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drabble for "butterfly whirl"
Mar. 27th, 2011 06:06 amWhat the heck - I've written a drabble (exactly 100 words) for every other week this month. May as well make it a complete set.
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I'm not actually in a dark alley - I'm not that stupid. But it is late, and it is a bad part of town, so I do feel a little stupid.
My assailant is positively oozing the cocky menace of petty criminals everywhere. He's flipping a butterfly knife open and closed over and over, spinning it around his fingers while he says something about a toll for going down his street. I admit, seen up close in real life it's a pretty scary routine.
Until he goofs up his little trick and slices off his thumb. Then I can't stop laughing.
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(In case anyone reading this doesn't know what a butterfly knife is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balisong_%28knife%29 )
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I'm not actually in a dark alley - I'm not that stupid. But it is late, and it is a bad part of town, so I do feel a little stupid.
My assailant is positively oozing the cocky menace of petty criminals everywhere. He's flipping a butterfly knife open and closed over and over, spinning it around his fingers while he says something about a toll for going down his street. I admit, seen up close in real life it's a pretty scary routine.
Until he goofs up his little trick and slices off his thumb. Then I can't stop laughing.
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(In case anyone reading this doesn't know what a butterfly knife is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balisong_%28knife%29 )
