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Yes, it’s me. Second time around this week. Sometimes ya just gotta take another dip in the Friday Fictioneers pool. 😉
Genre: For my own a-MUSE-ment
Word Count: 100
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
The gauntlet has been thrown with Neil’s comment, “Why don’t you write something about the future?”
I could write a dystopian story about how the honeybees are dying causing famine from a lack of pollination. I did.
I could write a story about our future being ruled by artificial intelligence, but I can’t raise the bar any higher than such authors as Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clark or Isaac Asimov already have.
Lemme give it some thought.
“Hey Siri, what kind of futuristic story should I write?”
“George Santayana said, ‘those who cannot remember history are doomed to repeat it.’”
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 
That’s such cheating, Rochelle. History, they say, doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes
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Dear Neil,
Cheating though it may be…it’s where my head went. 😉 It’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Fair enough
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Good one Rochelle 😀
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Thank you, Colline. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I hope Siri isn’t talking about the 2020 election… Now there would be a scary dystopian story…
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Dear Trent,
Your comment makes me want to curl up in a fetal position and suck my thumb. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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This is history that I hope never repeats!
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Touche! An excellent riposte. (I was momentarily confused when your distinctive blog appeared twice, though someone had stolen your layout 🙂 )
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Dear Iain,
I don’t double dip often, but this week I couldn’t resist. 😉 I’d really be surprised to find my layout on someone else’s blog. 😀 Thank you for reading and commenting, not once, but twice.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Once bitten but not twice shy! Jokes apart, another one from you is a double treat, Rochelle..
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Thank you so much, Neel. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Good one, and so very true. One of my fave quotes. Love this photo… it reeks of futuristic, dystopian, and glum reality. Hmmm, where will I go from here… 🙂 Happy belated Passover! Shalom! ~Bear
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Dear Bear,
It’s actually still Passover, so you’re not at all belated. 😉 Re the quote, so very true. But do we listen? Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
PS You’ll come up with something good. I have faith in you.
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No, evidently we don’t listen since history keeps repeating. The other day, I was in a discussion, readings from 2 Peter & Revelations, and one of the people made a statement that since Christ will return like a thief and no one knows the day/hour, etc… that only God knows. So, they said that it bore us well to think on the possibility that every generation must have it’s own Anti-Christ in the wings… A disturbing thought, indeed.
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Henry Ford said History is Bunk. And here we are, seemingly repeating it. As Aldous Huxley would say, “Oh my Ford!”
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You’ve made me laugh out loud, Josh. 😀 (The less said about Ford, the better. 😉 ) Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Or, “Oh my Freud…”
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Great story, Rochelle, and so true. Asking Siri made me laugh. And to quote on of my all-time favourite SciFi shows: It has happened before and it will happen again. The older I get the more I realise the truth of this.
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Dear Gabi,
We have already entered the A.I. age, haven’t we? I couldn’t resist. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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You are pretty doomed when Siri can’t help. 🙂
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Dear Lady C,
I’ve found that Siri doesn’t know places in England very well. I asked her for the time in Sussex and she gave me the time in Sussex, Wisconsin. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I told Siri to shut up once and she told me I was very rude. She is gone now. I couldn’t handle it. I laughed hard.
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🤣🤣🤣
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Ah, you mentioned some of my favorite authors of sci-fi. The future world of George Orwell has come and gone and we have surpassed his visions a long ways. What does Siri know? Good story. Even with the help from Siri.
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Dear Jan,
Siri is, after all, artificial intelligence, isn’t she? Thank you. ❤
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Dystopi is sometimes even more scary in history than anything we might imagine.
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Dear Björn,
Hard to look ahead these days. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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You asked Siri! You actually asked Siri! Stone the crows!
(Please note, this is my avatar’s comment, not mine…)
Nice one, Rochelle – well worth the double dip.
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Dear Penny,
Your avatar made me laugh. All in good fun. Of course the story was written with tongue placed firmly in cheek. 😀 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
And voilà. That’s how you do it. Now, Neil feels you cheated so maybe outta spite you will do a real futuristic one – sans dystopia or A.I. 😉 Though that would be difficult, methinks.
Shalom and Lotsa love,
Dale
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Dear Dale,
Perhaps I’ll write a futuristic piece at some point (wait for it) in the future. 😀 I’ll see what the muse has to say. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom and lotsa hugs,
Rochelle
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You know I tease…
😘
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😄🤪🤣😃
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George Santayana was so right. We certainly need a really great philosopher to guide the world to a better place.
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Dear Michael,
George was indeed correct. Yet, we see things repeated.
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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That just takes me to Sword and Sorcery. 🙂
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Dear Alice,
I’m not familiar with Sword and Sorcery. But thank you. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
PS I hope my comments are eventually showing up on your stories. They don’t show up when I post them.
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Yep You’re comments are showing up on my blog with no special effort on my part.
As to Sword and Sorcery, think Lord of the Rings.
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Very clever. Made me laugh.
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Jim Spence aka Anonymous
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Dear Jim,
I’m glad it made you laugh. Thank you. And thank you for revealing your hidden identity. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Gee, thanks, Siri. I was kinda hoping for a full plot, character backgrounds… 🙂
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Dear Ali,
Siri does have her limits. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Awesome stuff, Rochelle. I actually think you could do quite well with a futuristic piece. 🙂
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Dear Fatima,
I’ll not rule out a futuristic piece…sometime in the future. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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That’s what I hear. Scary thought.
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Dear Shirley,
Scary thought indeed. Thank you and it’s great to see you in person. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Your Siri is being lazy. Mine gave me a few links like https://thewritepractice.com/20-sci-fi-story-ideas/
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Dear Subroto,
Busted. I didn’t really ask Siri…leave it to the overachiever. 😉 Seriously, thank you. I’ll have to peruse that link.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yup, that sounds dystopian enough
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Thank you for taking the time to read and comment, Skye. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Well risen Rochelle. That Siri’s about as useful as Alexa, whatever I ask her to play she churns out Queen.
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Dear Michael,
I have Siri on my iPhone. I ask her for the time in Sussex and she gives me Sussex, Wisconsin. And she even has a British accent. Go figure. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Sadly, we never seem to learn, if when we’re reminded. Nice rebuttal, Rochelle
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Dear Lynn,
Thanks for reading my second story. 😉 Some weeks a person does what she has to do.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Nicely done on “Silence of the Bees.” Very sad and scary, “Flowers and fruit are bedtime stories we tell our children … by our own folly comes our extinction.” Great quote by George Santayana.
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Dear Brenda,
I’m so pleased you clicked the link to read my other story. 😀 Thank you for all your affirming comments.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yay. I think maybe you had problems starting this one.
Lovely close.
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Dear Pier One,
Thank you for such a lovely comment/compliment. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ha Fabulous Rochelle. Couldn’t have said it better!
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Many thanks, Laurie. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Buggy had a blessed beginning, Bad ending.
He was also a visionary – Los Vegas.
too bad he never reached his true potential. Who knows what path God had for him.
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Hi Phyllis,
I think you mean Bugsy and this story 😉 https://rochellewisoff.com/2019/05/01/3-may-2019/ Thank you for coming by.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yap, Bugsy. Still a good story. ;0)
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