“Make hay while the sun shines.
You can’t find that needle in the haystack.
Time to hit the hay.
That same rain that drowns the rate grows the hay.
Shakespeare in some play or other: While we lay tumbling in the hay.
Mae West said, ‘A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay.’”
“Blue, cut it out,” I hissed regretting my “let’s take a rural road-trip” suggestion.
He looked up, perturbed, from his cell phone, “Just trying to pass the time while we’re stuck in this traffic tie up.” (97 words)
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September 16, 2021 at 1:33 am
I reckon he’d start to annoy me after a while. Turn up the radio :-)
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September 16, 2021 at 8:07 am
Yes, very very loud.
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September 14, 2021 at 8:59 pm
Hahaha fabulous hay facts through the literary world. Love a good saying origin.
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September 13, 2021 at 6:03 am
Good way to distract yourself
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September 14, 2021 at 3:04 pm
:)
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September 13, 2021 at 5:19 am
Not sure whether he’s a useful travelling companion or not, to be honest.
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September 13, 2021 at 5:26 am
I think I’d get him to walk . . .
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September 12, 2021 at 5:04 pm
Dear Lorraine,
At least with a cell phone you’re not reduced to playing traffic bingo or singing One Hundred Bottles of Beer on the Wall. ;) cute story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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September 12, 2021 at 11:48 am
What an inventive way to pass the time. Better than swearing at the tractor driver in any case.
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September 12, 2021 at 11:09 pm
Yes, though I think the driver does have a few choice words for Blue
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September 11, 2021 at 12:08 pm
What a very ingenious take on the prompt!
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September 11, 2021 at 7:59 pm
Thanks. Looking at the prompt, several “hay” adages came to mind. I looked up a few more and decided [little boy] Blue might be just the sort of person to say them for me.
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September 10, 2021 at 10:47 pm
“Hay is for horses, grass is cheaper, and straw is free.” Sounds like Blue is keeping things interesting. He should be looking out at the countryside and not his electronic device! Fun one, Lorraine.
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September 10, 2021 at 10:50 pm
or is that Hay is for horses, straw is cheaper, and grass is free? Just googled and saw different endings…
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September 11, 2021 at 8:01 pm
I agree — the scenery would be better outside the window, then in “windows” on the phone.
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September 11, 2021 at 8:02 pm
:)
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September 10, 2021 at 10:08 am
Beats road rage.
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September 11, 2021 at 8:01 pm
Definitely!
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September 10, 2021 at 5:48 am
Very amusing 😃😃
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September 11, 2021 at 8:02 pm
Glad I gave you a giggle!
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September 11, 2021 at 8:10 pm
It did o
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September 9, 2021 at 3:34 pm
Being in a traffic line behind a tractor is fun for about five minutes, then its annoying. I don’t know why the farmers never kept their minor country tracks in use and stay off the roads. Fun read.
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September 11, 2021 at 8:02 pm
I agree, having been behind farm vehicles on narrow roads with no passing lanes.
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September 9, 2021 at 12:38 pm
oooeuuuwwww (or however one would spell that starting to low throat almost growl, the pre-warning-warning as it were)
yeah, like did anyone say “throttle?” …. 😉
sometimes stalled silence beats the mouth that runneth over ….. LOL, definitely frustrating, but you’ve done wonders with it here, in this slice of “hey, ain’t this the truth?” …. :)
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September 9, 2021 at 11:31 am
On their way to the beautiful Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye by any chance? Nice one!
Here’s mine!
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September 11, 2021 at 8:05 pm
Could be. I’ll have to get out my atlas.
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September 9, 2021 at 10:27 am
Wasn’t it more fun back in the days when you had to think things up for yourself instead of findign them online?! I like the Mae West quote though. One to ponder.
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September 9, 2021 at 11:04 am
It was fun, and creative.
Mae West is very quotable. I have a file of things I’ve come across she said.
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September 9, 2021 at 9:22 am
I’d push him out at the nearest crossroads, I think
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September 11, 2021 at 8:04 pm
I’d be very tempted, too.
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September 9, 2021 at 8:25 am
Traffic jams can do such unforgivably corny and annoying things to people
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September 9, 2021 at 8:30 am
I agree. What did we do before cell phones to wily away those hours . . .
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