The Other McCain

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Friday Fiction: 100 Word Story

Posted on | November 6, 2015 | 4 Comments

by Smitty

The sisters spied him and looked discreetly out the window as they sat on the loveseat; young, aristocratic, unapproachable.
We approached. They turned, and I immediately botched it: “I you ladies spoke the fork Ball?”
“What?”
Joe bailed me out: “What Jim was trying to ask before he was overcome with your radiance is whether you ladies had been invited to the Thanksgiving Ball.”
They blushed in stereo and the one closest to the window replied: “No, and maybe.”
We were set, both then, and a year later at the double wedding.
I never lived down the initial fumble, though.

via Darleen

Update: here’s a stomach churner for you.

Category: Friday Fiction

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4 Responses to “Friday Fiction: 100 Word Story”

  1. Eric Ashley
    November 6th, 2015 @ 8:44 am

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