How can a title sound so bland and yet so stupid at the same time? Our protagonist, Jeffrey, could probably my chemistry teacher a run for his money, as he's the laziest blighter this side of the Mersey. Once, he tried to weed the lawn using a vacuum cleaner, and another time he asked his class to peer assess their work.
One day, Jeffrey is out with his friend who's completely superfluous, when they come across a music store which burned down and is for some reason not cordoned off. He notices a guitar which hasn't been damaged, and decides to steal it. Doesn't that take effort, though? Jeffrey's always wanted a guitar, but his dad's too lazy to get one or pay for lessons. I smell comeuppance! Urgh, comeuppance smells like tuna.
That night, Jeffrey wakes to find a ghost in his bedroom. Oh no, not again!The ghost explains that he is the spirit of the deceased blues musician, Memphis Willy. The ghost says that he can't stop playing the guitar, and asks Jeffrey if he wants to play the guitar. No, he obviously nicked the guitar to use a coat! Jeffrey agrees, and Memphis Willy starts guiding Jeffrey's fingers across the guitar strings. Well, that's not so much teaching Jeffrey the guitar as much as it is doing all the work for him, is it? When Jeffrey agrees to become Memphis Willy's terrestrial partner, as you do, he finds that he can't stop playing the guitar. Somehow. Turns out that nobody leaves the land of the living without playing the blues... forever. I didn't think it was possible to have sillier rules about the afterlife than Ghost Dad, and yet here we are. As Jeffrey's fingers start bleeding, his Dad rushes in and says how great it is that Jeffrey learned to play the guitar, since now he doesn't have to pay for lessons. I guess showing concern for your child takes too much effort.
The Haunted Guitar is basically what we've all come to expect from these stories. Unlikeable protagonist, dumb ending, boring main content, yadda yadda yadda. You guys probably don't even read the conclusions any more, they're all so similar.
One day, Jeffrey is out with his friend who's completely superfluous, when they come across a music store which burned down and is for some reason not cordoned off. He notices a guitar which hasn't been damaged, and decides to steal it. Doesn't that take effort, though? Jeffrey's always wanted a guitar, but his dad's too lazy to get one or pay for lessons. I smell comeuppance! Urgh, comeuppance smells like tuna.
That night, Jeffrey wakes to find a ghost in his bedroom. Oh no, not again!The ghost explains that he is the spirit of the deceased blues musician, Memphis Willy. The ghost says that he can't stop playing the guitar, and asks Jeffrey if he wants to play the guitar. No, he obviously nicked the guitar to use a coat! Jeffrey agrees, and Memphis Willy starts guiding Jeffrey's fingers across the guitar strings. Well, that's not so much teaching Jeffrey the guitar as much as it is doing all the work for him, is it? When Jeffrey agrees to become Memphis Willy's terrestrial partner, as you do, he finds that he can't stop playing the guitar. Somehow. Turns out that nobody leaves the land of the living without playing the blues... forever. I didn't think it was possible to have sillier rules about the afterlife than Ghost Dad, and yet here we are. As Jeffrey's fingers start bleeding, his Dad rushes in and says how great it is that Jeffrey learned to play the guitar, since now he doesn't have to pay for lessons. I guess showing concern for your child takes too much effort.
The Haunted Guitar is basically what we've all come to expect from these stories. Unlikeable protagonist, dumb ending, boring main content, yadda yadda yadda. You guys probably don't even read the conclusions any more, they're all so similar.
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