Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Theme Thursday (Bottle)

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61 comments:

Eternally Distracted said...

WOW, I definitely was not expecting that ending :0)

Brian Miller said...

ha. love the twist...there is life on mars...smiles.

the walking man said...

You are a twisted twisted man. Lovely...but twisted. Now we know though what happened on the red planet. it went dry.

Secretia said...

You are a marvelous writer, truly talented!

Secretia

subby said...

THAT...WAS...AWESOME...! And really makes on wonder...

ShAKirA CHOONG said...

Such a good story.
From a bottle to Mars, WOW.

hugs
shakira

Alix said...

Coolio, Julio. Me likey.

Kim A. said...

The ending got me too! You do that alot... :-D

Namaste

Tom said...

how many years? Great ending.

blueviolet said...

Why must all life forms ruin the planets they live on??? First Mars, now Earth. =:O I love your stories, sweetie!!! I love you!!!!

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otin said...

blueviolet- thank you for everything! the support and praise are nice, but it is you that I adore. I LOVE YOU!

Jessie said...

a great story -- i love the end, didn't see it coming!! there is life on Mars after all...

warm smiles,

Quirkyloon said...

Clever! Me likey! Great story!

AmyLK said...

I see there is life on mars! Good story.

5thsister said...

Loved the twist but I still wanted to keep on reading! Don't ever stop writing!

TechnoBabe said...

Yes! Good ending. We all should put a note in a bottle. You never know....

ReformingGeek said...

Cool!

Life on Mars? I'm ready.

Heidi said...

You certainly know how to give a surprise ending! Love it.

Tgoette said...

Wow, great story! I loved the twist at the end. Genius! LOL!

rxBambi said...

I like that you still got JOHNSON in there somehow!!

Loved the twist at the end. You rock Otie!

buffalodick said...

Twilight Zone material!

Gillian said...

great story. made me grin. yet another brilliant story.

Barb said...

Great job, Otin. And it's nice to see that Bambi's the only one that has mentioned the Johnson!

Alice in Wonderland said...

WOW! I loved this...I never expected the ending though!

Baino said...

I have David Bowie in my head now!

Grand Pooba said...

wha? how? who?

Am I the only one left questioning? lol

Grand Pooba said...

Just noticed you have a button! I am so snagging it! Only problem is that you spelled your name wrong. ;o)

VE said...

That was a good one! Excellent twist at the end. Bravo!

mama-face said...

I will never look at my son's stick figure drawings the same way again.

ha. So serious then so funny.

Christina said...

Oh wow! Never saw that one coming. Great story, as usual.

Mighty M said...

Men really are from Mars!!

Ronda Laveen said...

As always Otin, I love your buried message at the end. Fantastic.

Bridgette said...

Awesome story!!! I left you a message about my situation. Thank you SO much for the prayer!

Ed W said...

Excellent twist. Well done. We have similar stories (well...other than the obvious theme) and yet completely different...

Chris@Knucklehead! said...

Well, there WAS life on Mars...wonder how they screwed up THEIR planet?

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CatLadyLarew said...

Cool post, Otin... it's always a treat to stop by here!

Beth said...

Well, well, well... That was a twist.

Titanium said...

Your ending, as always, knocked me alien socks clean off.

Lovely, Otin. Just lovely. Now I'm barefoot again.

Mine is here.

Jaime said...

nicely done. love the twisty ending.

Felicitas said...

Awesome story! Really well done!

Pat said...

Another unexpected ending and another winner!

Susan said...

That was a wicked cool ending. I loved it! I'm up too. Come check it out.
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Betsy said...

Ooooh...I knew it!

♥ Braja said...

i didn't expect that....

powdergirl said...

I just loved this, Otin.

I actually got a little jolt at the ending, very nice : )

Ocean Girl said...

It was a slow agonizing twist for me. You are quite a storyteller.

Alan Burnett said...

Great tale, great ending, great post.

C said...

wow, awesome. sooooo sad... but a light at the end of the tunnel so to speak....

c

California Girl said...

They coulda used Tom Hanks & Wilson.

Sad story, nice twist. You're getting better and better!

Stacy (the Random Cool Chick) said...

You are King of the Twist(s)! ;) Loved it, Otin! :)

Stephanie said...

Nice twist at the end!

gayle said...

As always...Great!!!!

Nancy said...

Good one! You have a very fertile imagination, Otin!

tera said...

Very very cool!

Michele said...

Wow...

Great story.
Love the ending... ;)

xoxo
M.

Harnett-Hargrove said...

I loved this one! The playing of 'notes in a bottle' are endless.
-J

KaLynn said...

I love it love it love it!! Come by my place for an award!!

Her Majesty Lisa (LadyWanderlust) said...

Move over Ray Bradbury, Otin is in town. ;-)

Corrie Howe said...

Very interesting and unexpected...which seems like we should be expecting the unexpected.