Ahead of the Game Saturday Writing Essential

Using prose or poetry, write a fable.

A couple were driving to a friend's place for dinner when they began arguing over which way they should drive - through the scenic, but longer, route, or take the expressway and get there more quickly. The wife, as usual, wore her husband out with her arguing and they took the longer scenic route. Halfway there they discovered a horrible sight on the road. Three decapitated heads - the bodies laying several feet away. One head sat in front of the other two, staring right at them. The wife screamed and shrieked while the husband quickly turned the car around and went all the way back to the expressway. Finally, after they calmed down, the husband turned to the wife and said, "I hope you've learned your lesson from this!"

"What lesson?," she wondered.

"Always take the quicker route. When you go the long way, you never know what lies.....a head."

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jeanne clarke Jul 17, 2011, 1:33am UTC

total total corn

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Joann B. Jul 17, 2011, 10:33am UTC

A-pun my word!

jeanne clarke Jul 17, 2011, 10:36am UTC

oh yeah....a fable and a pun - not a bad mixture!

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Sonia M. Jul 17, 2011, 1:51pm UTC

G R O A N...............;-)

jeanne clarke Jul 17, 2011, 1:59pm UTC

that's for sure lol...

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karen vaughan Jul 17, 2011, 4:09pm UTC

i will re-iterate sonias comment Groan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jeanne clarke Jul 17, 2011, 5:06pm UTC

gee...i thought it rather - fable-lous

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Len Maxwell Jul 22, 2011, 5:22pm UTC

I'll add my major groan to the others. So very well done.

Thanks for taking the SatWE challenge.

jeanne clarke Jul 22, 2011, 5:30pm UTC

thank you, Len!

Len Maxwell Jul 23, 2011, 8:01pm UTC

Any story that has the wife losing the argument must be featured on Gather Writing Essential.

jeanne clarke Jul 23, 2011, 8:04pm UTC

hehehehe...you sexist guy, you! Next time~....actually, next time a guy did get it...on my friday story...!

Len Maxwell Jul 25, 2011, 3:14pm UTC

Sexist? Me? Nah! As long as she asks permission before she comes out of the kitchen, everything's cool.

jeanne clarke Jul 25, 2011, 3:15pm UTC

so i guess she's chained to the stove? lol....

Len Maxwell Jul 25, 2011, 3:54pm UTC

Just so I don't get into trouble, let me explain that my current girlfriend can't cook. She doesn't know the difference between the sink and the stove. The only time she's in the kitchen is when she's getting me another beer.

So, see, I'm not a sexist.

jeanne clarke Jul 25, 2011, 6:33pm UTC

I see...not sexist...Just a "woman, fetch me a beer, NOW!" kind of guy....

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Sheila Deeth Jul 27, 2011, 4:27pm UTC

GROAN! But very nicely told!

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