Mr. Tangerine Man
And his trusty sidekick The Cringey Cockwomble
“Hey, Mister Tangerine Man, tell your lies to me.”
“Security,” bellowed the lord of moldy orangeness. He was not in the mood for hecklers. He was sleepy, and this was the last place he wanted to be.
He only called this rally because his fans had been eager to hear the story of his origin. They had followed him blindly (and stupidly) for years, but never knew how he came to be their beloved Tangerine Man.
As he took to the microphone, after the weird little dance he performed to impress his demons (and his idiots), he began to speak:
“Hello, my flock of sheep, er I mean my wonderful fans.
“Look at you all,” he said. “You’re almost as beautiful and brilliant as I am. Let me tell you about when I was young, living in my mansion on the right side of the tracks…”
“You should have been tied to the rails,” yelled a middle-aged female voice from the crowd.”
The Cringey Cockwomble, who to that point had been in the background cuddling with the couch, shouted back, “shouldn’t you be taking care of your grandkids, old woman? Or your cats?”
Disruption over, the Orange One continued:
“So, I was a boy in my mansion. The peasants on the wrong side of the tracks were upset because we increased their rent. They complained they had nothing left for food. We kindly brought them boxes of fruit.
“They said it was moldy. They wouldn’t eat it! Ungrateful swine. I didn’t see anything wrong with it, so I ate a tangerine. I passed out. When I came to, I was glowing. I showed everybody how wonderful the fruit was and ever since that day, my brilliant followers will swallow any kind of shit I feed them.”
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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The moon is particularly bright tonight. The shadow it casts through the window leaves a dim glow, with one warm, bright strip down the side of our bed where you should be sleeping. As I stare at the empty space, I can’t help but feel that one strip of moonlight is the only warmth that has graced this love-forsaken room in years.
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Fiction
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Oh how did I miss this?? Perfection!! In describing the lunacy that is our reality. It's so funny and then sobering. LOVED IT!!
Love it hahaha the ending just made me smile It really does heal me from so many of them on Earth but especially from One jerk Thank You for sharing ! so Happy I came across on it exactly Today ! ☺️🌞💥and right now
So creative and well written, Cathy! Political satire is daunting and you made it look easy
Oh my! Did someone steal your idea and post it??? Well, the first one says May.. https://youtu.be/CAlvBMwN_7U?si=a5pgylCBy4I-DN09 https://youtu.be/VPRtz0qHhSs?si=k3FYYR8JAmVdcaf_ https://youtu.be/5RxVt0I889Y?si=_5MFFiLcSw7fRTdN
Oh, I love this ☺️ Reminds me of someone 🤭 I've been looking forward to reading this and it didn not disappoint!
Just to let you know I have recommended this for a top Story in this weeks "Raise Your Voice" Thread https://todaysurvey.today/resources/raise-your-voice-thread-08-22-2024%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
Awesome piece. I love it!
🤣🤣🤣
Back to say congratulations for 3rd place win on this great piece!
Congratulations on the leaderboard, I like this, it has your touch of humor
Hey Cathy, Congrats on 3rd for most discussed story for the week!
The Orange One richly deserves this mischievous mockery. Wonderful!
Creepy pic and who the heck is Tangerine man, I remember a song of old of such a man. Eating rotten fruit gives you superpower. I gotta try that. So hilarious and original.
I read this extremely groggy and immediately thought how dystopian it felt then my brain finally woke up and I realized how great of a piece of satire this was. Amazingly creative and perfectly written! Great job capturing the tangerine man.
I thought this was meant to be fiction 😹😹😹🤣
😂 😂 I actually sang the title, so thank you!
Biting satire, Cathy. I have a person in mind. He's not as good-looking as that chap in your AI picture though.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This was so freaking hilarious!!!
Very creative! Well done Cathy!!
Did you see this Bio on Fox News? To funny
Where did you find the picture??
I love the play on the Dylan song,, very creative!
Gosh I know exactly who this is. 🤮Great job!!
Humorously and creatively penned!!!❤️❤️💕
I see what you did here. Haha well done! 🍊 🤡