Tuesday – Anything possible – Kreative Kue #264 by Keith Channing

~ John W. Howell

In Keith’s words.

“Using this photo (below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; even just a caption for the photograph. Either put it (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithchanning@gmail.com before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time is where I live, this link will tell you). If you post it on your own blog or site, a link to this page would be appreciated, but please do also mention it in a comment here.

Go on. You know you want to. Let your creativity and imagination soar. I shall display the entries next Monday.”

The Photo.

Kreative Kue #264

Answers by John W. Howell © 2020

“Is there any way I can convince you to get that screaming  baby out of my face?”

“He’s your new brother, and he wants to kiss you.”

“That is about the last thing on Earth he will do if he tries.”

“Oh, come on. You were excited when you heard you were going to have a brother.”

“That is before he got here with his smelly pants and milk barf breath.”

“Are we a bit jealous?”

“Jealous of something that has all the personality of third base at the ball diamond? Not likely.”

“But he’s just a baby.”

“I know, and when he gets old enough to fetch whatever I want him to get, he can stay that way.”

“You are being very hard.”

“I just think that if someone had asked my opinion before ordering him online, I would have at least had some say so in the situation.”

“‘Ording him online.’ That’s pretty funny.”

“What’s so funny. Are you saying babies don’t come from Home Depot?”

“No, they don’t.”

“Where do they come from then?”

“I . . . uh . . . er well, that is a long story.”

“Let me just ask one question.”

“Okay, but I don’t think you are old enough to understand the answer.”

“Trust me, I can deal with the answer.”

“Okay. What’s the question?”

“Does this kid come with a money-back guarantee?”

55 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything possible – Kreative Kue #264 by Keith Channing”

  2. Ah, if only!
    As I recall (this was taken forty years ago) my daughter, then 2 or 3 years old, was trying to kiss a friend’s baby son. If I remember rightly, the boy was named Faris after a famous Persian horseman. Why a Palestinian expat living in Dubai gave his child a Persian name is something I never found out.
    Just thought you’d like to know that.

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  7. So funny, John, I think lots of only children protest in one way or another. Being the eldest of nine, I just turned them all into my dollies! Of course, they eventually revolted. 😀

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  9. Please people, don’t go to Amazon.com to see if they actually do sell babies. You will be flooded with spam selling everything from diapers to baby monsters.

    John… you really need to put disclaimers and warning labels on your post. Please let’s resolve to do better in the future. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  10. I know Iain would have asked the same question when Aidan arrived. He thought he was okay at first… then realised he wasn’t leaving!
    Fun one, as per, Sir!

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  19. LOL! Yep, that’s how a lot of kids feel for a little while after the new baby arrives.
    Sometimes parents too. Once I was so mad at Baby Girl oh, she must have been 4 years old cause that was a hard year for her and I. I threatened to return her and she, stood up tall and shouted at me, “No you can’t ALL SALES ARE FINALE, NO RETURNS”! That broke the tension real fast! She’s always been witty and quick with the retort unlike her Mama. 😀

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