Good Wednesday, my peeps! It’s that time of the week. Some call it Hump Day, we here in this group call it Friday Fictioneers Prompt Day! And jeez louise, Rochelle chose a doozie from Ronda Del Boccio
I was stumped for a bit… then I wasn’t. Hope it gives you a chuckle… Click on the blue frog below if this photo inspires you to write something… anything!
©Ronda Del Boccio
Born This Way
“Wow… that is something else…”
“So, that is all natural?”
“Oh my! That is most impressive!”
“You must have suffered an immense amount of heartburn. I have heard that women do in this instance.”
Jeanie couldn’t help but smile at all the comments she received when people were first introduced to her newborn son, George. It truly was something else. She had suffered an insane amount of heartburn. During her whole pregnancy, Jeanie popped Tums like they were candy.
“Crazy, eh? I don’t know where it comes from but his hair was like that at birth! Straight up and full!
Q.
Buahahaha!
It’s like Young Einstein!
I cannot imagine what women go through in childbirth. But I was talking to someone about it recently and we agreed. When dudes say “We’re pregnant,” they are full of it! LOL
I enjoyed this hair raising tale!
B
B,
So very glad you enjoyed my silly entry.
Guy are not allowed to say we’re pregnant, Ever. And, Aidan had a full head of hair that was quite impressive… and Tums and me were like *this*…
Q
Interestingly, it was me and another dude who agreed with that assessment. There is no “we” in the deal once the pushing has come to shoving, lol.
Tums as Lifesavers . . I can see that.
Very glad to hear that 😉
They friggen were! Popped those puppies like I was one with the hippies… not brown ones, of course!
Haha, no. Never the brown ones . . .
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Haha.. That was cute and lovely imagination
Thank you Deepa! Glad you enjoyed!
Haha! Greatness!
Ha ha! Thank you!
😀 Welcome!
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I see a full head of spiky green hair, lol! Well done!
Thanks, Russell. I definitely saw hair… 😉
Now that’s an original take on the picture!
Thank you! Hope you enjoyed!
That’s lovely, Dale. And the heartburn is a killer, you’re right. I was swigging this gloop called Gaviscon all the way through my pregnancy – kind of like drinking aniseed flavour phlegm. Revolting, but it helped a bit. And my son had loads of hair too – just gorgeous! You made me smile
So very glad I brought you down memory lane (heartburn and all 😉 ) Gaiscon, Tums, whatever works I say!
A happy story, Dale. The childbirth reminded me of mine. My son was also born with a head full of hair (thankfully not the super straight poking porcupine kind hair)
Indeed! Glad you liked… Mine wasn’t porcupine either… but lots…
Ha ha! Brilliant take on the photo prompt. Thanks for brightening my day. 🙂
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So very glad you liked!!
I’ve never been pregnant, never intend to, I’ve never taken tums either. If this is what happens when giving birth I’m staying well away from it!!
Great tale!
Ya couldn’t handle it anyway… 😉
Women are way tougher than you guys! Tee hee… just teasing. Maybe.
My girlfriend who is pregnant talks about the heartburn all the time haha. Hopefully my child comes out like George haha.. great story!
I would not be surprised if her baby does have a full head of hair….
Glad you liked!
Good chuckle! I was born with a full head of hair, sadly all gone now 😦
Ah well… my father always said: God made a few perfect heads, the rest he covered with hair…
Glad you got a good chuckle.
Ha, adorable! I had hair that stood straight up when I was born. My mom had horrible heartburn.
See? There is a common thread here… heartburn = lotsa hair (often, anyway!)
You were truly inspired this week, Dale. 🙂
Sometimes… It happens!
Ouch. Was the hair bright green too? That would have been something 🙂
Oh jeez… that would have been something else!!
Dear Dale,
I love the friends chatterings. All the hens come out for a new baby and, of course, everyone has to add her expert advice and or comments, don’t they? Every time I post a prompt like this I hope for imaginative, out of the scope of literal adherence to the photo. You never disappoint, my friend. Love where you went. You went straight from baffled to boffo!
Shalom,
Rochelle
Dear Rochelle,
They do do that, don’t they? Then, when they leave, tell each other how homely or whatever the child is… 😉
I am so very happy I fulfilled your hope!
Lotsa love,
Dale
Maybe more bald men should try Tums. But then, the hair would probably just sprout in their ears. 🙂
LOL! True dat…
And thus was born Eraser Head! Fun.
Hah! Glad you enjoyed!
What a fantastic imagination to link a baby’s freaky hair with this photo. Brilliant. My daughter has just seen it over my shoulder and gone away chuckling.
Thank you, Crispina. I admit I was stumped at first… Glad she did, your daughter, that is… 😉
She just happened to be here for lunch today.
Lucky her!
A punk rocker from birth. One of the first baby gifts can be hair clippers. 😉
Ha ha!
Very informative. I didn’t know heartburn was a part of being pregnant
Oh man… you have no idea, Larry… some worse than others, of course. I was lucky and had no morning sickness… ever.
That must have been quite a nice treat. You didn’t get the one I knew about and got the one I’ve never heard of
I was… my sister had morning, noon and night sickness so I am most glad all I had to do was pop A Tums or twelve…
Haha that was such a fun read. I too had terrible heartburn
So glad you enjoyed… and it seems our lot for some of us, eh?
Yep!
Nice job, Dale. A vision for sure.
Thank you, Sir!
Qute rightly, Miss.
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Oh. I missspelled quite. Shit er darn
Hahaha! 😎
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What a great take! Your last line had me grinning!
So very glad I made you grin…
Hahaha.
I never had heartburn when I was pregnant, but neither of my babies had much hair. 😉
Glad I made you hahaha!
There you go… I never had morning sickness so I guess I got lucky…
I had morning and all day sickness. But I could eat anything.
Ugh… My sister had all-day-sickness AND could eat nothing… she gained a mere 18 pounds for her twins who weighed in at 6.8 an 6.10!
Yikes! I got sick when I didn’t eat. I gained about 40 pounds each time, but I was really thin.
Goes to show…
Ahhh …. memories in this tale for me, Dale. Motherhood is meant for women. I don’t think men could manage what we do. Cute and quirky write with FUN all over it.
Isadora 😎
So very glad you liked, Izzie!!
Ah ha … the hair twist (which I didn’t expect). I was picturing a lad climbing up a tree to the house of his girl, and that’s what was the last challenge above him.
BTW – See the last comment (Shimon) of Act 3 – you’ll love the song I gave Shimon. Immediately thought of you!
Your story made me smile and brought back memories. Both of my kids had full heads of hair and my son’s stood straight up! Well-done, Dale. Missed reading your stories the last few weeks as I’ve been traveling. Look forward to going back and doing so. =)
Aww… Thanks, Brenda!
So glad you enjoyed… did you have heartburn?
I certainly did!
So… those who think it’s nonsense that the two go together have no clue!!
Usually, those who think it’s nonsense are men (haha).
True dat!!
thanks for the smile with this – and itis fun how some babies have tons of hair.
and I know this was a simple post (or sill you called it) – but you subtly pulled at heart strings because the thought of a newborn is all about a big smile
Thank you, Yvette. Babies do definitely pull at heartstrings!
So glad you enjoyed.
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A hair-raising tale! (sorry about that!)
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Hahaha! Don’t be 😁
Ha ha ha, that was quite a lateral take.
Right? I like to go outside the box…😉
Wonderfully quirky Dale ! My mind boggled at the image you created…
Quirky is good once in a while… right? I looked at that picture and scratched my head and then, I guess I thought of those dolls which made me think of kids born with hair like that…
So funny, and refreshing!
Thank you, Linda! Love when I’m that 😉
Excellent and cute 💜
Thank you, Missy!!
My pleasure 💜💜💜
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O dear Dale, this tale made me smile, it was worth waiting for
So very glad it did, Michael!
This reminds me of drinking Gaviscon straight from a giant bottle during pregnancy. Ha. It’s always such a joy when a baby is born with a full head of spiky hair, so cute! Lovely story.
Thank you, Jennifer… ‘Twould seem we are far from alone…
This reminds me of when my daughter was born. Right after birth, her dark hair was all slicked back, so i thought she had really short hair. Then they gave her a bath and her hair stuck up straight. It was the funniest thing and I thought I should dye it purple so she could be a punk rocker (This was back in the early 80’s and it was not so long after that I saw my first person with colorful hair in San Francisco). Cool story Dale. I like the use of different colors to distinguish comments.
Thank you, Susan. I love that! Punk baby!! I almost put a bunch of baby pics but didn’t want to worry about copyright issues…😉
Straight up and full! LOL. Yeah, that’ll do it.
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I love that the image became baby’s hair. And I enjoyed all the “we’re pregnant” comments. Lovely fun take.
Thanks, Jilly! So glad you did….
Hahahaha love it! A great fun story.
😁 So glad you did!!
Oh yes, I needed a laugh
Excellent… even happier now.
Tums? I wonder if it works just as well for hair loss too.
But then hair today, gone tomorrow, such is life. Truely a hair raising story.
I think not, my friend…
I apparently resembled a toilet brush when born. Not a pleasant comparison but one that made everyone smile, as of course I did at your take on the prompt. 😉😆
Toilet brush! I’m sure that did make ’em smile. And I’m glad I made you smile..😊
Not a bad thing for a Sunday morning.😆
Beats being stuck in traffic! 😂
Most definitely. 😲
Gosh, who knows if there really is a link between heartburn and lots of hair. Or perhaps between the tums and hair? Just a thought. Cute story, Dale.
I swear there is…
As will any woman who suffered heartburn then had a full-haired baby pop out! 😉
Well I didn’t have heartburn and she came out with whispers of hair. So it must hold some water!
Hmmm…. see? 😉 OF course, one does not mean the other but there does seem to be something to it…
So it’s not heartburn at all, but your baby’s hair giving you a little tickle? LOL. Great fun
Buahaha… tickle? I think not… but, if we look at it like that, seems not so bad 😉
This is so much fun. I wasn’t aware of the correlation between babies’ hair and heartburn.
Glad you thought so!
Some say it’s a wive’s tale… I don’t agree…
Very original. Great job!
Thanks