Beth Carter
“Oh I don’t know honey, where would we put the kids?”
“They slot in those tyres in the back, see the grooves?”
“Right… not much space for the groceries then.”
“They’ll go in the engine compartment.”
“Will there be room?”
“Yeah sure, it’s a sewing-machine engine.”
“Is that powerful enough?”
“With the supplementary rocket fuel propellers, yeah.”
“They’ve thought of everything then.”
“It’s a masterpiece of design, Lois – see the underwear slot?”
“Hmm..I don’t like the jewellery box though.”
“Huh?”
“And the photos, they’ll have to go.”
(sighs) “Lois, it’s a car, right? Not a mobile home.”
“S’pose so hon…
This week’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt was courtesy of Beth Carter. Plenty to see in this one, but you might need to use the zoom facility to get the relevance of the ‘underwear slot’. Nice one Beth. 🙂
castelsarrasin 
It make my brain smoke trying to fit all this stuff in there. Totally cool!
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Thanks for dropping by Iris.
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This is great! I could see the horror on her face from the thought of having to live in the car.
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Thanks for commenting, glad you liked it.
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Hahahaha. I love it, Sandra.
Loved the “supplemental rocket fuel propellers” line.
and it does look like some mobile homes I’ve seen.
Nice entry and a nice start to my day.
Randy
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Thanks Randy. There’s certainly plenty to look at here…
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Lois and underwear got me think about wether his name is Clark? I know that telephone booths are getting scarce..
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LOLLL!!
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🙂 🙂 Thanks for reading Bjorn and Abraham.
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“It’s a masterpiece of design, Lois – see the underwear slot?” haaahaahaa ^^ loved your story. great take on the prompt ^^
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Thanks kz!
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Oh majestic! The lines just got better and better, till the end, when the poor simple fellow thought he had to explain his clever knowledge…but what lines!!!
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Thank you! Glad you liked it.
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I envy your imagination. Just fabulous. 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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That’s awesome. The “supplementary rocket fuel propellers” made me laugh. 🙂
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Thanks David, glad you enjoyed it.
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Thought for a minute you were describing my ’75 Super Beetle which had much more space that one would imagine. 🙂 That was fun.
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I had a boyfriend with a Beetle in the seventies. It was purple with pink and orange regency stripes and a floor in back that you couldn’t stand on as it had rusted through. Loved it! Thanks for reading Janet.
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My first car was a ’71 Beetle. My kids liked to sit in the space behind the back seat. The heat worked great, but only in the summer. 😉
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Wow! Lois is a brave woman if she climbs in that machine. Rocket fuel.
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Lois IS a brave woman, linking up with this guy. 😉
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Whacky!
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The photo calls for it. 😉
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That was fun… Really pleased it’s fiction…! 😉
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So am I! Thanks for reading.
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Somehow, jewelry and that car don’t exactly go together. Great word picture of the family squeezing in–fun take on the prompt.
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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
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The husband is quite the optimist but Lois doesn’t seem to be convinced. Fun take on the prompt, Sandra. I can imagine the children squeezed into the tire slots.
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Thanks Rochelle.
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I feel like times are very very hard in this story. I do see one of them trying to make the most of things. Good story.
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Thanks Atiya.
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after that conversation, it just might be a mobile home now. well done.
jewellery . two L’s?
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Yes. Two ‘L’s. Over here we also start our sentences with capital letters. 😉
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touché!!!
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An imaginative discussion about the “car’s perks.” I just wonder if you need a loan for such a all encompassing set of wheels. Lois may still need some convincing.
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Yes, she doesn’t sound enthusiastic does she. Thanks for dropping by.
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Such fun dialogue between the two. I wonder what decision was made.
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🙂 Thanks for dropping by.
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Yep, sounds like the car!
Scott
Mine: http://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/friday-fictioneers-312013-xxxx-genre-humorous/
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You’ll take it then? 🙂
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Oh, why not?
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Felt like they were about to embark upon a steampunk driven adventure, in Victorian garb and googles.
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🙂 Thanks for dropping by.
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Lovely dialogue here – and hilarious. I hope she said no, though!
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🙂 Thank you.
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a very nice one:)
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Thanks. 🙂
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”With the supplementary rocket fuel propellers, yeah.”–favorite line. nice little piece of writing Sandra.
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Thank you!
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i think those two are befuddled enough they deserve to live there! Well-done dialogue.
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Thank you Perry!
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I really like the dialogues. Must say, the couple and the car – made for each other! lol
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A match made in heaven. 🙂
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Great dialogue, and I think the kind of conversation they’ve had before – how many other hare-brained ideas has he had?
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Thanks Anne. 🙂
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I love the absurdity of it all! You had me at the mental image of slotting the kids in the tyre grooves!
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Thanks Trudy. 🙂
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i love your story, as you take us through all the fine features of this car…she forgot to ask about the roof…what happens when it rains. ha ha. thanks, your story starts my day with a smile. 🙂
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She’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer, for sure. 🙂
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ignorance is bliss as they say…:)
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Oh my God, it’s almost like you’ve met my parents and used them for this prompt – lovely job!
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Thank you! 🙂 🙂
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Thanks for the chuckle. The dialogue is superb — great work as always, Sandra!
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Thanks Bee, and congrats on the speakeasy win! 🙂
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Lois is right to hesitate. Although, I do have to admit, the car is ingenious. Maybe he’s smarter than he appears.
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Thank you Shirley! 🙂
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Great job, Sandra. Love your use of my photo! You thought of it all–where to put the kids, groceries, and how those photos have to go. lol.
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Thanks Beth! 🙂 Lovely photo.
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I’m afraid I am with the husband; I too am “unconvinced”.
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Thanks for dropping by.
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I like the photos. They go well with the Mardi Gras beads. This vehicle is fully loaded.
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Thanks Russell; it’s the real deal, for sure.
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Great story, and nice dialogue between the characters.
Here’s mine: http://unexpectedpaths.com/friday-fictioneers/eye-of-the-beholder/
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Thanks Maggie!
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So, inventive. Great, Sandra! You’ve thought of every nook and cranny.
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Thank you!
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Very imaginative! I don’t think I’d be getting in that car
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Not my style either! 😉
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Made me laugh! Well done!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Hi Sandra,
Who could resist a car with an underwear slot? Great fun interplay in your dialog and lots of innovation. Well done as usual. Ron
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Thanks Ron!
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Pretty charming piece of dialogue and no dead bodies!
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Given a few more words there would have been! 🙂
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Hi Sandra — do you have all of those things in your boat ? If so, it sounds like a rocket propelled fun time.
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At this moment Bill, we don’t even have a working engine! Just arrived at the boat after six months away and the starter battery has given up the ghost… Thanks for commenting.
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that sounds like so much fun. ( once the all the hustle and bustle is done ), enjoy
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Reminds me of the story of our first car. We used to say it was a lawn mower with a roof. We called it Chuckles as it sounded like it was laughing as it rolled along. And we used to put our two cats in those tyre grooves! (Not really). Thanks for the story. Very funny! Ann
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Chuckles – a great name for a car. Thanks for dropping by Ann.
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