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50 Word Fiction Fridays Vol. 50

You guys did such a great job last week! I think I am mucho rusty at this. I could not come up with a theme to save my life. I kept trying to use lines from the tv shows I was watching. Contenders?

  • Don't be mad, monkey.
  • Everyone was happy, especially the truckers in sweatpants.
  • Look, will you ladies take your tea party outside? I'm trying to calm my nerves.

In the end, i chose a single word - chance.

The Dating/Crying Game
"You're not what I expected."
"Neither are you, actually"
"Well, I guess you take a chance when you answer the ads, huh."
"True."
"Look, there's been a mistake. I'm sure you are nice enough, but I'm not gay."
"I see. Well.... I'm not a man."

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“Uncertainty”, he said, “Is the element of risk that is unpredictable and has no measurable probability. Profit is usually regarded as the reward received for enduring uncertainty in business activities. In the equation…”

And love, she thought, is the reward for taking a chance on a married Chaos Theory professor.

“chance, that’s all i want. cant you just give it to me?” he pleaded.
with exasperation, she shook her head. “no, i cant.”
“why not??” he asked angrily.
“ for the love of god, you landed on community chest!!”
“i fucking hate monopoly!!”
and the thimble was on the floor.

By sheer chance, Jack was staring out the window when a duck flew up and landed on the window sill. The duck tapped on the window and blinked. So Jack got slowly up out of the easy chair and opened the window.

"What do you want?"

"Change for a cab?"