Get a man in

Posted on January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 by MrBinks Posted in WritingTagged 100 words, comedy, dark, fiction, flashfiction, humour, photo prompt, short story

I’d been on at him for years about that wiring.

He said I was moaning, that he’d had enough of it at work all day and that when he came home all I did was nag. I wasn’t nagging. I didn’t think so anyway. I just wanted it fixed. It was an accident waiting to happen. He knows that now of course.

I got a man in, in the end. All done within 20 minutes. He said that if I’d left it much longer there was a chance someone would electrocute themselves.

I didn’t have the heart to tell him.

Great photo this week from Ted Strutz, I do hope this little tale does it justice. Thanks to Rochelle, as always, for hosting and for all your feedback and love. I’m looking forward to reading what you have in store.

17 thoughts on “Get a man in”

January 28, 2015 at 7:58 pm Reply
BrainRants says:

The wise man knows which nags to pay attention to. Nice job.
January 28, 2015 at 8:14 pm Reply
patrickprinsloo says:

Clever wording – in the end. I hope it was a true accident and not, er …. .
January 28, 2015 at 8:29 pm Reply
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:

There are solutions to everything and like Patrick I start to speculate.
January 28, 2015 at 10:13 pm Reply
Nortina S. says:

I like the ambiguity…And the title makes it sound so scandalous!;)
January 28, 2015 at 11:46 pm Reply
bykimberlylynne says:

Good stuff!
January 29, 2015 at 4:36 am Reply
David Stewart says:

I guess the fix came too late for the husband? That’s the danger of procrastination, at least with electrical matters. Great story.
-David
January 29, 2015 at 7:14 am Reply
calipatti says:

Loved it, loved her attitude.
January 29, 2015 at 7:19 am Reply
Sandra says:

An enigmatic voice here; left me wondering how much of a hand she’d had in it. Nicely done.
January 29, 2015 at 10:10 am Reply
Nan Falkner says:

Enjoyable story. I like her and her opinion! She was great! Nan 🙂
January 29, 2015 at 2:44 pm Reply
aliciajamtaas says:

20 minutes! Ah, listen to the nag and just get it done before . . . Well, we all know what happened. Maybe just not HOW it happened. Good tale.
January 29, 2015 at 5:37 pm Reply
Priceless Joy says:

Why the heck not!? Maybe he would listen to you next time. (Just kidding) Loved it!!
January 29, 2015 at 9:42 pm Reply
Sheila says:

Loved this. Well written. Men should probably pay attention to those “nagging wives.”
January 30, 2015 at 4:11 pm Reply
Liz Young says:

Nice one – on a smilar theme to mine!
January 31, 2015 at 12:56 pm Reply
rochellewisoff says:

Dear Peter,

Guess he should’ve paid better attention. Sounds like it came back to shock him in the end.

Nice.

Shalom,

Rochelle
January 31, 2015 at 1:15 pm Reply
yarnspinnerr says:

I loved it for all that is left unsaid. 🙂
February 1, 2015 at 7:57 am Reply
Margaret says:

Moaning for years? That’s a long time to have to moan. And with a such an easy fix to hand. Very intriguing story.
February 3, 2015 at 1:10 pm Reply
etiennehanratty says:

Great pay-off. I admit I missed the significance at first but well worth it when it sank in.