PHOTO PROMPT © Na’ama Yehuda
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS
Shuffle, shuffle, wait. Shuffle, slosh, wait. Slosh, splash, wait.
Rain is running down the back of my neck. I think there’s a hole in my boot.
Unless you’re the lead sled-dog, the view never changes, just a line of assholes in front of you.
“What Honey? Oh, I was just listening to Alanis Morisette singing her first hit, on my iPod. Haven’t heard that in a while. Remind me again, why are we standing in line in the rain, waiting to get into a Kohl’s? They’re giving away free Knirps umbrellas to the first 50 shoppers??! Now, isn’t that ironic?”
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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.
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Click above, if you’re enough of a masochist to want to hear her sing the only song about irony – that isn’t.
I expect once they leave with their free umbrella the sun will be out…
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Then they can use it as a parasol, not the British ‘brolly,’ or ‘bumbershoot.’ I also like ‘gamp,’ a particularly oversized umbrella. I used to work with a little banty-rooster of a man. Barely 5foot-three, and used to walk home in the rain with a great golf umbrella. All that could be seen were two little feet sticking out the bottom. It reminded me of the picture of the little girl on the Morton’s Salt containers. That’s where I stole my title. “When it rains, It pours.” https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=xmXBoa%2b7&id=01CB26D315A7C4ED22A58A763FFB2FEDB0382873&thid=OIP.xmXBoa-7ojWOaifD_J8ABAHaLG&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fbernardoberndsen.files.wordpress.com%2f2013%2f07%2fmorton-full-size.png&exph=1500&expw=1001&q=image+morton%27s+salt&simid=608023340800805749&selectedIndex=30&qpvt=image+morton%27s+salt
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When the sun comes out they’ll be queuing for ages for sunblock lotion!
Here’s my story.
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We always want what we don’t have…. Well, not always. I wanted you to stop by and read my post, and you did, rain and all. 🙂
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Wet feet is the worst – get yourself some new boots. I like the song choice, so appropriate.
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I’ve got new boots! I’m saving them for a sunny day, when I can wear them to my therapist, to get my OCD rotated. 😉 😯
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I know this is fiction.
No one stands in line to get into Kohl’s….
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I know what you mean. We went into one in Detroit, twice – the first time, and the last time. 😳
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Haha all that for an umbrella. Love it.
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It’s always silly season outside The Archon’s Den. This is just the wet silly season. 😉
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This was very amusing. Nicely done.
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Thanx, Hawkeye. 🙂
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