Post 1612. Thursday October 5
I asked if he’d lost his carrot juice and he said ‘No mistaire. Cadge it open, carrot fluid away’.
My befuddled expression told him he was failing to communicate so he had a go at role play by flapping his arms and squawking ‘bastante polly, bastante polly!’
My limited knowledge of Italian told me that bastante meant pretty, and polly meant..well, polly - pretty polly, so his carrot was a parrot, the cadge was a cage and the bird fluid… I mean flew away!
He suddenly pointed skyward so I diverted my gaze in the direction of his digit to see a parrot rapidly descending but unfortunately, it chose that moment to excrete some poop which splattered on my cheek.
‘Bastante Polly’ it shrieked; bastante wasn’t the B word I was thinking!
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Heeheehee! Now that's a use of "fluid" i never would have seen coming. Excellent!
ReplyDeleteI'm not entirely sure where it came from myself mimi!
DeleteVery funny, good job nice use of the 6Q
ReplyDeleteThank you kind sir.
DeleteWhat a fun play on the cue word! Bastante bird anyway. lol
ReplyDeleteBasta*** indeed! Cheers Deborah.
Deletelol... 'cellent (to divert into Analyziland for a fun second: nice with the creation of urgency and tension... once we buy into the characters, we're wanting them to understand and, since we're identifying with them (the character) we try to figure it out ourselfs... like that would actually help. Which, is, of course, a crucial element in successful mystery novels, wherein the reader becomes a participant, albeit at a distance.)
ReplyDelete....er good Six, K
Thank you for your insightful comment Mr Clark sir. You've given my bit of nonsence a whole new depth! Cheers!
DeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteExactly what I was hoping for! Thanks Reena
DeleteDefinitely took us in an unexpected direction with this one!
ReplyDeleteI try to be different! Cheers Lisa
DeleteLove it. You have a great talent with words.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Ceciia
DeleteI washed throw rugs this morning and put them out on the deck chairs to dry - upside down - just in case.
ReplyDeleteVery wise Denise!
DeleteOK. Second time around for comment. Let's try this again :)
ReplyDeleteThis was very engaging and made me laugh!
Good 6!
Thank you for persevering and I'm delighted to have provided you with a chuckle!!
DeleteI found this week's word a bit challenging. But your imagination flew! A funny and original take.
ReplyDeleteIt had me thinking for quite a while too! Thanksso much for your comment.
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