Prompt: 060. I see dead people
1. “I see dead people.”
“That is so inappropriate given where we’re standing.”
A. “I see dead people.”
“That is so inappropriate given where we’re standing.”
“What, it’s just a funeral. And Jim would have thought it was funny.”
“He would have, wouldn’t he? He was always laughing.”
“It was one of the reasons he didn’t see the truck coming until it was too late.”
2. The barely averted zombie apocalypse was summed up by the meme that had accompanied it: “I see dead people” posted with pictures of rampaging zombies.
A. The barely averted zombie apocalypse was summed up by the meme that had accompanied it: “I see dead people” posted with pictures of rampaging zombies.
Authorities used social media to map the spread of the disease and to know where they needed to send the extermination squads. Within two weeks, it was less of an apocalypse situation and more a series of gifsets depicting the shambling undead meeting their final ends at the hands of men and women wielding flamethrowers and machetes.
3. It had probably been a mistake to let the children watch The Sixth Sense. For weeks afterward, every question would be answered by one of them saying “I see dead people.”
A. It had probably been a mistake to let the children watch The Sixth Sense. For weeks afterward, every question would be answered by one of them saying “I see dead people.”
“Would you like another sandwich?” – “I see dead people.”
“Could you bring your laundry down?” – “I see dead people.”
“Would you stop saying that you see dead people?” – “I see dead people.”
It had long since reached the point where all humor in the quote was gone. All that was left was a miasma of frustration and growing anger.
Things finally came to a head one night when a request to set the table was met with “I see dead people” and all of the children were grounded and sent to their rooms over the rising sounds of their disgruntlement at the perceived unfairness.
