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“So, who else should be in the club?”
“What about Chad?” I suggested.
Marcus choked.
“Chad?” he shouted. “Chad Shermanburger? Investigated-by-the-FBI Chad? Started-a-forest-fire-testing-his-homemade-rocket-fuel Chad? Brought-a-baby-cougar-to-school Chad? Sold-his-own-version-of-the-Nobel-Prize-online-sparking-outcry Chad? You want Chad freaking Shermanburgar, who somehow sneaked aboard Air Force Two and met the vice president to join the Adventurers’ Club?”
I gulped. “Not at all. I meant Chad . . . Parsons.”
“Oh. Okay.”
Looking back, I should have stuck to my guns. Chad Parsons was boring.
The Green-Walled Tower 
September 12th, 2019 at 1:24 am
I want Chad in my club. What could possibly go wrong with someone who thinks it’s a good ideal to mess with baby cougars and rocket fuel?
September 17th, 2019 at 6:47 pm
I know, right? He’s kind of what would happen if every kid actually did the things they talked about doing.
September 12th, 2019 at 3:12 am
Hanging Chad
September 17th, 2019 at 6:46 pm
haha, 🙂
September 12th, 2019 at 4:02 am
Chad S sounds cool.
I think I’ll start a club so he can join!
September 17th, 2019 at 6:46 pm
Sure, I’ll join.
September 12th, 2019 at 5:50 am
Dear David,
Your last line made me laugh out loud. Chad S. certainly would’ve livened up the book club. 😉 Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
September 17th, 2019 at 6:46 pm
Rochelle, he would probably kidnap the author of the book to bring back or something. Glad you liked it. 🙂
September 12th, 2019 at 9:52 am
Chad Shermanburger sounds like the sort of guy you would want in any club 🙂
September 17th, 2019 at 6:45 pm
He’d probably become president of it soon enough.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:08 am
Given a choice, it’s Chad Withalongname over Chad P every time!
My story is a but click away!
September 12th, 2019 at 3:51 pm
giggles… That was fun!
September 17th, 2019 at 6:44 pm
Thanks!
September 12th, 2019 at 9:57 pm
LOL, I’ve never read a story with that many hyphenated chain words in it before. So fun to play with language like that.
September 17th, 2019 at 6:44 pm
Yeah, I like to experiment and the Friday Fictioneers is a great place to do that. If it doesn’t work, there’s always next week.
September 17th, 2019 at 6:49 pm
I love that kind of wordplay. Letters and words should be like legos, to build whatever you wish.
September 13th, 2019 at 2:09 am
Ha ha, always-getting-into-trouble Chad does sound a lot more fun!
September 17th, 2019 at 6:43 pm
Thanks! I decided to writing a story almost entirely in adjective phrases. 🙂
September 13th, 2019 at 5:16 am
Chad was a busy chap, a bit eccentric in many ways. I like the humour in this.
September 17th, 2019 at 6:42 pm
Thanks, James. He might be exhausting to have as a friend, but it wouldn’t be boring.
September 13th, 2019 at 5:27 am
I say this every time, but you’re such a master of short, spare, compelling pieces.
You’re the King of Pith David, and that’s a high compliment. 🙂
September 17th, 2019 at 6:42 pm
Thank you. 🙂 So glad you liked it.
September 18th, 2019 at 5:12 am
I loved it. Truly. 😊
September 13th, 2019 at 8:17 am
Nope, can’t have a real adventurer in the Adventures’ Club…
September 14th, 2019 at 5:48 am
Well done, David. That club would attract more people if it was rumored Chad S. was a member. Who wants to belong to a boring club. Chad needs to write a book. It would probably be a best seller. 😀 — Suzanne
September 17th, 2019 at 6:42 pm
Thanks, Suzanne. He could write a wonderful memoir if he could sit long enough to write it.
September 18th, 2019 at 7:30 am
😀 — Suzanne
September 15th, 2019 at 2:32 pm
Chad sounds like a great guy.. lots of fun, but he would have stolen the funds of the club… lots and lots of fun
September 17th, 2019 at 6:39 pm
You’re probably right. Boring is not always bad. 🙂
September 16th, 2019 at 1:44 am
Chad Shermanburger is certainly the person not meant for faint at heart. He could have taken the club to a different level or takne it down all together.
September 17th, 2019 at 6:38 pm
True. It either would have been destroyed or famous. 🙂
September 16th, 2019 at 11:01 am
LOL..love that last line.
I mean I loved the whole thing but the last line…
September 17th, 2019 at 6:37 pm
Thanks, Dawn. Glad you liked it. 🙂
September 16th, 2019 at 1:08 pm
Burst out laughing on this one, David.
I would vote for Chad S – Boring is so everywhere else.
September 17th, 2019 at 6:37 pm
Thanks! Yes, trouble can be fun, at least to watch.
September 17th, 2019 at 12:49 pm
Anyone ca be boring. Very few can be memorable 🙂