Absurdity
D. S. Mitchell
No, Not Today
It’s another rainy day at the beach. I know it sounds like a long season of re-runs. So I’ve got time to play a game. All I need to do, to get a break at Calamity Politics, is shut off the work switch. Silly, but I’m not in the mood to be serious today. I was going to write an in-depth, thought-provoking, political post on Kim Jung Un and the burgeoning North Korean threat. However, I’ve changed my mind.
Rules Of The Game
Here are the rules of today’s game. I will open a dictionary. From the two open pages, keeping the words in sequential order I will write a story. The story of course will center on a well-known politician and his family. I challenge you to do it. It is harder than it sounds.
So, here we go. The dictionary I will be using is, Everyday America English Dictionary, Edited by Ricard A. Spears, et al. NTC (National Textbook Company) 1987. Pages 130-131.
Daddy Knows Best
Donald Trump dropped his fountain pen on the desk, and asked, “What’s for dinner tonight?”
“Some form of fowl that Donald Jr, bagged when he was on safari in Texas,” Ivanka answered.
“You are a fox,” Big Daddy Trump gushed, leering suggestively.
“Stop it, Daddy.”
Do you know what fraction of the federal budget is being spent on Jr.’s security detail? Some woman reporter asked me today, and I had no idea. Do you know?”
“Oh, Daddy, don’t worry about such stuff. Just stamp it TOP SECRET, and if that ‘fake news’ lady asks again, you just tell her it’s, classified.”
“Of course, of course. You’re right, sweetie. I have more power in my twitter finger than ANYONE else in the world! Especially some ‘fake news’ reporter.”
“We should have that finger insured. What if there’s a fracture? It would be a disaster,” she said, bobbing her head in confirmation.
“Careful, Daddy, that bowl is very old and very fragile. Michelle Obama called it historic. She said something about Dolley Madison.
“Historic?” Trump repeated, simultaneously tossing the object skyward and catching it with his left hand.
“Daddy, please, stop juggling it. Stop it.”
