by Tracy Fabre
Member since:
July 13, 2008

Genre Shorties Week 54 - Her Evil, Evil, Ways

March 14, 2011 08:21 PM UTC
views: 0 | 21 people recommend this | comments: 51

[Posted for Genre Shorties. Prompt: write about Tracy Fabre -- hey, that's me -- using one of the provided opening lines.]

 

 

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.

You’re wondering how I can fit in the sink?

Well, when that Fabre woman zaps you with one evil look from her Big Green Eye, suddenly you fit into a lot of places.

My biggest worry is whether I can climb out before she tries to use the garbage disposer, because that is gonna hurt SO bad in the moments before I croak.

She laughs.

A lot.

Cackles, really.

She’s not ‘right’ in the head. She mutters about ‘Genre Shorties’ and ‘100 words.’ It’s crazy talk; the mumblings of a madwoman.

Pray for me. I gotta get out of here.

 

 


Comments: 51

Kay M Mar 14, 2011, 8:29pm UTC
So that's why Tracy buys Drano by the case! I knew it! That's why she only shows us her innocent eye. And I bet she tries to pin her evil deeds on William Dotani.
Tracy Fabre Mar 14, 2011, 9:02pm UTC
She does.

Not that he's not a little evil, too, of course.
William Dotani Mar 15, 2011, 2:20am UTC
So true and I'm innocent, but the scene was tampered with some that did not have wings. Now how can you say I bought Drano when I bought a nice bouquet of lye powders.
Peter Joseph Swanson Mar 16, 2011, 9:58am UTC
ha ha
JOHN BECK Mar 14, 2011, 8:30pm UTC
Garbage disposer. Yes, they try to eat forks without success. Of course in the fraternity house a guy was experimenting and found that the heavy duty one ate coke bottles but not a dish cloth. Yes, it does seem to constitute justification for wanting to get out of the kitchen sink.

Speaking of the green eye, there's the story of the gal with one green eye and one red eye. It came in handy telling her boyfriend...
Tracy Fabre Mar 14, 2011, 9:02pm UTC
Heheh... I'm sure it DID.
elizabeth evans Mar 15, 2011, 6:49am UTC
John...you were a frat guy...I don't believe it.
JOHN BECK Mar 15, 2011, 8:23am UTC
We had a closely knit pledge class. Last summer at our 50th class reunion, our pledge class was the best represented in numbers despite the fact that we were not the largest when at school. One of my classmates was an "independent", a group about the same size as the average fraternity on our campus. For decades he and I got together every summer for dinner and discussion. He passed away from a brain cancer.
The guy "experimenting" with the garbage disposer was a class ahead of us and needless to say had overdone the spirits.
JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Mar 14, 2011, 8:36pm UTC
:)))
Mike Firesmith Mar 14, 2011, 8:48pm UTC
Cackle worthy, to say the least.
David W. Mar 14, 2011, 9:01pm UTC
Round and round she goes into the mouth of hell. it's too late for prayers. It chewed her up and spit her out.

Better then the Chain Saw Massacre

Bye-bye!
Tracy Fabre Mar 14, 2011, 9:02pm UTC
*waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah*
Liz H. Mar 14, 2011, 9:23pm UTC
Never mind Tracy. At least you can hear her coming. It's that Basement Cat with the orange eyes you really have to watch out for!!
Tracy Fabre Mar 15, 2011, 9:58am UTC
It's even worse than that -- the orange-eyed Basement Cat is orange! You can't tell where her eyes are!
Liz H. Mar 16, 2011, 11:30pm UTC
And watch out for those teeth and her vicious kitty claws--MRAOW!!
Kimberly Blackadar Mar 14, 2011, 9:27pm UTC
Great short, Tracy. It reminds me of a scene from Incredible Shrinking Woman.
Tracy Fabre Mar 14, 2011, 10:56pm UTC
Lily Tomlin leads the way!
Simon P. Mar 14, 2011, 9:39pm UTC
Somehow I knew you would use that opening line. But I had no idea where you would go with it. Anyway, fear not, we are all coming to save you.

(Ha! not really).
Tracy Fabre Mar 14, 2011, 10:57pm UTC
I admit I was tempted by the lizard line ...

And sure you're going to save me, if you can get past that Fabre woman's guard dogs, electrified fence, toast-flinging trebuchet and fingernails on a blackboard defense system!
Brenda Youngerman Mar 14, 2011, 9:40pm UTC
I would think, by now, you would now how to get away from that Fabre woman ---- how did you let her coax you into the sink in the first place? Sleeping on the job again?
Tracy Fabre Mar 14, 2011, 10:58pm UTC
*sob* I'm only humanoid! I've gotta rest sometime!
Anne Gresinger Mar 14, 2011, 10:37pm UTC
Guilt will do that to you every time.
Tracy Fabre Mar 14, 2011, 10:58pm UTC
Except Thursdays during May.
Marianne K. Mar 15, 2011, 12:15am UTC
I'm praying and praying, believe me, but I haven't heard from you yet...please message me asap. Anyway, just keep telling her funny stories, she'll laugh her head off, and voila you're out of there !!
Tracy Fabre Mar 15, 2011, 9:31am UTC
It's a good theory!
Marianne K. Mar 15, 2011, 7:34pm UTC
I hope it works !!
William Dotani Mar 15, 2011, 2:16am UTC
Cover yourself with oil and then the 'Donna Reed' type Tracy will never put you down the dishwasher, but decide to have a bonfire with you playing Joan Ark.
Tracy Fabre Mar 15, 2011, 9:31am UTC
Wait... how is Plan B better?
William Dotani Mar 15, 2011, 11:17pm UTC
I did not realize you'd be comparing such things.
elizabeth evans Mar 15, 2011, 6:51am UTC
Just think the stories you could tell in "Tales from the Drain".
Tracy Fabre Mar 15, 2011, 9:32am UTC
Those might not be stories I want to live through. ;-)
William Dotani Mar 15, 2011, 11:18pm UTC
LOL.
Michael Fishman Mar 15, 2011, 8:02am UTC
Best of luck getting out of the sink. At least you'll be clean when you meet your doom.
Tracy Fabre Mar 15, 2011, 9:32am UTC
LOL ... thanks!
A. F. Stewart Mar 15, 2011, 9:54am UTC
Where's a minature superhero when you need him?
Tracy Fabre Mar 15, 2011, 9:59am UTC
Ooooh... Chapter Two idea!
Angela A. Mar 15, 2011, 2:10pm UTC
The adventures of tiny Tracy!
Tracy Fabre Mar 16, 2011, 8:52am UTC
It's a jungle out there!
Angela A. Mar 16, 2011, 1:25pm UTC
Watch out for those trees.
Barb Carlson Mar 15, 2011, 2:42pm UTC
That's hilarious! Very clever, Tracy. Was it weird writing about yourself?
Tracy Fabre Mar 16, 2011, 8:53am UTC
Yes! Especially since my sink needs a good cleaning.
Patricia J. Mar 15, 2011, 3:04pm UTC
You stole my opening line! I hope I can do as well with it. Excellent, Tracy.
Tracy Fabre Mar 16, 2011, 8:54am UTC
Thanks! And you will. It was hard to choose which of Kay's choices to go for... That lizard was calling me...
Ryan Reid Mar 15, 2011, 4:15pm UTC
lol
Tracy Fabre Mar 16, 2011, 8:54am UTC
:-) Silly is as silly does!
Peter Joseph Swanson Mar 16, 2011, 9:58am UTC
ha ha HA
Tracy Fabre Mar 18, 2011, 9:34am UTC
And HAAAA!
Mustafa Demiri Mar 17, 2011, 11:24pm UTC
Don't panic!... just tell her that you've got twice shrunken Bobby Sherman in your pocket. She probably won't believe you, but she just might levitate you out of there, just be certain... where you go from there is entirely up to you, but watch out! ~ She's a crafty one, and there are far worse fates than being ground up in the garbage disposal...
Tracy Fabre Mar 18, 2011, 9:36am UTC
There are WORSE fates? Uhh... I'm torn (no pun intended) between asking, and asking you NOT TO EVER TELL ME.

Fortunately, Bobby Sherman is a trained EMT.
William Dotani Mar 19, 2011, 3:01am UTC
I had been trying to get through to the Shaman Question Hotline and finally told him about Tracy and her obsession with armadillo pets and garbage disposals. "Oh my, oh my, oh my,' he said as he paced back and forth on my monitor. He finally said, 'All she needs is a white rabbit and a nice loaded brownie.
Ian, the social being Aug 25, 2011, 6:57pm UTC
I believe you wrote this post as O'Tracy O'Fabre. Sorry I missed the name and post!

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