I will admit, I was in kind of a weird mood when I wrote this. But it makes me laugh, so I make no apologies.
It was like a nightmare, standing before crowds of drunken fans, naked, but for a Speedo. How had he gotten here?
The gun fired. Six people dived, followed by six wet slaps.
The water was Jello.
The crowd whooped. They’d known.
He pulled himself along, wallowing like an epileptic badger. Some got in his mouth: Tropical Fusion flavor, damn them.
He woke with a start in the locker room. It was a dream.
“Harrison, there you are!” the coach said from the door. “You got your 10-meter maple syrup dive in five minutes. Come on!”
He pinched himself.
No luck.
May 15th, 2019 at 9:37 am
A double take on the “it was all a dream” theme
May 15th, 2019 at 9:59 am
Yeah, I generally don’t like the ‘it was all a dream’ thing, so I had to spice it up a bit.
May 15th, 2019 at 11:15 am
Ha, great laugh David. Jell-o swimming sounds like it should be a sport, would be very entertaining!
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:53 pm
When they run out of other sports to add to the Olympics, that will be on the list. 🙂
May 15th, 2019 at 1:11 pm
Yuck. What a nightmare. Nicely done
May 15th, 2019 at 1:40 pm
Ha ha – very weird and very funny.
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May 15th, 2019 at 7:57 pm
Yuck!! Nightmare becomes reality… or a sorts!
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:52 pm
Yeah. No reality I want to be in, I think.
May 16th, 2019 at 2:17 am
Don’t do a belly flop!
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:52 pm
Yeah. Ouch!
May 16th, 2019 at 4:24 am
But for a speedo…I’m getting a bumper sticker. Nothing like a good chuckle first thing in the morning. That picture went 3-D the minute you mentioned..Jello.
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:51 pm
Very glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
May 24th, 2019 at 4:27 am
Always. You’re the king of Flash Fiction my amigo.
May 16th, 2019 at 7:48 am
Thanks for such an amusing tale! It makes you laugh and me too!
Rosey, a joke and some wine!.
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:51 pm
Thanks, Keith!
May 16th, 2019 at 1:23 pm
Good one, David. The possibilities are limitless. Personally, I move at the speed of a sloth wading through molasses.
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:51 pm
Perfect. You’d fit right in then. 🙂
May 17th, 2019 at 5:36 am
This is some competition! Swimming through hello, diving into maple syrup! Doesn’t sound fun activity. Cannot swim, cannot swallow.
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:50 pm
Yeah, it does sound like some sort of Willy Wonka dystopian future.
May 17th, 2019 at 10:07 am
Dear David,
This sounds like one of those dreams you ‘wake up’ from only to find yourself in another dream. Rarely are they good ones. 😉 Your weird mood is our entertainment. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:50 pm
Thanks, Rochelle. I once did pinch myself in a dream to see if I was dreaming and when I didn’t wake up, I concluded that I was awake. It was so surreal to wake up for real after that.
May 17th, 2019 at 2:20 pm
Jello? Maple syrup? Yuck! Just for entertainment?
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:49 pm
Some pretty twisted entertainment, I’m guessing. Maybe a Japanese game show. 🙂
May 17th, 2019 at 7:52 pm
Out of the [ ] and into the [ ]. Very entertaining!
May 18th, 2019 at 2:35 am
Not dreaming that time, poor guy. Entertaining story! =)
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:48 pm
Thanks!
May 18th, 2019 at 10:03 am
I’m wondering where on earth they got all that maple syrup. What a mess that would be. Wait until the ants smell that. Funny story, David. 😀 — Suzanne
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:48 pm
It must be imitation. That much real maple syrup would cost the GDP of some small countries.
May 18th, 2019 at 10:36 pm
Ha! Made me laugh too.I’m glad you went with it. Double twist.
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:47 pm
Thanks, Margaret. 🙂 Come to the Green-Walled Tower for the weird, quirky and bizarre.
May 19th, 2019 at 2:22 pm
Jello or Maple Syrup…it’s all a toss up for me… sounds like a really bad experience.
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:46 pm
It’s either a terrible dream or a new Fox reality show.
May 21st, 2019 at 5:07 am
Such an awful prospect. And not a dream either.
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:45 pm
It would be pretty bad. I can’t even imagine the shower to clean up afterward. 🙂
May 21st, 2019 at 12:21 pm
OMG…lol…worse than Jello!
Who knew there could b such a thing?!