PHOTO PROMPT- ©Ted Strutz
MONKEY BARS
I took a day off to get my car fixed, but it still needed a part. My boss, the bar owner, picked me up and drove me to work. While he unloaded some things from the van, I proceeded inside.
I’ve never opened before. Where are the light switches? I took another step in, and suddenly…IT lunged at me from the dark.
Slamming the door shut I asked, “How could you leave your pet Chimpanzee loose?”
“Chimpanzee??!” He flicked on the lights.
“What’s that mirror doing there?”
“Just reflecting I guess. I put it up yesterday. Do you like it?”
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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story
Archon's Den 
Thanks for the chuckle! 😊
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Welcome to my weird. Feel free to return, often. Bring backup. 😉
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Thanks for the smiles
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You are welcome to all you can carry away. 😀
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LOL! Oh, dear. How embarrassing.
Great story. Come see mine here.
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I read your story, which describes my (our) current phase of life. I saw no ‘Like’ button, and some little TSA agent demanded ID, just to comment.
Could you (easily) describe how to anchor a link in a comment on someone else’s site, as you’ve done here? I’m not terribly user-friendly. 😳
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Archon, you have zero resemblance to a chimp. I’ll leave it at that narrow standard of definition.
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I’m sometimes a little narrow-minded. I’ll accept that definition.
Do I have even a vague resemblance to a writer, the definition narrowed to exclude ‘good’, or ‘serious’? 😉
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You write well, Archon. You’re close to technical perfection, so all you need to do is learn the “so what” and the other novel-y things.
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Hilarious, Archon! I will have to echo BrainRants sentiment though. I am fairly certain that you do not look like a chimp. Cheers!
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Could I get a notarized copy of that, to show to the wife?? 😉
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Dear Archon,
“Just reflecting.” Very funny.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It’s a Philosophy bar, rather than a sports bar. Rene Descartes regularly stops in to spend a quiet afternoon reading. One day the bartender asked him if he’d like another brandy. Rene said, “I think not.”,….and promptly disappeared. 😉 😯
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Mirrors can be most disconcerting. I know how he feels. Funny story, Archon.
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Thanx Margaret. The mirrors in my house lie to me. They keep showing me some old guy, instead of the handsome young fellow that I know I am. 😯
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Poor chap – surely he can’t be that ugly?
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Probably not. It’s all in the mind. As Rochelle’s site warns us, “It’s not what you look at, it’s what you see.” 😉 😯
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Cackling laughter ensues. Love it!
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Thanx. It’s yet another brick added to my pile of silly. 😆
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A silly much needed in yesterday’s events – stolen wallet and all that entails.
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😯 😦 Oh dear!
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He thought his reflection is a chimpanzee! Too funny, and a reminder of all those times we try to insult someone only to realize we’re also insulting ourselves for doing similar things. Works on both levels for me. 🙂
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But there are people, and times, when they deserve a bit of eye-opening insult. As a child I often heard, “When you point a finger at me, there are three pointed back at you.” and I thought, “Yeah. It means there are three of us who think you’re an asshole.” 😳
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very good. I like this one: the self deprecatory humour 🙂
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Thanx. Not really ‘bullied’ as a child, I was still often the odd man out. I learned to make the jokes before others did, to take the sharp, mean edge off. I’m currently assembling an A to Z Challenge about Levity, explaining ‘My Life Through Comedy.’ 😉 😆
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