Thank you to Rochelle for once again hosting this multi talented bunch of soothsayers to do our best to read the future and come up with silly, inspiring and heart wrenching stories, as well as a lot of nonsense to boot. And for the wonderfully talented IPA drinking gal Dale Rogerson for her photo for this weeks prompt. Tricky one this, but I had an idea and then ignored it, so best get cracking eh? So…
On My Marks…
Get Set…
GO!!!
The Giants took over and ruled the land for hundreds of years; their civilisation flourished, until the Borrowers Underground Resistance Party (BURP) decided they wanted their land back.
BURP anonymously installed technology beyond the Giants’ wildest dreams. Before they knew it they were fully computerised and totally sustained by the tech, so much so that BURP governed the giants from deep under the many floorboards of many houses.
Once intimately dependant, BURP pulled the plug, leaving the machinery and no Scientific Know How ; one by one the technophobic giants left for their luddite pasts unable even to wire a plug.
There we are folks, 100 words on the nose, a twist on the Borrowers stories of old, hope you like it!
A distinctly more combative group of borrowers.
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Absolutely, sometimes enough is enough
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Dear Shrawley,
Gotta love the name BURP. Good on them and their technology. BTW. Your title attracted me. It seems our very different stories this week have the exact same title. 😉 GMTA.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Great minds etc Rochelle! I feel I’m in impeccable company😉
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Good on the BURPs. Wither their tech know how, there will be no turning back the BURP.
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Like a stinking wave of stale breath!!
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Great little tale – you had me from the first BURP!
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That’s the idea!!
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BURP – love it!! Very imaginative story – nicely done.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thanks Susan, much appreciated
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Feel a bit for the giants, but I guess they had it coming.
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i liked the dry humor on your story. well done. 🙂
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This is very cute. I’ve never heard about the Borrowers but now I want to read.
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Nicely done!
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Story of our lives. What will we do if all software experts migrate to moon or mars? Who will operate and fix our computers?
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Back to simpler times Abhijit, maybe this might not be such a bad idea
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Hilarious, Shrawley. I love BURP. I’m feeling sorry for the giants. Well done. 😀 — Suzanne
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