photo prompt: Copyright – Claire Fuller
“Does this make me look fat?” Mitch asks, looking sideways in the showroom mirror.
I don’t look up from my phone. “Nah,” I reply in a rather bored voice.
I hate these buddy-buddy road trips, but it’s what I get paid the big bucks for.
We’d been at this upscale outlet mall for hours; I must’ve heard “blah blah fat blah blah” a hundred times. I’m ready for cocktail hour and it’s only 11:33 am.
Check my messages; sweeter deal is a go. Tired of rubber-headed Mitch, off to NYC doing PR for that ghost-busted Stay Puff Marshmallow guy.
A bit of tired humor for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers.
click on the vw van to join the road trip
Lorraine's frilly freudian slip 
December 14, 2021 at 10:01 pm
Ah, the stories that the near-to-the-limelight sidekicks can tell… From a fat-obsessed rubbernecker to Sta-Puff, the person could probably get a ghost writer (pun intended) to cook up a bestseller.
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December 14, 2021 at 12:54 pm
That was… different. :)
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December 14, 2021 at 10:47 am
Laughing all the way :)
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December 12, 2021 at 10:11 pm
Now that was a hoot!
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December 13, 2021 at 3:22 am
Thanks, Dale. I could never take the Michelin Man seriously.
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December 13, 2021 at 9:00 am
It is rather difficult… ;-)
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December 12, 2021 at 12:51 pm
Well done, Lorraine. The rumor is that Marshmallow Man is the more environmentally friendly of the two. :-)
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December 12, 2021 at 6:07 am
Dear Lorraine,
Never ask the fat question unless you’re prepared for the answer. ;) Cute take on the prompt.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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December 12, 2021 at 6:17 am
Exactly! Mitch definitely has a spare tire round his middle.
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December 12, 2021 at 5:34 am
yes, the me culture seems so annoying, well indicated.
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December 12, 2021 at 6:18 am
The “me, me” folks are so self-absorbed, they don’t see the world collapsing around them, one road trip buddy at a time.
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December 11, 2021 at 11:23 am
This was good fun, well done!
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December 13, 2021 at 3:18 am
Thanks. Never could take the Michelin Man seriously . . .
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December 13, 2021 at 4:36 am
No, he never did do a good job at that, did he.
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December 11, 2021 at 10:56 am
Hahaahaaaaaaa! Stay puffed ;)
Great little flash story here … you’ve captured the essence of the boredom, the waiting, the impatience etc. And a delightful surprise ending :) I love the wonkiness of it …. (wonky seems to be my key word for the day …. )
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December 13, 2021 at 3:18 am
Saw a clip from the most recent installment in the ghost-busters franchise. The grocery shelf is full of minitature stay-puff marshmallow men. Too cute. And wonky. (Great word btw)
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December 13, 2021 at 11:49 am
I know right – wonky is a lovely and delightful word 😁
yeah, I keep seeing slices of the commercial for a new version or a continuation of sorts …. where now, it’s the “grandkids” of one of the originals or what have you …. totally bizarre …. just goes to show, few if any original ideas out there …. so rehash and rehash until it’s nothing but burnt carp in the pan ;)
but hey, it may be someone’s cup of tea *shrugging*
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December 11, 2021 at 9:03 am
It could well be that Marshmallow man is no improvement on Michelin man.
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December 11, 2021 at 2:11 pm
I suspect my protagonist isn’t in for a sweet ride.
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