Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #348 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 on 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 time.”

The photo.

Die Maschine by John W. Howell © 2022

“So as I was saying. Just keep her straight, and she’ll do the job.”

“You call it she?”

“Yes, as a matter of fact, I do.”

“Why’s that?”

“Because I think of her with fondness.”

“You can think of him with fondness too.”

“Yes, I know. I guess it is just that she has so many feminine traits.”

“Like what?”

“She’s tough and beautiful. She has great wheels too.”

“Brother. I think we need to send you to sensitive training.”

“Oh, come on. Those are all great traits. She has a super seat too.”

“Okay, now you are on the cusp of inappropriate.”

“We are talking about a lawn tractor, right?”

“Well, for a minute, I thought you were straying into the anthropomorphic.”

“The what?”

“Assigning human characteristics to non-humans.”

“For gosh sake. All I’m trying to do is demonstrate this machine.”

“Yeah, I’m sorry. I got us off track. Go ahead.”

“Have you noticed the headlights? They are whoppers.”

“Um.”

“Treat her right, and she purrs like a kitten.”

“Uh.”

“She loves a bath followed by a nice rub down.”

“Okay, I’ve heard enough. Put it back on the truck.”

“Fine. She’s better off with me anyway.”

69 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #348 by Keith Channing”

  3. Excellent, John. Sadly, I had to get rid of her after only two seasons – she wasn’t up to the job. It took a Snapper (made famous by Forrest Gump) to do the job properly. After eight years’ service, we left it with the new owners of our house when we moved.

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      1. Tough as they come, but two problems: 1. On a slope, all the weight is at the back, affecting stability (and our grass was best described as undulating – quite steep in places, and 2. If the grass has even the slightest dampness, it steers like a 6000-passenger cruise ship. I lost count of the number of times I hit one of our threes. Loved the machine, though.

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  7. Now I know why guys like riding those things. 🤣 I wonder if motorcycles are “shes” as well. It seems like every guy in our country area has one. Hilarious, as usual, John.

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  13. I will take a bottle and a glass and wait patiently in the corner for my sincere yet fruitless rehabilitation lesson. What time out without a bottle ? Look for the note in the corner it will tell you where I went. The local school of philosophical and liquid optimism.

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  15. With today’s sensitivity, this is perfect!
    I thought mowing lawns on the weekend was a heck of a way to earn enough to get the cable sports package. ⚾🏈🏀

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  18. Haha! I love those enormous headlamps! I’m attached to my lawn tractor (though I don’t refer it to in terms of gender). Mowing the lawn is one of the jobs I still like to do.

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  26. John, I agree with just about every descriptive comparison, but I’m a bit turned off by whatever you want to call that stuff coming out ‘her’ back end. I mean, yikes!

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