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Chronus, The Father of Time, stood at his frying pan. Bacon wafted through his dwelling. Taking time out. He chuckled at his own lame joke. Time stood still for no bastard. Mortals should stop praying to him. No dodging The Grim Reaper.
One voice nagged him, a cry for a do-over. Damn-it couldn’t he eat in peace? Zeus never had to put up with this crap; one lightning bolt, his job done.
Chronus flashed before an old man.
“Get on the rollercoaster and prayers will be answered.”
Excited, the man bounced into the rollercoaster car. The ride began to move.
Telepathically, Chronus sent his mate a message, “Grim, I have a job for you.”
Cronus bit into sandwich; his prayers answered.
SPLAT!
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Tannille 
They are such jokers, these ancient gods
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And we’re the punch line!
Thanks N
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Dear Tanille,
Not much regard for human life with these gods. I hope that’s not what really goes on in the other world.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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None at all. And I hope the other world is much kinder than these gods too.
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Ouch. What a way to go!
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I doubt he saw it coming and it was quick. Great way to go. 😀
Thanks I
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Grim.
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Indeed! 😀
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And now back to the bacon sandwich… all in a day’s work.
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A god has to eat 😀.
Thanks S!
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Eating a bacon sandwich, that’s bad for a God, and not so good for the Pig.🙂
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He enjoys them, but true.
Thanks M!
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See what happens when people work together? Things get done and there’s more time for sandwiches. I do find it interesting that gods have to do their own cooking.
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The mrs is away, Chronus is living it up. No one cooks the bacon right. 😀. You should see what he can do with peanut butter…
Thanks N!
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I don’t know if I want to see that.
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I love the bacon sandwich in such an imaginative take on the prompt.
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The bacon sandwich is such a human substance to eat.
Thanks P!
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I was worried when I read the title…and with good reason. I suppose the man on the rollercoaster expected a different result so he didn’t see it coming and it all happened fast? Not a good way to go. At least Chronus got to eat his sandwich.
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When time is up, time is up. I want to go out fast. The old man didn’t see it coming.
Thanks B!
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Oh! Now I know who to pray to when I am 78 😀 😀 😀 Good one Tannille. Loved the joke too 😉
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Hmm we might have to go god shopping. 😀
Thanks J
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If that’s what the man wished, then hey, they done good working together 😉
Quick and without knowing is the way to go!
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I think the old man wanted to turn back time. Quick and not knowing is a great way to go. Shame for those who have to clean up. 😀
Thanks D
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This is very true. More than a shame, really 😉
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With that title, it was never going to end well. Never bother a god when they’re eating 🙂
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That is the moral of the story. 😀
Thanks D
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Another one bites the dust – all in a day’s work!
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That song is stuck in my head now 😀.
Thanks K!
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Goodness. Cold-hearted guy, Chronus. But then, according to the stories, most of them were. They didn’t have much regard for the stupid humans 🙂
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I think Chronus is too old to care and is indifferent. At least he didn’t play with the old man, some gods toy.
Thanks L
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well, you don’t always get what you ask for, seems this time it worked out
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Chronus is happy!
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he’s got a grim sense of humor. as a god, he feels entitled to it. 🙂
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HAHA great play on words. He’s been doing the job for too long.
Thanks P!
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Chronus may be the father of time, but where are his children? Then again he has immortalised the tasty bacon roll/sandwich. What a guy.
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We’re all his children? At least he had bacon 🥓 .
Thanks J!
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Well, no one said Gods are sentimental.
The men who think they are Gods certainly aren’t. …
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You are absolutely correct on both accounts. Time cares for no one.
Thanks N!
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There’s no outrunning death in the end. Great story.
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Death is usually embraced at some point, if we don’t go early.
Thanks J
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