"Chicken again?" he said to his wife. "Almost every night, chicken! Fried... roasted... chicken salad sandwiches... chicken soup...! How about a nice steak, or some pork chops?"
"Excuse my interruption..." said his wife. "The economy's been picking up. Did you bother looking for a job today?"
"Uhhh, no..."
"So, you were saying...?"
"Pass the chicken."
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This is the third time I've tried a "Flash 55" story. Click on the link to find out more.
Thanks for your time.
Hey Fox...wherefore art YOU from? Oh yes, that town in New England, I played that burg years ago with the Cincinnati Symphony--but I do not remember it, was too drunk at the time. In fact, they called it Boston back then--grin!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by steveroni's blog ("55") today...toNIGHT!
@Steveroni: Massachusetts may be small, but it's not that small, as I love pointing out to my regulars! I've always lived about 50 miles away from Boston... and I don't speak like a Kennedy, either! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by!
hahaha. chicken tonight indeed! what to do without those chickens! mine here
ReplyDeletehaha...yeah, pass the chicken...nice 55 silver fox!
ReplyDeletemine is up!
Recovery! We wish :-( my 55 here
ReplyDeleteYeah...Chicken.
ReplyDeleteYou could learn to like Spam.
Excellent 55 My friend.
I really liked your story.
Thanks for playing, thanks for visiting, and have a Kick Ass Week-End...g
I don't know. Seems to me like he chickened out. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm with G-man...I'd take chicken over Spam any day! ;) I hear somebody I know makes delish chicken salad with cranberries and walnuts. yum.
ReplyDeleteI have been having these same moments with my out of work husband of late! Wonderful 55...
ReplyDelete@Betsy: It's hard to "escape" cranberries when you live in Massachusetts!
ReplyDelete@everyone else: I'll be checking out your Flash 55s shortly, if I haven't seen them and commented already!
awesome 55.
ReplyDeleteenjoyed it very much!
@Jingle: Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHey, I like chicken!
ReplyDeleteMe, too. Just not every day. Actually, truth be told, I had fried chicken for supper this evening! Life imitating art?
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