Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is (another) of the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
It, (the ‘hop), is, of course, hosted by Denise.
This particular Six is incited by Friend of the Doctrine Nick’s own Six this week.
And, as Webster’s defines it, incitement is only as effective as the prone-to-excitation potential of the intended target.
This week’s prompt word:
SPARK
“Thanks a fricken lot!”
Typing the end-quote, I hesitated and thought, as redundant as those two particular verbs might sound, “Shit, am I headed down Meta-story Lane again or just indulging in rhetorical ego?”
Looking around for a quick link to ceayr’s or Doug’s Sixes, knowing that, if anyone would be more than happy to inform me of the opinion shared by, at last count, two-thirds of the general population, those two misanthropes would.
‘Alas, they are as distant as last week’s daydreams,’ I thought, making sure to add something from the self-deprecatory aisle, …. ‘he really seems at home with the First Person thing, probably ’cause there ain’t such a crowd’.
Seeing the end of the sentence-count approaching, the author shouted, ‘Shotgun!’ and jumped in the passenger seat as the POV shifted back to Third Person.
“Thanks, Nick,” he remembered, just in time, to separate with quotes, “For sparking a memory from the 1970s, to show my appreciation, here’s the song”.
About clarkscottroger
As I wrote, Clark: magic in the company I keep, is magic more than enough.
Reciprocal man, the hidden recipe!
(See, I can do time travel after all! Tell you what: If I was at a proper age at the proper place during the 70s…dude!!)
so long ago that was… funny the things we remember (the inconsequential-at-the-time) and that which we forget (the life-centering-ambitions-of-youth)
Never that much a fan of the Mothers (of Invention) but this song and ‘Peaches en Regalia’ remain with me, a lifetime later, as good songs.
I have nothing against mankind, Clarkie, it’s just pomposity that I find mildly irritating
I never doubted it for a second, c.
(lol)
I am going to have to keep this in mind to make sure I’m not “headed down Meta-story Lane again or just indulging in rhetorical ego”. Nice shift from first to third person in the fifth and nearly last sentence.
lol
thanks the shift reminded me of the days of jump-starting a car when you’re the owner and, therefore, get to run alongside (and push) from the open drivers-side door… more concerned with the speed and where the seat is (for suddenly jumping into in order to pop the clutch)
you stirred things UP…which is what we’re supposed to do
(shhh mums the word*)
You’re right, that expression totally needs to be etymologied…
I am in separate discussions with ceayr about a class action against you on behalf of misanthropes and, let me warn you, truth will not be a defence available to you in this matter. ;-)
lol
(btw I think I need to borrow the spelling (defence, not to mention rumour… the hell with Spelcjek!)
Reminding me not to take myself too seriously.
same here