Sharing My World 17-06-2019
Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.
If you were suddenly injured or died, are your bedside table drawers ready for someone else to go through them? If you care to share, what’s the most unusual item someone might find, that might be potentially embarrassing?
Injured? Die? This is a bit of a downer. I’m worried now. I think what I’ll do is link a sensor to my heartbeat so if it stops a tiny incendiary device will destroy the contents of my bedside table.
What keeps you going?
Life. Life doesn’t let you stop going.
Share a photo or a sentence about ‘your favourite thing(s)’
At the end of the song “Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M., where did they all go?
I expect they were Raptured. Or kidnapped by space aliens. Or Raptured by space aliens.
FF – There’s Always a Catch
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week she also provided the photo! Click Mr Frog for the linkup.
Copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Sam smiled. An airport without aircraft! Who would have thought? No-one, certainly, before the arrival of the N’Gak’Na three years ago.
Hailing from a distant galaxy, they had asked for nothing, yet gave so much. Suspicion waned as poverty and starvation were eliminated. In fact, everyone was getting quite plump!
Entering the transfer pod, Sam closed his eyes and waited. The UK to Australia in two seconds! The pod whirred.
Opening his eyes, he found himself lying on a table, surrounded by a N’Gak’Na family holding cutlery, their mandibles watering. A carving knife descended.
He couldn’t move. He couldn’t even scream.
Sharing My World 10-06-2019
Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World. Which logo to use this week? Decisions, decisions…
Yes, the one with the UK front and centre, I think!
What do fish do all day? What thoughts do you think they have?
Well, they certainly seem to do a lot of swimming around the place. As for their thoughts, much the same as ours I reckon. What to do today, where to go, which algae bar has free wifi, that sort of thing.
What celebrity would you have as a SPOUSE, if you HAD to choose?
Ooh, so many choices. It seems a bit rough on my chosen celebrity, though. Taylor Momsen is a great singer so she’s on the list. Despite the decades of age difference. Alicia Vikander, though Michael Fassbender might not be too happy. Jenna Fischer, though her husband might want words as well. I think I’m going to get beaten up a lot.
What’s the most expensive thing you’ve ever broken?
Hearts. Hearts are priceless. As an international playboy and man of mystery there have been a lot of those. Sometimes I receive instructions from Intelligence Service HQ the import/export company and I just have to move on at short notice.
No, wait, that’s James Bond.
When was the last time you slept more than 9 hours in a stretch? Why?
I don’t know. I was probably ill if I slept that long. Or maybe at the end of a long period of annual leave when my routine has got all messed up.
Here’s a couple of pictures of my new flowers to brighten up this post.
FF – Musings of the Cutlery
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Valerie J. Barrett.
To read all the stories and to add your own, click on the froggy.
Copyright Valerie J. Barrett
Ah, to see the light of day! The old house restored and open to the public!
I pressed the Sunday best, you heated Madam’s beverages.
And I stirred that beverage. Halcyon days!
What’s all that white crap?
That’s a mark of my venerable age. Why are you spraying out your spout?
I’m excited, okay? Big day!
Shh, here come the visitors. Oh, for them to see us in all our beautiful glory, paragons of a bygone age!
“Wow, look at all this useless old shit. Let’s try the next room.”
Well, that took us down a peg or two and no mistake.
Philistines.
Sharing My World 03-06-2019
Here is my post for Melanie’s Share My World.
Do you think there is such a thing as a ‘gendered’ brain?
Oh Lordy. Well, I didn’t know anything about this so I read some stuff. The answer seems to be both “yes” and “no”. In short, various groups seem to suggest that while girls and boys have certain differences at birth – responding differently to faces, for example – most of what happens afterwards (pink for girls, blue for boys etc) is down to societal conditioning.
Blimey.
What is the silliest fear you have?
I don’t have any silly fears. They’re all real, I tell you. Real and justifiable. Anyone who isn’t mortally afraid of spiders is clearly nuts.
Out of your family members, who are you closest to?
Ha. Some of them read this so I’m not answering.
All of them.
What is something you’ll NEVER do again?
In 1983 James Bond taught us to “Never Say Never Again”. Saying you’ll never do something again is a bit presumptuous. So there.
FF – Fate Happens
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by C.E. Ayr.
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Copyright C.E. Ayr
“No! No way!”
“Whatever is the matter, my dear?”
“It has a balcony! Read the news, woman! English tourists are forever plunging to their deaths off balconies. And that aircon unit! In every American film I’ve ever seen someone’s been crushed by a falling aircon unit.”
“Maybe you’ve been watching the wrong…”
“You go inside. I’m nobody’s fool. I’m going for a swim in the pool.”
Funny, but in every film I’ve ever seen…
GERRRONIMOOOO!
… the injury’s because some idiot doesn’t check…
SPLAT! ARRRRGHHH…
… there’s water in the pool before jumping in. I hope our holiday insurance covers gross stupidity…
Sharing My World 27-09-2019
Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World. Which logo shall I use today?
Do you consider yourself a pessimist or an optimist?
I’m a bit of a pessimist. Everything that can go wrong is definitely going to go wrong. And that glass is way more than half empty. But that means I’m always prepared for the worst, and there’s plenty of room to be pleasantly surprised! I call it “disappointment management”.
Can War ever be just?
Just what? Just a bit of a tiff?
Oh, I see. Well, I don’t know about “just”. But certainly “necessary”. Imagine what would have happened if we’d not stood up to Mr Hitler. He would have conquered most of the world, unopposed. And, more recently, most of the Middle East would be a Caliphate. And it wouldn’t have stopped there, considering we’re not doing “war” any more.
Think about the people you love most in your life, what do you do for them?
I bring them joy just be being there with all my awesomeness and whatnot.
Are you health conscious?
Absolutely. But unfortunately I then ignore myself and eat loads of pizza and burgers anyway. Here is a picture of some burgers I made just last week! See the salad stuff there? That’s the healthy bit.
Draliburgers
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