‘You look smart, Morgan. In court?’
‘Ha. I’m meeting a rather special person. Very
influential. I hope he can help me.’
‘How?’
‘He understands how the system works, you know, all
those back passages.’
‘Corridors of power?’
‘Exactly.’
‘A sort of eminence grise.’
‘You what? Immense Grease? That sounds like what you
get before an outbreak of spots.’
‘Eminence Grise. Someone who works in the shadows.’
‘He had the lights on when I saw him.’
‘It’s just a figure of speech.’
‘Like Imminent Cheese?’
‘Eminence Grise.’
‘Is it French?’
‘Yes.’
‘Thought so. They’re greasy and like cheese.’
‘God, Morgan…’
This week’s Carrot Ranch prompt, here, is:
March 26, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that uses the word eminence. It’s a rich word full of different meanings. Explore how it sounds or how you might play with it. Go where the prompt leads!
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My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published several books: a four book series following Harry Spittle as he grows from hapless student to hapless partner in a London law firm; four others in different genres; a book of poetry; four anthologies of short fiction; and a memoir of my mother. I have several more in the pipeline.
I have been blogging regularly since 2014, on topic as diverse as: poetry based on famous poems; memories from my life; my garden; my dog; a whole variety of short fiction; my attempts at baking and food; travel and the consequent disasters; theatre, film and book reviews; and the occasional thought piece. Mostly it is whatever takes my fancy.
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Hahaha! XD
Nice one!!
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Reminds me of all the times I have misheard song lyrics. Good word play.
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yes there are several posts there, aren’t there. When my daughter was 5, Mousse T brought out ‘I am horny’ which seemed to be across the radio. Somehow I convinced her it was I am honey…
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My daughter used to call it “Booger King.”
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eeww!
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Ha! Fantastic. Ah, cheese–now I’m hungry for lunch and it’s not even 9:30!
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there’s rarely a period inside 24 hours when cheese isn’t inevitable but I d struggle with the continental European love for it at breakfast… somehow it isn’t quite the done thing
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Lol 💜
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Ha ha!!!
It us a strange word, eminence… And added to grise… Well obviously confusion!
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sometimes I wonder where Charli is off to with her prompts…
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😂 And we wonder where you take them 😂
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😂😂
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Well done, Geoff.
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An intriguing position, a gray eminence. I wonder who that is in the US? ‘Cause Trump is stupider than a lump of cheese. But I digress. I like cheese. And your characters!
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yes no bad mouthing cheese, please..
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Misinterpretations can be hilarious.. I love the word grise though, new to me. Have to find a place to use it..
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