by Bobbi Lurie
they
inspired by lynn beighley's "ten amazing don't-miss writing prompts (especially number 6)!--(but i chose number 2--thanks, lynn)
2. Write a list of what's wrong with everyone else.
1. they lie to protect their self-image
2. they go on another vacation every month
3. they get face lifts
4. they have gastric by-pass surgeries
5. they keep showing you a glass trophy which they keep in a glass cabinet
6. they steal your husband
7. they steal your son
8. they don't "act" like men
9. they don't laugh at your jokes
10. they don't take you seriously
11. when you say "go away" they stay
12. when you say "stay" they go away
13. they laugh at the photograph of michelle bachmann on the cover of newsweek rather than realize it's tina brown's manipulation techniques like the photoshopped photo of princess diana showing how she might look if she had lived and they do this not caring how much they hurt her living sons and they do this just to sell stupid magazines
14. they buy the magazine anyway
15. they are fascinated with casey anthony who obviously killed her baby daughter
16. they want to see how the murderer looks naked
17. they go to disneyworld for a vacation
18. they don't invite you to their wedding but they write you detailed emails about this upcoming wedding and who they're inviting to their upcoming wedding
19. they invite you to their wedding and you do not want to go
20. they don't show up at your brother-in-law's funeral
21. they try to convert you to christianity
22. they tell you that the drug is safe but the drug almost kills your son and the ones who save your son's life do not tell you he may go blind
23. they tell you what they think you want to hear but you want to hear the truth
24. they tell you if he doesn't take the drug he will go blind and they tell you if he takes too much of the drug he will go blind and they tell you if he doesn't take more of the drug he will go blind
25. they preach against global warming but continue to eat beef
26. they cheat on their wife who has terminal cancer
27. they keep their "love child" a secret for 10 years
28. they try to peg the "love child" on their campaign manager
29. they smile when the cops take their mug shot
30. they brag about their kids
31. they say cancer is satan
32. they wear push up bras and six inch heels
33. they wear tennis shoes and emblems on their t-shirts
34. they give you a dress code
35. they sit on the commode too long while you're waiting in the airport "rest" room and your flight is about to take off
36. they give you stale peanuts on the plane
37. they give you drinks that give you headaches
38. they shouldn't be practicing medicine
39. they should emphasize the word "practicing"
40. they should admit that "practice" doesn't make perfect
41. they should admit they are guilty of medical negligence
42. they flirt with you even though you're married
43. they get married even though they flirt with YOU
44. they think they're better than you because they eat health food
45. they think they're better than you because they are careful with everything they do
46. they think they're better than you because they take heroin
47. they think they're better than you because they go to a.a. meetings
48. they pretend you don't exist and criticize you for that
49. they insist on getting there early
50. they're always late
51. they're mad at you for making them wait
52. they hate the word hate
53. they believe in heaven
54. they eat with their mouth open
55. they think this list is funny
56. they don't think this list is serious
57. they won't give you a valium
58. they won't give you a xanax
59. they won't give you hydrocodone
60. they won't give you morphine
61. they stop calling
62. they won't stop calling
63. they are mad at you for not answering your phone
64. they are mad at you for calling
65. they cry over sappy films
66. they laugh in the wrong places
67. they tell you no matter how much chemo they give you you'll still get more cancer
68. they put hard candy in large bowls in the cancer clinic even though sugar causes cancer to grow
69. they think being dead is worse than living
70. they live fearing death
71. they die fearing life
72. their wife is a bitch
73. they got hitched because she said she was pregnant
74. they stay together even though she "lost" the baby
75. they wear giant diamonds even though people are dying on the streets
76. they steal your car when you park it on the street instead of the garage
77. they can't find your car even though you parked it in the garage
78. they don't take credit cards even though the garage costs a fortune
79. they say there is no they
80. they r write (right)
5
favs |
1391 views
6 comments |
849 words
All rights reserved. |
inspired by lynn beighley's "ten amazing don't-miss writing prompts (especially number 6)!--(but i chose number 2--thanks, lynn)
2. Write a list of what's wrong with everyone else.
This story has no tags.
I think I'm on the list.
I think everybody's on the list.
As well we should be.
fav
How can I not favorite this? I can not not favorite this. I have. Love it!
Thank you, Lynn. Your piece was therapeutic for me during a time when I needed it.
James, that list could go on and on...invisible line between "us" and "them"
And that aint the half of it.
Great list, I especially like consecutive entries that go together, such as:
9. they don't laugh at your jokes
10. they don't take you seriously
and
11. when you say "go away" they stay
12. when you say "stay" they go away
thank you, David and Foster.