PHOTO PROMPT © Jan Wayne Fields
THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING
“So, tell me exactly how it happened.”
“I really have no idea. It’s all still just a blur. She asked one of those IED-booby trapped, wife questions, like, ‘Does this dress make my butt look big?’ There must have been some extra Semtex. I thought I was being tactful. I should have just claimed a kidney imploded. I’ve been banished to the couch for a night or two – but this??!”
“So, when do you think you will be allowed back in?”
“I don’t really know. I get good Wi-Fi reception out here, and I’m beginning to really enjoy the silence.”
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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
Archon's Den 
Dear Archon,
There’s a lot said about that relationship in few words. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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There’s very few words in that relationship at the moment. 😯
And I have another gold star for my exercise book. Whoopee! 😆
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“No Honey, the dress doesn’t make your butt look big, it just is” said no happily married husband ever. great story
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You can keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, or open it, and remove all doubt. 😕
I sometimes wonder if ‘happily’, and ‘married’ are mutually exclusive. 😳
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You developed the poor tortured husband beautifully and made me laugh. Thanks.
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Writing this was a lot cheaper than paying for professional counselling. 😉
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I have to admit this did make me smile… I was never stupid enough to ask questions of that sort…
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Someone so memorable that I can’t remember who, said, “Don’t ask questions you don’t want to hear the answer to.” 😳
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This is truly funny. It takes “being in the doghouse” to another dimension.
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Indeed it does. I hadn’t thought of that phrase, although, with all the practice I’ve had, it should have sprung to mind. 😉
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Der Archon,
Killer title and a perfectly set ambush of a story. One of the best this week. Well done.
Yours,
Doug
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The entire quote was a bit long for a title, but the scorched earth state of the relationship seemed to make it apt. 😯
Thank you for the kind review. 🙂
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Very amusing, Archon. I like how your mind works. Creativity abounds! Good flash. Extremely imaginative.
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Thanx for all the compliments, but don’t overdo it. I might get delusions of adequacy. 😆
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Hee-heee-heeee! Clever, clever, Archon. Camping has never been made so … tactfully. 😉
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Camping?? Yeah, that’s what it is. Camping!! 😉
No honey! I can’t see those jeans that look like they were sprayed on from here. I’m busy camping. 😛
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Hahahahaha! 😀
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How many times have I wished I could banish my OH outisde to snore! Nice little slice of domestic disharmony!
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The wife has a CPAP machine for her sleep apnea. She no longer snores, but it does occasionally. 😳
Thanx for stopping ’round. 🙂
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