This week’s #99wordstories prompt from the Carrot Ranch is
April 4, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story to explain “baby ducks ate my lunch.” How did that happen? Who is the protagonist? Where did the baby ducks come from? Go where the prompt leads!
Foul Deeds
Little Tittweaking’s local paper, The Devourer tended to the sensational. Headline’s such as Marchibanks Hazmat Made My Toes Radioactive and Alien’s Invaded My Breakfast were commonplace. When Dubious Pendragon, active in the Votes For Foul campaign that sought representation for the local minorities of waterbirds made the front page, it was a sensational report, quoting her as having said she had had the Mallards for lunch. She was livid, demanding an immediate correction. ‘I didn’t eat them,’ she fumed. ‘I invited their family for a chickweed pie and chat. Seeing the fledglings clean their plates was a delight.’
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About TanGental
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.
I avoid politics, mostly, and religion, always. I don't mean to upset anyone but if I do, well, sorry and I suggest you go elsewhere.
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That’s how rumors are created… lol
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Easily done . My daughter the vet had an anxious client with her much loved cat who had some illness. Trying for the inclusive approach my daughter points at the examination table and says ‘Shall we put her down’. Cue floods of tears… before my daughter realises with horror the double meaning..
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OMG 😳 not funny at all but I see how the story came together 😂
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She was horrified but trying to row back maybe made it worse…
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That’s right! Trying to correct a faux pas usually only makes it worse.
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When in a hole, stop digging…
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Wow, that is exactly it. Is it a saying or do the words come from you?
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Oh it’s not mine. I expect I heard it from dad and he got it somewhere…
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I see. But those are great words!
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Ewe posh new page , very nice, suits you sir!
Yes as Erika says it just goes to show how bad runnours are started 💜
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It’s that Chinese whispers thing I expect
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Definitely 😊
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If she had, however, there’s plausible deniability…
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It would be a feather in her cap…
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Ah … the double meanings!
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Easily done
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If she swings a punch……duck!
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She’s pretty quackers…
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Cotta watch that English – so easy to give the wrong impression!
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I know, easily done.
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Hilarious as always, Geoff. Headlines can be misleading.
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It’s one of those moments when you can’t believe what you’re reading…
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Exactly. It boggles the mind. And lord knows, it boggles enough on its own. 🙂
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