The Little Black Book

Paul Bell

He liked the idea of space.
The final frontier.
Smoking stars on Saturn's rings.
Yeah, that would do it.
The five o’clock rush was a bitch.
The eight a.m. rush was a double bitch.
Bitch, bitch, bitch.
People on phones.
Wanting to know how their shares were performing.
The wife trying on outfits.
That’s a performance.
Your shares, Titanic comes to mind.
Yes, sir, your shares are performing just as I told you they would.
They’re somewhere in between my lies, and my imagination.
They say we’ll be driving driverless cars soon.
The five o’clock rush is now down to just a bitch.
The eight a.m. bitch, bitch.
Two driverless cars were caught at a strange hotel.
The court ruling found in favour of the drivers, Mr X, and Mrs X.
Blaming software problems.
The judge put that into his little black book.
Yes sir, not only would I put my life savings into that company, I would remortgage my house.
Nice little island in the sun, no phones.
The crash was blamed on driverless cars.
No one at the helm.
The judge was having none of it.
Subpoenas were flying in all directions.
Mr and Mrs X had fled the country.
It was all in the little black book.

  • Author: Paul Bell (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 9th, 2022 09:17
  • Category: Humor
  • Views: 43
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Comments5

  • dusk arising

    Decree nisi granted on the grounds that Mrs X's coffee grinder was sharing a double socket power outlet with Mr Y's smoothie blender. Custody of the toasters, kettle and car charger cable to Mrs X.

    Great imaginitive, creative writing - i had to join in with my little bit LOL because your piece really oiled my juices.

    • Paul Bell

      You've been there. I see a judge on your back now. lol

    • LMTobin

      I really enjoyed this. There was a strong rhythm that pulled me Into this new world nightmare.
      Really good!

      • Paul Bell

        Be robots waking you up soon. Actually, that's an alarm oclock. lol

        • Paul Bell

          Life used to be simple.

        • FallenAngel1๐Ÿ•Š

          Donโ€™t get me started on the cars of today. OMG!๐Ÿ˜‚ Good humour here Paul. It really gave me a good chuckle๐Ÿ˜œCheers๐Ÿป๐Ÿ•Š๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ‘

          • Paul Bell

            You're right, cars are beginning to speak back to you.

          • Rozina

            Really enjoyed reading your funny, creative story. I read a novel where the driverless car was programmed (by the owner husband) to kill the passenger (his wife) by driving into a wall or something. You could write a funny crime novel with this!

            • Paul Bell

              I never meant for that to come out. lol

            • Neville



              one of the few things I enjoy more than a little black dress, is a little black book .................. do keep em coming Paul .................... N ๐Ÿ™‚

              • Paul Bell

                Driverless dresses, there must be a market for them somewhere.



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