FF - Flash Fiction
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Last Sunday I went up to New York to visit my cousin Kevin, and as always we
spent most of the time talking about how to contend with the relentless global warming.
Just as we do in Philadelphia, when the heat gets unbearable New Yorkers splash
around in any of the multiple bodies of water surrounding the city.Monday morning it was so hot we joined thousands of New Yorkers and dove into New York Harbor. The water was blessedly cool and just as I surfaced I saw what looked like a majestic crown also surfacing above the waters.
"Lady
Liberty too?" I asked.
"Ahh
shit," bellowed Kevin, "there goes the day and every play on
Broadway as well."
"But
why?"
"It's
Midtown's day to towel dry her."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm pleased to present this cautionary tale about climate change. If we're not careful about the environment, we'll all be required to towel down the iconic statues in every city where we live, and frankly I don't feel like getting that up close and personal with Rocky.
The other Friday Fictioneers have their own takes on the picture prompt above and you can check them out by clicking here. If you don't do it, you're all wet!
I hate that joke. I deserve to be drying Lady Liberty's private parts.
18 comments:
Hahahahahaha! Badda-Bing! Just be sure the torch doesn't go out ...keep hope alive!
The torch always goes out. The people in the financial district have to rub two sticks together to get it to go back on.
Snort. All you can do is hope for more global warming, then the statues melt.
Love your take on the prompt and on the effects and impact of global warming!
As for the torch, the idiots in the financial district should be required to stand there with candles in 24-hour shifts :-)
Or stay in Philadelphia where the statues are small.
Once we break up the banks they'll have plenty of time.
Ha, well, she deserves a clean and cool-off too! I was also thinking of a Statue of Liberty story initially. A cautionary climate change story was ideal, so nice one!
good grief... at least, the lady didn't have meltdown from the heat.
Thanks. Yeah, we have to keep her from getting sunburned over the years!
That would be terrible. Try getting that out of the water every Monday!
Forget the naysayers....It could happen!
Ha Ha Ha
I agree, and I am not volunteering to towel dry, Ms. Liberty!
Thank you! We're probably going to be longing for olden times before too long.
Good story, Perry. I haven't seen the The Statue of Liberty off her base since the Ghost Busters managed it. I hope it never gets that hot. Well done. :D --- Suzanne
I recommend using an oversized blow dryer, or perhaps the wind from one of Donald Trump's speeches.
That was priceless! I was chuckling towards the end. Towelling off the Statue of Liberty – what a thought!
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