PHOTO PROMPT © Brenda Cox
NARROW-GAUGE ONE-TRACK-MIND
The American Military had to assign rocket scientist, Werner von Braun a driver, when he was late for a meeting – which he called!
Concerned officials eventually located him at a traffic light, with his foot on the car’s brake. He had had an idea, and his mind had taken him somewhere other than his meeting. The light was green just as they arrived, and he was oblivious to the traffic that was flowing past him in all directions.
My brain, with its three squirrels running on two wheels, envies him his ability to concentrate. I occasionally need a minder also.
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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.
Concentration is best done in private and safety.
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So true! That’s what I’ve been doing for the last three days. It’s why this response is late. 😉 🙂
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Time to think is very precious in today’s instant society.
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I’ve never had trouble concentrating but can’t say I’ve ever frozen in place like that.
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Nor have I Albert Einstein was isolated in a German Patent Office, and Stephen Hawking was locked out of his body, and into his mind. It’s when great thinkers have great thoughts – present husband excepted. 😉 🙂
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Maybe Werner’s squirrels have left the building.
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They’re still waiting for their ride. 😳 😆
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Funny one. At least what’s crawling around in there is warm-blooded.
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No conspiracy-theory lizard-overlords in this Flash Fiction. 🙂
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🙂
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Of course. He was a he. We are incapable of multitasking, but we try to be like them. 🙂 Well done, Archon.
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Thanx Bill! 😀
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Does anyone really multi-task?
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We hes are told that they shes do it. The correct answer is,“Yes, dear.” 😳
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I’d bet the other motorists must have had the choicest things to say about his concentration.
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Maybe…. but you couldn’t hear them for all the horns honking. 😳
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I love when an idea grabs you. I’m not him, but still… A very creative take on the prompt!
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My already poor memory is getting worse with age. If I have a thought, I have to deal with it – even if it’s just to write it down – immediately. 🙂
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I’m right there with you! 🙂
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That would be my husband. When the idea comes, he has to address it. I do most of the driving 🙂
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I can’t let my wife drive. She can get lost in a phone booth. She has no idea of position or direction. 🙂
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That would be quite terrifying for me!
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The other drivers probably wanted to shoot him to the moon… Very interesting take.
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I had no theme idea for this picture, until my son told me this story, and I saw the artist’s concentration. I’ll take inspiration anywhere I can get it. 🙂
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focus that’s what we often miss
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Day by day, there are more and more things to distract us. 🙂
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Dear Archon,
I thought I was the only one with three squirrels in their wheels running her brain.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ah, no. Sadly, it’s a large club. 😳 🙂
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