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Topic: Oops (01/14/10)
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TITLE: The Real Truth About Consequences | Previous Challenge Entry
By LINDA GERMAIN
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Slam!
Just eat it, dear. I told you those are raisins. They aren’t moving. It’s just your imagination. Here, take a bite.
Crunch. Oh ick, bleah!
Listen, Stupid. I tell you I am NOT drunk. I can drive as well as the next guy. Watch.
CRASH!
She’s pretty and all, but do I really want her for my wife?
Do you take this woman…?
Don’t worry, Honey. I don't mind running in the corner store in my curlers and bunny slippers to grab a beer for ‘ya.
Gulp. Hello Pastor.
No thanks. I don’t need a receipt. Just toss it for me, will you?
But Detective, I did NOT steal this. Uh, no…I can’t prove it.
You’re not one to stop at railroad crossings and look both ways are you, Joe?
Daily news: Mr. Joseph Johnson flattened by westbound train today.
Let me just reach under here and get that wad of grass and the mower will be fine...
I'm sorry Mr. Jones; you might want to think about changing your name to Lefty.
OK,Ok…stop nagging! I'll get a new battery for the smoke alarm the next time I'm at the store - I mean, what are the odds we'll have a fire tonight?
A total loss? Oh dear. Wonder where Fluffy and Fido got to?
I'm not going to spend good money to put that satellite dish on the roof when I can do it myself.
No Ma’am. He didn't feel a thing. Hope he had life insurance.
That lightening is miles away - we're totally safe. Let’s keep golfing, Harry.
I guess he didn't know that if you can see the lightening it's close enough to kill you.
What is that agitating squeal I hear under this car when I approach a stop sign?
Honestly officer, I hit my brakes in plenty of time, but...
I’m pretty sure carbon monoxide can't get through walls, we're safe.
Sadly, there were no survivors.
Mom, for Pete's sake, I am NOT going to trip over my shoe laces.
Thud!
I haven't been smoking that long, and besides, I'm going to quit long before anything like cancer could hurt me.
Apparently he fell asleep with a lighted cigarette in his hand and set the couch on fire.
I went to Florida on spring break and ended up on "Girls Are Wild." Wasn't that just too cool?
Uh, Mom…is this you on the Internet?
Oh, come on darlin’… I love you. Besides, what could happen?
Waa, Waa (three fourths of a year later).
Leave me alone, Mildred! I ain’t going to no hospital. It’s just a little chest pain.
We got here as fast as we could, ma’am. I’m sorry. You should have called sooner.
How in the world could that toddler get a hold of a gun and shoot anybody?
We're charged with man slaughter? But Judge, we didn’t think he could reach it…and we were sure it wasn’t loaded.
Go ahead, Mister…click on that site. You need to see what disgusting trash your children might get into. You're a Christian and it won’t affect you. You're strong.
Grounds for divorce: Porn addiction.
It’s cold and the baby is asleep. I can leave the car running and be back in 30 seconds. He’ll be fine.
Help! Help! Some idiot kidnapped my child!
Is that gas I smell? It’s dark in here. Wait, let me light a match.
Ka BOOM!
I tell ‘ya I didn’t have anything to do with robbing a bank! I was just waiting in the car.
Sorry kid. Look up the word “accessory”. Twenty to life without parole. Next.
Hey little bro, I double-dog dare ya’ to touch that electrical wire sticking outta that puddle.
(((Zap)))
Stay green, light. Stay green, light. Please stay green.
Screeeech! Blam!
Grandmother has been preaching at me for years to find out about being saved and following Jesus. I figure I have plenty of time. I’m young.
Whoa! Where’d she go? There’s lots of other people missing too. Oh no! Oh no!
The Truth: Most blunder, faux pas, and err is preventable. It makes good sense to proceed with caution and use the brain God gave us.
The Consequences: Sometimes it's really The End.
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