Tag: Stream of Consciousness Saturday

Stream of Consciousness Saturday

~ John W. Howell ~ 21 Comments

 

This is in response to the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt using the word or thought of two. The prompt and rules can be found at: http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-august-914/

A Couple by John W. Howell © 2014

“Give me a couple of those donuts.”

“A couple? Do you mean two?”

“Yeah, I mean two. What do you think a couple is?”

“Well, where I come from a couple could be four or more.”

“How’s that?”

“You got mom and dad and the young ens. We say that’s a couple.”

“Okay, but you don’t say a couple of donuts is more than two.”

“You do if they are on sale like buy two get one free. Then a couple is three.”

“Okay, so maybe I’m pretty dumb. I wouldn’t call a couple of donuts three even if the one was free.”

“You are not in the donut business.”

“And I’m so glad I’m not.”

“Here’s your donuts. That’ll be a couple of dollars.”

“A couple as in two or three?”

“Surprise me.”

 

Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt

~ John W. Howell ~ 18 Comments

 

This week’s stream of consciousness Saturday prompt is “Hear/hear.” SoCS is a weekly affair and you can drop in to check it out at:  http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-august-214/

My attempt to interpret “here/here” follows and it titled Tell Me Again.

Tell Me Again by John W. Howell

When I listen to you talk I can almost see the scenes you describe. I am with you on a long trek up the mountain and fast track down to the sea below. You’ve carried me along for the journey of a lifetime and I know it must be hard to have the extra burden. I wish I could help, but you have me transfixed and a prisoner of your words. You painted the verbal picture of the courtroom with the majesty of the law. The judge and jury so eloquently drawn it is as if I am there. The words of the bailiff calling, “Hear/hear order in the court.” Almost imagined by me yet understood clearly. The judge so beautifully pictured from your mouth leans over the verdict and gently asks that god have mercy on my soul. Tell me again what happened and why I must stay and you can go? Tell me another story, but this time make the ending not so dark. Tell me why I am no longer allowed to go free?

Stream of Consciousness Saturday

~ John W. Howell ~ 29 Comments

 

Here is my contribution to the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt as described by Linda Hill:  http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-2514/

The prompt is to end with a question and extra credit for an exclamation point. Here goes:

“Holy cow! Did you see that car?”

“What car you talking about?”

“The one that just went by. The red one.”

“No, I guess I missed it. What was so special?”

“There were two people in the front seat and a couple of bears in the back.”

“Yeah right, a couple of bears.”

“I’m not kidding these two bears were sitting in the back and it looked like they had some kind of drink in their hand . . .er  . . .paw.”

“How do you know it was a drink?”

“They had Big Gulp cups that’s how. Why the hell you concentrating on the drink? Don’t you want to know what the bears were wearing?”

 

Getting Out – Prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday

~ John W. Howell ~ 13 Comments

The Saturday Stream of Consciousness prompt for this week is “Getting away or Getting out.” I have chosen Getting Out as my subject. This post is part of SoCS:http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-1214/

 

Getting Out by John W. Howell Copyright 2014

“When you getting out?”

“What’s it to you?”

“Just curious. That’s all.”

“Yeah well, it’s none of your business. How about you?”

“If when you are getting out is none of my business what makes you think knowing when I’m getting out is any of yours?”

“Oh, I know you are dying to tell me since you  are probably a short timer.”

“Okay, Mr. Genius. I’m getting out tomorrow.”

“Hah. That’s what I thought.”

“Come on tell me.”

“All right, but don’t spread it around since it’s not confirmed yet.”

“Who am I going to tell?”

“getting out is such a good thing you might want to blab it all over the place.”

“I promise. I won’t say a thing.”

“Okay. I get out tomorrow as well.”

“Whoa. So you are short-term too.”

“Well, I hate to tell you, but when one goes the other goes about the same time. You are really pretty dumb sometimes. Twins get out almost together.”

“I never knew that. Of course, I’ve never done this before.”

Stream of Consciousness Saturday

~ John W. Howell ~ 27 Comments

 

a emote

 

I was sitting around last Saturday minding my own business, settled back, reading my favorite blogs. I came across Linda Hill’s blog and started reading about all the fun bloggers were having with a thing called Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Low and behold (does anyone say that anymore) I found out about the idea of writing whatever comes out of your head and posting it on Saturday. I whined about not having enough time and unfortunately I whined to the wrong person LINDA flipping HILL herself. So here I am shamed into setting aside the time to participate. The prompt this week is emote and this post is part of SoCS:http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-2814/ and that was the required pingback. Here is my stream of consciousness.

“Emote you say?”

“Yup. That’s it.”

“What do you mean that’s it?”

“I mean that’s the one.”

“I have to emote?”

“It was truth or dare and you took the dare.”

“But emote? I don’t even know what that means.”

“Tough you know what. You took the dare now emote.”

“Do I take off my clothes for this.”

“Whoa. No. Put that back on.”

“I didn’t want to mess my pants in the emote.”

“That is not what it means.”

“I’ll try again. Do I have to dig a big trench?”

“Big trench? What are you talking about?”

“You know a castle has an emote around it.”

“Man you are really dumb aren’t you?”

“Look here. It is one thing to trick me into this truth or dare stuff. It is quite another to be derisive towards my confusion over what you are asking me to do. I demand that you take it back.”

“You are done. Nice job.”

“Done? What are you talking about?”

“You covered emote perfectly.”

“Now I’m really confused. .. Was it good for you?”