Six Word Saturday#14

Describing your Saturday life on Show My Face at the moment of writing in a phrase using just six words.

“Joint” clean-up: wife explains when stuck**

Like many a marriage you learn compromise. Let’s just say that cleaning up together now means we agree separate rooms and a time to start. When it meant the same rooms together, the time I took to dust, polish, wash the floor, tidy the cushions, pick the clothes up, track the source of the mystery smell etc was the time she took in arranging the flowers, wondering about the colour of the light and remembering why that friend’s phone call was so urgent. Then she would come back and explain what else I needed to clean. Somehow the subsequent open and frank exchange of opinion wasn’t always appreciated. But now when she explains what else needs cleaning in our joint expression of domestic bliss, I point her gently back to her own chore rooms. We ain’t divorced yet so it’s working!

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Well Hung

 

 

‘The entrants are good this year.’ It was a lie, the paintings were crap. But then she spotted a winner.‘It’s all in the hanging,’ she said.

Random Word:Dark Horse

 

 

 

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Daddy do you love me…

‘Dad, give it up, you’re all skin and bones.’

She was waved away. ‘Save the tears for when she sees the Will.’

Leaving, Cathy rushed down to her boyfriend, ‘It’s working, he’s still on hunger strike over her but the house comes our way.’

Phil smiled, ‘So we slip him pills?

Cathy kissed him, ‘Yes.’

Visit Mr.Knowitall to do your own 55!

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Cruising for a bruising

 

He had those glasses on that made him look like he wore beer bottle bottoms. His trousers were neat but shiny suggesting a mother somewhere would miss him. Neil was trying to be cool with the ladies but from the corners of the square a battering of brothers gathered around.

 

Random Word: Shine

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All the news fit to be printed

Al found being dead hadn't killed his eye for news - he now saw stars romp and politicians palm cash but getting copy in was…well…harder.

Random Word: Grub-Street

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Wortharead Wednesday #7

This is a Twitter story that caught my eye this week. Click on the heading if you want to visit the author’s Twitter Site. Or the post timestamp to go direct to the story.

thaumatrope  

When a smile didn't work, she flashed a coin. When the coin didn't work, she flashed a knife. The knife always worked.

8:50 PM Jun 10th via thaumatrope

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A Moll's divorce

Sitting on the beach was wonderful, despite the burning white sand. She was so happy, soon the phone would ring and he would be out of her life.

Ring-ring

‘Yes…OK…so that's his plane?’

Putting down the phone, she Marilyn Monroed a bye-bye sugar then carefully aimed and pressed.

Random Word: I figured it out

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