&quot;Come on, make me laugh.&quot; &quot;No.&quot; &quot;Make me laugh.&quot; &quot;No.&quot; After a pause, Derrick repeated, &quot;Make me laugh.&quot; Wendell sighed, &quot;No. I'm off.&quot; &quot;So. Make me laugh.&quot; A tired hand sliding over his face, smearing the grease paint, Wendell reiterated his position, &quot;No. Go away.&quot; &quot;Come on,&quot; Derrick urged, poking his friend with a friendly finger of pestering, &quot;Make me laugh.&quot; &quot;No,&quot; came the sullen response. &quot;Oh,&quot; Derrick exclaimed, swiping the bright red, plastic nose, &quot;Got your nose!&quot; &quot;See, made yourself laugh. Now go away.&quot; Derrick sat back and pouted, &quot;It's not the same. You do it.&quot; He tossed back the nose, which Wendell promptly pelted back at him. &quot;Take off.&quot; &quot;Heh, that was a little funny, eh?&quot; &quot;No.&quot; Then Derrick got a not-so-bright idea. Tossing the bag of long, skinny balloons Derrick tried, &quot;Make me laugh. Here, use a balloon.&quot; Wendell used a balloon. But, it wasn't funny. Derrick won't talk about it, but he kind of shudders now when he sees balloons. 2008-10-02T00:29:36Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/30372 <p>This had me laughing by the time Wendell sighed and said &#8220;No. I&#8217;m off.&#8221; <br />I&#8217;m not sure why I found this so amusing. It was just the right sized sugar cube to sweeten my day. <br />:) Even though I am quite late finding it. <br />It&#8217;s still good<br />5*</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=95437 2008-10-02T00:29:36Z Jungle Book http://ficlets.com/authors/bananayop <p>I am curious as to what in the name of Buddha he ddi with those balloons. I can only imagine&#8230;<br />Now I&#8217;m shuddering with Derrick.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=65935 2008-05-28T23:51:42Z Louise Madison http://ficlets.com/authors/rockin_rose_guitar <p>I am curious as to what in the name of Buddha he ddi with those balloons. I can only imagine&#8230;<br />Now I&#8217;m shuddering with Derrick.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=65934 2008-05-28T23:50:24Z Louise Madison http://ficlets.com/authors/rockin_rose_guitar <p>lmao, i had the greatest image XD</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=65910 2008-05-28T23:04:55Z Bartimaeus http://ficlets.com/authors/user_7307 <p>Balloons can lead to much trauma.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=64335 2008-05-23T13:12:59Z Alexa ♥ http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018 <p>Well, sounds like he had quite the experience with ballons that day. On an unrelated note, I tend to not like to piss off clowns.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=63790 2008-05-21T03:21:34Z J.B. Williams http://ficlets.com/authors/user_5182 <p>lol, that was really funny. I wonder what he did with that balloon&#8230;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=63087 2008-05-18T12:38:14Z flute faerie http://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061 <p>okay, i absolutely loved this story, #1 because it was hilarious, and #2 because i am a caulrophobic (no joke, i absolutely hate clowns.) so i sympathize with derrick&#8230; but still laugh at him all the same. :)<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62608 2008-05-16T00:24:39Z invisibility_disability http://ficlets.com/authors/invisible_stories <p>one of two things is all that come to mind. And the first one was like &#8220;noooo ewww&#8221; but yeah, great story. Was funny. Keep it up Doctor.</p> <p>(I think I&#8217;ll start calling you Doctor now because of my obsession with Doctor Who.)</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62586 2008-05-15T22:43:10Z Mask By The Moon http://ficlets.com/authors/mbtm <p>Maybe more like Globophobia</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62478 2008-05-15T14:37:54Z PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) http://ficlets.com/authors/pyropunk <p>Damn clowns. I can only imagine (thank you for not telling us) what that b<b>**</b>d did with that balloon. :)</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62477 2008-05-15T14:37:16Z R.A. Porter http://ficlets.com/authors/coyotesqrl <p>What the hell happened with the balloon!? Great piece!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62182 2008-05-14T00:56:22Z Browncoatben http://ficlets.com/authors/browncoatben <p>Haha&#8230;funny! I love the ending&#8230;expect the unexpected indeed.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62140 2008-05-13T21:29:41Z paper flowers http://ficlets.com/authors/paper_flowers <p>Coulrophobia&#8230;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62133 2008-05-13T20:59:23Z White Hat http://ficlets.com/authors/whitehat <p>A really great entry, it certainly made me laugh out loud.</p> <p>LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62113 2008-05-13T20:12:43Z Ridcully Calvert http://ficlets.com/authors/user_joon <p>I laughed, eh?</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62093 2008-05-13T18:34:31Z Trann http://ficlets.com/authors/trann <p>&#8220;I know better than to expect the expected.&#8221;</p> <p>Sniff, one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about my writing. Gee, thanks. And thanks to everyone else who left such lovely comments as well.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62089 2008-05-13T18:26:54Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>Awesome ending. I never know what to expect from your stories, other than that I know better than to expect the expected. Great work.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62085 2008-05-13T18:10:20Z Saint Chuck http://ficlets.com/authors/chuck_thelove <p>It went in a totally different direction than I expected. I was completely annoyed with Derrick, but then I kinda felt bad for him at the end&#8230; ;-)<br />Stand-out line: <em>Derrick won’t talk about it, but he kind of shudders now when he sees balloons.</em><br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62080 2008-05-13T17:28:25Z ♠Ana Cristina♥ http://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78 <p>What I think is great about this is that Wendell must have chosen to be a clown at some point. I mean, no parents pressure their kids into going to Clown College, right? With this in mind, he must have a whole bag full of quick gags that would satisfy his friend. Instead he chooses to make something that absolutely mortifies Derrick. Brilliant.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62064 2008-05-13T16:04:40Z Steve Fairweather http://ficlets.com/authors/fairweather12 <p>Yikes my imagination runs wild on that ending! I love the badgering buddy.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62048 2008-05-13T15:53:52Z Kermitgorf http://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorf <p>Loving the ptsd tag, as well. Really says a lot about that balloon.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62046 2008-05-13T15:29:55Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace <p>What an ending&#8230; What on earth did he do with that balloon. I love this and I think it was funny to me because all my life friends have cornered me and said &#8216;make me laugh&#8217; or &#8216;do that impersonation&#8217; and I can completely relate to Wendell. Although, I was never very talented with creative used of balloons. (Maybe that&#8217;s why I arbitrarily challenged the ficlets community to make <em>me</em> laugh). Well, 3 successes so far, who&#8217;s next?</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30372?basename=62044 2008-05-13T15:08:55Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace