A lad at the yard sale

Margaret stood on the lawn, people watching. Some she knew. Some she didnโ€™t. She’d been watching one lad for a while now. Heโ€™d taken a particular interest in her extensive assortment of lamps.

He had walked alongside the table two or three times, stroking his chin thoughtfully and stopping every now and then to choose a lamp and polish it.

At the third lamp, Margaret could no longer hold her tongue. She marched over, placed a hand on his shoulder and told him that every item in the house clearance had been cleaned and scrubbed.

“Hi” he said, “I’m Al.”

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Submitted forย Friday Fictioneersย photo prompt. See if you can write a piece of flash fiction in 100 words.

Responses to “A lad at the yard sale”

  1. appropriateadult

    Genius.

    1. MrBinks

      Badoom-tish!

  2. liz young

    A lad IN the yard sale? good one.

    1. MrBinks

      Exactly, but I didn’t want to spoil the surprise so changed the title to AT ๐Ÿ˜€

  3. rochellewisoff

    Dear Mr. Binks,

    Almost spewed my coffee on that one. The elusive genie again. Fun pun.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

  4. znjavid

    Had he lost his lamp?

  5. sustainabilitea

    Oh, very good, Mr. B!! I’ll add in yours to the “Best Funny Story List” for the week. ๐Ÿ™‚

    janet

    1. MrBinks

      O.M.GEEE There’s a list?! ;D Thanks for reading.

  6. Courtney Wright

    Cute cute cute! Love surprises…well done! Bad genie….he he he! ๐Ÿ™‚ (good genie?)

    1. Courtney Wright

      oo oo…I know! Clean genie! LOL!

      1. MrBinks

        Sit down before you hurt yourself ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ˜‰

      2. Courtney Wright

        HA HA!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

  7. helenmidgley

    Hee hee ๐Ÿ˜‰

  8. silentlyheardonce

    Looking for a new home? Good one.

  9. Rajlakshmi

    Ahaa searching for a genie. Brilliant.

    1. MrBinks

      Cheers! ๐Ÿ™‚

  10. Sandra

    ๐Ÿ™‚ I can’t think of a pun, they’ve all been done.

  11. patriciaruthsusan

    Great surprise ending! I liked it very much.

    1. MrBinks

      Very kind – thank you ๐Ÿ™‚

  12. Nan Falkner

    A lad in the story about lamps – good one and clever! Thanks! Nan

  13. Bjรถrn Rudberg (brudberg)

    Very nice… Al knows how to rub a lamp the right way.

  14. Linda Vernon

    HA!! Poifect!

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