What's So Funny?
Russell Gayer, author speaker
Hole-in-the-Wall Gang
This week’s Friday Flash Fiction photo is provided by Mary Shipman by way of Madison Woods http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com/ Be sure and leave a link to your story when you comment on this one. I will be attending OWFI this Friday and Saturday and unable to reply to or visit other blogs until later in the weekend. As always, I look forward to your feedback, and thanks for stopping by.
Hole-in-the-Wall Gang
“Bang!” slammed the gavel.
“This meeting will come to order,” bellowed nine year old Chad Orton. “Brother Secretary, have we any unfinished business?”
“Yes, Mr. President.” Wally Green lowered his chin and peered over the top of his horn-rimmed glasses. “The broken plank on the south wall must be replaced. The hole permits cowans and eavesdroppers access to our secrets.”
“Very well. I appoint a committee of Steve Faubel, Billy Lang, and Rusty Hinson to secure lumber and repair the hole.
“Who will chair this group?”
“Faubel’s dad is a carpenter. Steve is hereby appointed Chairman of the Board committee.”
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So had the old house become a clubhouse for the boys? Puts me in mind of the movie "Stand by Me". I like. Here's mine http://www.rochelle-wisoff.blogspot.com
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Reminds me of the days of my youth. Great story!http://authorbrandonscott.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/this-old-house/
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Novel, do you know anyone in the Mason's? It makes me want to know their secrets too :-)Here's mine: http://womanontheedgeofreality.com/2012/05/03/friday-fictioneers-a-wall-to-keep-a-secret/
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Dear Russell,Brilliant wordplay at the conclusion and very evocative of many a clubhouse meeting I've attended in my perfectly spent youth.I'll leave the humor (mostly) to you. You're the master. I'm the student.Aloha,Doughttp://ironwoodwind.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/the-nerve/
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Didn't have anything in the way of clubhouses in the UK, but I think I understand – very nicely done. There's a real feeling of 'summer' throughout the piece, colourful and fun.My story is nearly 200 words this week:http://garybaileywriting.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/175/
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“This meeting will come to order,” bellowed nine year old Chad Orton. Oh my, I am laughing m head off at the picture created here, as Chad bellows. We do have forceful leader in the making. I love this. Mine is here: http://readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/fridayfictioneers-lost-without-you/
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I'm still chuckling! You captured the boys perfectly–I picture them about 9 or 10. The humor was "spot on"–nice break from the serious side that I've been reading so far. Good job!Mine: http://www.vlgregory-circa1800.vpweb.com/blog.html
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I laughed out loud! Great punning.Here's mine: http://unspywriter.wordpress.com/friday-fictioneers/amontillado/
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Thanks for making me smile. Nice one. How did you manage to mirror-image and invert the photo? Was there a significance in that?Mine's at: http://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/dysfunctional-friday-fictioneers-may-2012/
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Wow, they sound so official! Fun little story. I liked the officiousness that often carries into adulthood. Nicely done, Russell. 🙂
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This brought back some childhood memories…thank you for that.Here's mine: http://thebradleychronicles.wordpress.com/
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I love your submissions! I'm not naturally inclined to humor myself, so I am enamored of anyone who can pull it off seemingly at will. You are such a person.Here's my much darker contribution:http://teschoenborn.com/2012/05/03/friday-fictioneers-the-gig/
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Hi Russell…evidently a take on your boyhood days. Hmmm..Wonder what secrets this private club kept hidden from the girly girls? Most of the Fictioneer men will relate to your story this week. Fun story as usual. Here's mine:www.triplemoonstar.blogspot.com
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One of my favorites from this week (not surprisingly I suppose!) Such a different take on the prompt compared to so many (including mine, here: http://pinionpost.com/2012/05/04/renovations/) — with nice touches of humor and discordant seriousness from the boys. Great stuff.-Brian
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Oh, that was darling and clever – and the Chairman of the Board was perfect. Also, I do remember using such places for secret clubs I started when I was a kid. I lived in a town with loads of abandoned houses and garages and sheds. it was a wonderland for a child = not so good for a grownup.Yours as ever,Lindaurahttp://fictionvictimtoo.blogspot.com
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No significance to flipping the photo, just going for a different look, but I'm glad someone caught it.
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Yes, I am a Mason. Glad you picked up on the cowans & eavesdroppers line.
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Nicely done, Russell. Hope this one was a bit easier on you than previous weeks – you certainly took an entirely different tack from the rest of us and I think it paid off.
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I'm thinking "Spanky". I'm also thinking this how the good ol' boys club began…:) I like this story too.
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