by David W.
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February 16, 2006

MORE POWER TO THE POTATO: GENRE SHORTIE PROMPT 104. VEGETABLE AND EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

April 10, 2012 11:03 AM UTC (Updated: April 10, 2012 11:05 AM UTC)
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MORE POWER TO THE POTATO


© 2012 by David Wainland


100 words

1,800 steps are a long climb. Add a 50lb box and it’s no small feat.

“Why?” you ask.

“Because, my parents married in 1937 and they visited the Empire State Building observatory.”

“And so?” you say.

“Because I want to be there when they do, so in the box are climbing shoes, a potato, 250 ft. of copper wire, electric tape and the Flux

Capacitor from a DeLorean. I’ll climb the lightning tower, connect the wire through the potato and into the capacitor, then wait for a strike to build1.21 gigawatts of electricity….

I’m going, Back to the Past.”


Genre Shorties Prompt -- Week 104


You're at the top of the Empire State Building with a vegetable. What happens while you're up there?

(April showers bring odd prompts, see.)

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Your story may be serious or lighthearted or as silly as you like so long as it is 100 or fewerwords.

Post your stories to Genre Shorties. Please read other folks' entries!

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Comments: 45

Angela A. Apr 10, 2012, 11:04am UTC
He, he. Love the Back to the future references
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CL Mareydt Apr 10, 2012, 12:04pm UTC
Cool ...


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David W. Apr 10, 2012, 12:22pm UTC
thanks.
Ann Marcaida Apr 10, 2012, 1:44pm UTC
You are now SO featured at the Surreal Circus.
Tracy Fabre Apr 10, 2012, 12:06pm UTC
I don't see how this plan could possibly fail. Send a postcard!
David W. Apr 10, 2012, 12:21pm UTC
Check the local post office. It could be in the unclaimed mail since I sent it back in '37.
Orbus Argentum Apr 10, 2012, 12:09pm UTC
or an instantly riced potato - blackened. Good stuff Maynard.
David W. Apr 10, 2012, 12:22pm UTC
Good with butter and salt.
Sonia M. Apr 10, 2012, 1:10pm UTC
1937 was a great year to go back to...wish I could remember it... ;-)

Nice photo of your parents, David! I think your mom was very stylish!
David W. Apr 10, 2012, 1:23pm UTC
I'll call you from there. :-)
Sonia M. Apr 10, 2012, 1:29pm UTC
Great....maybe you can take a little detour to Cuba and visit me as a newborn... ;-)
David W. Apr 10, 2012, 1:32pm UTC
Would you really want me to be there when they
changed your diaper? :-P
Sonia M. Apr 10, 2012, 1:38pm UTC
mmmm.....? errr...hmmm...no, ...on second thought...I guess not....fohgetaboutit....
Rosa j. Apr 10, 2012, 1:19pm UTC
Wow! This is one of the few times I am absolutely speechless....
David W. Apr 10, 2012, 1:25pm UTC
Uh, is that bad or good? Thanks for stopping by.
Rosa j. Apr 10, 2012, 1:29pm UTC
My pleasure. To be specific, it is somewhat refreshing:)
Ann Marcaida Apr 10, 2012, 1:45pm UTC
Good lord, you do surrealism well. I want some of whatever you are smoking. Thanks for sharing with at Gather's Luminous Writers and Artists.
David W. Apr 11, 2012, 9:31am UTC
Dried potato skins, that's my smoke of choice.
William M. Apr 10, 2012, 2:43pm UTC
Very good.
David W. Apr 11, 2012, 9:32am UTC
Thanks, William.
Diane Huizenga Apr 10, 2012, 3:48pm UTC
Have a safe journey lol.
David W. Apr 11, 2012, 8:03pm UTC
I was back before I left.
Mylinda Elliott Apr 10, 2012, 4:53pm UTC
Very good shortie.
David W. Apr 11, 2012, 9:31am UTC
Thank you, Mylinda.
A. F. Stewart Apr 10, 2012, 5:06pm UTC
Hope no one triggers a grandfather paradox, or there will be trouble.
David W. Apr 11, 2012, 9:28am UTC
I always wondered why my great grandfather looked so much like me, or the other way round.
Adelaide M. Apr 10, 2012, 6:12pm UTC
Thanks for posting to Point Taken. Have a great night!
Pam Brittain Apr 10, 2012, 7:42pm UTC
I like. But, great - we're stuck with the potatoe and the armadillo, aardvark, puce, etc.
David W. Apr 11, 2012, 9:30am UTC
I'm OK with potato, aardvark and armadillo, but puce is such an ugly word and color.
Pam Brittain Apr 11, 2012, 3:21pm UTC
Tracy started it. I'm innocent.
David W. Apr 11, 2012, 3:26pm UTC
Old Sanskrit saying, "Thou dost protest too much." Or is it Chinese, or maybe Philistine. Oh, I don't know, but you get the point, right?
Pam Brittain Apr 13, 2012, 7:53pm UTC
I might if you'll share that beer with me.
Kushal Poddar Apr 10, 2012, 9:36pm UTC
Amazing
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Cynthia C. Apr 10, 2012, 9:43pm UTC
Thank you so much for sharing with Sadies Points
David W. Apr 11, 2012, 9:32am UTC
You're welcome and thank for providing a platform.
Denise L. Apr 10, 2012, 11:31pm UTC
Well, that's certainly an interesting use of the prompt!
David W. Apr 11, 2012, 9:33am UTC
Well, I'm an interesting sort of guy.
Vicki R. Apr 12, 2012, 2:05pm UTC
And instant Electric Shock therapy! .. Nice.
Joann B. Apr 13, 2012, 10:47pm UTC
I knew there was more to a DeLorean than most people suspected.
Patricia J. Apr 15, 2012, 11:13am UTC
This is wonderful, David. Using a potato as fuel is great, but I thought it was banana peels he used?
Marilyn (PaintsOnSlate) S. Apr 17, 2012, 4:01pm UTC
that's very interesting and creative.
William Dotani Apr 21, 2012, 3:49am UTC
Did you play with a Mr. Potato as a young lad, or yesterday? LOL. Nice reflection on the movie.
Beth J. May 6, 2012, 7:33pm UTC
Comment Fairy Was here

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