind date robber. Uses girls (dates) to go into restaurants nice and easy and robs them...escaping with a hostage...his date.

    heheh. later honey. xx

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  29. Dominic de Mattos11 February 2011 at 23:40

    Oh I do love this one :D Only a week or so late, but I'm slowly catching up with my visiting! I've been a bit remiss lately and what gems I have been missing!

    :Dom

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