Writing is like being able to put life into a snow globe. It takes the things that are too big and scary and reduces them into a form that I can put away when I want and look at from a distance. It also takes all that’s good in life and captures it into something I can take out when I want and look at close up and keep forever. It makes the bad things into something I can hold…and the good things into something I can hold onto. Both help so much that I need that little souvenir of life.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Succinctly Yours #185: Ten Things That Sort of Stink

Thank you to Grandma’s Goulash for hosting Succinctly Yours, the game in which we are challenged to use the picture to kick off a story of 140 words or 140 characters or under. The bonus word this week was “scent.”

1.     “Spit it out,” the ref said. “You’re getting gum all over the new AstroTurf. And I can tell by the scent it’s you. No one else chews strawberry cupcake.”     125

2.     “Next time, wear a mouth guard,” said the ref. “They even come in colors and scents. In the meantime, put these under your pillow.”     108

3.     “To heck with the game! What do you think? Should I see a doctor for this? I think it looks icky and the scent is weird, too. Smell!”     102

4.     “…So the palm reader told me she caught the scent of true love in my future. And I’m like, ‘No way!’ and she’s like, ‘Yuh huh, WAY!’ So tell me what you think?”     130

5.     “I call him ‘Marconius,’ and his scent is like pancakes!”     51

6.      “The new Avon scent you ordered is in. Pay up.”     40

7.     “Pull my finger (giggle…snort), and get a surprise scent!”     52

8.     “Someone dropped an earring,” the ref said. “I thought the peridot stud was Kaminski’s, but then I thought I caught Tortelli’s signature scent, ‘Happy for Men.’”     138

9.     “That move you just made stinks. Fifty bucks will give it a new scent, if you catch my drift."  75

10.  “Coach’s new incentive program,” the ref said. “You earned a scratch-and-sniff sticker for that play! What scent do you want? Pepperoni pizza or gym locker?”     133


“Dude, if you lived in the ‘hood, you’d be so dead.” ~7th grader who’d just been ratted out for having gum

13 comments:

  1. #4, I m still giggling. You are so good at these and can come up with so many. Amazing! Blogger is meesing with me, this is second attempt.

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    1. Thanks, Linda! Blogger messed with me, too. It took several attempts to get this posted.

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  2. I'm especially fond of # 6. Thanks for sharing...

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  3. It's #4 and #9 for me, but they're all great, Tammy. And ten! That's a lot! I bet you got started, were on a roll, and couldn't stop giggling. :)

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    1. Thanks, Lisa! You're very close. I really started with three, but it took so many attempts to post, the list kept growing.

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    2. #1 for me! He looks exactly like he's demanding gum.

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    3. Spoken - and seen - like a teacher.

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  4. Geez, not just one, but ten! I can't even do one! They're all brilliant! And is that quote from someone at your school?

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  5. Thanks, Lynn! Yes, the quote was from a little boy at school when another boy tattled on him. Maybe you had to be there...?

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  6. You are so good at this, Tammy! I love every one of them -- they all made me laugh :) But I'm partial to #1, #4, and #10. And I love that quote! I can really see a seventh grader saying just that. Thanks for the smiles...!

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  7. Thanks, Theresa! I appreciate your stopping by!

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  8. Hari OM
    WOW .... I sat for ages with NOTHING, nada, zip and the big oh.... news events coloured my eventual offering. Yours are much more fun! YAM xx

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