Image by Madison Woods
He wasn’t your ordinary secret agent, fitting in with the others. Copper hair, watery eyes, smoked a pipe. Got his job via a plug from Sarah Mick who worked in cold calling.
He didn’t force it. But there was a sinking feeling he couldn’t ignore. A pressure in the back of his mind telling him to focus.
He suddenly felt very hot.
Something about the database in his computer. Something about that poor Sue-Lynn from admin who would drip info through every second day.
The colour drained from his face when he realised.
His phone: it had been tapped.
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Friday Fictioneers is a challenge set by Rochelle each week where writers from around the world post 100 word stories based on a common photo prompt. For more information, and to read other stories, visit Rochelle’s page here.
PS if you have discovered the meaning of this story and would like to challenge yourself, the magic number is 16.
Jessie Ansons 
Some pun!
Ewer writer? 😉
Thanks Mick, pertaps I am. Sorry… too soon?
Too soon for what?
Too soon for more tap puns… Pertaps
OK. How about ewers and urns?
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Dear Jessie,
Nice use of the prompt. 😀 You took stepping out of the box to a new level. Good story, too.
Shalom,
Rochelle
I was feeling a little silly this week. Thanks for your comment 🙂
Ah.. the word tap is great for puns… I guess tap-dancing in front of your boss won’t help any longer.
Oooh, I could have gone in a completely different direction with the tap-dancing thing!
An unique take on the prompt. Nice water/tap imagery.
Thank you 🙂
Very interesting word association connection here leading to a spy story.
Thanks Joseph – glad you liked the connection.
This is funny. I felt like it was a treasure hunt, trying to find all the puns woven into it. 🙂
Glad you liked it and I hope you found them all!
Love this, very clever association. Not getting the number 16 reference though?
16 is the number of tap-related puns you will find in the story. Good luck!
Ahh!
Clever, an unusual spy and phone tapping, great stuff.
Thanks for the comment Sally!
I can only get 14. I’m missing two but I haven’t counted the title? Very clever.
You’re so clever Irene! 14 is awesome. Just for you, here are all the puns:
Fitting
Copper
Watery
Pipe
Plug
Sarah Mick (ceramic)
Cold
Force it (faucet)
Sinking (sink)
Pressure
Hot
Database in (basin)
Poor Sue-Lynn (porcelain)
Drip
Drained
Tapped (tap)
Which ones had you missed?
I missed the two names SarahMick and poor sue-Lynn. Very clever. Thanks for posting them all. 🙂
A very cold realization for that guy. I loved it.
Thanks – glad you liked it 🙂
Pun read. He should have kept the data in the cloud anyway, though I am not sure if that works well during the monsoon season.
Haha hilarious. Data clouds open up a whole new area of opportunities.
Loved all the photo-related puns 🙂
Thanks Drailman!
Great job. I bet you had fun writing this. I had fun reading it and counting puns.
Yes, it was fun to write! Sometimes we need to go a bit silly with our writing.
I’m glad my blog friends gave me more clues in the comments about the puns but I still only saw 11.
Nice take of the prompt.
Tracey
11’s pretty close!! Here’s the full list:
Fitting
Copper
Watery
Pipe
Plug
Sarah Mick (ceramic)
Cold
Force it (faucet)
Sinking (sink)
Pressure
Hot
Database in (basin)
Poor Sue-Lynn (porcelain)
Drip
Drained
Tapped (tap)
Which ones did you miss?
Sorry but this story left me all tapped out.
Randy
Tapped out indeed. Thanks for the read Randy!
Well done; this just flowed!
Ooooh nice comment 🙂
Very clever. So many water words – a veritable reservoir. All he needs now is a leak.
Hehe of course! A leak. Love the reservoir pun too 🙂