"Festive Family Freak-Out: The Minor Shift in Pitchfork, Oregon"
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Every now and then, we've all fantasized about playing a small prank on Fate, ruffling the tranquil monotony of life, but nothing, and I mean nothing, could have prepared the town of Pitchfork, Oregon for the Herculean brouhaha that was the Minor Shift.
Half the town woke up one bright morning, clad in pyjamas that weren't their pyjamas and stuck in bodies that frankly weren't their bodies. To say the ensuing chaos was as confusing as a cow on a roller-skate would be an understatement. And then, in the maelstrom of this body swap, my brother, Greg, and our mom traded places.
See, Christmas with a regular family is about as predictable as a turkey on the table. In our house, with my brother turned buxom middle-aged mother and my mother turned lanky, grumpy teenager, the Christmas dinner shopping was like trying to lasso a charging bull on horseback with your hands tied together.
"Hey, bro-- um, mom," I'd said in the lingerie section of the local mall, blinking at lacy concoctions of the underwear variety that were as distant to my knowledge as quantum physics is to your everyday beetle.
"Hey, kiddo," returned Greg's voice, coming from my petite, red-haired mom, her lips applying spearmint lip-gloss with a hearty slap. "You think this would go with my hair?" He pointed at a ruby-red lingerie set – the sort that had massive cup room to hold what my brother lovingly referred to as the 'tatas'. "I’m thinking of wearing it for Christmas," he added.
I nearly choked on my own tonsils, and my Christmas spirit took an unexpected dive off the cliff of normativity.
Christmas morning arrived with aplomb, and the tree glowed, cheer clashed with chaos, and the turkey sizzled on the roast. With a heavy sense of dread, I waited for the impending fashion disaster wrapped in a Christmas gift. Greg, bless his soul, descended down the stairs in mom's body, swishing in the red lingerie, complementing her rosy hair. The visual was as shocking as a talking ostrich – it's something you'd never expect you'd eye witness.
His - or should I say, 'her' - backside was as bodacious as a balloon carrying a lot of hot air. Dad took one look and choked on his eggnog, his eyes as wide as saucers, while I minced and mangled my view. My actual mother, in her teenage son's body, slumped down in the corner, sufficiently mortified, shooting daggers at Greg who cheekily winked back.
The din and chitchat died in a chorus of gasps and gawks as our neighbors, the Johnsons, walked in at that very moment. Mrs. Johnson’s scream was so pitch-perfect that for a second, I suspected this whole thing was part of a twisted holiday opera.
So, yes, this Christmas was awkward, but then again, what's a bit of family shenanigans during the holidays? A ridiculous occurrence in an already ridiculous year, it was perhaps the most memorable festive evening Pitchfork, Oregon had ever known. In the end, though, there was something oddly soothing about the fact that no matter how much they changed bodies, Greg was still Greg and mom was still mom – and weird be it, our family was still our family: Deconstructive, chaotic, and as charming as a Christmas morning chaos possibly could be.
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Prompt: write a story with dialogue This was our first Christmas after the minor shift which was a mass body swap the swapped about half of the town into other peoples bodies. my brother and my mom’s bodies. It was harder to shop for my brothers gifts now but what was even worse was my brothers choice of wardrobe. He shocked everyone by coming down in a red lingerie to match her red hair it showed off moms massive "tatas" as my brother liked to call them and her large and round and bodacious backside. This Christmas is going to be awkward.
Response: Every now and then, we've all fantasized about playing a small prank on Fate, ruffling the tranquil monotony of life, but nothing, and I mean nothing, could have prepared the town of Pitchfork, Oregon for the Herculean brouhaha that was the Minor Shift. Half the town woke up one bright morning, clad in pyjamas that weren't their pyjamas and stuck in bodies that frankly weren't their bodies. To say the ensuing chaos was as confusing as a cow on a roller-skate would be an understatement. And then, in the maelstrom of this body swap, my brother, Greg, and our mom traded places. See, Christmas with a regular family is about as predictable as a turkey on the table. In our house, with my brother turned buxom middle-aged mother and my mother turned lanky, grumpy teenager, the Christmas dinner shopping was like trying to lasso a charging bull on horseback with your hands tied together. "Hey, bro-- um, mom," I'd said in the lingerie section of the local mall, blinking at lacy concoctions of the underwear variety that were as distant to my knowledge as quantum physics is to your everyday beetle. "Hey, kiddo," returned Greg's voice, coming from my petite, red-haired mom, her lips applying spearmint lip-gloss with a hearty slap. "You think this would go with my hair?" He pointed at a ruby-red lingerie set – the sort that had massive cup room to hold what my brother lovingly referred to as the 'tatas'. "I’m thinking of wearing it for Christmas," he added. I nearly choked on my own tonsils, and my Christmas spirit took an unexpected dive off the cliff of normativity. Christmas morning arrived with aplomb, and the tree glowed, cheer clashed with chaos, and the turkey sizzled on the roast. With a heavy sense of dread, I waited for the impending fashion disaster wrapped in a Christmas gift. Greg, bless his soul, descended down the stairs in mom's body, swishing in the red lingerie, complementing her rosy hair. The visual was as shocking as a talking ostrich – it's something you'd never expect you'd eye witness. His - or should I say, 'her' - backside was as bodacious as a balloon carrying a lot of hot air. Dad took one look and choked on his eggnog, his eyes as wide as saucers, while I minced and mangled my view. My actual mother, in her teenage son's body, slumped down in the corner, sufficiently mortified, shooting daggers at Greg who cheekily winked back. The din and chitchat died in a chorus of gasps and gawks as our neighbors, the Johnsons, walked in at that very moment. Mrs. Johnson’s scream was so pitch-perfect that for a second, I suspected this whole thing was part of a twisted holiday opera. So, yes, this Christmas was awkward, but then again, what's a bit of family shenanigans during the holidays? A ridiculous occurrence in an already ridiculous year, it was perhaps the most memorable festive evening Pitchfork, Oregon had ever known. In the end, though, there was something oddly soothing about the fact that no matter how much they changed bodies, Greg was still Greg and mom was still mom – and weird be it, our family was still our family: Deconstructive, chaotic, and as charming as a Christmas morning chaos possibly could be.
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