FF-Flash Fiction
The old white Remington Building had once been the home of a thriving knitting company with over 170 employees, including some members of my family. But the area declined, crime rose, and the business moved away.
The Remington Building was now shuttered, covered with weeds, and full of graffiti. Rounding a corner, I stopped and before me arose the words "No Trespassing" in big black spray-painted letters on the side of the building.
Sometimes opportunity trumps reason. I just couldn't resist.
To make sure nobody suspected me, I badly misspelled "trespassing."
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No Tressrassing? It's bad enough when a neighborhood gets taken over by graffiti writers, but even worse when it gets taken over by graffiti writers who are not well educated. That's the moral of today's story based upon the picture prompt above in this week's Wednesday edition of the Friday Fictioneers.
You won't be tressrassing at all upon the other Fictioneers if you click on "tressrassing" wherever and whenever it appears in this post. They'll be happy to welcome you into their writing abodes and show you around.
Yes, I am now fully obsessed with the word "tressrassing." See you next week, and
Happy Tressrassing!
Dear Perry,
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't dream of tressrassing. Guess this is Anywhere USA. We moved from the neighborhood a few years ago.
shalom,
Rochelle
Actually it's more like Nowhere USA. Nobody wants to tressrass here! Tthank you, Rochelle.
DeleteIf people feel moved to deface walls, it's incumbent upon them to mis-spell their offering. It kind of underlines their character. Nicely done Perry.
ReplyDeleteIt kind of underlines my character here too --- JERK! In the story, of course ...
Deletehaha yeah they made my eyes hurt. reminded me of this movie where this guy had the words NO RAGRETS inked on his neck. :-)
ReplyDeleteHaha. I remember years ago on a Mexican fast food place at Christmas someone ha painted "Feliz Navidid." Bad spellers of the world untie!"
DeleteI don't know that movie but now I'm dying to see it. A worse fictional speller than even me!
DeleteRochelle, are there supposed to be 15 misspellings in your comment?
DeleteI always forget the second p in that word.
ReplyDeleteThat's the most important letter, who could forget that?
DeleteIf I was going to commit vandalism, I would do so with many misspellings and bad grammar to keep suspicion away from me too. :)
ReplyDeleteSee that, David? Great minds and lousy spellers think alike!
DeleteWeigh two keep yoursef frum bean susspected, Parry.
ReplyDeletejanut
Thanks, Janet. But you should think about brushing up on your spelling.
DeleteI don't know which is worse the misspelling or the gall to try.
ReplyDeleteObviously a child of the 80's who got a trophy just for showing up.
Gall to try, no doubt. You can get the new spray-paint spell check for the other.
DeleteYou're so sneaky, darling. Now run, you clever boy...
ReplyDeleteI thought you were going to hide me, darling!
DeleteI was in a little convenience store that had a sign that read, We except Food Stamps. Now, what about us who can't pronounce words properly. I can spell aluminum, but when I try to say it it comes out a-loon-ium.
ReplyDeleteAHHLOOMINATING and ACCEPTIONAL! Thanks, Russell
ReplyDeleteHow sneaky of you Perry!lol!Loved your take on the prompt with the underlying message:-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's more like the lying message though.
DeleteDid someone put a spell on you?
ReplyDeleteI guess in this instance it would be a misspell.
DeleteI don't think I could do it, Perry. I'd be mid-way through the second S and my mind would rebel!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't misspell "trespassing" or couldn't deface the wall? I obviously did both with reckless abandon, at least in the story.
DeleteIt's been a delight to trespass here, Perry! So, you did this. I knew it. I don't how you made this funny, but you did! Even if it is so sad. Well done.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it because I just spray-painted both walls on the picture in your blog. A couple of the girls too.
DeleteHaha! Love the idea of the close-knit community. I wouldn't tressrass either.
ReplyDeleteNo problem: Tressrass all you want. Just don't trespass!
DeleteTressrassing? Does that have something to do with hair? You may be onto something!
ReplyDeleteYes, and if I don't look good, you don't look good!
DeleteI hadn't noticed the spelling niskate! I'm reading a book right now called 'The Compleat Trespasser' by the way. It's not a misspelling, but an 'archaism'. And now I'm thinking that your graffiti artist is also a ghost from the past.
ReplyDeleteWearing my 'constructive cricit' hat, you could save a couple of words by removing 'full of' before 'grafitti'. :)
I did remove it, but some damn graffiti writer put it back in! OMG, it's the Graffiti Writer from Christmas Past!
DeleteThanks for riting ...
An English teacher and that's the first I noticed of the misspelling!
ReplyDeleteScott
Mine: http://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/ff-friday-fictioneers-keeping-watch-rated-pg13-1262013/
Yep, we vandals are very subtle ...
Deletekeep the komedy koming. well done.
ReplyDeletekool.
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