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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday, BeThere2Day, and Sandee at Comedy Plus.
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Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and has become a moveable feast of word or picture or music prompts to encourage us to write stories, poems, or whatever strikes our fancy.
This month, the prompts are provided by River.
This week's words/prompts are:
1. chicanery
2. wicker
3. curly
4. prissy
5. superb
6. uncommon
Also Charlotte's colour of the month which is Orient Red for September.
Granny was in the WICKER rocking chair, knitting a muffler from a warm Orient Red yarn and shaking her head but also smiling over her grandchildren's latest CHICANERY.
The two CURLY haired culprits, boy and girl, were standing in the dock. Granny thought what they had done this time showed an UNCOMMON amount of gumption and some rather SUPERB thinking. Saving up several toilet paper tubes, soaking them and squishing and molding them into exact replicas of human poop, then leaving them on all the toilet seats, was a rather gross prank but harmless, really.
Mama was not so sure, as one of her guests at tea had been the one heading in to use the facility and found the product of their imagination and almost lost it.
Mama said they'd gone too far this time with their pranking.
Granny looked at Mama and said, "Would you rather they be full of spunk and big ideas, or just PRISSY babies?"
They were made to apologize to the ladies for what they'd done and told if they ever pulled a prank on guests again, they wouldn't be allowed the leftover tea cakes, which was enough to get them to walk the straight and narrow with guests ever after.
They never promised, though, they wouldn't aim for pulling something at church next...
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Today is:
Day of Remembrance/Patriot Day -- US (all flags at half staff)
Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 1, Unity (sponsored by We, the World)
Emergency Number Day/National 911 Emergency Day -- US
Fiesta Nacional de Cataluna -- Catalonia, Spain (National Day of Catalonia)
Jinnah Day -- Pakistan (Founder's Day)
Libraries Remember Day -- encouraging libraries, which preserve knowledge and heritage, promote tolerance, and represent all that is the antithesis to terrorism, to remain open the entire 24 hours of this day as symbol of freedom, tolerance, and hope
Make Your Bed Day -- make your mom happy!
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Enkutatash -- Ethiopia
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Sacrifice to Zeus Epoptes -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)
St. Sperandea's`Day (Patron of Cingoli, Italy)
St. Vincent of Leon' Day (Patron of Cercemaggiore, Italy)
Teacher's Day -- Argentina
Anniversaries Today:
Diocletian New Year
Remembrance of 9/11/2001
Birthdays Today:
Harry Connick, Jr. 1967
Moby, 1965
Virginia Madsen, 1963
Kristy McNichol, 1962
Amy Madigan, 1951
Donna Lopiano, 1946
Lola Falana, 1943
Tom Dreesen, 1942
Brian DePalma, 1940
Paul "Bear" Bryant, 1913
D.H. Lawrence, 1885
O. Henry, 1862
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Little House on the Prairie"(TV), 1974
"The Rookies"(TV), 1972
"The Carol Burnett Show"(TV), 1967
"The Queen's Messenger"(TV, first drama ever broadcast), 1928
Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale"(first US performance), 1850
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Alexander Hamilton is appointed first US Secretary of the Treasury, 1789
The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store them, 1792
Stephen Foster's well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1847
Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", gives her first US concert, 1850
The Olympia Columbian becomes the first newspaper published north of the Columbia River, 1852
The postal mail chute is patenteted by James Cutler, 1883
Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa, 1906
The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11, 1916
Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state, 1961
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords, 1978
Hungary announces that East German refugees there are free to leave for West Germany, 1989
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September 11 terrorist attacks on the US, 2001
The State of Israel claims completion for its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip, 2005
Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs, 2007
The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is attacked by terrorists, 2012
The UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea, 2017
The journal Nature Astronomy publishes findings which claim water has been detected for first time on planet outside our solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b, 110 light-years away, 2019
The UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea, 2017
The journal Nature Astronomy publishes findings which claim water has been detected for first time on planet outside our solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b, 110 light-years away, 2019
The stolen Van Gogh painting “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,” (1884) is returned to an art detective, 2023
Great story! I'd prefer kids who thought and did over kids who sit quietly as told wihtout ever thinking for themselves. But the "poop" prank is maybe a step too far.
ReplyDeleteI like that licence plate too.
Great licence plate! That was a wicked joke, but well thought up.
ReplyDeleteThat is an excellent licence plate - and a great and fun use of River's prompts. I wonder what they will do next.
ReplyDeleteLOL @ the licence plate :-)
ReplyDeleteHave a lots2dotastic week mimi and thanks for swaying by 👍
Funny license plate. Sometimes I see vanity plates that actually I cannot understand what they're trying to say. And I think they're a waste of money needless to say.
ReplyDeleteMom needs 2much2do on hers! Time never seems to be enough each day around here.
ReplyDeleteLots to do today too.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
There is always so much to do. I didn't expect that would be so after I retired!
ReplyDeleteThat's so you. You always have lots to do. Love it.
ReplyDeleteLove your use of the prompts and you made me laugh out loud with the prank. How could you keep a straight face? I wouldn't be able to.
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What a great license plate and it's perfect for you!
ReplyDeleteLove that license plate.
ReplyDeleteSome take a bit of effort to understand.
Hugs Cecilia
Always lots to do!
ReplyDeleteThat was a funny story. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, that license plate needs to be yours! Fun story too!
ReplyDeleteGreat license plate - just needs another with something abbreviated to say "never enough time".
ReplyDeleteGranny sounds like a very fun Grandma with a good sense of humor:)
Woos - Misty and Timber
Ha. That could be our license plate, too!
ReplyDeleteHaha to that prank, I would prefer children only pulling pranks on family ;) But then I find this a real good one!
ReplyDeleteI'd like a plate like that! A delightful story.
ReplyDeleteSuch light punishment but then again, it is a harmless prank. Good use of the wfw prompts.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
Chaplin: "Our Dada says that person's other car's license place probably is 'SOLTTLTM'. We are not sure what he's talking about ..."
ReplyDeleteYou should have that license plate ~ you are always busy, busy ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)