Comments on 'It's Always the Person You Least Expect'"Wait, wait—wait a minute, Jerry. Stop talking." Mom never could listen straight through a story without interrupting, whether to ask a question or make tea or use the toilet. Today it was a question: "What do you mean _you're_ God?"
I had to wait a beat. My internal sense of comedic timing would not be denied. I nodded, spread my hands wide, said it again.
"This is a very poor joke, Jerry."
I explained as seriously as I could manage that it was, indeed, not a joke.
"You're making fun of me, Jerry. I know you've parted ways with church and Jesus Christ our savior but that doesn't mean you can... can.... I won't have it."
I created tea for her out of nowhere, incidentally restoring a piece of china she'd been missing for years, and waved away the pressure in her bladder as an afterthought. "The really ironic part for me," I said, "is that science proved my existence.You see, there was always a finite probability that I already _was_ God."2008-05-18T19:42:18Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/30688Comment on It's Always the Person You Least Expect<p>This ficlet is very well written, I agree with JMSquire, about how casually he mentions how he’s God.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30688?basename=631842008-05-18T19:42:18ZBring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3http://ficlets.com/authors/cappygrl95Comment on It's Always the Person You Least Expect<p>I like how nonchalantly the use of Godly powers is written into the story, makes it feel really casual and made me giggle.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30688?basename=627572008-05-16T16:01:56ZJMSquirehttp://ficlets.com/authors/jmsquireComment on It's Always the Person You Least Expect<p>Great visual, the idea of mom and son (late teens or grown, I guess) having a little talk in the kitchen about his being deity. Didn’t quite follow the last line, but maybe I’m not up to speed today.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30688?basename=627342008-05-16T14:41:23ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on It's Always the Person You Least Expect<p>This sounds really interesting, nicely writte. I really hope you sequel this. Great job.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30688?basename=627182008-05-16T14:06:47Zpenguincaptain18http://ficlets.com/authors/user_5439Comment on It's Always the Person You Least Expect<p>I really like it. Oh it kind of fits into the theme of a series of ficlets that I’m working on, starting with “God is in the TV” from my list. BTW , your is way more comedic… that’s a good thing :)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30688?basename=627082008-05-16T12:57:26ZKevMullinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/kevmullinsComment on It's Always the Person You Least Expect<p>this sorta reminds me of the satrical movie Dogma.. I don’t exactly know why.. Perhaps its the tone of voice in the main character. Definately a fun read..</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30688?basename=626822008-05-16T07:22:22ZApostrophe http://ficlets.com/authors/murphyrose27Comment on It's Always the Person You Least Expect<p>Incompetent? Nonsense! Not having an idea is a fine reason, but you’re not incompetent. :) Thank you for the encouraging comment!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30688?basename=626702008-05-16T06:34:11ZZorkFoxhttp://ficlets.com/authors/zorkfoxComment on It's Always the Person You Least Expect<p>I like this story. It’s told very well and could provide for some very intriguing prequels and sequels. If I were a more competent ficleter I might even post one. As it stands I would hate to sully what you have crafted. Oh, and I got no ideas. =P</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30688?basename=626662008-05-16T06:17:23ZJohn Perkinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21Comment on It's Always the Person You Least Expect<p>Inspired by a reveal in one of William Barton’s books, <em>The Transmigration of Souls</em>, regarding the nature of God, which I found amusing.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30688?basename=626632008-05-16T06:05:09ZZorkFoxhttp://ficlets.com/authors/zorkfox