Crimson’s Creative Challenge #42
Six: Five and Six reporting back, Captain. Mission complete.
Captain: Off you go then, Seven and Eight. You know what to do: Lay them straight.
Two (not long back from buckling shoes): Captain, sire, why must we do this every day?
Captain: Because, Elven-lad, it’s our everyday duty; they’re counting on us.
52 words written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge #42
crispina kemp 
Clever, don’t know how many will appreciate the subtlety.
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Oh, is it subtle? But I don’t do subtle. Crimson lays it on wth a rollingpin. 🙂
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I think the implied allusion without blatant reference to the well known saying could be called subtle but I may be wrong, perhaps you did just bash the message out.
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Oh absolutely. What, you think me amazingly brilliant? Nah, laddy, I’m just a tap-along-hack.
But joking aside, I thank you. 🙂
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I thought and thought and thought about how to write something for your challenge and I couldn’t come up with anything. Love what you wrote!
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Thank you, Susan. And I suppose some prompts do stump us. I know that, although they’re my photos, I do sometimes look at think … What!?!
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oh this is clever!
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I thank you, J. When I saw the sticks on the road, I was actually saying the rhyme to myself.
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Were they having to do what I think they’re having to do everyday? If so it’s so sad.
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Okay, so now I’m wondering if there’s another meaning to this. It’s just based on the counting game. But yes, they’d have to do it everyday cos others are dependant upon them.
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Do what?
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Yea, indeed.
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oh 😦
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Liked it 🙂
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I thank you, Lakshmi
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Very clever! Well done Crispina! 😀 ❤
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I thank you 🙂
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Oh, that is *very* clever, I like! Brought a smile to my face first thing this morning.
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I thank you, Joy. I like to spread a wide smile. 🙂
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Hi, here is my entry:
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Just read it, liked it. 🙂
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Thanks. ;0)
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🙂
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This is so clever, Crispina!
I admit to not being overly inspired by a road picture this week.
Then again, I am fried from work. Been run ragged lately.
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It’s always the chance when I post a photo prompt. Some will really go for it, others not. Right now I’m pondering next Wednesdays’ photo. When I uploaded it this motning (not knowing how long I’d be off-line) I thought, wow, what a wonderful prompt. Well, I’m sure something will come to me before then.
And you put your feet up and chill … just as soon as you can
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There have been a few path-like picture prompts – and not just from you. Sometimes I just think… shit. Now what am I going to come up with?
I absolutely love what you did with this one! And hey, the day is not over, who knows? Maybe I will suddenly come up with something. Or find a matching picture 😉
I just realised I have NOTHING planned and I am perfectly happy with it!
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It’s not a path, it’s a road. But I know what you mean. I try to avoid too many of the same kind of subject. I was going to do a steam train a few weeks back, but then I saw two other prompts using steam trains. So I thought I’d hold back on that one for a while.
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Path/road – so to speak, You know what I mean!
And your prompt – your choice! Not everyone does all the different prompts.
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I promise you next week’s photo is… different. Although, I suppose there is also a path. But it’s incidental.
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LOL!
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I try 🙂
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😀 Great!
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I thank you, Chelsea
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Loved this! Very clever 🙂 I love the idea that it’s a mythical creature’s job to go out and lay sticks in the road for us to find. Fantastic!
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Thanks, Sammi. This was part of the spate of exceptional inspiration that hit me this summer. O, woe, don’t say it’s gone west for the winter?
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I’m sure it hasn’t. At worst it’s only having a kip. Mine was hibernating for about three weeks and only this week decided to rouse itself 🙂
And that last line – very poetic. It would make a great opening line for a longer piece 😉
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As if I don’t have enough *longer pieces* 🙂
But thank you.
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