WHAT A RIDE!
PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
By Neel Anil Panicker
‘Marriage is like a cycle. Once you hop onto it there’s no stepping down.’
“There you go, Reverend Father Ronnie Screwalla. Still sermonising from the pulpit a good 72 hours after Christmas.”
‘Glad you didn’t find it pompous?’
“Knowing you I simply saved my breath, my dear.”
‘I was just proposing to you, my love.’
“Glad you made that clear. I was about to misconstrue it to be some
kind of a warning, perhaps a premonition, maybe even some sort of a veiled threat.”
‘So, what do you say, my darling?’
“Well, it all depends on who does the pedalling?”
©neelanilpanicker2017 #fiction #fridayfictioneers #100words #shortstory
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I like the idea of the prompt being a metaphor for marriage!
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Thanks a lot, Kelly.
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That was a clever take on the prompt
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Thanks a lot, Neil.
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Ha ha! They need a tandem!
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Very badly at that! Thanks for reading and commenting, Jane.
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My pleasure, Neel 🙂
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LOL. Wonderful take.
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Dear Neel,
Once a preacher always a preacher. I agree with Jane. They need a tandem. 😉 Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks a lot, Rochelle
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Ha ha ha. And while pedaling, they need to balance all those wheels too 🙂
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How true, and thanks Anurag
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Very imaginative take on the prompt. I enjoyed reading this, Neel.
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Thanks a lot, Clare
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A highly original take, Neel – let’s hope they can construct some kind of vehicle that suits the both of them! Nicely done
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That’s the fond hope. Thanks so much, Lynn.
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My pleasure
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Clever and fun 🙂
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Thanks
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An intelligent take on an intelligent picture that could so easily save the world and end it. Nice one.
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How true and thanks a lot, Kelvin.
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Just wait a bit longer… his proposition is about improve… he will pedal if she just wait a bit
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Quite possibly. Thanks Bjorn
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I’m with Björn… wait for him to pedal a better proposal. That said, she seems to totally understand him so maybe this would work out after all!
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That’s the optimism that the shall pedal their love. Thanks Dale.
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😁
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Both characters seem comfortable with each other. It should be a good marriage
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Looks like. Thanks Susan.
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Great take on the prompt, Neel.
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Thanks a lot, Moon.
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Clever take. I’m sure she’ll say yes once they establish his responsibility to keep pedalling
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Very true, Michael. Thanks
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Thanks so much, Clare.
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fun writing and I like the idea of a tandem bike…
also – this name:
Reverend Father Ronnie Screwalla
hahahahah
nice name
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I loved his name too, Neel. This was a fun story and the dialogue was perfect! Well done.
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Delightful, Neel. Thanks for the smile.
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You are most welcome, Alicia
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I think she has the measure of him. He’ll be doing the pedalling, and mostly uphill.
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That’s what it looks like, thanks Sandra
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A well-matched couple. They’ll tease each other and work together – and she will be sure to let him say his words of wisdom – before making up her own mind!
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Like a bicycle built for two, a marriage needs teamwork. Clever use of the prompt and good writing, Neel. 😀 — Suzanne
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