A Question (Ficlet Number CL: A Cup of Inspiration Challenge)

by ChrisWDP

“Who would you like to have been in a past life? Who would you have hated to be?” she asked him.

“J.P. Morgan.” he replied while watching TV.

She looked over at him. “For which one?”

“Both.” he replied. He started to change channels.

“No, you have to choose one for each.” she answered.

“You didn’t say I had to chose two people. You asked for who I would like to have been and who I would have hated. My answer is J.P. Morgan, because he was rich and I would have hated him, because he had an ugly nose.” He had stopped flipping channels and put the remote down.

“But you need to choose two people.” She was starting to get frustrated with him.

“Fine, then I would like to have been Virgil Hilts and Col. von Luger.”

“Who?”

“Hilts was the hero in The Great Escape, and von Luger was the Nazi in charge of the camp.”

She looked over and saw that The Great Escape was on TV. “You just said that because it’s on TV. You’re no fun.”

“Well, I had said J.P. Morgan, because of the documentary I was just watching.”

Comments

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  1. A Question (Ficlet Number CL: A Cup of Inspiration Challenge)

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 3 months ago

    It’s a Guy thing, hating to answer those type questions. Just wanting to watch tv.

  2. A Question (Ficlet Number CL: A Cup of Inspiration Challenge)

    flute faerie's Buddy Icon flute faerie

    Posted 3 months ago

    Nice one. Very funny.

  3. A Question (Ficlet Number CL: A Cup of Inspiration Challenge)

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 3 months ago

    I love the banter, the clear distinction between the Guy Thing as Kermit put it, and the girl asking the questions. It was very real, true to life, and a funny snapshot.
    Personally, I have started a pillow fight right there at the end of your ficlet. Whap! for being such a…a…GUY!
    LoA

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