This is an edition of Friday night Fictioneers. Thanks to our lovely hostess, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields and to Ted Strutz for the magical photo.
I’m a diet, and as I said it’s Friday night, so I have to have my fun somehow. I suppose this is an adult version of an amusement park ride. Have fun. Be safe.
Here’s some other exciting news. This is my 400th post! I’ll celebrate with some green tea. 🙂 Have a great weekend.
If you like to write your own 100-word story, join in. All are welcome.
Top Down
Genre: Humor (103 words)
Top Down. It’s the little red sports car. In the hands of Raina, Jill is along for the ride.
Sunshine beams rest on their shoulders, their skin basking in the sea-salt spray. Raina weaves in and out, and hugs the corners. Jill flirts to passer-byes, her eyes moist, singing and eating her flyaway hair.
Raina throws her head back. Faster and faster she goes. The siren glows and squeals.
Tops off. Raina tosses her bikini over her seat. The wind takes Jill’s top.
“Is there a problem, officer? Am I going too fast?”
Hanging in the balance. “Um. No.”
It works every time.
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400 posts! Wow, congrats! That’s some longevity. 🙂
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Thanks, Carrie! Yay! I’m still here. 🙂
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Fun story. I’m glad the lack of food hasn’t affected your creativity 😉
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Thanks, Louise. So far it’s actually not bad. I’m not starving or anything, just no sweet stuff.
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That’s good 🙂
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Ha! The cheeky women 🙂 Reminds me of a film I saw where a woman tries the same stunt (not to the same extreme!) but the cop is a woman (might have been Cannonball Run). Fun story!
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I thought about that scenario actually, but maybe too complex for a 100-word story, because you know women are more complex. 🙂 Thanks, Ali!
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Hahahaha! That was fun. Driving a fast car and taking off my bikini at the same time is a skill I need to learn 🙂
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Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it, Jolly. I bet it wouldn’t be that difficult and so worth it, in this case. 🙂
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LOL! I have heard of tears working, which worked for me once, but I have never heard of this. Haha!
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Ha! I used those tears once, but I was really crying, of course! I don’t know of anyone who’s done this, but I bet it’s been done somewhere by someone. I have taken a nice coastal ride in a convertible where the driver, not me, got a ticket. That’s kind of my inspiration.
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I imagine too that some girl/woman has tried it. Haha! I was really crying too. I had gotten 4 tickets in a row and on the 4th one I started bawling so he changed it to a warning. LOL!
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Oh, no! Four tickets in a row. I would be balling, too. Please no. I’m glad you got a break. I was 16 I think, and I had my hair in a bun and had glasses on and I was late for a dance rehearsal. I sobbed about that and everything else. I must have looked pathetic. LOL
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Haha! That’s funny. I think I was 18-19 years old and driving a hot car and the cops had me in their scope!
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Hot to trot, huh? Ha ha!
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LOL! I had just gotten married and he had a brand new Chevrolet Super Sport. So, the cops seemed to get a kick from pulling me over. Finally, I started crying and after that, they left me alone. Of course, I didn’t speed anymore. LOL!
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I’ve always been told to show a little cleavage….ain’t no cleavage with the tops blowing in the wind! Woo Hoo!
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That’s true, Dawn!! It’s full exposure time. Ha ha
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LOL. Fun story, and congrats on post #400.
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Thank you, Gah!! Glad you enjoyed my story. I made it to the 400 mark! It does feel like an accomplishment.
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This is great. I don’t think it would work for me (being a little flat and all…) 😉 Congratulations on your 400th. Cheers 😀
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Oh, you never know, Dianne! Beauty comes in all sizes. 🙂 Thanks so much! Cheers.
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i loved the play of words. priceless. 🙂
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Thanks, Plaridel. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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Ha ha! Great take on the prompt. Lucky they didn’t meet the officer trying to make quota! 🙂
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Thanks! So far their luck has not run out. I suppose it’s only a matter of time before that happens. 🙂
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There’s no greater feeling of freedom than hugging the curves in a convertible.
Fun story!
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The officer had to admire the way the girls handled those curves, using them to full advantage, I’d say. As they grow older they’ll learn to use them at a slower speed and maximize the enjoyment. Great story, Amy.
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Ha ha. I’m cracking up here. Yes, I suppose they did handle those curves to full advantage. Thanks, Russell.
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Congratulations on 400 posts! This is an adventure! I nearly expected a greater catastrophe! I like the flow of this piece.
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Thanks, Emily! I made it. Glad you enjoyed their adventure. I think they made out like bandits. Thanks. 🙂
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Nothing like free spirits! Such a fun post! And congrats on 400! That’s so awesome! xo
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Wouldn’t it be nice to not worry so much and have things fall in your favor? That’s my dream world. Thanks, Kelly! xox
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Yes! Here’s to that wonderful dream! xo
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Let me know when your characters go driving again. I’d like to play dress up cop on a ticket run.
Randy
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Sure, no problem! Would you let them off?
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Dear Amy,
Great title. Top down, top off…Love it. I can’t do better on commenting than Russell and Randy so I’ll leave it at great take on the prompt and congrats on 400 posts. Good job!
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, I almost went with Top Down, Top Off as the complete title…but, you know, I didn’t want to give anything away. 🙂 Thank you so much.
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Womanly wiles on full blast: what’s a poor traffic cop to do?
Good piece.
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Congratulations on your 400 posts! That’s quite an accomplishment. When I was 17 and made a wrong turn, I smiled at a young traffic cop and got off with a warning–and I was fully dressed. Those were the days. Well done, Amy. 😀 — Suzanne
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Thanks, Suzanne. I did it. My 400th post! Yes, those were the days. When things were much more innocent and discreet. Not like my story! I’m glad you liked it. 🙂
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This brought a smile. It reminds me of my beautifully endowed friend who did this very thing in Mexico. My thoughts were, “She could have been let go (which she was) or arrested.” Still grinning, Alicia
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Glad it made it you smile! I couldn’t ask for more. That’s hilarious about your friend in Mexico. Yes, these ladies are living life on the edge. They’ve been lucky so far, but that luck could always run out.
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Those girls like to live dangerously. Fun story – and congratulations on your 400 posts.
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They’re living on the edge all right! Thanks so much, Margaret.
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And it all started so innocently. Lovely clear descriptions leaving little to the imagination. 🙂
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Thanks, Sarah. Tops off kind of sums it up pretty much, doesn’t it? 🙂 Good to see you.
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I wonder what happens when they are stopped by a female officer… 🙂
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That would probably make a more interesting story, Bjorn. Maybe for the 300-word fiction. 🙂
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Or, maybe the officer is a female. Ha ha. It’s not like I said either way.
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