100 words …

…for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt.

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Someone once said ‘if they leave that car there much longer, it’ll take root!’. 

How right he was! When I popped back to visit some mates recently the old rust-bucket was sitting there as before, but with foliage and flowers sprouting from it – and before you ask, there weren’t any car-nations! 

It’s a shame it doesn’t work, because running on flower-power instead of petrol would make it the greenest machine on the road! What fumes there were, would be beautifully fragrant!

However I wouldn’t want to travel behind it, just thinking about it is bringing on my hay fever! 

Aaaachooo!

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39 thoughts on “100 words …

  1. neilmacdon's avatar neilmacdon November 30, 2023 / 11:38

    Every cloud has a fallout

  2. Sadje's avatar Sadje November 30, 2023 / 11:39

    Excellent take Keith.

      • Sadje's avatar Sadje November 30, 2023 / 14:23

        You’re always welcome Keith 👍🏼

  3. beth's avatar beth November 30, 2023 / 11:46

    Hahaha

  4. Dale's avatar Dale November 30, 2023 / 11:54

    Now there’s the thought those of us who don’t suffer would never have thought of… hay fever! That definitely would put the kybosh on such exploits! You never fail to delight, Keith.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings November 30, 2023 / 14:47

      Actually, I don’t, it was a bit of authoristic (homemade word of the day) licence … aaaachooo!
      Serves me right for tempting fate!

      • Dale's avatar Dale November 30, 2023 / 14:58

        No, but you did think of those who do 😉
        Aaaaachooo!

  5. James McEwan's avatar James McEwan November 30, 2023 / 12:43

    Clearly a seasonal mode of transport although the hay fever is the downside-typical how the eco-green solutions have disadvantages. Mostly, blooming expensive.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings November 30, 2023 / 14:57

      Absolutely! I’ll stick to my bicycle, you can’t beat petal-power!

      • James McEwan's avatar James McEwan November 30, 2023 / 15:48

        Ah, the healthy option for short journeys.
        I agree.

  6. ladysighs's avatar ladysighs November 30, 2023 / 12:53

    Your stories always warm me up. But I wish I’d had some warning about the hay fever Aaaachooo!
    Now I’ve got to wipe up my computer screen.

  7. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin November 30, 2023 / 13:29

    LOL…ahahaha! “Take root…greenest machine, fragrant fumes…achooo!” Really well done, Keith. I love this!

  8. Iain Kelly's avatar Iain Kelly November 30, 2023 / 19:51

    A nasty side effect!

  9. athling2001's avatar athling2001 November 30, 2023 / 22:15

    Somebody always has to bring out the downside. Well done.

  10. poetisatinta's avatar poetisatinta December 1, 2023 / 18:12

    Love this story Keith if only we had flower power (you would just have to wear a mask again 😷….look familiar!) 😊

  11. granonine's avatar granonine December 1, 2023 / 18:30

    Car nations and hay fever 🙂 Great post, Keith.

  12. Bill's avatar Bill December 1, 2023 / 23:00

    I smiled at the thoughts. First horses, then automobiles, then flower-driven trucks. 🙂

  13. Liam's avatar Liam December 2, 2023 / 19:40

    “Car-nations!”

  14. The Sicilian Storyteller's avatar The Sicilian Storyteller December 2, 2023 / 23:00

    Exactly what Liam said ….. “Car-nations”!
    I loved that, Keith; gave me a good laugh.

  15. rochellewisoff's avatar rochellewisoff December 3, 2023 / 13:06

    Dear Keith,

    As someone who suffers from hay fever (even thought they don’t refer to it as such anymore), this made me smile and sneeze and smile some more. Fun stuff.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

  16. msjadeli's avatar msjadeli December 4, 2023 / 00:29

    Fun artwork with nice flowerishes. Oh that such fuel sources with fragrant fumes could be developed. It would almost be worth the hay fever.

  17. Margaret's avatar Margaret December 4, 2023 / 01:36

    Fun story. Love the car-nations. Not so much the hay fever. 😊

  18. Tannille's avatar Tannille December 4, 2023 / 03:37

    Oh no!
    Not hay fever!
    For every positive there is a negative. Great story though. Bless you.

  19. Inside the Mind of Isadora's avatar Inside the Mind of Isadora December 4, 2023 / 21:21

    It looks like all ideas need evaluating. Who knew, flowers would be
    just as problematic as petrol fumes. Great take on the prompt, Keith.
    Have a wonderful week, Isadora 😎

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