Stream of Consciousness Saturday

 

 

Today’s prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “bat, bet, bit, bot, but.” You can read about it here and join in if you would like:

http://lindaghill.com/2014/11/07/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-november-814/

My interpretation is titled Say Again and I hope you enjoy it.

Say Again by John W. Howell © 2014

“We are here to play. Right team?”

“Mumble.”

“I can’t hear you.”

“RIGHT.”

“Good now Jones you are up to bat. Casey you’re on deck.”

“Uh coach?”

“What Jones.”

“I’ll bet Casey would do better.”

“What’s the matter? You get bit by a chicken?”

“No sir. I just found out my horse has the bot.”

“What does a sick horse have to do with a ballgame?”

“Nothing to you but to me it is serious.”

“Okay, Jones you are excused. Casey it is your chance to drive one in for Mudville.

8 comments

  1. Rhani D'Chae's avatar

    And baseball histiry was made! Lol I love it. 🙂

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thanks Rhanid. It is all true.

      On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Fiction Favorites wrote:

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  2. Linda G. Hill's avatar

    Great job using all the words, John! I wondered how everyone would use the word “bot”… *goes to google “bot” as a disease* haha!

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Had horses once. I didn’t capitalize it though.

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      1. Linda G. Hill's avatar

        I had a horse, and worked with them extensively. You still got me with the word though. 😛

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        1. John W. Howell's avatar

          Moi. Taught you a new thing? Damn.

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  3. Jack Flacco's avatar

    As always, John, great dialog. I can see the whole thing play out in my head. Actually, you know what I like about your dialog–because I’ve been trying to figure it out–it’s that it feels so real. Your characters become three-dimensional when I read their lines all because of their dialog.

    Cheers, John. Excellent job!

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thank you, Jack. That is a great compliment

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