I haven’t done this for almost a year.
The prompt is:
… whenever I hear it, I think of you ….
I’m not sure I like my attempt.
Solomon and John
John Smith: Solomon! So glad I found you after all this time. Thirty years, is it?
Solomon Grundy: Forty more like. Isn’t Facebook wonderful? I’ve thought of you over the years.
John Smith: Me, too. There’s this rhyme. Whenever I hear it I think of you.
Solomon Grundy: What rhyme is that?
John Smith: It goes like this. Solomon Grundy, born on Monday, christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday, took ill on Thursday, grew worse on Friday, died on
Solomon Grundy has gone offline.
“Oh, what a shame. Must be the end of Solomon Grundy. And we’d only just met up again. Back to the Saturday review then.”
Miriam Drori, Author 
14 replies on “100 Word Challenge – Week #119”
What a unfortunate poetic way to go.
So sad….
This is hilarious! What a creative take on the prompt. Good writing.
I haven’t done this challenge for a couple of months myself. Just busy in different directions. But I enjoy it. I also do Friday Fictioneers as often as I can. The 100-word stories are really good discipline for me, because I have a constant battle with wordiness.
Glad to meet you.
Thank you 🙂 Perhaps they aren’t good for me because I have a constant battle with brevity.
Glad to meet you, too.
I love you header photo/artwork
Thank you again 🙂
Haha. I just read an incredibly sad entry and now your piece has cheered me right back up. Absolutely wonderful.
Didn’t you shed a tear for poor Solomon Grundy? I guess not.
Glad to have cheered you up 🙂
I like it, you should too! 🙂
Now that I’ve had such positive comments, I’m beginning to see it in a new light.
Cheery piece for the modern world! Hahaha, like it!
You’ve created a cheery smile 🙂
Haha! Made me laugh… Not sure what that says about me!
Don’t worry about it – you’re in good company!