Cartwheels and Satan
I knew this guy in high school, let's call him Bennett. Anyway, Bennett was in a rival band. We weren't really friends before that fact but he had even less affection for us after that fact.
So, we got some good news about a potential lucrative gig and told Bennett about it. Bennett replied, "So? You expect me to do cartwheels about it?" He always was a bit of a dickhead.
The gig eventually fell through.
But, on the bright side, I didn't dye my hair black, start worshipping Satan, and eventually get arrested for burglary either.
So, there's that.
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
11 comments add one below
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Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago
True, I note. Well done you... and as for Bennett (let’s call him stoopid prick)... sounds like cartwheel karma!
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Christopher almost 3 years ago
Teehee! I should've mentioned this was inspired by Jamie's recent drabble. When I was commenting on it I made mention of this incident and it inspired this drabble.
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Christopher almost 3 years ago
And yes, it's true. And that was Bennett's fate. Or at least the guy I'm calling Bennett.
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Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago
I’d guessed it might have been inspired by Jamie’s comment. But I thought your rocknecdotes might spawn a series...? More paleeeease!
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Christopher almost 3 years ago
I've been thinking about that, trying to remember some of the things that happened.
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Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago
I’d have thought they were all indelibly etched on your memory!
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Christopher almost 3 years ago
Some of them are but a lot of it blurs into just a memory of being there with my mates. I think you don't realize when you're young that you're doing things you'd want to remember in 30 years.
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Christopher almost 3 years ago
Like this very drabble. I didn't remember that guy saying that until I read Jamie's drabble and that triggered it.
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Jamie Clapperton almost 3 years ago
Interesting how one story can trigger another. ;-) Enjoyed this and wonder what 'Bennet' is doing now...
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Jamie Clapperton almost 3 years ago
Learning to cartwheel maybe. ;-))
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Christopher almost 3 years ago
Thanks, Jamie. I heard about ten years after high school he'd gotten himself straightened out but I haven't heard anything since then.
