Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise, governed by a single rule (that stories be of six sentences in length, no more and no less)
Prompt Word:
CLOSE
The interior of the Six Sentence Café & Bistro was quiet, in that secret way experienced in an elementary school classroom in mid-July or the darkened car’s backseat on the tail end of a good second date. Halfway along the longest interior wall of the club was a small stage; invisible to the casual eye was a very sophisticated lighting system and a genuinely remarkable sound system, all awaiting the occasional jazz trio, poet-on-the-rise or up-and coming comedian.
Stepping up the three wooden steps, the tall, thin man removed his suit coat and carefully draping the Dege & Skinner label over the top of the solitary mic stand he put a pack of Benson & Hedges and a glass of ginger ale on the stool; facing the dark room, he shaded his eyes as if trying to see beyond the spotlight that drew his shadow on the brick wall behind him and with a laugh aimed at this feet spoke with an air of sharing a confidence with a close friend.
“A blonde walks into a library and says in a loud voice, ‘I want a cheeseburger and fries, please.’ The librarian leans forward and quietly tells the blonde, ‘This is a library, miss.’ The blonde replies, ‘Oh sorry,’ and whispers, ‘I want a cheeseburger and fries, please.'”
Turning at the sound clapping in the dark, audience-right, the Proprietor held up his right hand, “Sorry, we’re closed.”
From a table against the far wall, a Chivas and Corona laugh elbowed it’s way towards the stage, “If I fuckin’ wanted to sit in a crowd of young men trying their nightclub moves on a sorority sister or watch a buncha Knights of the Order of Viagra try to keep their lances up, I woulda stayed at my own joint, ya know what I’m saying?”
Delightful – laughed a few times.
Thank you
Very funny Six!
And who is that heckler in the dark but one of my favorite characters.
yeah mine too
Sounds like the patron was just trying to get some quality alone time. Looks like he did not achieve his goal. Great six Clark.
I should’ve linked more (or prefaced more) on who would play the heckler in this Six… none other than everyone’s favorite fictional impressario, underworld crime boss and owner of the Bottom of the Sea Strip Club & Lounge, Mr Lou Caesare…
…for fun and reference: Ian introduces his semi-gf, Dr. Leanne Thunberg to Lou
and this one
When the Gatekeeper is away, sharks play.
lol ikr?
That’s a great blonde joke! :) Also nice introduction of Lou in the dark background. I wonder what he wants.
It’s fun to try out the jokes when no one is around, isn’t it. I have a few myself.
Whatever Lou is there for, I hope it’s not going to cause too much trouble (or damage to property).
agreed on the first, concur on the second. Lou may be what some might call a criminal/mob boss but a) he has a certain code 2) the tall, thin man has a certain self-assurance and c) there is the matter of a certain young woman that Mr. Caesare has imposed himself on the Café and it’s Proprietors.
hey! M!
there’s an idea!! or rather an opportunity for a walk on!
I’ll have the tall, thin man invite Lou to sit a table in the middle somewhere (give me a chance to describe the furniture and other physical features of the Café which I love doing)… if’n you happen to drop by the SSC&B (on this a non-determined, say, early afternoon? day of the week) and feel like saying hello that’d be fun.
Oh yes, still laughing (quietly).
try the veal!
Love the joke, and still chuckling.
ikr?