Deep

in Freewriters4 months ago


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They were boating on the river when she told him, “I’m leaving you."

“I’ll drown myself!” he declared, diving overboard.

A splash, some swearing, then moments later, he stood up, soaked and sulky, in three feet of water.

Dammit she said, rowing on "I should have chosen a deeper river"

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Posted in response to @feltbuzz's Zapfic Monday contest

The prompt is River
The image is my own.

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lol Bet she thinks twice if they have a next time!

No next time! There's no way a man can come back from such a thing. I'm afraid he's dead in the water.

She probablywhacked him in the head with her oar.

Hahahahahah, perhaps...inadvertently;)

Of course... accidents happen after all!

Haha... Probably exactly why she's leaving, what a dick..

😂

Only you!!!!😂😂

😂 Many thousands of words have been written about my ingenuity and genius, but in just two, you have summed it up.

Thanks for the chuckle! I needed that!

Delighted to have given you a chuckle. Not so delighted to hear that you needed one!:)

I can always use another laugh!

A camping by the train tracks would have done it cleanly...of course, should had been a very close rail river to adjust to the prompt. Guess if she had looked into the map she would have found a better place. I insist on the train tracks, he would have escaped, though he would have thought it better to declare..."I'll train-crash myself" as well, I suspect he knew about the depth of the river but made some drama to fuck her up a bit...anyway.

Great one :)

Hmm, you've obviously been giving this a lot of thought. I hope your wife doesn't read your posts:)

Hahaha, not that much, it just came to me in a blinking of an eye, but reading it now worries me a bit, she does read my posts. Am I a criminal mind?:)

Probably!

Hopefully won't get caught.

The track train crime is almost ready to go...

Hahahah no way! Turn something dramatic into hilarious

Thanks very much! Hilarious will do me quite nicely though I think that ever so slightly amusing would be closer to the mark:)

Fantastic. I love this. It speaks to my soul!

Thank you indeed.

LOL this is gold 😂 perfect mix of drama and comedy. I can totally picture this happening, goes full Shakespeare and ends up just wet and embarrassed. Nice one

And all in just 50 words! Sure I'm a bloody genius!:)

Super bloody genius 😂👍 godmode genius

I am gratified that you concur:)

I actually tried my first prompt, it wasn't the zapfic but I'm now learning little by little about all the other prompt exercises around

You did! And jolly good it is too.

Here's a fun one for you

Get stuck in!