Season 3, Episode 11: Funny, That

Drabbletober · Oct 11, 2026 · 2m

This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.

Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 11, season 3, for Sunday the eleventh of October 2026, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.

Your one-hundred word story for the day is:

Funny, That

by Elizabeth Guilt

Ben said he wanted to be a fireman. George said he'd be a nurse.

"Don't be stupid, boys aren't nurses!"

"They are!"

Mrs Hayman intervened. "Boys make great nurses. What about you, Hattie?"

I said I'd like to be a witch.

"That's not a job! What will you do when you're grown up?"

"Witch."

Everyone laughed. Even George.

Well, who's got a BMW…