Wow! The 100th week of Saturday Centus!
I just had to put school work on hold for a bit to post this week, even though I'm a long way from Saturday! This week the host of this wonderful literary meme, our dear Jenny Matlock of her blog, off on my tangent, has gone all the way back to week one for this weeks prompt. This works out just fine for me as I didn't discover Saturday Centus until week two!
This week our prompt is 53 words long and reads "My untied shoelace changed my life. As I leaned down to re-tie it, I kicked away a few leaves. When I turned my head slightly to look where the leaves had been, I was astonished to see a rubber-banded wad of hundred dollar bills nestled in a little indention in the muddy ground." This week for our stories we just need to add our 100 words to the prompt and any pictures we want.
I have named my week 100 effort:
Dad's Tall Tales
“Dad, I found this shoelace in your desk.”
“Lissa, that’s not just any shoelace. It is the reason I am alive today.”
“Uhhh…wha?”
“Twenty years ago I was living in the Bronx working for Frankie the Thumb. I had just buried a snitch in Pelham Bay Park when I noticed my shoelace was untied.
My untied shoelace changed my life. As I leaned down to re-tie it, I kicked away a few leaves. When I turned my head slightly to look where the leaves had been, I was astonished to see a rubber-banded wad of hundred dollar bills nestled in a little indention in the muddy ground. It was $20,000, enough to pay off my gambling debts to Vinny “the Weasel” Bonanno and cancel the hit he put out on me!”
“Sigh. Dad, you've never lived in New York.”
"Oh. Well in that case it’s just an old shoelace.”
The only man a girl can trust is her Daddy!
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BAHAHAHA! I love that, Tom. What an ending. I can so easily see you pulling the leg of a kid of your own that way.
ReplyDeleteYou're a very funny fellow. Happy Easter, my friend.
Oh Jayne you have NO IDEA!!! LOL He is always telling the kids some far fetched story and they tend to believe him!! Each time they come to visit some story he has told them comes up, only for them to find out he was pulling their leg and it is not even close to the truth!! It is definitely interesting being married to this literary genius.I must admit I am a very lucky lady.
ReplyDeleteTom's wife Teresa..
:) Sure you didn't live in NY but it isn't just any old shoelace. Isn't it the shoelace that saved your life when you were stranded in the desert with just your car-door and a gang of Camels surrounding you, ready to attack...?
ReplyDeleteI like this a lot!
Tom! Oh man. I was soooo excited to see this was you! Teresa is lucky, indeed, being married to someone as entertaining and witty. I'm hoping when we get out your way this summer, we can all meet up for coffee. I would be starstruck, though, meeting my writing idol in person!
ReplyDeleteWonderful seeing you Tom.
I hope the goal line is in sight...you must be exhausted.