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, February 22, 2015

Succinctly Yours Week 205: Meoooops

Thank you to Grandma’s Goulash for hosting Succinctly Yours, a delightful little meme in which we scratch out a story of 140 words or 140 characters or fewer to accompany Grandma’s photo. The bonus word this week was “ideal.”


It wasn’t the ideal swimming pool, but swimming wasn’t their ideal activity, either.  72

“Take a skinny dip wiz me, ma petite chaton,” Meowrice purred. “I do not know,” Mewsette hung back. “Zees ees not my ideal—dipping wiz zee floating June bugs!”  132

Oh, how they loved their bouncy house! Until the next day, when they found out why inflatables aren’t ideal homes for cats.  102


Jim:  Uh, believe it or not, Kevin, firecrackers are in the 'Don’t' column.
Kevin:  So, you’re going to provide them, then?
Jim:  No, this is a firecracker-free wedding.
Kevin:  Oh, what the hell?
~“Niagara.” The Office. NBC. 04 June, 2005. Television.
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18 comments:

  1. Yamini MacLeanFebruary 22, 2015 at 4:40 PM

    Hari OM
    Brwwhahahahaha, loved that last one!!! Happy week to you Tammy. YAM xx

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  2. Linda O'ConnellFebruary 23, 2015 at 7:10 AM

    Your memes are so diverse. When I think THAT's my favorite, I read the next. What a mind.

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  3. Pat WahlerFebruary 23, 2015 at 6:48 PM

    #3 was snortingly funny!

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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    1. TammyMarch 1, 2015 at 9:00 AM

      Thanks, Pat. I just love the looks on their faces, don't you?

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  4. LynnFebruary 23, 2015 at 7:47 PM

    You're a genius with these!

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    1. TammyMarch 1, 2015 at 9:03 AM

      Thank you, Lynn. Lisa Ricard Claro's used to be A-MA-ZING. I never thought I could do it. Then one day I just tried and decided I liked it. There has to be a lesson in there somewhere, right?

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  5. ValFebruary 23, 2015 at 8:21 PM

    The second one speaks to me.

    That picture reminds me of Master Po and "Grasshopper."

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    1. TammyMarch 1, 2015 at 9:04 AM

      Ah, yes. You are clearly far more deep than I am.

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  6. Lisa Ricard ClaroFebruary 24, 2015 at 1:39 PM

    Hahaha! I adore cats, as you know, so I loved all of these. I think the second was my favorite, but only by a whisker. :)

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  7. Sioux RoslawskiFebruary 27, 2015 at 12:39 PM

    Tammy--What a great photo, and your stories are perfect. I agree with Linda. I think one is the best, and then I continue reading and vacillating...

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    1. TammyMarch 1, 2015 at 9:08 AM

      Thanks, Sioux. Isn't that a great picture? I always wonder where she gets them.

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  8. UnknownFebruary 28, 2015 at 9:20 PM

    I enjoyed them all, but Meowrice and Mewsette were my favorites. Creative and humorous.

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    1. TammyMarch 1, 2015 at 9:09 AM

      From 'Master Po' herself! Thanks so much, Grandma!

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  9. UnknownMarch 2, 2015 at 11:04 AM

    These really made me lol this time, Tammy! I love every one of them. Great job!

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  10. TammyMarch 2, 2015 at 4:29 PM

    Thank you, Theresa!

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