Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “Press”

~ John W. Howell

Stream Of Consciousness Saturday

 

Here it is Stream of Consciousness Saturday again and time for another run through the hoops courtesy of Linda Hill. This week’s prompt is “press.” Linda says we can begin a word with it, end a word with it or use it by itself. (Not “it” but “press”) If you would like a little of your mind eaten each week maybe you should join our happy band of scribblers and give this thing a try. Go to Linda’s blog and check it out. Here is the link https://lindaghill.com/2016/05/27/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-may-2816/

My interpretation.

Press by John W. Howell ©2016

“Make way, make way for the press.”

“The press? Who are you trying to kid?”

“I just got a new job with the newspaper.”

“Job? What kind of job.”

“I’m one of the pressmen.”

“Pressmen? What the heck are pressmen?’

“We press the print onto the paper.”

“You mean a printer.”

“No you oaf. In the newspaper business, we are called pressmen.”

“What if you are a woman like yourself?”

“Urm. I guess press woman.”

“Okay, so why are you going around saying, pressmen, when you should be saying press women?”

“Never gave it a thought.”

“You know firefighters have the name firefighters because many are women.”

“I know that. So you point is?”

“Maybe you should be called press workers.”

“Sounds less dignified. Our jobs are more than just work.”

“Okay. I can say with certainty press women doesn’t have much dignity either.”

“I was very happy with my new job until I ran into you. What is your position called?”

“Human resource manager.”

“Ah perfect. So give me a title that I can use.”

“How about pressessist?”

“Have you been drinking?”

41 thoughts on “Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “Press””

  4. LOL, loved the “title.” I think this would have been a difficult one for me. All I can think of is ironing… on an already hot day… dePressing. Ha. Have a wonderful holiday weekend my friend.
    (BTW, no news on either interview. But the Dallas one, I heard the senior exec is quitting and the other boss took sick leave… I expect that job to get cancelled…) Mega hugs!

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      2. While involved in my fard process, a gunman burst into my dressing room and demanded my money or my life. He pointed his revolver directly at my right eye. I told him my money was my life and he fired. The smell of cordite is still in my senses but lucky for me the bullet is resting where my right eye once reflected in the mirror. I then hit him with my fard brush in the face. He sneezed, and I let him have my full-on knuckle sandwich. He went down like a boxer on the take. The cops said I did real good, for a girl.

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  7. I always enjoy how you take on the prompts 🙂
    I would like to invite you to my blog party which is going on right now. It goes on through the weekend. It’s a great opportunity to mingle with other awesome bloggers like you. I hope to see you. The party link is titled Summery blog party live link. Regards, Jacqueline

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  13. Haha! Cute. And inventive too!
    As for your link, did you paste it when you were looking at your editor in visual or text? Sometimes that makes a difference. It’s all I can think of. There’s nothing wrong with the link itself. I highlighted it and opened it with no problem.

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