Comments on: Life’s A Game

By: Cathy Olliffe

Cathy Olliffe — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:32:47 +0000

Life’s a bitch and then you marry one.

By: brookelyn

brookelyn — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:28:44 +0000

GREAT story! very ingenuitive with the game titles and never saw the twist coming. it was a spot on description of a flailing relationship… the mental cycle of “it’s over,”"maybe it’s not over,” was so relatable. well done!

By: Eric J. Krause

Eric J. Krause — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:04:27 +0000

He should have just went ahead and got the remote controlled car. The kid probably would have liked it better anyway. And it sounds like his wife wouldn’t be happy with anything he did. Good story.

By: CJ

CJ — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:02:39 +0000

Heh – I feel the same way about all those games. Perhaps he should have bought a Magic 8-ball and used that to answer a few of his questions.
Nicely worked in with the “Sorry” too – didn’t even see it coming.

By: KjM

KjM — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:44:06 +0000

Ouch! Can’t win for tryin’

Nicely done with this. You get the reader’s hopes up, along with the main character’s, and then let them down with a thump. Yeah, these two no longer know how to communicate – best separate before blood gets spilled.

Well done.

By: ganymeder

ganymeder — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:38:30 +0000

That was freakin’ awesome. I laughed out loud at the end.

By: ~Tim

~Tim — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:30:49 +0000

Great use of the prompt and great description of the relationship. [And Simon's comment made me laugh too.]

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:33:38 +0000

As always a wonderful journey – though I am like a cat on a tin roof – expecting a monster or psycho to rush out and decapitate something at anytime with your stories…I have to agree with Jodi – Game of Life sucks the big one. Monopoly however, is an institution in my family and played numerous times over the holiday breaks.

He should leave her – what an ungrateful witch she is.

Vistors can see my entry at http://annieevett.blogspot.com/2010/02/ana-asef.html

By: Cascade Lily

Cascade Lily — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:15:14 +0000

Oh, yeah, he’s a goner for sure! Fun flash (but maybe not for those befuddled menfolk out there…)

By: Jodi Cleghorn

Jodi Cleghorn — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:10:49 +0000

I happen to like ‘Monopoly’ and I remember the one time I played ‘The Game of Life’ I ended up with seven kids and couldn’t fit them all in the tiny plastic car.

My favourite parts are – where he says he’s OK and his mates think he’s OK (so he’s obviously an OK guy then!) and the way you whip it 180 degress and insert ‘hope’ into the picture, and then give us whip lash, whipping us back to the start and the harpie scream.

Very nice twist!