Hello Readers.
The Friday Fictioneers’ writing prompt is out and it is a street shot by J. Hardy Carroll.
For some reason, the very first thing I thought of when I saw the orthopedic leg was, “Is that a Steelers logo on the front calf section?”
It looks like a Pittsburg Steelers logo to me.
And so today’s fiction plays with that idea.
Please join me as we go back to October 2017 when the Pittsburg Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens for the first time in five years (here).
Taunted by the Steelers Fan
(fiction word count: 100)
Unbelievable
That leg… sitting there…
Staring AT ME!
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“Ignore it, honey.
First time they beat us Ravens in five years.
Let those Steelers have their moment.”
**sigh**
“He comes to MY town
In front of MY Cold Stone store
And has the NERVE…
to leave that leg out there…
with the Steelers logo looking
RIGHT
at
ME.
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“Well, um, – hate to say this, but it’s doubly bad.
Someone found his other leg.
There are two logos, I mean legs, now.”
Seriously?
Get me that yellow broom and black trash bag.
Time to sweep up some black and gold….

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Very clever Yvette 😀
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thanks, C
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Nicely done, but aren’t you being a little harsh? I mean they’re good looking legs 😏
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ha – thanks Dan and glad you stopped by – cos I was thinking of you with the Steelers
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You had to know I couldn’t resist.
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ah you sports fans are so very intense
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Larry – that was exactly what I was going for here – the intensity of the fans with the NFL – and some teams more than others….
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Good one! I thought that exact same thing. Funny, since you can barely see the sticker. Good job with the edited photo.
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Thanks a lot!
– and I bet the sticker is NOT a steelers sticker – but maybe…..
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Now, are we sure he didn’t steal the legs … as revenge? Nicely done
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thanks for that point, Kelley, because sometimes that is the case – and that would have been a rough revenge – so I just pretended this was a steeler’s fans “back up set” of legs – ones he used from the 90’s and now they are game day ones
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Game day legs! Great concept! And why not?
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I would have told it to hop it 😀 😀 😀
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bah!
and I would have said at the next game….
“break a leg”
nah – just kidding
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It’s like he ran right out of them.
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you are so right – like he leaped :uo” and just gone now
🙂
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Ahahaha! I like it very much. Well done!
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🙂
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Haha, that sums up sports fans and their rivalries perfectly! 🙂
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thanks – that is what I was going for – because this rivalry stuff can run deep
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The nerve! Time for some payback…
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payback indeed…
🙂
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Nice dialogue – though I found your wide spacing a bit off-putting 🙂
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thanks for the feedback – that helps a lot – I did the spaces because a couple times (a while ago) on what pegman saw posts – people said they were confused with the dialogue. Thta is also why i did different colors – but I appreciate the constructive tip
🙂
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Sports fans are a crazy lot…
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that was exactly what I was trying to depict (thx)
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😁
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you’re not pulling my leg, are you? 🙂
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oh that was good….
hah
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Realistic dialogue. A very good job!
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thanks
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Sports fanatics! Delightfully different and I love the photo edit!
Click to read my FriFic tale
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thank, Keith…
🙂
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I’m originally from the Cleveland area, so I understand not liking the Steelers 😉 Of course, the Ravens are also originally from Cleveland. Baltimore stole them, so in ways, they are also stealers 😉
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oh that stealers part is good.
and I saw a little documentary on the way the team left – wasn’t it horrible – like middle of the night thing?
and I am a fan of neither team —
but the NFL is alive and well in most cities in the US and NFL rivals can be fun topics – like in the movie Invincible (2006) I love the scene where the lady wears her Giants jersey amidst the Eagles fans (have you seen the movie?)
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Truthfully I don’t really pay much attention to football. With the Ravens I am glad that Cleveland got its way and were able to make them change their name and so was able to get The Browns back into town. Not that The Browns have ever been any good 😉
I missed the movie The Invincible, but I know rivalries can be huge.
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hey T – the movie invincible is just a good motivational story and the football part is kind of secondary (IMO)
and her is to hoping the Browns will be good
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oh that was so good – and takes an astute writer to connect those dots!
gosh – so good T
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Thanks Y 🙂
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Very observant take on the prompt. 🙂
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or just projected what I wanted to see….
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This is lovely, Yvette.
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🙂
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Very clever and I love the edited picture 🙂
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Dear Yvette,
Now that’s taking sports fans to a whole new level. Cute story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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many thanks
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In season take. Innovatively crafted.
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thanks – 🙂
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Haha! Well played 🙂
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🙂
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Nice edit. lol
You are quite creative!
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