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PHOTO PROMPT – Copyright – Jean L. Hays
KLEPTO~AUTO~MANIAC
by John Yeo
The difficulty of auto-mania is keeping a firm grip on the wheel. George was a confirmed kleptomaniac with a penchant for vehicles. The latest addition to his collection was stolen from a scrap yard. George planned to renovate and bring this interesting vehicle to life.
The police arrived and arrested George for parking this very unique stolen property outside his front door.
In court the learned Judge looked at George and asked. “Why?”
George shrugged his shoulders, then mumbled. “I dunno!”
The Judge asked for a psychiatric assessment and later ordered George to be released into the care of the local hospital car mechanic.
Written by John Yeo ©
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Best place for him, I’d say. 🙂 Nice one.
Thanks Sandra~Glad you liked this ~ ✏️
“local hospital car mechanic” i laughed at that line imagining poor george in a straight jacket leaning over an opened hood:) cool spin.
Thanks CR~I laughed at your wonderful vision too~ 🙂 ~ Thanks for you lovely response ~
Clever story, John.
Thanks again Rochelle~ I’m so glad you enjoyed this ~ Thanks for your supportive comments~
Grease monkeys rule. What a wise judge. Fun story.
Many thanks for your Darwinian response Patrick 🙂 Made me smile, envisioning the rulers with a spanner in the works~ 🙂
Great take.
Thanks for the supportive comment FF~ I’m glad you liked this ~
Dear Johnandmargaret1607, Great story and I liked it! Good job! Nan
Thanks very much for that lovely comment Nan~I appreciate your response~ 🙂
Good story. I couldn’t come up with anything for this week’s prompt. Great job with this. 🙂
Thanks Vinitha~ Im happy you liked this, It was a fun take on the picture 🙂
Haha…such a silly story.
That was fun!
l’m glad you enjoyed my flight of the imagination Dawn ~ Thanks for reading and responding 🙂
Yes, I really did laugh out loud. This is a sweet story with an ending that is absolutely hilariously perfect.
And that judge really was a wise old owl. He knew there was no one in the whole world who could understand John the way a true mechanic would. There’s just something about the way they think that a lot of other people don’t understand.
Thanks for your wonderful response~Glad you enjoyed this~ 🙂
He ended up in THE perfect place. Well done, John.
Thanks for your great comment Alicia~Absolutely perfect~ 🙂
Very clever and I love that he parked it out front for the world to see.
Thanks for your great response, Yaral~ The middle to make both ends of the story meet 📝
John, I hope that treatment helps George. At least it’ll keep him busy for a while. Humorous and well-written story. 🙂 — Susan
Thanks for your nice reply Suzanne~~I’m glad you enjoyed this ~ 🙂