This week’s contribution to Friday Fictioneers, a photo-prompt flash fiction group
Friday Fictioneers prompt for 28/02/2014
Copyright -Sandra Crook
The Last Straw
Last spring Jean-Jacques heard of a looming fodder crisis over in Ireland and immediately offered French farmers a price above the going rate for straw. They sold willingly.
The crisis continued and Jean-Jacques turned over a decent profit, gleefully buying and selling more as prices soared.
That summer he stocked up. But Ireland had a boom summer with great growth.
Unlike France. Jean-Jacques watched and waited while prices rose.
With animals dying, his angry neighbours descended in force.
Jean-Jacques tried to defend his investment but a pig farmer bundled him into a trailer of bales, thinking of the fine hams he would have come Christmas.
©Siobhán McNamara
siobhanmcnamara 
Dear Siobhán,
Sounds like tough times for Jean-Jacques. Guess his neighbors figured him out. Nice one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you Rochelle 🙂
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Oh dear, pay back for Jean-Jacques I fear…
Nice take on the prompt
Dee
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Thank you Dee 🙂
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Looks like he made a bad investment this time around.
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Thanks Adam 🙂
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Good one.
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Thanks Sandra 🙂
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A lot of story in 100 words.
Well done!
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Thank you AnElephantCant 🙂
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Well-done story. This just goes to show greed often does not pay in the long run. Stay friends with your neighbors.
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Thank you PatriciaRuthSusan
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What goes around comes around, eh? I enjoyed that, although I guess Jean-Jacques didn’t. He baled. 🙂
janet
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Thank you Janet
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Sounds like greedy Jacques got what was coming to him!
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Thanks Riya Anne
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ha, ha. Talk about…just desserts! Or ham rolls in this case…
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Thanks hugmamma
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Moral – don’t piss off your neighbors!
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Thanks writeamy 🙂
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Oh dear, these hedge fund and straw bale traders.
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Indeed, Patrick! Thanks for reading 🙂
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Love the “Title”. We had a good laugh over just the title.
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Thanks Mike 🙂
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Fitting revenge! Jean Jacques really got what he deserved. Witty and nicely written 😀
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Thanks tinkerbelle96 🙂
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Too much greed makes one fodder for the pigs ;-)A great story -loved it:-)
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Thanks atrm61 🙂
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🙂
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What an ignominious end for a hot-shot commodities trader. Good story.
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Thanks 🙂
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So…revenge is savory, not sweet!
Good story 🙂
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Indeed …
Thanks Jan 🙂
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The economy makes you do things, I tell you! Loving the great variety of takes on this picture 🙂
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It sure does.
Thanks for reading 🙂
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Great story and very clever – let the pig feed the pigs! Greed will get you every time! Funny! Nan
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Thanks Nan 🙂
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i would have loved that he had a change of heart rather than he ending in somebody’s table. .
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Thanks plaridel, not sure he was the type!
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I would be careful eating french hams from now on…
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😉
Thanks Björn
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Reminds me of the Beatles song, Little Piggies – clutching knives and forks to eat their bacon 🙂
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Thank you for the delicious association 🙂
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Deliciously wicked.
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Thanks Etienne
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Ouch! Sounds like Jean-Jacques paid the highest price of all. What a unique take on the story. I know we’re already into the next week today, but I’m just now getting around to read a bunch from this week.
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Thanks Sandra 🙂
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Ah, siobhan, my irish lass! that is one of my favorite names. i will follow you blog and hope you will follow mine. Thanks for reading! beebeesworld
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