140 Character story meme thanks to Susan at Stony River
It was a curious case, girls went monochromic.The police thought phones and Russians but behind me I saw a colour bleed and knew – Aliens!
Monday, 5 July 2010
Saturday, 3 July 2010
Six Word Saturday#16
Describing your Saturday life on Show My Face at the moment of writing in a phrase using just six words.
Rosie recovering from (expensive) emergency hysterectomy**
**We were told that she was only hours away from death unless an emergency operation so bang went the garden fund. Think Stepford wife's gardens – carpet lawns, flowers polished daily, sheds from Homes and Gardens photo-shoots and weekly garden parties for the children. Got the image? Well that’s the neighbour’s gardens. Our acres are…well…natural – wall height grass, brambles along crumbling walls, rusting clothes lines, weed infested plant covered patio and so on. It has taken us 20 years to decide what do ( and I’m useless at anything practical) but to be fair, call us old fashioned, we thought that paying for the son’s education came first. So let’s not even begin to talk about the state of the kitchen or bathroom – French peasant rustic I think it’s called. But after working two jobs, funds were counted in and a garden doer-upper commissioned who was to start next month. So yes I could be out of work in the next six months from Government cuts. And yes my wife is refusing to complete her cancer treatment. Oh, and yes, her father has just had a stroke, which leaves the care arrangements for her severely demented mother in tatters. But let's hear three cheers for Rosie being able to woof and chew her squeaky toys for a few more years. By the way,anyone up to popping in for a bit of weeding, tree surgery, planting…
Friday, 2 July 2010
Don’t call us…
Visit Mr.Knowitall to do your own 55 word story or poem!
‘Adnan sits on a cloud sorta bored - you can only see so many empires rise and fall.’
‘Where’s the Bristol's? Feels like a pufa’s film.’
‘He, ahem, becomes a mortal and falls for a poodle trainer.’ ‘Poodles?’ ‘The big ones that fight lions.’ ‘Jocuronomous!’Alan got the feeling that his pitch was in flames.
Random Word: No Telling
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Thursday, 1 July 2010
The past is a foreign country
Every May the photograph would arrive. Always in a plain envelope but postmarked from different cities. It told him that someone remembered the day of the opening when he arrived drunk with his trousers around his ankles. He put it with the others – a thank-you that he was still ‘clean.’
Random Word: Thank-you
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Hunting season starts
The man dripping mud asked the vicar, ‘I’m after me dog.’
‘Animals have no place here.’
‘Ee fellow before ye said nowt when he buried us.’
Random Word: Misoneism
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Wortharead Wednesday #9
This is a Twitter story that caught my eye this week. Click on the heading if you want to visit the story site. Or the date stamp to go direct to the story.
He was USA. She was UK. They argued over words. He kept knives and rope in the trunk of his car. She kept his body in the boot of hers.
11:45 AM Jun 23rd via web
Technorati Tags: Horror Tweet,UK-USA differences
Supermarket Performance Protest
‘I consider it the ultimate performance – staving in the midst of plenty. It’s a metaphor for the shameful treatment of our African brothers.’
Wilma, cool as ice , said, ‘Fine with me, it’s good publicity for our new slimming lines.’
Both thought, I’ll give her a day at most.
Random Word: Ice
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