500 words
Theme: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Elements:
Brian Rogers as "The Grinch"
Roast Beast
A Ten and a Half foot pole
Five Gold Rings
Five Gold Rings
Day 5
“Ladies and gentlemen,” bellows the owner of Joey’s Heart Stop
Smorgasbord, “tonight we have a real treat for you! There is a brave soul who
has come to challenge… THE ROAST BEAST!”
The crowd gathered around the inside of the cleared out
dining area of the restaurant gasp. Their surprise turns into excited murmuring
that increases in volume.
The owner speaks up over the crowd, “Allow me to introduce
you to… Brian “The Grinch” Rogers!” He waves his hand to the side and the
indicated gentlemen in a t-shirt that reads ‘I came. I saw. I conquered the
buffet.’ Steps up next to him.
Brian waves to the crowd and says with a smile, “Please,
Steve, just call me Grinch.”
Steve nods and claps his hands together forcefully. “Mr.
Grinch here has volunteered to take on the Heart Stop Smorgasbord’s biggest
food challenge ever!” They walk around the side to a set of tables that have
been pushed together like a giant formal dining table. On top of the table are
five giant serving plates over two foot wide each, set side by side along the
length like the 5 gold rings of Christmas. Steve nods towards a waiter who
opens up the kitchen doors and holds them open as a troupe of waiters come out
with a giant pole. They march over like an army and set the monstrosity on top
of the gold plates.
Steve walks the length as he says in an ominous tone. “I
present to you, THE ROAST BEAST! A sandwich of colossal proportions! This eight
inch thick sandwich is the biggest Philly Cheese Steak in the world! It’s so
long, it requires a ten and a half foot pole to deliver it to the table!”
A lady in the front puts her hands up to her cheeks and
screams out in dismay, “How many animals had to DIE for that… that… THING!”
Steve chuckles and turns towards Brian. “Grinch. No one has
EVER managed to beat THE ROAST BEAST before… Good luck! We have paramedics
standing by… you’re time starts… NOW!”
After eyeballing the entire length, Grinch gets right to
work. In a matter of minutes he has several feet of the sandwich gobbled down.
He attacks it with the ferocity of a soccer mom on black Friday. From his
display, it is quite questionable if he’s ever heard of the terms ‘table
manners’ or ‘moderation.’
His gluttony seems to know no bounds as people start feeling
ill just from watching him rip the mounds of meat apart with his bare hands. Grinch’s
stomach is distended to the point of absurdity as he licks off the last remnants.
Steve says shakily, “W-we have… a winner. Congrats… How do
you feel?”
“I feel Goo-” With that utterance, Brian unleashed a tidal-wave
of disgust over the entire crowd. Survivors later were quoted as being
emotionally traumatized and seeing ‘all of the colors of the rainbow come in a tsunami.’
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