This
meme was started by Delores a long time ago. Computer issues led her
to bow out for a while. The meme was too much fun to let go, and now
Words for Wednesday is provided by a number of people and has become a
movable 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 those prompts 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, and mixing and matching is encouraged.
Some
of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on
their own blog. I would really like it if as many people as possible
joined into this fun meme, which includes cheering on the other participants. If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud.
This month the prompts will be here, but are being provided by David M Gascoigne.
This week's prompts are:
- Blurry
- Fig
- Leading
- Oversexed
- Intolerable
- Glacial
And/or
- Romantic
- Dogmatic
- Nebulous
- Gum
- Fodder
- Deprecate
An Oversexed Intolerable full Fig Leading a Glacial party of Blurry drinkers.
ReplyDeleteThings I found out about fig...
- dress or array: to appear at a party in full fig.
- a contemptibly trifling or worthless amount; the least bit:
His help wasn't worth a fig.
- a gesture of contempt.
Mike: I really like this, though some people would say you have left out the most important fig. Not me. Since I had to pick up the mouldy, half eaten ones the birds left us as a child, I don't like them and cannot eat them.
DeleteVery clever!
DeleteHi Mike - both (I think) very clever ... well done - fun to think about ... cheers Hilary
DeleteMike, I can picture that in my mind. I'll stay clear from that party.
DeleteJulia
Mike: That's a fun though there. Good use of the prompts.
DeleteHave a lovely day.
Not to forget Figs and Foxi.
DeleteJust could not resist.
Most interesting Mike. I do give a fig. LOL
DeleteOh Lauren. You are sooo lucky. Your leading man is GORGEOUS, fodder for any girl’s dreams.
ReplyDeleteDamian? Gorgeous? You HAVE to be kidding me. He is oversexed and has wandering hands. He is also a card carrying (or would be if a card wouldn’t spoil the set of his painfully tight trousers) member of FIG JAM (F*ck I’m Great, Just Ask Me). He is so far from being a hotty that he leaves me glacial. He persists in spreading his blurry, half baked and nebulous opinions in the most dogmatic way. He deprecates actors (and men) with his very existence.
You want him? You can have him. The sooner the better. In the mean time I am getting my petty little vengeance. Before any of our romantic scenes I take the time to smear garlic all over my gums. He hates it, and it keeps his tongue out of my throat…
It's sad that there are people like this. Well told!
DeleteHi EC - oh well done ... but the thought of garlic for the rest of the night is a wee bit worrying ... but needs must - ghastly people ... cheers Hilary
DeleteYuck with garlic on top. Well written.
DeleteGarlic on the gums will kill romance every time!
DeleteWhatever it takes to keep the creep away, lol...Well done E. C.
DeleteHa.Ha. This was great!
DeleteElephant's Child: Garlic on the gums? Have not thought of it but if it keeps jerks away, why not? Good use of the prompts.
DeleteHave a lovely day.
Glorious. A perfect bedtime treat.
DeleteThe peace of the night.
Such a funny story. Love the ending and her ability to keep him at bay.
DeleteHa! Well done! An excellent micro-story, with helpful advice included. ;-)
DeleteWe love Fig fruit very much. We consume its dried and fresh version alot. Dried fig dessert is very popular. According to historians Fig was a Holly fruit in Mediterranean region.
ReplyDeletebread&salt: Lots of people do like figs. Lots of birds do too.
DeleteFigs are only eaten here in fig newton cookies, at least by Sweetie.
DeleteI like fig Newton cookies too but haven't had any in ions.
DeleteJulia
I like figs ;)
ReplyDeleteKinga K.: I no longer do - which is probably my loss.
DeleteI join the fig lovers - got some sweet, green ones in my kitchen now.
ReplyDeleteI hope your spirits are keeping you going, friend.
Sorry for my chronic failure to participate in these. One of these days, I'll be so moved again.
Take care.
Rawknrobyn: Not a problem. Some day the prompts will inspire you again - and I look forward to that day. Your figs are safe from me.
DeleteTrying to work on it, back soon.
ReplyDeletemessymimi: I look forward to seeing where the prompts take you.
DeleteOkay, my silly little bit of fluff is over here.
Delete"Exiting the mail truck one last time, in a blurry, intolerable haze of pollen, dust, and perspiration, I realized I was leading the life I never wanted, and it was time for a break. We embarked the next day for a glacial expedition, sans children for the first time in ten years, to indulge ourselves in an oversexed weekend with lush views and serene sounds. Always keeping it real, I packed Fig Newtons as a special treat for the plane ride."
ReplyDeleteJuli: I love this - and hope it can come true for you.
DeleteEveryone needs a break once in so often. It sounds well deserved.
DeleteWell done Juli - great thoughts for a couple ... cheers Hilary
DeleteTHis sounds well deserved.
DeleteThe kind of weekend we all dream about!
DeleteJuli: Don't know about the oversexed weekend idea but I like Fig Newtons.
DeleteHave a lovely day.
Toujours l'amour!
DeleteJuli, I'm too old to appreciate an oversexed weekend but I too will take the fig Newton, lol...
DeleteGood reward for the postal worker:-)
DeleteThank you everyone. This was fun. I shall be more involved when I try it again, I promise. As for this week though, I am off for that weekend... 2 of the 3 the kids are in tow, but they have their own hotel room. And the third is home hanging out with the dog. That's I guess, the difference between real life and fiction. ;)
DeleteDavid is I think on the road at the moment and will probably not be writing or commenting this week.
ReplyDeleteQuite a challenging list, I'm going to have to do some hard thinking.
ReplyDeleteRiver: I have every confidence in you.
DeleteI like the stories written above.
ReplyDeleteLike you take there EC :)
ReplyDeleteMargaret D: Thank you.
DeleteWeeeee. Too difficult for me again! But looking forward to what others come up with.
ReplyDeleteIris Flavia: I think you are being too hard on yourself and would love to see what you come up with.
DeleteHi EC and David ... first lot:
ReplyDeleteThe sheep bells tinkled in the valley … these over-sexed ungulates were hoovering up the figs from the sandstone hillsides.
The lemon, fig, orange trees proliferate across the heat-blurry ochre-rich gravelly landscape, giving shelter and shade to the vines hiding their fruits from the bruising life-giving sun … otherwise intolerable for life …
The hazy, blurry views from leading edges above expose the eye to the glacial scoured gullies below that run in this mountainous region – inhospitable to most tourists … leaving this peaceful area to itself.
Interesting sets of words ... cheers Hilary
Hilary Melton-Butcher: I can just picture this scene. Well done - and thank you.
DeleteLong, hazy summer days in my mind now. Thanks.
DeleteYou really painted a scene for us, Hilary. Lovely use of the words.
DeleteIndeed, a lovely picture you painted with David's words.
DeleteLucky sheep to have the whole place to themselves.
DeleteI can easily picture this.
Julia
Good use of the words Hilary.
DeleteWell done, it sounds like a good place to hide from the rest of the world.
DeleteSo much imagery. Well done!
DeleteI used the words on time this Wednesday. WfW
ReplyDeleteCharlotte (MotherOwl): And I read them with very real pleasure.
DeleteMy eyes were a little BLURRY when I woke up, my legs felt like jelly, and I moved around at a GLACIAL pace. I had never even heard of FIG liqueur but it sure packs a punch. I glanced over at the bed and to my dismay she was still there. It was INTOLERABLE that I could have imagined that a ROMANTIC attachment would ever be part of this relationship. She was an OVERSEXED fifty-year old, seeking to relive past amorous adventures perhaps, and I was human FODDER. Not that anyone twisted my arm let me hasten to add, but I did think it might be LEADING somewhere. Delusion has been a constant part of my life I’m afraid. Had I been a little more honest, it would be hard not to admit that there was nothing NEBULOUS about her style, and she stuck to it like old chewing GUM to the underside of a chair. Self-DEPRECATION is not especially productive is it, and there is no point in being DOGMATIC about it? What the hell, why not just climb back into bed and see what happens!
ReplyDeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: I assume that the oversexed woman is also wealthy? Fig liqueur might get the blame but I suspect your hero? was always going to leap in...
DeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: Seems like someone is regretting having a drunken night. I have no idea what fig liqueur does to people but I think people should never make decisions drunk. Good use of the prompts.
DeleteHave a lovely day.
The corners of my mouth have not yet returned from their expedition to my ear-lobes.
DeleteHi David - my thoughts wandered off into imagined lands definitely not for others to read ... congratulations for giving us all something to enjoy for the rest of the day in the mind of our imagination. Though I'm not sure if fig liqueur would allow relaxion or otherwise in bed? - Cheers Hilary
DeletePerfect ending. Great story David and great prompts.
DeleteNever let the liqueur make the decisions.
DeleteIt reads like a movie script. And I agree, never let the liqueur make the choices.
DeleteA fictitious story. I had reservation on trying these prompts but here it goes with its title... To be interpreted in your own mind.
ReplyDeleteThe Scary Fig Leaf
The picture was a bit blurry but I recall that fig leaf curling on this oversexed dinosaur. He was intolerable with his glacial eyes and there was nothing romantic about him. As a matter of fact, he was rather overbearing with a dogmatic attitude.
Everything became rather nebulous but I still could hear that constant gum chewing and no word would be sufficient to deprecate the site and thankfully I woke up.
Julia
I should add, it became fodder for our imagination.
ReplyDeleteJulia
Julia: My imagination is working over time. I do hope that the fig leaf was appropriately sized... Another great use of the prompts.
DeleteHa ha ha.
DeleteHi Julia - I'm so glad you woke up Julia - though the written word could easily carry on ... and Sean's laughing helps no end. Cheers Hilary
DeleteClever use of the prompts.
DeleteWell done, i'd want to wake up, too.
DeleteDear EC, health-wise, today's not the best for trying to tease out of his muddled brain a story. The words just don't string together. I hope all is well. And I want to thank you for our commitment to posting. Always, I can come to your blog and find something that uplifts my spirits. That is the gift you offer all of us. Peace.
ReplyDeleteDee: I am sorry to read that your health is not the best. I do hope it is temporary. And many, many thanks.
DeleteDear EC, on Monday I had the 3rd surgery this year on my left eye. My eye and my nose keep watering!!!! I look like a watering pot! Peace.
DeleteDee: I hope it was a complete success - and that the water works dry up quickly. Hugs.
DeleteGot some great words this week.
ReplyDeleteSandra Cox: They are aren't they - but had me scratching my empty head for a while.
DeleteThey don't get easier to cobble together into a tale, do they?
Deletecleemckenzie: They don't but the exercise is good for my brain. I think.
DeleteI wrote a story but this one, readers can vote how the story will continue. Here is the link: The cursed princess and the land of happiness. I may have only used one word from the list of prompts.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
- You do know very well I am not dogmatic.
ReplyDelete- A blurry-eyed romantic, after all, eh?
- Well, ...
- You don't care a fig for anything, honey!
- A fig ... I need a ...
- Fig, fuck, fog.
- Your words are nebulous. Your name isn't Andromeda, by chance?
- And you are sometimes intolerable. By any chance, oversexed and underfucked, my sweet dogmatic?
Deprecatingly rolling her eyes, with glacial speed she let her skirt glide to the floor.
A nicotine gum or not a nicotine gum, was no longer the question.
- I am cannon-fodder for your intellect, Andromeda ...
Sean Jeating: The chosen entertainment is infinitely preferable to nicotine gum. Though I have to ask: Do you chew after sex? (Sorry).
DeleteHi Sean - I think I'm waiting for an answer to EC's question?
DeleteBut a fun take ... thank you - Hilary
Wonderful use of the words, Sean.
DeleteShocking! Funny! Great use of the words.
DeleteAh, Sue: I never chewed nicotine gum. And if I would, after our wonderful expedition to Venus whilst my Love and I were cuddling, I'd rather chew over the words for the daily poem she would find next morning leaning against her cup on the breakfast table. ... Hm, actually I'd just enjoy to feel and smell her nearness and love.
DeleteHilary: Now I am waiting ...
David: Thank you! Your words are a fine challenge for my rudimentary English.
Granny Annie: I am pleased you enjoyed the 'shocking fun', ... which, of course, can't compare with Boss Hog.
Sean Jeating: A poem to greet the day? Lucky, lucky lady...
DeleteA most interesting take on the words!
DeleteROOSTER RETIREMENT by Granny Annie
ReplyDeleteBoss Hog was most intolerable. He was a beautiful rooster but definitely oversexed. Their lovely flock of hens were terrified when this big fellow came near them with romantic intentions. Thankfully the rooster's vision was blurry enough to slow his approach to the ladies. Plus he chased and terrified the Brown's grandchildren. The farmer could not help but deprecate about this brazen fowl in his barnyard. However Farmer Brown managed to remain glacial to keep his wife happy. But, she loved this rooster and was very dogmatic in her opinion of the fellow she had raised as a chick. Her husband's opinion did not mean a fig to her. She strolled the yard leading Boss Hog everywhere.
Farmer Brown approached his wife one day with an idea. “My dear, have you ever heard of the Rooster Barn in Ottawa? It is a fun retirement home for old roosters. The total plan is a bit nebulous now but we can think on it.” Farmer Brown looked hopefully at his wife believing she might consider the idea and he chomped hard on his gum. He watched as Boss Hog pecked at the fodder on the ground.
Mrs. Brown patted her big rooster on his comb and smiled with pity at her husband, responding “It ain't never gonna happen.”
Oh, I love this story! It made me smile. And what a purrfect ending;)
DeleteGrannie Annie. I too love your story.
DeleteIt reminds me of a young black bull my husband bought, sight unseen to replace out huge breeding bull who wore his hind hooves on the cement barn floor while servicing his ladies.
The black bull was so oversexed that he was trying to mount that huge bull so we had to send it back after a week. We found out that his owner wanted to get rid of him too. Of all my years as a dairy farmer, I had never encountered such bull.
Granny Annie: I love it. Boss Hog is in his element and Mr Brown has been defeated.
DeleteWell done, Grannie Annie. Sounds like Boss Hog won the day!
DeleteWhat a great story Grannie Annie!
DeleteSome roosters are just intolerable, at least, to most people.
DeleteWell written. My grandma had such a rooster. It was the terror of us children. It ended in the soup pot though.
DeletePublished here: https://ofdandelionsandsunshine.blogspot.com/2021/08/words-on-wednesday-818.html
ReplyDeleteCindi: I love your continuing story.
DeletePara mi, son palabras difíciles de encajar, y si a eso unimos que estamos padeciendo unos días muy duros con temperaturas diarias de 45º centígrados, y mis neuronas se están cociendo, veo difícil que se me ocurra algo, así que esperaré al próximo, a ver si las nuevas palabras me inspiran, y refresca un poco el tiempo.
ReplyDeleteBuen fin de semana.
Manuel: With temperatures like that you are totally excused from doing anything - except doing your best to stay cool. How awful. Look after yourself and have as good a week as you can.
DeleteDespite his almost glacial appearance, the white blonde hair and icy blue eyes were chilling, he turned out to be oversexed in a very satisfying way, once we became a couple. I noticed something though, despite how blurry I felt after he had administered the sleeping draft secretly. He would put it in the fig jam. I noticed he was intolerable until he had committed the murders he had planned. I only put two and two together later, when his leading questions about my jam consumption made me suspicious.
ReplyDeleteKalpana: Get out. Now. He sounds like a dreadful, dreadful man - even before you discovered he was a murderer. A chilling use of David's prompts.
DeleteLove this game and the cats. I like your blog and I'm your new follower. May you follow me back?
ReplyDeleteThanks and have a nice day!
Roscio G. Tizon: Welcome and thank you. I am heading over to visit you now.
DeleteBuon fine settimana.
ReplyDeleteGiancarlo: Thank you. And to you.
DeleteOoh.
ReplyDeleteFig was a hopeless romantic but also, it must be said, a bit intolerable at times. Or so some of his friends thought. A bit oversexed, if truth be told. He would reply with a smile that they were too dogmatic and needed to lighten up. At any rate, his goals were a bit nebulous at the moment, and he was making glacial progress on his studies, but at least when Fig was around life was never dull.
Greg: I love this - and suspect that Fig has many friends.
Deletesending you lots of love and best wishes my friend!
ReplyDeletebaili: Thank you very much. I hope that you and yours are healthy and happy.
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