Monday, 30 August 2010

Microfiction Monday #46

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but Stony River's Susan only wants 140 characters.

Here is this week's picture:


Here is my response:

Staring out of the car's rear windshield, Carl was certain they were the 33 longest miles on the face of the Earth.
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22 comments:

  1. Sylvia K30 August 2010 at 00:41

    Ah, I can so relate to that! Great one for the day, Dave! Hope you have a good week!

    Sylvia

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  2. Suz30 August 2010 at 00:45

    Oh what a devilish mind you have..so clever
    a forward thinker you are

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  3. Pat30 August 2010 at 01:29

    Reminds me of childhood road trips! Are we there yet?

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  4. EG CameraGirl30 August 2010 at 01:53

    OH yes, road trips as a kid. Fun, eh? :)

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  5. KB30 August 2010 at 02:25

    Haha, nice to see a story leaving the sign behind rather than oncoming.

    Have a great week.

    My MM is here.

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  6. SparkleFarkel30 August 2010 at 03:05

    Childhood whine-memories of "Are we there yet?" are ringing in my ears. LOL!

    SparkleFarkle

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  7. MorningAJ30 August 2010 at 07:09

    You are so right about that!

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  8. Ellie Garratt30 August 2010 at 07:39

    Doesn't every car journey seem that way? Great take on the picture.

    HAve a great week.

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  9. Dr. Chandana Shekar30 August 2010 at 08:53

    True. When we long for something, even the slightest of the distance makes it seem so long.

    Cheers

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  10. anthonynorth30 August 2010 at 09:03

    Sometimes it can go on forever.

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  11. Gemma Wiseman30 August 2010 at 09:20

    Sometimes when travelling a car journey and longing for a particular destination, the views may speed by but it somehow the feeling is like travelling on the back of a tortoise!

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  12. Scott M. Frey30 August 2010 at 11:01

    aahh clever, leaves so much to the imagination, truly a story from 140 characters, brilliant!

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  13. John (@bookdreamer)30 August 2010 at 13:55

    I spy a petty lady.
    where, where?
    mummy
    yuk dad.

    Here's my 140. Hope your week goes well

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  14. Bubba30 August 2010 at 15:07

    I'm sure it's a loooong stretch of road, but it's only 17 miles from Coolville to Belpre.

    Other than being (obnoxiously) nit-picky about the math, I enjoyed this one.

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  15. Dave30 August 2010 at 16:49

    Well done Eric.

    I made a mistake and that hadn't occurred to me, but by the same token if Carl's car was driving away from that sign he is alo driving away from Belpre. If it's a straight line, driving 33 miles from Coolville would take them 50 miles from Belpre.

    Maybe Carl's folks are lost.

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  16. Mama Badger30 August 2010 at 17:25

    Now, that's not nice to say about the people of Belpre. I'm sure they're cool, too. In that, "I live right next door to Coolville" kind of way... Great take.

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  17. SouthLakesMom30 August 2010 at 19:31

    They haven't gone far enough yet for mom to whip out the road games...sigh...

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  18. hope30 August 2010 at 23:05

    Travel feels that way sometimes, doesn't it.

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  19. Susan at Stony River31 August 2010 at 03:12

    I'd love to hear what's happening with Carl after seeing that moment in his life -- reminds me of many a childhood road trip too, as well as our parish priest who was kidnapped and driven away in the trunk of his car one day -- yup, it's got me thinking!

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  20. Anonymous31 August 2010 at 13:15

    I wonder if Carl was in a hurry to get somewhere or if he just wanted to get as far away from Coolville as possible! Good one.

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  21. Akelamalu31 August 2010 at 16:41

    Why does it always take longer to get there than it does to get home?


    Love your take on the pic. :)

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  22. Dave1 September 2010 at 18:52

    Thank you all for reading

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