#BREAD

‘OMGosh, Dad!’

Frank froze, knife with butter held over his bread. ‘What?’

‘Your bread.’ Sophie pointed.

He looked at the bread. ‘I know, it’s got a hole in it. It’s not the end of the world.’

He motioned the knife towards the bread.

‘Wait!’ shouted Sophie, hustling Frank out the way and snapping a picture of the bread on her smartphone. ‘Bread with a heart-shaped hole. This will so go viral on my Instagram.’

Frank stared at the piece of bread that was now more famous than he ever would be.

He shrugged and spread the butter over it.


hearty-bread
Copyright Kelvin M. Knight

Written as part of the Friday Fictioneers challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details HERE). The idea is to write a short story of 100 words based on the photo prompt (above).

To read stories of 100 words based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.

117 responses to “#BREAD”

  1. Food, kids, pups and kittens certainly are more famous than they know about fame 🙂

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    1. Modern life brilliantly observed. My son won’t touch his food until he has checked with my that I don’t want to photograph it. Ha ha…

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      1. I dread to think how many photos of food now exist floating around on the web. As you say, that’s modern life, first the photo, then you can eat it 🙂

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    2. More people will always view those things than read our stories – such is modern life!

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  2. I liked bread more famous than he would ever be

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  3. Guess this bread became more famous than the band with the same name… Says a lot about the younger generation really.

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  4. It is the way of the world. These prompts inspire, your story says so much about the present web culture.

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    1. Thanks Mike – of course the photo would get more views than my story ever will! 🙂

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  5. Dear Iain,

    This made me laugh out loud. Obviously the photographer found the heart shaped hole interesting enough to submit as a photo prompt. 😉 Ah the modern world and the things that entertain us. Good one.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. Thanks Rochelle, at least in being used as a prompt the photo has some worth and purpose now – unlike a lot of photos shared on the internet! 🙂

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      1. I couldn’t agree with you more, Iain.

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  6. Hilariously relatable 😊 great story, Iain!

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    1. Thanks Annie, happy it gave you a laugh 🙂

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  7. A bread sized view of an increasingly narcissistic world. Very well,. Kelly.

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  8. That would be my reaction exactly. Now if it happened TWICE….

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    1. Now you’re talking something special!

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  9. Hahahaha!! Reminds me of my teenagers 🙂 🙂

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    1. Thanks Vivian – so long as they’re happy 🙂

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      1. I’m sure they are….. if happiness is defined by how long you live on snap-chat! 🙂

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  10. It’s all looks and little substance these days. Back in the old days–it was just the same only less public, LOL. Good story.

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    1. Very true Gabi, the internet just means we can share our silly little moments with the whole world!

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  11. It’s not what you look at… it’s what you see! 🙂
    Good story.

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    1. Nice interpretation 😉

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  12. So of what is true today. Genext & Genpast!

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    1. I know which Gen I belong to! Thank you.

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  13. Exactly what would happen these days 🙂

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    1. Not so much a fictional story.

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      1. Well, aren’t most stories based in some sort of reality? Or at least, the human imagination 🙂

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  14. Now he’s got a piece of bread with a glob of heart-shaped butter inside. Another Instagram post. Fame is fleeting, fortunately.

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    1. It’s photos of cups of coffee I can never really understand – why is anyone interested in that?!

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      1. Beats me. Coffee is for the taste (assuming good coffee) and the caffeine.

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  15. Oh. That’s very likely to be someone’s true story! Wonderfully woven drabble.

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  16. Really relatable and cute story! I could see this happening in real life for sure.

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    1. I’m sure you won’t have to search hard to find similar pictures online. Thank you 🙂

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  17. When you’re looking for a “sign” sometimes they show up in the most unusual places. I’d be the one taking the picture I’m afraid and I’m not a teenage girl, just a believer in dreams and signs 🙂

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    1. Haha, that’s true, perhaps I’m being unfair to the younger generation!

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  18. Nice reflection on the differences between the generations, and the nature of fame nowadays.

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  19. My sister-in-law would eat her heart out to capture and post that. Pun intended.

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    1. If it keeps them happy…!

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  20. Wow! Beautifully captured . I don’t quite get the obsession with clicking and posting .Getting old, I believe.🙂

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  21. Well, at least it wasn’t in the shape of the Virgin Mary! THAT would have gone viral!

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    1. That or the Turin Shroud lookalikes!

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  22. Oh, good job, Iain! I love her reaction as opposed to his. Makes me laugh! 🙂

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    1. Thanks Sascha – I would definitely be the Dad with the confused look on his face 🙂

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  23. This could easily be a true story!

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    1. I’m sure it has happened somewhere. Thanks.

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  24. Frank sounds like a typical phlegmatic Englishman. 🙂

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      1. So what if the Battle of Britain is raging over our heads. that’s no reason for missing our tea and toast. 🙂

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  25. Ugh! Such a dad reaction!
    🙂 I love it.

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    1. It would be my reaction 🙂

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  26. This is great! My husband and I shake our heads all the time as our dear daughter snaps pictures of her food!
    Love your last line about the bread being more famous. 🙂

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    1. Thank you, I’m glad so many can relate to this!

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  27. A delightful take on the prompt. Taking pictures of food is indeed a strange phenomenon.

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    1. Now if you could post the smell and taste of the food to each other as well, then it would be worthwhile!

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  28. it’s a different world from where we grew up. we better get used to it. 🙂

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  29. Well, if you must go viral, Instigram is much better than pneumonia.

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  30. I was planning to write my story on a similar line Iain. You stole it. 😉
    Jokes apart, ain’t this just how typically we lead our lives, feeding off smart phones!

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    1. Sorry I beat you to it Natasha!

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      1. No sweat. My impetus to think differently 😀

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  31. Sophie’s not wrong. Sadly. Nice one!

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    1. I believe she is what’s known as ‘with it.’

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  32. Youngsters and their phones! Don’t they drive you mad? A tale of our times Iain.

    Click to read my FriFic

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  33. I think Frank has exactly the right attitude there – butter over it and eat! Nice, wry tale Iain

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    1. Thanks Lynn, Frank very much shares my attitude here!

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  34. Haha – a fun piece Iain. And realistic too.

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  35. I have posted a few pictures of food on Twitter: eggnog when it came out; the holiday dinners with my family; one on New Year’s of my holding a glass. (With a jacket and dress shirt on)

    My mom is like Frank: she doesn’t get it.

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    1. I’m with your Mom, although at least you seem to limit it to special occasions 🙂

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  36. The saying used to be “You are what you eat.” I guess in today’s world it should be amended to “You eat what you photograph.”

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  37. Ha very practical! And of course it went viral. The internet is a strange place 😊

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    1. Very strange indeed – as are a lot of the people who use it 🙂

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  38. Even bread gets its 15 minutes of fame these days. Good story.

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    You captured today’s reality beautifully in this. Nice take on the prompt.

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  40. butter is always great – and such a current take on the prompt – 800 likes in 5 minutes perhaps?

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    1. No for my story, but for the picture of the bread – easy!

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  41. Sign o’ the times… 😉

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  42. Ruined a good piece of art.

    DJ

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  43. Are you saying Kelvin stole Frank’s daughter’s photo? Hehehe 🙂 Nice one Iain. A lot of cats, dogs and even goats are more famous than most of us 🙂

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  44. Nice story.In some other country, you could have auctioned it for millions. I read about an Indian bread written Allahs name in Urdu written on it and what a hullabaloo over it.

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  45. Fantastic characterisation – Sophie’s dialogue giving us the type of teenager she is. Love Frank’s insouciance.

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  46. There is just nothing better than swallowing destiny whole.

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  47. And Sophie is going to get a lot of likes on Insta 🙂 nice story!

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