ZapFic50Monday - Cultural Differences

This post is inspired by a writing prompt in the Freewriters community - It isn't just Monday... It's #ZapFic50Monday! - the prompt is "tire".

Image by Ben Kerckx from Pixabay

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Fred walked into the roadside mechanic’s shop.

“Hire car’s got a slow puncture, can you sell me a repair kit and some tyre levers ?”

The mechanic replied in a slow Texas drawl, “You’re English ? You mean your rental’s got a blowout. Over here we call them tire irons.”

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For any of my friends (or anyone else, for that matter !) who reads this and fancies giving it a try, it's really fun and thought provoking. The rules are really simple;

• The Freewriters Community has a Zapfic post with a writing prompt every Monday alternating between posts up to 240 characters exactly 50 word posts.
• Your response must be posted within 3 days in the Freewriters Community.
• Please post a link to your entry in the comments section of the prompt post
• Please use #freewritehouse and #zapfic tags.
• The important one - YOU MUST use a word/character counter (if you search for word counter on the internet or in your phone's app store you will get a big choice!) wordcounter.net and include a screenshot. Entries without a screenshot will NOT be valid.
• Please use the prompt provided as you see fit (use your imagination)
• Try to tell a complete story if you can!
• The story should only be up to 240 characters long (including spaces, punctuation etc) or exactly 50 words long.