Comments on 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Make Me Laugh Challenge]'Bob and Dan met at the hedge between their driveway one fine Saturday.
"Hi, Bob!" said Dan cheerily. "How are you?"
"Oh fine, Dan," Bob replied merrily. "Say, is that a new car I spy in your garage?"
"Oh that!" Dan guffawed. "Yeah, that's my new BMW. Leather, premium sound - she's a beaut!"
"Wow... nice," Bob said, as his supermodel girlfriend emerged from the house with a beer. "What kind of mileage you get?"
"Not so good," Dan replied "it - heads up!" A fifty-yard pass thrown by Dan's son from down the street crashed into the hedge.
"So are rates reasonable these days?" Bob asked, as the smell of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits and buttered corn wafted from his kitchen.
"Not so bad if you qualify," Dan remarked. Two blonde swimsuit models stood up from behind the hedge, giggled, and bounced away.
"Good to know... good to know," Bob replied thoughtfully. A unicorn pranced across his lawn. "Well, enjoy your day!"
"Will do!" said Dan, waving at Bob with a stack of fifties.2008-05-27T02:58:39Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/30495Comment on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Make Me Laugh Challenge]<p>all the commercials in one. a sweet life he.s got there. fantastical.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30495?basename=654072008-05-27T02:58:39ZSKermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorfComment on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Make Me Laugh Challenge]<p>The title reminded me of Mister Rogers.</p>
<p>Thumbs up!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30495?basename=650902008-05-25T22:08:35ZOrangeOreoshttp://ficlets.com/authors/orangeoreosComment on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Make Me Laugh Challenge]<p>A kind of overblown battle of suburban competition. Great in absurdity.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30495?basename=634442008-05-19T22:29:38ZStovohobohttp://ficlets.com/authors/stovohoboComment on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Make Me Laugh Challenge]<p>hah, yeah, this reminded me of a bud light commercial or something.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30495?basename=626132008-05-16T00:30:37Zinvisibility_disabilityhttp://ficlets.com/authors/invisible_storiesComment on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Make Me Laugh Challenge]<p>Awesome build-up of elements. It plays out like a TV commercial. And the two never waiver from the topic!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30495?basename=623852008-05-15T01:14:24ZMistress Elsha Hawkhttp://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawkComment on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Make Me Laugh Challenge]<p>I liked the sense of a gradual spiral into more and more absurd elements, like if the scene kept going we’d have dancing camels and a musical number with penguins.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30495?basename=622892008-05-14T18:12:54ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Make Me Laugh Challenge]<p>This is PRICELESS ! Reminds me of something that would be in a beer commercial (they are always the best one’s you know :) )</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30495?basename=622682008-05-14T16:22:57ZKevMullinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/kevmullinsComment on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Make Me Laugh Challenge]<p>I love the fanciful and absurd mine-is-bigger contest brewing between the neighbors… The kind of greatness I expect from you and your tags were laugh out loud… especially mine-is-bigger and cash money! Awesome last line!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30495?basename=622592008-05-14T15:14:35Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace