Hooray for Grandma’s Goulash for hosting Succinctly Yours! The idea of this meme is
to use the picture to tell a story in 140 words or 140 characters. The bonus
word was “keel.” I think my cluelessness this week actually helped. Because I have no idea what the man is building, I came up with four.
Angry Ed thought of the perfect way to prank the phone company. They’d keel over when he called and told them their telephone poles were growing along with his bill. (136 words.)
Winnie was happy her Ed
had a hobby. But she thought she’d keel over when she saw what he meant by
“building a bigger backyard birdhouse.” (130 words.)
The people of Maple
Street said Ed wasn’t walking an even keel when he built that gigantic bird
feeder. The people of Sesame Street begged to differ. (123 words.)
Don't stand too close to a squirrel, Billy. You'll catch its
stupid.~Billy's Mom in Spongebob Squarepants
My favorite is definitely the last one. Not one micro-fictions, but four. You are a clever girl.
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Critter Alley
Thanks so much,, Pat!
DeleteVery clever stories and your quote was really cute, but I beg to differ with Billy's mom because I think squirrels are quite crafty. I caught one destroying my homemade birdhouse one time. He had gnawed a hole in it and tipped it pouring all the seeds into his greedy mouth. Once done he threw my ruined birdhouse at the ground below the tree.
ReplyDeleteI thought the quote was sort of fun, but I wholeheartedly agree with you, Judy!
DeleteThat last one did it for me. You are so good at this!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda! This has become my way of going on vacation. Sad but true.
DeleteThe second one is my favorite, Tammy. And why are you able to glean funny, clever things from Spongebob Squarepants, but if I watched it, I'd find nothing worthwhile. (Or perhaps I'm just a snob when it comes to that cartoon?)
ReplyDeleteNo, it's very stupid. But sometimes you just need a stupid quote.
DeleteNot only are you brilliant with one, but FOUR! Love them all.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Lynn!
DeleteI nearly keeled over when I read this impressive collection! I loved them all, but the last was my favorite. I bet Big Bird loves Ed. ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, and thank you again for hosting this. See above about the vacation. I've had a trying week, and your meme helped a lot!
DeleteYou are so good at this, Tammy! I smile (and sometimes LOL) when I read one of your memes, and this week you gave us four. I can't even begin to tell you which one is my favorite. I love them all, but if I had to choose, I'd say the last two. Thanks for the giggles this morning!
ReplyDeleteThese are all great, but I love the last one. Immediately saw Big Bird settling in, of course! You're hooked on the microfiction now, I can tell. :) Did you submit to The Binnacle again?
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