Serenity is having a cup of coffee and time to think of important matters. The machine has given up its addictive brew, and now, with feet up, the time seems right for those important thoughts. The first sip of nectar stimulates the brain into action. The first thought: One cannot live by bread alone. A good cup of coffee is the root of sustainable life.
Thinking that the important thought objective will be won congers the second: All things come to he who waits. A good cup of coffee is a virtue. Just as the third thought begins to bubble up from the subconscious, my ring doorbell detects a visitor. Grateful that the person heeds the “Do Not Ring the Doorbell” sign, a step over the sleeping Twiggy gets me to the security panel.
The tower machine guns are deactivated, the moat screen rolled, the concertina wire retracted, the boiling oil set to standby, the claymore mines detached, The trebuchet reset, the iron gate opened, and the locks and bolts opened. The front door is opened, and there stands someone who looks a lot like Bugs Bunny.
“Hi, Doc,” he says. “It’s my birthday, and I’ll cry if I want to.” He then hands me an envelope, which is from Linda Hill. “I was born on July 27th, 1940, and have decided you need some carrot cake.” Bugs then tosses a cake in my direction before turning and leaving.
Wiping cake from my eyes, I open the envelope. Inside is a message. It reads, Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “one/won.” Use one, use them both, use them any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use them both. Enjoy!
If you want to see how others handle the prompt, visit Linda’s blog. Here is the link. https://lindaghill.com/2023/07/28/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-29-2023
One/Won by John W. Howell © 2023
“Squeeked by on that one.”
“Come on. I won it. Also, I need to thank Tom Okragly and Dan Conti for the Bugs information.”
“Yeah, but you had to take advantage of Bugs Bunny’s birthday to do it.”
“I call that fair.”
“Like a robber would say, he is ‘liberating the goods he steals.'”
“Where did that come from?”
“Deep thoughts from coffee.”
“Anyway, I did get the prompt done.”
“I suppose you can count it.”
“And I won the bonus. This calls for a drink.”
“Uber is waiting. Right over there.”
“That Bently turbo convertible?”
“No, the one behind it.”
“The truck with the sheep?”
“Got a good deal.”
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Aw, darn it wasn’t the Bently!:-)
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My feelings exactly. 😊
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More bonus points, John. You’re working your way to that Bently. Enjoy the ride. Don’t be surprised if they ask you guys to sit on the patio.
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Or to take the VooDoo to go. Thanks, Dan
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I’d take a truck with sheep over a Bentley any day. Happy birthday, Bugs!
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And happy Saturday to you, Jill *sung to the tune of Runaway by Del Shannon
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Oh, why couldn’t it be the Bentley?!
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I know right? Fate is a cruel mistress.Thanks, GP.
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Didn’t realize Bugs was so old. Wonder if Elmer Fudd debuted at the same time.
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Good question. He appeared first on November 7th, 1938. He was a couple of years before Bugs.
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Wow. I didn’t think he’d be older. Looks like Daffy and Porky are even older than them. Porky in 1935 and Daffy in 1937.
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Gotta love that Warner Brothers team back then.
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Riding with sheep is fun. It make most people grin. And a lot of people do it for the shear fun of it…
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😳 You have just been through the pun zone ladies and gentlemen.
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Nice to see Bugs here. Oh no, not the one with the sheep 🤣
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I know right? Do we have to be dipped with them?
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Well done, John. Coffee = life, right? One day your Uber might actually be a Bentley. Well, maybe not. 😅
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Having a Bentley for an Uber would be just too much. Frail heart.
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Haha! 😅
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😁
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Hope you escape the sheep without tags in your ears and a number painted across your back.
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Or the dreaded dip sequence.
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That should make for an interesting ride… good thing VooDoo is on the other side. Just sayin’! Will toast you later tonight!
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Thank you, Dale. I will toast you as well. 😁
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🍻
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😊
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At least there is a drink waiting at the end of the ride!
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Yes and 99% wool free.
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😂😂😂
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😊
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A definite winner, John. Bugs Bunny’s birthday? Wow! Have a good one. 👍
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Thank you, Tim.😊
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Great job. But dang…I missed Bugs’ birthday? Must not have had a life sustaining cuppa that day. Happy belated to the beloved hare/Leporidae. 🐰
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I’m sure he loves all birthday wishes. Even those that are delayed.😁
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Happy 83rd birthday, Bugs:)
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One year older than me.
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Hmm, be careful of that truck full of sheep, John!
Your VooDoo pal seems naive to all the pitfalls of living a life in the cross hairs of cartoons.
I submit: the truck is full of Sams, the Bentley is full of Ralphs, the Tasmanian Devil is driving the Sams, Yosemite Sam is driving the Ralphs.
Who wins now, I wonder? Eno?
Ṍ𝖃
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Excellent story line, Resa. I think you win hands down. 🛠⚙️
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In that case: 💋🛠⚙️🛠⚙️💋
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💋🛠⚙️🛠⚙️💋🌹
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🌹💋🛠⚙️🛠⚙️💋🌹
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🌹💋🛠⚙️🛠⚙️💋🌹🤭
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Great job on the prompt John! I love the way you write, especially this line, “A good cup of coffee is the root of sustainable life.” 100% Hugs, C
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Thank you, Cheryl. Your kind comment warms my heart. 😁
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John, you pos-i-lutely slayed me this time — from the “security measures” in the intro to the Uber. LOL. What a riot. Big hugs.
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Thank you, Teagan. Glad you got a chuckle or two.
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Baaahh!! 🤣Great job with the prompt and winning those bonus points! Enjoy the week-end!
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Thank you, Deborah. I hope you enjoy yours as well.
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Well it certainly was all quiet on the Western Front of your garden this morning.
You got your bonus points too. If I may say so the Bentley is very over rated and uses too much petrol , gas whatever so well done !! 💜💜
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The sheep truck is so much more environmentally responsible.
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Yes indeed as long as the sheep don’t get bloat and fall over 🤭
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Or it rains.
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Yes that could be very bad!!
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The smell of wet wool in the morning.
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Lol or knitted swimsuits 🤭🤭🤭
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🙄
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😞😞🤭🤭
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😁
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http://fab40s.co.uk/ladiesswimwear.html
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OMG.Nothing like taking a sheep to the beach.
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Lol 😆😆😆
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Such great stuff, John. I was seriously reading this until ‘The tower machine guns are deactivated…’ I busted. Good one.
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Yes you have to be careful of serious as far as my stuff is concerned. Thanks for letting me know you liked it, Lois.
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I am onto you now. 😉
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Yes you are. I like to time stuff so that the sip of coffee of the reader repostitions itself as a duel nasal stream.
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Ahhh… a Bently…
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Yes …. a Bentley
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The ride may not have been a Bentley, but at least it wasn’t a Toontown car.
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That is a good point. Liz. 😁
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You won this one Boss. And umm, how’s about bread AND coffee? That’s my favorite way to breakfast.
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That does work. A baguette goes well.
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It does!
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Do you dip?
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Of course.
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😁
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