In such a rush, I forgot my preamble!Β Thank you Sammi Cox for giving me something to think about while I struggle over another prompt!
Do you remember when
With just the right smile
I was able to
Ignite your wildest passions?
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In such a rush, I forgot my preamble!Β Thank you Sammi Cox for giving me something to think about while I struggle over another prompt!
Do you remember when
With just the right smile
I was able to
Ignite your wildest passions?
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Ah, memories, succinctly worded.
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Thank you, Ma’am!
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You’re welcome. π
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π
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17 words?? Um, yeah, that’s not likely to happen by me any time soon. π€£
Happy last weekend of the year!
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LOL!
I tells ya… it’s actually a lot easier than you think… great for those of us who tend to ramble on other posts π Of which I am guilty. (As my response can attest… which is longer than my post!)
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So guilty of being verbose.
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In French, there is a term: Volubile… It’s been used to describe me…
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I think I’ve heard past references about some of my writing as “most volubile” then!
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Well now… we seem to be sistahs!
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Twin sistahs from a different muthah.
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Sistahs from another Mistah π
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Bwahahaha! Can’t compete with that truth!
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Tee hee…
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There’s a lovely sense of melancholy in this. Wonderfully succinct.
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Thank you, Carol.
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Q,
I ain’t even ATTEMPT a 17 word prompt challenge, and you pull it off as easy as peasy with some weak in the knee-sy! Bravasima for lighting a fire to these seventeen words, and doing so with verve for the curve.
To brevity, fiery passages and challenges owned!
B
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B,
Maybe you should! Weak-in-the-knees-y, eh?
Muchismas gracias, mi amigo!
To igniting fires
Q
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I would never be able to do it the way you do it. You are the Queen of these prompts.
You ignited a fire in seventeen words. I would need like, five hundred, at least, to do the same!
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Pffft. You ain’t never tried π
But I do thank you for your vote of confidence! π
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I ain’t tried because I know my limitations. And seventeen words? Yep . . that there is a line to which I do not cross! Out of respect and reverence for those who can.
My vote of confidence was not tampered with by the Russians, either. It’s all mine, to you.
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Alrighty then. And yanno what? That’s all good. You stick to the fabulous you do so well.
I am most pleased to know that.
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It’s the same as ‘looks’.
I was telling Linds how I might change up my look when I shave my head. Maybe go with a bandanna. Of course, just because Linds can pull off that particular look, ain’t mean I can. I mean, I’ll try it and all. But in the safety of my own home, after which I may or may not go public with said look.
You gotta know your wheelhouse, I guess.
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Right. What looks fab on one, may not be so fab on another. I don’t have the cohonas to go too far out with my hair other than to go from long to short and maybe a few streaks (but natch looking as I ain’t that cool)
Ya definitely gotta know your wheelhouse or your tolerance for how far you are willing to go.
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So the shaved head, I’ve been there. It turned out better than I imagined. It simply because a pain in the arse to shave like, basically almost every day.
The bandanna throws a whole ‘nother monkey wrench into the equation.
It would be as if KC of the Irish Mafia came to us with a challenge prompt based on something she heard on the train. And then followed it up with “in 17 words,”.
I would definitely have the 17 Word Flu in that case . . .
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I so can’t picture you without a head of hair… so I’ll trust what you say. Must be a royal pain in the arse to have to shave the whole noggin…
The bandana would give you reprieve – if you like it, of course.
I don’t think KC of the Irish Mafia is any better than you at writing short pieces…
Tell you what though, would be the first time I actually complete a prompt first!!
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I couldn’t either! Until I did it.
Yes, yes it is. And here I thought that shaving it would be easier. It was not. Of course, if I didn’t have dark roots, I wouldn’t have had to shave just about every day.
That’s the million dollar question. Will the bandanna work? I’ve done the look before, like a lifetime before.
Maybe that will HAVE to be a future prompt. Just not . . umm, seventeen words?
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Rock on! And anyway… if the two-day shadow is a hit on the face, why not on the head?
Maybe it depends on the bandana…
Ooohhh… that could be interesting. And no, leave the uber short ones for me… the normally volubile one
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It doesn’t carry over to the head, for whatever reason.
But hey, if the bandanna works, that could help things along quite a bit. And I could get really creative with my bandanna rotation . . so there’s that.
Voluble. Word O the day!
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Hmmm I imagine why.
That is true, that.
Wasn’t sure if it would come across in English as I was called it in French…
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Imma try it nonetheless.
That way “here goes nothing!” will actually be meant in the literal sense.
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Can’t wait to see it!
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Whew. Great memory and terrific use of the prompt.
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Sweet. Thank you, kind sir!
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π
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WOW!!!!
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Thanks!!
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I must confess, this is an inviting challenge. π You did well with it — at least we get the picture of a romance that’s cooled and needs a new spark. π
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Go for it, Christine!
I thank you.
And glad you did π
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βOne cigarette carelessly tossed. Thatβs all it took.β
He watched his wheat crop go up in smoke.
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Where’s the word ignite?
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Oh. I thought implied might work. Will have to rethink this one. :0
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You can use variations of the word…ignites, ignited, igniting… one even used the word as an acrostic !
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Worked it out and will post on my blog. π
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Woot!
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Just one:
HOT!!!
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Ya baby!
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Hi, Dale. I have an entry. https://onetahayes.com/2018/12/29/a-fools-weapon/ Thanks. And have a great new year.
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Excellent, Dale! You just keep getting better, and your take is always unique.
Hey, so, I went for 2.5 hour walk yesterday, took lots of pics of street art, had a light dinner.
WTF! I’m a pound heavier today. π¬
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How sweet are you?
2.5 hours! Fabulous!
Screw that pound… it’s bullshit!
Can’t wait to see your sweet street art!
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Thanks… and that pound does feel like BS, but I’m dragging it around!
I’m going out to shoot a mural tomorrow.
Let’s see that lb. take it! HA!
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Never you mind. I got on the scale and cannot comprehend why the number went up by FIVE!!!
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All you have to do is put a word count limit on me and I won’t shut up!
You sure do ignite girl π₯
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Ha ha! I am usually so very “volubile” that I am shocked I can even attempt these babies…
Tsssss!
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Dear Dale,
I’m not sure I can leave a comment in 17 words. You ignited a fire with your words. Flamingly well done, my friend.
Shalom and hugs,
Rochelle
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It’s all your fault. Here’s mine https://rochellewisoff.com/2018/12/29/weekend-prompt-87-ignite/
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Dear Rochelle,
I am so very glad I lit a fire under your own butt π
Lotsa love,
Dale
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Nicely done. And Rochelle followed suit so that was an extra bonus…
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Thank you, Violet.
And how cool is that?
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I read this a couple of times. It is quite good, and true, I had a girl like that once.
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A couple of times, eh?
I’ll take that as a compliment.
Sigh… that we all had a guy/girl like that…
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Yeah, you know how you read something, and then you think ‘wait a minute’, and then you read it again and again because it’s good and maybe makes you think or reminds you of something or someone? This little piece of 17 words did just all of that.
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That is awesome to read, Ted.
I am so very glad it did.
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There’s a whole story in those seventeen words, Dale. It is poignant–or perhaps not. π Well done!
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Thank you, Merril. It can be π
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Seventeen well chosen words says it all. Nice work, Dale
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Thank you, Vivi! Much appreciated!
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Wow – all that in 17 words! Like other commenters, I see both passion and melancholy here. Fantastic! π
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Thank you, Sammi! Much appreciated. π
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