A new and diabolical way to torment you!

Nothing cheers me up faster than finding new and even more evil ways to torment writers. And the caption contest provided me with same! I feel MUCH better. (Yes, that sound you hear is a shark cackling madly)

First things first. Herewith the results (so to speak)


Brigid 9:11am

There is a tiny baby on my lap. She is wearing a sleeper covered in anthropomorphic milk and cookies, and making goat bleats so noisily that she keeps dropping her breakfast and getting outraged.

Brigid's new baby, Ilaria Jacqueline, makes me happy just being here in the world. For starters of course, she's got a J-name, and that makes her special. But I also like the idea of one more reader coming in to the world.  Of course, she won't be allowed to read this blog till she's 32 years old, but for right now it's just enough to know she's here, hearing great literature being read to her! (And by great literature I mean good books, NOT this blog!)


Casey Karp 12:11pm

fomerly feral feline

I love that phrase. It just falls off the tongue purrfectly!


Kitty 8:17am

Henry: “Ever wonder what it’s like
outside this apartment? How about
outdoors?”
Pablo: “No. When she hauls out
the cat carrier, I
exit. I hide under her
divan
or
on top of the frig. I
don’t ever want to
leave this sanctuary. {stretch} Not
ever.”
.....

No explanation required of why I love this one, right?


french sojoun 10:24am

Henry: "Hey Pablo, wanna play guess my sickness?"
Pablo: "No!"
Henry: "Damn U."
Pablo: "Seriously?"
Henry: "Fuk'n A."
Pablo: "That's classy."
Henry: "Ass O"
Pablo: "Tourette Syndrome!"
Henry: "Shit-E guess."
Pablo: "Grow up, Henry."
Henry: "Fuk'n I_diot."
Pablo: "Alright, I give up.
Henry: "Irritable Vowel Syndrome."
Pablo: "You wasted all my time for that? Now shut up and let me finish watching 'To Kill A Mockingbird'."
Henry: "You know they never do show you how, don't you?"

The only thing I would change about this is leaving out the last two lines.
Otherwise it's a pretty hilarious little story.


Donnaeve 11:18am

"This TV watching thing doesn't seem all that bad today."
"Huh? It's turned off, ya know."
"Yep."

This is exactly how I feel about TV and pretty much all media right now.



Casey Karp 3:46pm

A young man is reading on the bus, occasionally casting a lingering glance at the attractive member of his preferred sex seated next to him. Finally, he closes the book, and asks "Do you like Kipling?"

"I don't know," the AMoHPS replies, with an oh-so-cute look of befuddlement. "I've never kippled."

There are a million versions of this joke, but I've never heard this one and it cracked me up.
Some of the delight comes from the personal twist Casey put on it (AMoHPS)


Angie Brooksby-Arcangioli 3:08pm

That dumb cat sitter thinks we're called Pablo and Henry. Won't even give us our fix.

Let's teach her a lesson. You knock the plant off the table and I'll spray the book.

Yeah, then she'll know who Iceberg and Slim are.

Somehow the two cats being named Iceberg and Slim just cracked me up.
Hooligan cats!



Ginger MollyMarilyn 4:50pm

The weird scene going on in my house right now: A platypus getting it on with a rabbit. Picture that for a second, it may be a small escape, alleviating your worries.

There's really nothing to say about this entry other than I'm still laughing.
Well, I guess I should say "I wish you'd gotten pictures!"


RosannaM 5:37pm

QOTKU's dictionary's definition of gaze.

Indeed!

Now, on to the new and diabolical way to torment you!
The prize for this contest is that the winning entry will provide the next prompt word for #100.
And I can hear you all shrieking and saying "oh my god, she IS going to pick Hooptedoodle, I knew it!"

But no. I'm going to let you choose your own adventure torment! From the entries above, pick the word that you think should be Word #4 for Contest #100.

Remember, a good prompt word is generally short, has more than one meaning, is not by definition pornographic or a swear word (although any word can take on those characteristics depending on context!)

Post your suggestions in the comment column. Include the entry writer with the word too, if you would.


Ready? Set? Go!
(I'm going to close the comments later today and tabulate the results so don't dawdle!)

Comments closed.
We now move to Round Two of the torment (tomorrow's blog post)