Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “On the Farm.”

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It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again and this weeks prompt is words from on the farm. Here’s the deal. We have to use words that have a farm animal sound in them. For example, sMOOth. There are bonus points for using three or more. If you would like to bend your mind a little go to Linda Hill’s blog and read how to join the party. Here is the link. https://lindaghill.com/2018/05/11/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-may-12-18/

On the Farm by John W. Howell © 2018

“I see you are doing the Hill prompt again.”

“How can you tell?”

“You are sitting by that recorder listening to animal sounds. There can be no other explanation.”

“I know right? I’ve got to come up with words with animal sounds in them.”

“Better you than me. What do you have so far?”

“Honeymoon, peephole, boink, quackery, subwoofer.”

“That’s it?”

“Man this is hard.”

“How about cluck?”

“Okay give me one.”

“Er, clucking?”

“That is the sound not a word with the sound.”

“Okay too tough for me. Now, what do you do?”

“Take a break.”

“Why is that?”

“I have a least three words with animal sounds in them. So, I think I’m done.”

“Don’t you have to use these words in a story?”

“Take a look at them. You think the story with these words would be a good outcome.”

“Now that you mention it. No.”

“Let’s go to lunch.”

“I could use a moon pie.”

“Don’t start with me.”

34 comments

  1. GP's avatar

    Whoa! You have such an imagination, I realize how bad I am at improve!!

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Ha ha ha. One of the things I wanted to be when I was stupid was a stand-up comic. Improv was part of the learning process. I quit while I was ahead though. Better to do it sitting down. 😀

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      1. GP's avatar

        hahahaha…..

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  2. Charles Yallowitz's avatar

    That’s a really tough one. Good job.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thank you, Charles.

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  3. Gwen M. Plano's avatar
    Gwen Plano · ·

    Amazing, John. I’m a farm girl at heart and couldn’t think of another word, except for Baah yarn. This was a difficult prompt and you made it fun. Thanks for the smiles! 😀 Have a great weekend.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      I wish I had know what Baah Yarn was. I tried every derivation of baa. Nothing worked. 😀

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  4. Sorryless's avatar

    I was stumped! Excellent job with this one John.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thanks, Marc. I can’t imagine you being stumped unless someone pretty told you to sit there. 😀

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      1. Sorryless's avatar

        Okay mister. You got me dead to rights on this one. 😉

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        1. John W. Howell's avatar

          Used my infared goggles.

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        2. Sorryless's avatar

          You always come prepared.

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        3. John W. Howell's avatar

          Heh heh heh.

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  5. Jill Weatherholt's avatar

    This wasn’t an easy challenge, but you nailed it, John. Nice job! Happy Saturday!

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thanks, Jill. Happy Saturday to you * sung to the tune of Unchained Melody by the Rightous Brothers.

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      1. Jill Weatherholt's avatar

        Great song! 🙂

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        1. John W. Howell's avatar

          I’ve liked it from the movie Unchained and then the movie Ghost.

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  6. Dan Antion's avatar

    I’m enjoying this as I sit with the resident woofer, John. All you needed was the UPS man to show up for inspiration. Does Twiggy have a bark, or a baby-bark?

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      She has a little baby bark. When the big dogs start she joins in. The UPS thing is now a thing. 😀

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      1. Dan Antion's avatar

        That has to be adorable.

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  7. coldhandboyack's avatar

    That was awesome-a-doodle-doo.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Ha haha. Thank you, Craig.

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  8. Author Jan Sikes's avatar

    Lol! Great job. I turned up the subwoofer for this one. 🙂

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thanks, Jan. 😀

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  9. John Fioravanti's avatar
    John Fioravanti · ·

    Another hilarious conversation – well done, good sir!

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thank you John. Your blog holiday almost over?

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      1. John Fioravanti's avatar
        John Fioravanti · ·

        You’re welcome. Yes, I’ll be back Monday.

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        1. John W. Howell's avatar

          Look forward to it.

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  10. Deborah Drucker's avatar

    Quackery is a good one. 🙂

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thanks, Deborah.

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  11. Jennie's avatar

    This was really good, John!

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thank you, Jennie.

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      1. Jennie's avatar

        You’re welcome, John!

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