Neighborly

Neighborly

"Hey, man. What's going on?"

"Nothing much."

"It doesn't look like you're doing nothing."

"Well...You can't do nothing, but I'm not doing much."

"Apparently-"

"So you need something?"

"Nope... just out for a walk to clear my head."

That won't take too long.

"What was that?"

"What was what?"

"You mumbled something."

"Oh... Sorry about that, I said.... You shouldn't clear your head like that... I read an article... the other day, that there is a better way to clear your head than walking."

"Really!?"

"Yup."

"In-tri-gueing."

"Indeed."

"So... How should I clear my mind?"

"Trust me, you don't want to know."

"But I do... You know I have bad feet."

"Oh yeah, you've mentioned your feet a few times before."

"So...How should-"

"Why are you walking if you have bad feet?"

"I need to lose some weight, plus I wanted some time to be alone and think... My wife has been baking all day which has been driving me nuts."

"Ahhh... I see..."

"So... How should-"

"Honey, I'm done baking if you want some?"

"Nice! Be right there! I got to go."

"Umm... Okay."

"Have fun doing nothing. I'll talk to you later."

"... Sure... Bye."




"The Dialogue 500: IT'S BACK, BABY!"  18+: Stories 500 words or less, written only in dialogue. New prompt for May 2012!


Prompt: write a dialogue-only story about a better way to do something.


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