Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Wednesday 2 October 2024

Words for Wednesday 2/10/2024

 




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.

Huge thanks to  River for providing the prompts last month. The prompts will be here again this month and are provided by  Sean Jeating

This week's prompts are:

  • catch,
  • hurry, 
  • panting, 
  • running, 
  • train,
 
and/or
 
  • forehead, 
  • minutes, 
  • saved, 
  • seats, 
  • sweat

Charlotte (MotherOwl)  has given us Pebble Grey as the colour of the month.  If you can also incorporate it into your stories she (and I) will be grateful.

Have fun.

 


68 comments:

  1. Hi EC and Sean ... here are both of mine ... I'll be around ... cheers Hilary:
    Panting … running to catch the train … was too much … she was in a hurry … the pebble grey mist swallowed her … now she can't find her way ...
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    The pebble grey sweat dappled his forehead … I don't think I wanted him sitting with me in the seats I'd saved for us. He has a few more minutes before the train leaves to find a seat: so boy go find a new seat!!

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    1. Hilary Melton-Butcher: Pebble grey sweat? Eeeuw. I don't think I would want him anywhere near me.

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    2. Hilary, my dear, what would I give for smelling pebble grey sweat ... not..

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    3. Running to catch your ride is not easy, and if you arrive sweaty, no one wants to sit next to you. Good use of the words!

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    4. Ooh on that grey sweat, I'd have to move!
      XO
      WWW

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    5. You always come up with great images!

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    6. As always, great use of the prompts Hilary.

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    7. Thanks everyone ... pebble grey sweat - yugh! Cheers Hilary

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  2. Those would be easy to combine into one story.

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    1. Alex J. Cavanaugh: So do it. Mind you I suspect that some of the stories will surprise you (and me).

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    2. How cometh, Sir, right now I do vividly remember someone saying: ‘Intellectual people are intelligent people without brains?

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    3. I like that! I'll have to remember the difference between intellectual and intelligent.

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    4. Alex - Especially if we include Sean's two options ... I think I'll give it a miss for now!

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  3. Katie, going by her mother’s dictum, was a horse. Horses sweat, men perspire, ladies dew. She had only been a couple of minutes later than usual but didn’t think she was going to catch the train. Hurry as she might, the train was getting ready to leave when she reached the station and running had been her only option. She plopped down panting.
    She wiped her sweaty forehead (sorry mum) with her sleeve and turned to thank Rosie who had saved her a spot next to her on the pebble grey seats. She did hope that they didn’t absorb her ‘dew’ and change colour on the short trip to the city.

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    1. Ha ha, Sue. Obviously I made it far too easy to combine the words! :)))

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    2. Nicely done! Many years ago, in a comic panel Margaret tells Dennis the Menace, "Horses sweat, men perspire, ladies glow," and he responds with, "You're glowing like a horse, Margaret!"

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    3. Hi EC - rather too often I suspect that happens ... and love the comments ... cheers Hilary

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    4. I remember being told that sweat was a dirty word when I was a kid. Perspire was preferable for "real ladies". Ha! Well done EC on your story!
      XO
      WWW

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    5. Ha! Very creative:) Sandra sandracox.blogspot.com

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    6. We're all racing for the train. Fun story EC

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  4. Panting, in a hurry to catch the train, the man was running full out. He managed to grab a handrail and swung himself on board. It was only when the conductor pushed open the door for him, he realized he'd forgotten to purchase his ticket.
    Sandra sandracox.blogspot.com

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    1. Sandra Cox: Oops. I wonder whether the conductor will be kind to him...

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    2. Phew. Sh.. err ... certain things happen. ;-)

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    3. Yikes! I hope this is a train where you can buy a ticket on board.

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    4. Hi Sandra - I hope they sell tickets on the train ... sometimes they do/did here ... I'm sure that happens quite often now ... with the changes happening around trains and parking etc ... cheers Hilary

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    5. I hope they didn't boot him off!
      XO
      WWW

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  5. Congress on the subject of ‘Time Management’ in Vienna. A German and a Japanese on their way to the underground. The German says: "If we hurry, we'll catch the next train." Both start running.
    On the train, they sink into their seats, panting in their pebble grey suits. The German wipes the sweat from his forehead and gasps: "Ten minutes saved!"
    Asks the Japanese: "And what are we now going to do with the ten minutes?"

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    1. Sean Jeating: I love it. And suspect they will use their ten minutes up recovering from the run.

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    2. Great use of the words. Frank Gilbreth, one of the founders of modern time and motion management (read Cheaper By The Dozen for his story) was sometimes asked what he was saving time for and to summarize he said it was so you could do what you wanted instead of what you had to do. "For tiddly-winks, if that's where your heart lies!" is one of his lines.

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    3. Cheaper by the dozen is one of my favourite books.

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    4. Interesting to consider ... ten extra minutes of life ... spent wondering what to do ... thank you for these comments ... cheers Hilary

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    5. Well done Sean, I wondered where this was going!
      XO
      WWW

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    6. LOL. Excellent, Sean;) Sandra sandracox.blogspot.com

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    7. Fun story. Good prompts Jean.

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  6. I'm working on it, will be back to read and link up.

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    1. messymimi: I am looking forward to it.

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    2. I echo, EC:)
      Sandra sandracox.blogspot.com

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  7. I did not participate, but have enjoyed reading everyone else's contributions.

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    1. Great Granny Grandma: It is a fun meme. Perhaps you will join us some week.

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  8. Sean was in a hurry and panting while running to catch the train.

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  9. Love the stories here and notice they are all running to catch a train, so I'll try to think of something different.

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    1. River: I look forward to seeing where the prompts take you.

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    2. Yes, even my story has people running to get past a train. Great minds! Can't wait to see your twist tomorrow.

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  10. “HURRY or I’ll CATCH you”, I said to my friend as we ran along the pathway near the TRAIN line. I called out after a while and said, “stop”, “I’m PANTING far too much, I need a rest from RUNNING and chasing you”.

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    1. Margaret D: I rescued you from spam again. Sadly it wouldn't take much chasing at all before I would be out of breath. Great use of the prompts.

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    2. Hi Margaret - Catch me if you can ... I wonder how many trains or buses, as we have here, don't wait as we run towards them. You had your rest - you went to spam! Sorry ... cheers Hilary

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  11. A forehead shines with dreams untold,
    Minutes pass as stories unfold.
    Saved in laughter, seats filled tight,
    Sweat from toil, hearts alight

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    1. Hi Cloudia - that's really clever ... well done - cheers Hilary

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    2. Lovely piece, you inspire me to try poetry on the prompts.
      XO
      WWW

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  12. Back in the saddle of W4W. Thanks for the great prompts, EC and the colour from Charlotte. This following story is true.
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    That time I stood like a statue on the platform, panting from the exertion. I had hurried to the station to catch the afternoon train with very few minutes to spare. I knew he was waiting for me at the other end.
    Why was I running from Jim into the arms of Liam? For that was what tore me up inside.
    I stared at the pebble grey engine as it pulled into the station towing the dusty green carriages, snorting and heaving as trains do. I had saved my seat in advance when I booked. And oddly, strangely, that thought dragged me to the decision.
    I was the last to board, the last to look back at the smoky city.
    I found my seat and leaned my sweaty forehead against the window and closed my eyes.
    And knew this was the biggest mistake of my life.
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    Now I'll go back and read all of yours!
    XO
    WWW

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    1. Wisewebwoman: Out of the frying pan and into the fire? I am glad that you recovered from this big mistake - and suspect it took time and effort. Well told.

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    2. So did she go back? I hope she was running back to Jim's arms.

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    3. Hi WiseWebWoman ... sorry this was true - great tale for the prompt. Cheers Hilary

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  13. The comments are all so brilliant. What a creative bunch. Hi, Sue!

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    1. Joylene Nowell Butler: It is a very creative bunch and I am delighted each week to read such different takes on the prompts.

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  14. It's such fun to read the responses! In another universe I am participating ~ lol!

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    1. Fundy Blue: It is a fun meme and I am happy to have a part in its continuance. Perhaps in another time zone you will join us.

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  15. Great stories come out of these prompts! Good job.

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    1. cleemckenzie: There are some beauties aren't there?

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  16. Please feel free to finish my story. I ran out of time and have invited others to finish the story in the comments section. http://granan10.blogspot.com/2024/10/words-for-wednesday-and-wordless.html

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  17. What a wonderful initiative to spark creativity and encourage writing among participants! I love the idea of using various prompts to inspire different forms of expression. It’s a great way to connect with others and share our stories. I hope many people join in on the fun!

    I just posted new content, and I invite you to read [my latest article here](https://www.melodyjacob.com/2024/10/are-you-failing-to-recognize-symptoms-of-anxiety-or-depression.html).

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    1. MELODY JACOB: This is a fun meme and new participants are always welcome.
      I am off to check out your post now.

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