Hello Fans!
Thanks to amusing events beyond my control today I finally think I may be able to try to write something wry for the game this week, hosted by Rochelle, the queen of Wednesday Morning Fiction Prompts, the picture provided by Ted Strutz, a wonderfully exciting name I think you’ll agree, he’s probably a racing car driver who fixes all his own engines, a man’s man. Anyway, thinking caps on;
On My Marks…
Get Set…
GO!!!
He’d tried everything, but her workstation in the study on the first floor at the front of the house offered her the perfect position to see when the postman arrived.
If Weekly Record interception was impossible, the Postie was under strict instructions to drop any at Louises at number 1, a monthly bottle of Chablis was all she asked.
But his cassette rack was exponentially expanding and he was finding it harder to disguise the postal plunder, until someone at the label had a quiet word and realised a genius solution to save the music collector the wrath of their partners…
Well there we are, a 100 word story of what the record collector faces every day of his or her life, to a lesser or greater extent! Enjoy…
The Count Of North Clifton 
Genius indeed. Or at least ingenious
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Thanks its the devil behind the detail,
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I struggled a bit with this one, good sir, but think I got it in the end.
A music shopaholic, is he?
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Yup, in the absence of record shops being open he’s filling his shelves by post, but trying to prevent his wife from seeing how much he’s spending on records. It’s a common tale in my circles
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It’s a genius solution, but surely it can only work once, otherwise different suspicions may be aroused – like where do all these remains keep coming from! 🙂
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I’m with CE on this one. Read it through three times. Finally came to the same conclusion he did–“records” had to mean vinyl, right?
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Yes vinyl, but records is a far better word for them, that’s what they were when I was young and that’s what they are now. Some people are calling records “vinyls” which makes me physically sick!!
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I know–me too, I grew up calling them “records” or “albums,” and I still do. But the word “records” these days is less recognizable to the younger generation in the sense in which we used it. Although there does seem to be a resurgence of interest in the old recordings. I see the Walmart even sells portable record players now 🙂
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Sweet nostalgia! I remember cassettes fondly.
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They are coming back, I’ve been buying loads over lockdown!!!
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Who would have thought. Shame I like the skip button too much. There’s an art to fastward on tapes😀.
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Dear Shrawley,
I confess, it took trolling through the comments to get this one. When I went back it was clearer. My confusion was the wife’s “her” and Louise’s “her”. Quite the ruse he has going on to fuel his addiction. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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You really got us all reading and re-reading this week! I love proper records and my record player is my very best friend!
My story!
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That’s great to hear, it’s mine too!!
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Clever you – forcing us to read twice to get the gist 😉 However, does he really think she won’t notice the collection expanding? He will get caught, despite the shenanigans he has working between the postie and Louse 😉
Fun one, Shrawls!
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Getting you to read it twice means I wasn’t clear enough! I read it my self and it’s a bit free form jazz ish! Not for everyone!! Thanks for reading it… twice!🤣🍾
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Not necessarily. It’s not a bad thing to make your readers work a little.
Loved it!
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thanks mate, you know i sometimes read some FF stuff a few times and still have no idea… so I like it and run away, sometimes not knowing what i’m reading makes it really hard to say anything, maybe i should be more forthright and just say that I have no clue.
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You and me both!! 😉
Some of them are so bloody obscure, I feel like an idiot for not understanding…
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Yes sometimes I’ll just like and move on!
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And some, I don’t bother because they don’t participate 😉
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I feel like this solution is not going to work for very long. Communication is key! Thanks for sharing.
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Poor collector. One day his wife is going to break some records…..
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She wouldn’t dare!!
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