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I picked up on the musical prompt on Steph’s Inspiration Monday blog, this week. A song from That 1 Guy, who, I will admit I had never heard of. I watched the YouTube clip of ‘Packs a Wallop!’. You will have to listen to the song to appreciate the link.
So here it is, maybe a little short, but …
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“Will ya quit playing that crap song!”
“Yeah, well I happen to like it!” He stayed at the bench in the workshop, the clatter of hand tools merged with the music.
“You’re like yer father.” She screeched from the kitchen, “Only interested in yer expensive hogs and cheap music!”
“Yup.” he said to himself. No point arguing with the bitch. He sang along to the tune in an absent minded kind of way, as his creation took shape on the bench.
“S’about time you got yer butt in here and fixed the washing machine, instead of wastin’ yer time on that basket case!”
“Cain’t hear ya!” he shouted; and to himself, “… and it ain’t no basket case.”
She wiped the soap suds from her hands on the faded apron and pushed open the door to the workshop. The music blasted at her from the CD player.
‘Duck, duck, duck duck, duck … ‘
“Jeez! Henry! Turn it down!”
‘Duck, duck, duck duck, duck … ‘
He swung round, the pipe wrench came too, at head height. She didn’t duck, and it caught her square in the temple.
“Packs a wallop, don’t it.” he said.
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© 2013, K Patrick Moody – Inspired by InMon, and That 1 Guy
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Ouch! Remind me never to mess with Henry’s music.
…She didn’t duck – haha. I’m disturbed and amused at the same time.
Thanks Steph. The pair were inspired by people I met a couple of days ago … yep, slightly disturbing. :o)
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lol. This is really well-observed, especially the “can’t hear you” line where he clearly has. Well-observed and well written. And I’m glad someone picked up that one from the prompts; nothing came to me when I read it, but you’ve excelled!
I had to watch the YouTube clip a couple of times. It was difficult to get a story-line from the lyrics, and although the words were ‘duck, duck, goose’, I kept thinking of the ‘duck or grouse’ signs often found above pub doors with low lintels – if you don’t duck, you’ll grouse (grumble).
Thanks for your comment, Jen. It made my day.
What a clever little story – and a nasty one too. I had to guess at your inspiration song cos I can’t hear sounds on youtube – still haven’t worked out why!
Thanks for the comment, Liz.
There are two volume controls to consider. The normal one, usually in the bottom right corner of your screen, and one on the YouTube screen – near where the progress bar appears. You will need to have them both turned on. Hope that helps.
An interesting little tune.
OUCH. This sounds like the start of a Stephen King novel. He likes to use music, too.