99 word prompt : crazy
April 16, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about something crazy. Laugh like crazy, show the setting of stir-crazy or go off the rails on a crazy train. Have fun with the word and the situation, but go where the prompt leads!
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“Crazy gypsy,” I muttered, as the fortune teller babbled nonsense.
“A disease created by China will bring this country to her knees. Killing newborn babies will be an… an… essential… service, but you will not be allowed to purchase an American Flag.”
“I’m living in 1950, not crazy world,” I chuckled. “This is nuts!”
The gypsy smiled. “Just because I’m crazy doesn’t mean I’m wrong.”
“I fought in the war! My friends died protecting flag, family, and freedom! No veteran would allow that to happen!”
She looked into me with sharp blue eyes and said, “But your children will.”
crazy really fits the world right now
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It’s hard to understand how anyone can say, “We have to be locked down to save lives” and then say, “but abortion clinics have to remain open.”
I agree that the world is crazy right now. People die every day, and herd immunity is our best defense. If this weaponized cold virus comes back to haunt us next year, we can’t worry about a pathogen that, as of yet, has not killed as many people as the flu kills each year.
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Each generation faces its own crisis, eh? If only we had a fortune teller to say what comes next. Crazy times.
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There have been people who have done just that. They’re generally called names that are not repeatable. 🙂
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