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Monday, June 25, 2012

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He tied his feet to the cord and plugged it in.

He hoped to light up like a Christmas tree, incandescent like.

But instead, he fried.

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°Grandma of
Succinctly Yours Week 66 gives these directions: 
°Use the photo as inspiration for a story of 140 characters OR 140 words or less.
°Word of the Week: incandescent, picture prompt furnished by Grandma. 
°Click on photo for larger image.

7 comments:

  1. Oh, I do like a bit of black humour ;-)

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  2. Can you be too bright? (✿◠‿◠)

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  3. Oh dear, poor thing. I'm glad I'm not incandescent.
    Good one, Jim.
    K

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  4. What Anthony North said. Excellent.

    Have a terrific day. :)

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  5. He should have taken advice from an electrician! LOL

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  6. This is the corollary to "the survival of the fittest": "the demise of the dumbest." Great dark humor, Jim!

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  7. Oh no - poor guy! I can just imagine.

    sandie

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