Funny writing from a reader!

Thank you, mlcpinky for sending me this great piece you wrote today. I laughed out loud, which is proof it IS funny and it works! Here it is. I’m pasting it here, because for the life of me, I have trouble finding comments afterwards. I’ll just put them in the main post so it’s easier for everyone to read.

“Well… the plan would have worked if that rebel hadn’t spotted us.”

“Excuse me? Are you trying to make me feel better?”

“… I just thought that maybe you might feel comforted–”

“Yeah, right. Look at us! We’re prisoners stuck in the middle of Rebel Fortress, surrounded with no hope of escape, and guaranteed a most painful death. Now how exactly will you make me feel comforted?”

“… Well, if you really want to be that pessimistic… I mean, if you just look outside, you know, it looks kinda nice with the trees and the sunset and the–”

“Prison guards?”

“… That too.”

“I say we need to bust outta here. Whaddya say?”

“Um…”

“Don’t be such a wimp! If we don’t try, we’ll never make it out.”

“Well… okay.”

“That’s the spirit. Come on.”

Clatter. Clank. “Huh–?” Bonk. Guard goes down.

“Now, let’s keep going.”

“Okay–”

WHEEEOOOOOEEEEOOOOO.

“They spotted us! Run! Run!”

“They’re catching up to us! I can’t–”

“Keep goin’–”

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“… Well… they have pretty good meatballs here, don’t they?”

“Shut up!”

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mlcpinky