After hanging up from the oxymoronic customer care representative of the coffee machine company, it is apparent the next scene would be me screaming for help. It seems the machine needs a reboot which will take two hours to completely reset. Two painful hours before the first cup of the day. Thoughts turn to grinding beans in the blender and boiling water. Maybe even chewing a few while the clock moves as if it were invented by a tortoise.
As luck would have it, The Producer plans for such a disasters and produces a mug of hot steaming ersatz Columbian from a jar. Any port in the storm is my motto, and after a sip, the worry over caffeine availability is dispelled. A mental note on the purchase of cold brew is recorded to avoid this scene in the future.
Now that the head is clear, the subject of the monolith on the porch must be resolved. The security shutdown process is begun. The claymore mines disarmed. The tower machine guns are placed on standby. The boiling oil vat is secured. The moat net retracted. The concertina wire rolled back. The trebuchet secured. The gate lifted. The locks and deadbolts reset. The front door opened.
The tall box is still there. Walking around, it gives no clue as to its contents. An ear placed on it reveals no sound. Turning toward the porch once again, the sides of the box suddenly drop to unveil a statue in the likeness of Roger Rabbit. He is standing with a defiant expression and his finger pointing toward my front door.
Moving closer, a small sign hangs on the finger that says, “Pull me.” Having had a bunch of Wiseacre friends, I know that direction will never be followed. Further observation of the stature reveals little tiny words etched in Roger’s overalls. The words became clear with the help of a magnifier (which was in my robe pocket). They were from Linda Hill and stated, Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “scene.” Use it any way you like. Have fun!
If you want to have fun, visit Linda’s blog and read how easy it is. You will also see how others handled the prompt. Here’s the link. https://lindaghill.com/2023/04/21/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-april-22-2023/
Scene by John W. Howell © 2023
“So, where did the statue come from?”
“I guess Linda Hill.”
“There has to be a story there.”
“Well, since there has been an arrival of a statute of a major star on the scene, I hope so.”
“That was a funny movie.”
“It was made in 1988. Thirty-five years ago.”
“Wow, that is hard to believe.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“The graphics were terrific.”
“Imagine if they made it now.”
“Would be even better.”
“I’m wondering if the jokes would still be okay.”
“What do you mean?”
“I can’t recall if any were offensive.”
“Yeah, I don’t know either.”
“One thing’s sure.”
“What’s that?”
“They didn’t have VooDoo Ranger back then.”
“I wondered how long this scene would go before you brought up VooDoo Ranger.”
“My guess thirty seconds.”
“Call Uber.”
“Already ordered. There he is.”
“That’s a dump truck.”
“Discounted fare.”
“Oh.”
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Roger Rabbit was great. Shame it didn’t go further than the one movie.
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I know. Here are the top ten one-liners from Roger Rabbit. https://www.facebook.com/imdb/videos/top-10-one-liners-from-who-framed-roger-rabbit/10156743622368949/
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That clip made me want to watch it again!
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I’m with you. Welcome back. (I mean back to the blogging world.)
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🙂
Thank you, John. Nice to be back (even if I am sad my 9 days are over!)
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That is the part I used to hate. (did an LDLA for awhile)
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Yeah. So hard. Would you believe it’s been five years?
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Hard to believe.
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🙂
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You never fail to surprise with your cast of characters. The dump truck was a nice touch, too. I can just imagine arriving at your local ale house in that Uber! Thanks for the morning lift. I hope you got your caffeine.
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I did. I didn’t go into what was in the dump truck. Might be a story for another day. Thanks, Maggie.
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I have to give The Editor high praise for replacing our coffee maker before it up and died. Great scene, John. Enjoy the ride for VooDoo.
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Thank you. Eight speed with Georgia overdrive.
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What would we do without our morning brew? Dump truck? LOL That would be quite the ride — worthy of a discount. 😄
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It was. Thanks you, Gwen. I hope you have a peaceful weekend. 😁
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Thank goodness for The Producer, eh? Besides being out of sorts without your brew, I can only imagine the troubling start to the day!
I wouldn’t pull the finger either. 🙂
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Thank you, Dale. All is good the customer service person was right on the reboot.
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Thank goodness that was all it took (even if it took two hours!)
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I know I was very pleased.
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No kidding! 🙂
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Don’t read this Steve Tye bar. You’ll create an uncontrollable riot of guffaws with beer spilled everywhere. It’ll be like a brawl in an old western movie except the combatants will be trying to out laugh each other instead of out punching. I can picture it. What a scene. And what an imagination you have, John.
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Thank you, Steve. I’m glad you liked it. 😁
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Two thoughts here, John: 1) Your security system sounds like a cross between a Vikings stronghold and a prison tower. Well done! 2) It’s funny…I don’t drink a lot of coffee, but have both a french press and cold brew apparatus. You need to arm yourself with coffee making alternatives, especially when they rest upon your morning well-being.
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You are so right about the coffee, Mary. I think the tower more accurately describes the system. After all you need height to make an effective boiling oil drop. Thanks for the smiles.
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I laughed my head off from the oxymoronic customer care center to pulling the finger. Well done, John!
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Thank you, Jennie. I’m glad you liked it. 😁
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You’re welcome, John.
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😊
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Speaking of Roger Rabbit, might a future “Views of the Neighborhood” be an outing to Toontown? If so, be very careful, it is very dangerous there. Even Walmart has closed all of their stores there, Bring ink remover, Have a great week-end John.
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I’d love that too
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Yes indeed.
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Good advice, Dan. Have a good weekend as well. Toon Town might be a destination some day. I hope you recognize your Roger Rabbit recommendation.
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Sure did. Thanks
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😁
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I’d love a visit to Toon Town as well!
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Have to figure that one out. On the list.
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Excellent!
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It sounds like a lovely piece of statuary. I’d keep it for all the neighbors to enjoy, too.
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It is in full color too.
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This is hilarious, John! Happy Saturday!
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Thank you, Jill. Happy Saturday to you *sung to the tune of Heartaches by the Number by Guy Mitchell.
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Yep, before my morning ☕️coffee☕️ l hate everyone…after my first cup l feel much better about hating everyone 😂
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There you go. 😁
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Hi John, Roger Rabbit is not ringing bells for me. I’ll have to look him up.
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Yes. There are a couple of trailers that will give you a flavor.
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👍🐇
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A dump truck??? Ha! Ha!! Love the response to the prompt, John!
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Thank you, Jan.
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Wow, John, quite a scene; a boxed-up Roger Rabbit, not framed! Coffee time! 🙂
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It certainly is coffee time.
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My mind went first to Space Oddity and I was going to crack a joke about Dave…! I was never a big fan of Roger Rabbit but you are right, the graphics were incredible. And I’m sure somebody will complain nowadays about it being sexist or elitist or some kind of negative ist. Don’t they always?
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I would have like the Dave reference from HAL. Thanks, Pam.
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I love the Uber dump truck! I sure didn’t see that one coming.
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Came up at the last minute. 😁
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It was the perfect touch!
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🤗
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Yes, indeed, the Uber dump truck is a nice touch. I hope your coffee machine is fixed too. I’ve never had a cold brew. In fact, it was a long time before I realized cold brew refers to coffee and not beer, even cold brew would be redundant in describing beer … lol.
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The machine is fixed. Cold brew is new to me as well. Daughter drinks it.
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OH! Maybe the dump truck can haul away the monolith and Roger Rabbit statue.
Still, you could have pulled his finger.
Perhaps not the wisest move…. but I could use a riotous laff!
💋🧟♂️💋🧙🏻♂️💋🧟♀️💋🍺
(driving that darn ox back into 2nd place!)
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I should have pulled it then. Here is a depiction of the result. 👈 🐂💨 Did you laugh?
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YES!!!! 🐂🤣🐂🤣🐂🤣🐂🤣
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🤣 Great.
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Not as GREAT BIG as the 🐂💨!
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🐂💨 is hard to beat.
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Yes,, and hard to breathe!
OX OX OX OX
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I’m sure OX OX OX OX 🌹The tulip will help
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🌹OX OX OX OX 🌹
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🌹👀👃🏻
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💋🌹💋
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🤣X
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Now… to clean the cat litter!
🤣 OX
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Ew. I used to dislike that job. 🐱
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& of course Johnny can’t quite seem to always get it all in the box.
It’s not exactly like thinking outside the box. It’s more like going outside the box. I go through a lot of cardboard. This can still be recycled.
😱 OX
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Recycled cat litter cardboard. Ew, ⭕️❌
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Well the security all seems in order …. How on earth does all these nightmares get on to your land…..
💜💜💜
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Who the heck knows? I suspect it’s the guy behind the keyboard but cant prove it. 😁
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We definitely need to sort him out! Is the coffee machine fixed yet?
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All fixed. The reboot worked. 😁
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A large Americano please 💜
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You ant that in a tub?
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Yes please 😁
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All we have are barrels 🛢
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Well then a barrel it will be 🌹
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Yup. Have the neighbors in.
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I’m a fan of Rodger Rabbit. Maybe he will show up to collect his statue 😉
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You never know. 😊
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Thank you for sharing the link, Traci.
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Thank goodness for the back up caffeine and good to know others protect their fortress effectively lol.. I don’t have quite so much to disconnect.. hard to believe that the film was made 35 years ago.. great take on the prompt John..hugsx
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Thank you, Sally. I’m so glad you enjoyed the post.
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I set the over/under at one minute so you get a bottle for hitting the under, Boss.
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Extraordinary
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