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.
Charlotte (MotherOwl) has selected New Start Yellow as the colour of the month.
It occurred to me that a lot of our common phrases involve animals or insects. With that in mind this week's prompts are:
- the elephant in the room
- as busy as a bee
- as happy as a dog with two tails.
- chicken hearted
- a wolf in sheep's clothing
- cat got your tongue
- having a whale of a time
- ants in your pants
- or any other common phrases you care to use.
As always, have fun.
Here's mine. I'm looking forward to the rest of the efforts.
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My god, but the old bore was full of tropes. One for every occasion. They’d mock him behind his back, they’d anticipate him at the dinner table. They’d now come up with abbreviations he couldn’t interpret in response to his numerous pronouncements.
WSC stood for a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
ABB as busy as a bee and on down the line.
He would look baffled but continue with these conversational interjections.
Unfortunately he was Mr Holmes, their teacher, in this prestigious boarding school in the back of beyond for recalcitrant boys who had minor incidents with the law. Weary parents hoping for a fresh start for their sons.
“Cat got your tongue boy?” he snorted over the roast beef at Ronald whom he had questioned on the dates of the Napoleonic war.
“CYT!”recited the other nine boys at the table.
Ronald hid his grin behind his hand.
“What’s with you, boy?” The teacher continued looking angrily at Ronald. “Got ants in your pants?”
“GAYP!” yelled the boys, and all collapsed in a heap of laughter.
Mr. Holmes stood up but not before banging on the table.
“Mark my words…..” he began, but he was immediately drowned by the noise of “MMW!” from the freshly erupting boys. He stormed off, hopelessly confused at their unintelligible behaviour.
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That's quite funny, I hope he doesn't work out what they are doing.
DeleteThis is wonderful!
DeleteWisewebwoman: I am grinning at your inspired use of these prompts.
DeleteThis is great. Loved it. Sandra sandracox.blogspot.com
DeleteGlorious.
DeleteLittle Seans can be so cruel. ;-)
Hi WIsewebwoman - that's really clever ... well done - love it. As Sean says .. kids can be cruel - cheers Hilary
DeleteI have an idea I might struggle with fitting some of these in a story.
ReplyDeleteRiver: As you know, there is no necessity for you to use them all.
DeleteOther people were as happy as a dog with two tails to be invited to Brad’s parties, and they seemed to have a whale of a time once they got there. They fluttered around from group to group as busy as bees.
ReplyDeleteRobyn was not. She was decidedly chicken hearted about them. Yellow bellied even – as yellow as the vibrant colour called New Start Yellow. She got ants in her pants even thinking about them.
The elephant in the room? She had fancied Brad something fierce when she attended her first and only one. Sadly the cat hadn’t got the tongues of her fellow workers. Not only did she fancy Brad, he knew it, and like the wolf in sheep’s clothing that she now knew him to be, he had made a fuss of her, flirted with her, kissed her – and then told the room (and hinted that they had shared more than a kiss).
They were barking up the wrong tree if they thought she would ever go to another. She wasn’t sure whether she felt more like a fish out of water, or a bull in a china shop but she wasn’t opening that can of worms again.
Very well done EC and I can sympathise with Robyn.
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DeleteWell done EC - a whole range of common phrases ... poor Robyn ... yet life goes on as we all know. Great idea for this week's WWW ... cheers Hilary
DeleteWell done, EC. Woot. Woot. And great use of New Start Yellow. Loved it.
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Oh EC! What a very clever take on the words. I do hope she finds a better social group and meets someone more worthy of her!
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Those are some unique prompts! Well done.
ReplyDeleteM'agrada la teva història, molt ben filada. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAferradetes, Sue.
Hi EC - here's mine ... I'll be back - if not tomorrow then Thursday ... happy days ahead ... cheers Hilary:
ReplyDeleteOh yes – she had butterflies in her tummy, but better than that elephant in the room they keep talking about, especially as it was as busy as a bee; Then Buttons, our dog, became chicken-hearted … he definitely wasn't a wolf in sheep's clothing. Did the cat get your tongue, Buster?
Look, could we get this over with … I want to go back to having a whale of a time, but I am seriously concerned about those ants in your pants, what are they doing now? The sulphur yellow brimstone butterfly eggs will have hatched if we don't get a move on … oh come on! There's only so many hours in the day … and yes, next week, we can have more parties … you haven't forgotten have you?
Bye bye baby goodbye …
Hilary Melton-Butcher: This is great - and I am glad to hear you have happy days ahead. How could I forget butterflies in the tummy - something I know only too well.
DeleteYou've done enormously well with all the prompts Hilary!!
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ReplyDeleteAnd here's the missing "ten" in gotten plus a tiny t. ;-)
DeleteDidn't I tell above? ;-)
As last week I felt suboptimal – well, I still do – Tonight I do also add last weeks prompts. Here we go.
ReplyDeleteBefore the beginning of spring a forager as busy as a bee collected the wrong mushrooms, got high and happy as a dog with two tails, and ... found himself in a shadow life. What a masquerade!
The elephant in the room and a wolf in sheep's clothing obviously having a whale of a time, while our chicken hearted forager's tongue's seems gotten by the cat, when his rebelling organs let him feel ants in his pants and his badly digested mushrooms ending up on his new start yellow towel.
That's my story.
Happy New Year, and the peace of the night.
Sean Jeating: I am sorry to hear you have been under the weather and hope you stop feeling sick as a dog soon. In the interim loud applause for your use of such different prompts.
DeleteAlways a quirky take, thanks Sean!
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H Sean - oh feeling 'off' is such a pain - hope you fully recover soon. Fun take on Sue's suggestions of common phrases ... but I hope you can gather your strength back as soon as possible. Cheers Hilary
DeleteIt's been a long day, I'm playing late and will see how it turns out.
ReplyDeleteNot my best effort, but it's what came to mind in the time I had.
Deletemessymimi: I am looking forward to reading it and strongly suspect you are being too hard on yourself. Again.
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