As agreeable as my grandfather was, it was possible to disagree with him. I don’t know what he would have said or done if a disagreement got genuinely unpleasant, but I do know what would happen if he was tired of it.
He would say, “You want to fight me, buddy?”
If the other person said, “Yeah!”, Grandpa would point to the biggest person around and say,
That’s me buddy.
I don’t think he ever got into a fight. No, I tell a lie. A guy in high school wanted to fight him. Grandpa just dodged or let the guy punch him until a teacher came to “break it up”. The other guy got in trouble, and Grandpa got a reputation of being too tough to have to fight.
I didn’t know that until I wrote a short story about a kid who handled a bully like that, and Grandpa told me his story. Cool!
This post is part of Linda G. Hills weekly blog hop, One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner or just like them, follow the link.
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Write about a fight.
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Dan Antion
June 2, 2021 at 8:14amI think I’d just buy him a beer.
Marian Allen
June 2, 2021 at 9:27amSounds like a good plan to me.
RAAckerman@Cerebrations.biz
June 2, 2021 at 10:01amNow, if only buddies helped preclude fights…
sirsteve
June 2, 2021 at 10:59amYep, it’s all these short, quick anecdotes that make great scenes in books.
Marian Allen
June 2, 2021 at 11:06amI’ve used more than one family story. 🙂 I take it you have, too.
Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com
June 2, 2021 at 3:06pmLove it! Gandpas are the best!
acflory
June 3, 2021 at 5:46amI think I would have liked your Grandpa! 😀
Marian Allen
June 3, 2021 at 9:52amI know you would have. And he’d have liked you. 🙂
acflory
June 3, 2021 at 10:01pm-hugs-