This
meme was started by Delores a long time ago. Words for Wednesday are
now provided by a number of people and has become a moveable feast.
Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write. Each week we are given a choice of prompts,which can be words, phrases, music or an image. What we do with them is up to us: a short story, prose, a song, a poem or treating them with ignore. We can use some or all of the prompts.
Some of us put our creations on the post and others post on their own blog. I would really like as many people as possible to join the meme, which includes cheering on other participants (definitely the more the merrier). If you are posting on your own blog, please let me know so that I, and the other participants, can come along and applaud.
This month Cindi is providing them, but has asked that they appear here, instead of on her blog.Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write. Each week we are given a choice of prompts,which can be words, phrases, music or an image. What we do with them is up to us: a short story, prose, a song, a poem or treating them with ignore. We can use some or all of the prompts.
Some of us put our creations on the post and others post on their own blog. I would really like as many people as possible to join the meme, which includes cheering on other participants (definitely the more the merrier). If you are posting on your own blog, please let me know so that I, and the other participants, can come along and applaud.
This week's prompt is:
The year is 2030. The first astronauts have landed on Mars. They find a cave
with a single human skeleton in it and fifteen words written on the wall. What
are those words?
Have fun.
A person could starve to death waiting for service around here.
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(Sorry for my flippant approach Cindi - this really didn't speak to me).
Ha ha! 😂
DeleteIt's like that tombstone joke: I told you I was sick!
Yup. Bad service is an universal condition. sweet story.
DeleteHeeheehee! Fun humor.
DeleteI like it a lot!
DeleteYes I have heard that before now!
DeleteOnce I had the intelligence to work it out - well done EC ...
DeleteWonderful as always.
DeleteNice one!
DeleteLOL! Good one! And I got a kick out of all the other responses, too.
DeleteHeh. And did:) Good job, EC.
DeleteI'm confused why here instead of her blog but happy writing to those who play and Happy Mid-Week! With a great big side of boogie boogie, of course.
ReplyDeleteThe Happy Whisk: There are a few people who provide me with the prompts but they appear here rather than on their own blogs. Their choice. And a very Happy Mid-Week to you too. The side of boogie boogie is welcome too.
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ReplyDeleteLeave
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The
Third
Planet.
The
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No
Match
For
Us.
Sandi: Love it - famous last words.
DeleteOh, they won! Did they?
DeleteThe inhabitants seem to have brought you down to their level, or worse.
Deleteveni, vidi, mortuus est!
DeleteYou didn't quite make it, now did you? Cat got your tongue?
DeleteOh, I like this.
DeleteI will join next week
ReplyDeleteGosia: I look forward to that.
DeleteWhy did I ever come to Mars, life was so much better on planet Earth.
ReplyDeleteJulia: I really like this - and hope that life remains better on planet Earth.
DeleteShort and sweet.
DeleteWe need to make it better here, starting now.
DeleteFunny how some people always thinks it's green on the other side and ae NEVER content!
DeleteI wouldn't leave here ... too red!
DeleteGreat job, Julia.
DeleteIt was a challenge to mae as well. My take will go live somewhen early in my Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte (MotherOwl): I look forward to it. Rather a lot.
DeleteCool prompt!
ReplyDeleteCloudia: I found it challenging but am glad to see so many exercising their minds on it.
DeleteHey, Guys! Superman, Batman and Spiderman got here before you. What took you so long?
ReplyDeleteLee: We are a bit slow aren't we?
DeleteYep, i went a similar direction.
DeleteMy very silly contribution is over here.
Truth!
DeleteYes but they were all in his imagination!
DeleteLee - they had an easier ride ... seven months is a long flight!!
DeleteHeh. Indeed.
DeleteNgicabanga ukuthi ngizolinda lapha ngibone ukuthi ngabe ukhona yini omunye umuntu ophakamayo.
ReplyDeleteMike: You have lost me - it is all Martian to me.
DeleteIt's actually a language from Google translate.
DeleteMike: Still beyond me - and perhaps beyond the intrepid explorers as well. A Martian Rosetta Stone?
DeleteI love this! It was my first thought
DeleteTranslated it means -
DeleteI think I'll wait here and see if anybody else gets up.
Margaret Birding For Pleasure: Thank you for enlightening me.
DeleteMike - loved that ... but have to say thank you to Margaret for posting the translation!
DeleteInteresting. Do you speak Kwazulu, or did you just use google translate?
DeleteThings I can say when about to die but I don't have the energy today.
ReplyDeleteMerle.........
Merlesworld: Understood. I hope you do have the energy when the time comes (a long time in the future).
DeleteI merely said I despised Gerta. Never say that to the woman who's the pilot.
ReplyDeleteAnne in the kitchen: Brilliant. Gerta was a woman not to be crossed.
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DeleteThey say "Silence is golden", Now that might have been a better plan!
DeleteHeh. Excellent.
DeleteFreedom of speach is not worht much on Mars ;)
DeleteCould think of may things to think and say, I dread to think what will be happening in that year.
ReplyDeleteMargaret D: You are ahead of me. I can't think of anything.
DeleteBetter to live a day at a time as that is all we are given.
DeleteMessage for Richard Branson - I got here first! Warning - Don't drink the water!
ReplyDeleteClever!
DeleteMargaret Birding For Pleasure: That is a hoot.
DeleteWell done Margaret ... clever!
DeleteGreat job.
DeleteHeh. Good one.
DeleteNice one - although I had to look up Richard Branson to understand it. Thanks for teaching me something new.
DeleteAaargh! Mars?? Where's my thinking cap...……..
ReplyDeleteRiver: I know. I have found all of Cindi's prompts challenging.
DeleteThings that challenge us are usually good for us and certainly makes us think deeper.
Deletethe fifteen word limit is the real challenge. I do tend to go on and on.
DeleteRiver: The writing on the wall is limited to fifteen words - but there is no limit that I am away of for the back story...
DeleteLook - I waited for my mate ...
ReplyDeleteInteresting prompt - thanks EC and Cindi ... stay safe - Hilary
Looks like your "mate" stood you up!
DeleteHilary Melton-Butcher: With friends like that...
DeleteAnother great entry - thank you.
Well I waited ... but it does take 7 months from here to my skeleton ... and I guess if a change of politicians happen or our scientists can't get their acts into gear (scientists more likely to be on the ball though and definitely not as fickle as politicians) - but this was an unusual space landing ... sadly for me - a trip too far and far too long!!
DeleteLooks like some fun answers ...
Landing on Mars sounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteNatalia: Some day we will. I do hope we go in peace though.
DeleteHere lies the body of Donald Trump, exiled, reviled, despised and thankfully stone-cold dead
ReplyDeleteI remain completely non -political on social media, but clever use of the prompt.
DeleteI wouldn't waste the money getting him there ... but clever David ...
DeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: I would stake the corpse to be certain that he didn't rise again.
DeleteWell written - and a nice dream.
DeleteToo funny "stake the corpse"...
DeleteDavid, I like yours better than mine and might I include a huge YIPPEE!!!!
DeleteMy name is Elon Musk.
ReplyDeleteI DID get here first.
Sadly a one way ticket.
I love this!
DeleteOle Phat Stu - very well done ... clever!
DeleteOle Phat Stu: Welcome. Another clever take on a prompt I found challenging. Thank you for joining us.
DeleteWell done with this,
DeleteOh. Well thought out.
DeleteSo funny!
DeleteI really enjoyed reading these...many thanks everyone!😂😂
ReplyDeleteHave a great day xxx
Ygraine: They are a heap of fun aren't they?
DeleteI could deal with the isolation and powdered food, but no coffee....it killed me.
ReplyDeleteI laughed, then agreed (she wrote as she sipped her third cup of coffee)
DeleteSandra that's a good one.
DeleteSandra Cox: I had to give up coffee many years ago now. Perhaps it did kill me. Yet another great take on Cindi's prompt.
DeleteNo coffee - a fate worse than - or equal to - death. Thanks
DeleteNo coffee?? Noooo!
DeleteHello Earthlings...!
ReplyDeleteHi Damyanti ... some of us don't change!! I'm so glad I'm not up there ...
DeleteDamyanti: Smiling - and hoping the next request is not to be taken to any of the world leaders...
DeleteI can confirm - Theres n o l i f e o n M a r
DeleteCiao EC, buon giovedi.
ReplyDeleteGiancarlo: Thank you - and to you.
Deletewell, having read all your marvellous comments, mine seems somewhat tame.
ReplyDeleteDamn, where's that dragon ride got to.
Jo: I would happily take a dragon ride. Anywhere, anytime.
DeleteDragon ride sounds way more tempting than a Martian cave. I would hurry back with my dragon!
DeleteJust because you can't see them doesn't mean they're not there, they will skin you alive.
ReplyDeleteXO
WWW
Wisewebwoman: Ouch. And true here on earth on so many levels.
DeleteUrgh. Invisible aliens. That actually scares me.
DeleteI wanted to join in & get back to writing so I wrote something.
ReplyDeleteHere's the link, most just written for fun.
Have a lovely day.
lissa: I have read your contribution - and marvelled. Thank you for joining us again.
DeleteMine has been posted here.
ReplyDeleteCindi Summerlin: I have read your beautifully written piece - and my heart aches for your protagonist on so many levels.
DeleteHii... how are you today..?
ReplyDeleteHave a great summerday..
Greetings..
Justcherry: I am fine thank you - and have enjoyed a bright and sunny winter day.
DeleteI mentioned this to my friend ladydog at lunchtime and her immediate response was "at least I escaped the pandemic".
ReplyDeleteJo: But did the pandemic get taken to Mars?
DeleteHa. Good one.
DeleteCiao EC buona giornata.
ReplyDeleteGiancarlo: Thank you. And to you.
DeleteVery good :)
ReplyDeleteKinga K.: I hope you will join us some time - it really is a fun meme.
DeleteOh gosh, some of these comments are waaay too funny!
ReplyDeleteJ C: They are a hoot aren't they? I would love to see what you make of the prompts some time. And yes, that IS a hint.
DeleteHallelujah! Donald John Trump is no longer President of the glorious United States of America.
ReplyDeleteMildred Ratched: And in 2030 that is certainly true and some of us hope it comes true a lot sooner than that. Thanks for joining us.
DeleteYou're most welcome. I miss doing Words For Wednesday, It's just sometimes my creative juices don't cooperate.
DeleteYay!
Deleteit's not easy to merge a letter into a word and even into a sentence that is good and right so it needs to be habitual started early where learning to write so that learning continues to be better every day, over the weekend
ReplyDeleteabasozora: Welcome. Practise never goes astray does it?
DeleteCiao EC, buon fine settimana.
ReplyDeleteGiancarlo: And to you.
DeleteHmmm- somehow I keep thinking the words in the cave will have something to do with 2020- and finally getting out. :)
ReplyDelete~Jess
Oh wouldn't that be wonderful.
DeleteDMS ~Jess: I do hope we have seen the back of this pandemic long before 2030.
DeleteEnjoy your weekend, birds and flowers, EC:)
ReplyDeleteHugs
Sandra Cox: Many thanks. It has been pretty good so far, and I hope yours is too.
DeleteEveryone else dead. Tell our families we loved them. Try again. Learn from our mistakes.
ReplyDeleteCounted the words three times haha
HBF: Managing to compress a story into so few words is a challenge isn't it? I do hope that those that come after DO learn - but have my doubts.
Delete"What the hell was I thinking? AirBnb promised 'quiet place'. Here it is: dead quiet."
ReplyDeleteSusan Kane: Great take. AirBrb wasn't lying though. Which is a nice change.
DeleteYOu got for what it says on the tin!!!
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