Take two!

Keith's Ramblings

For Six Sentence Stories where the given word is Balance.

I’m not keen on posting previously published stories but now and again one of the 2884 I’ve written begs to be given another outing. What follows is a tale I  knocked up for Six Sentence Stories back in 2017 when the prompt word was ‘plate’.  Clark and Messymimi were among those who left much-appreciated comments! 

So, here goes …

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Let me read it to you!

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He was trying  to crack the brittle topping on his crème brûlée but despite stabbing it with7031351-2xs a spoon, it refused to yield so he jabbed it with a knife which had the desired effect, but unfortunately the dish leapt from the table sending a slimy slick of slop across the floor. 

Unfortunately, a waiter carrying a tray of drinks was but a step away and despite making a gallant attempt to stay upright, he started slithering and sliding like a drunken skater,  his wallbangers, whiskies and wine launching themselves into the air, drenching nearby noshers in an alcoholic shower

Several drink-drenched diners jumped to their feet knocking their table skew-whiff which sent their food-laden plates downward splattering chef’s ‘plat du jour’ all around their feet, and the waiter, realising one of them was losing her balance, tried dashing to save her, but although his legs moved like Fred Astaire performing a tap-dance, he made no forward progress whatsoever.

The young lady fell backwards as the waiter fell forwards, ending up in a tangle of arms and legs in the goop on the ground, and as several fellow gourmands tried to help the unfortunate couple they too ended up on their derry-aires taking their foodstuff with them.

Suddenly one girl grabbed a fistful of fettuccine and rubbed it into her friend’s face, another followed suit, and in no time at all, the calamitous catastrophe became a  farcical food fight.

A letter to the local paper, presumably from an ex-sailor, suggested the restaurant’s name be changed to The Mess Deck. Several other correspondents thought it would be a great idea if they made the meal melee a regular event; that sounds like fun, doesn’t it?

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Thanks to GirlieOnTheEdge for hosting.

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23 thoughts on “Take two!”

  1. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin Nov 9, 2023 / 12:06

    Oh, this is so fun to read! Thanks for resharing. I love this image…” like Fred Astaire performing a tap-dance, he made no forward progress whatsoever…,” LOL!!

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  2. beth's avatar beth Nov 9, 2023 / 12:21

    I love these ‘one thing leads to another’ tales

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  3. Sadje's avatar Sadje Nov 9, 2023 / 15:36

    Haha! You’ve described the scene so well Keith that I could visualize the melee perfectly.

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  6. pensitivity101's avatar pensitivity101 Nov 9, 2023 / 20:17

    I remember the shock of an all out food fight at the first Christmas party I attended for the bank. Somehow the directors and managers suddenly seemed annoying children and not our bosses!

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  9. Spira's avatar Spira Nov 10, 2023 / 16:22

    I am imagining you, Keith, amidst a food fight during your restaurant days… now that would be a story!

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings Nov 10, 2023 / 17:36

      I did have a certain very well-known TV actor chuck a glass of plonk in his lady’s face once, but that’s as close as it got – fortunately!

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  10. GirlieOnTheEdge's avatar GirlieOnTheEdge Nov 10, 2023 / 18:00

    Well done! Thanks for sharing again, Keith.
    The idea of a “meal melee” would no doubt draw a huge crowd. And at least, being advertised, diners would have the advantage of opting to wear stain resistant clothing, lol

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