“Tell me if you’re game.” Michael shouted.
“You bet I am!” replied Martin.
The two monsters looked at each other, their great jaws gaping … their roars deafening. The earth shook as they trundled over to the hill not 40 meters from them.
They chewed into the earth itself, each trying to out-do the other. Two dump trucks filled up with dirt in record time. The foreman shook his head. He’d stop watched them, but, the fact of the matter was, they were tied.
Martin and Michael looked at each other, scowling. Rivals and friends, they’d played this game for just over 10 years. Sometimes one would win, sometimes the other. They’d never tied before.
They got out of their mechanic monsters and walked over to the foreman.
“Hey Pete, that can’t be right!” said Martin.
“Sorry lads … unless we get one of those photo finish things no human eye can decide this one.”
The men shook hands.
“Next time!” they both said.
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They were both winners!! 🙂
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Yep!
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What a lovely twist, Georgia – from now on, every time I pass a work site with excavators, I’ll wonder whether there’s a race on – something most people are unaware of 🙂
They shook hands – friendly rivalry – lesson there for all.
Peace,
Eric
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Glad you liked my little story…I’m really not sure if there are races, but knowing people and their love of competition, I wouldn’t doubt it.
hope you’re having a great day and thanks for dropping by!
Namaste
Georgia.
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Odd how a tie can throw people off.
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Isn’t it though…we seem to feel it just isn’t right.
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Guess that’s why someone invented overtime.
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LOL…I think that overtime already existed, but they didn’t pay you for doing it 🙂
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I meant in sports. Sorry about that. Most sports make a tie nearly impossible.
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Oh my…I’ve just revealed that sports is in fact not the top thing on my mind…and as we were talking about a race should have been 😉
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There’s a marathon in my area, so sports are on my mind. Specifically driving around them.
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That was fub
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Thanks…
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Great opening descriptions…I enjoyed the blurring between man and machine.
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Thanks Jennifer, glad you liked it!
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Haha… men and their big toys! A little friendly competition is a good thing, though 🙂 Sometimes ties can get ugly… glad these two kept it “nice”!
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lol…you’re right about ties…these guys are friendly rivals 🙂 Glad you liked the story!
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Good ol friendly rivalry. Too bad things aren’t like that anymore.
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Well maybe somewhere they still are like that 🙂
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Men and their toys! This was a fun read, especially since my BF operates heavy machinery, I totally related.
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Lol…glad you could relate Peggy! It was fun to look in that direction!
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That was sweet!
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Thanks!
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Short and sweet 🙂 This was a fun, believable, and enjoyable take on the prompt. I could see the action very clearly.
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Glad you enjoyed it!
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What a fun take on the prompts! 🙂
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Thanks Suzanne.
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Ha! I like that they are friends yet fierce competitors at the same time. Very cool story.
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Thanks EagleAye! Glad you liked the idea, actually, I think rival-friends probably do exist, somewhere!
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