for Friday Fictioneers!
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“They’re strange flowers, what are they?” she asked.
Not the response I’d hoped for from the young lady I was trying to impress. I didn’t know so I made something up.
“Their Latin name is Porcupinuss Lookalikus”, I said, trying to sound knowledgeable, “better known as Prickle Petals”.
She had a sniff but got too close, and one of the little devils tickled her nose. I’ve never witnessed a sneeze like it. Ten on the Richter scale!
To cut a long story short (100 words!) she handed them back, sneezed again, walked off, sneezed again, disappeared from view, sneezed again…
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting and to Trish Nankeville for the photo.
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Dear Keith,
Porcupinus Lookalikus. Now that’s thinking on his feet. 😉 Oh my. Poor girl. I feel her pain in the most literal sense. In fact we went in similar directions this week. Please pass the tissues.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks, Rochelle, I just read yours and feel your pain!
Better luck next time.
Exactly! Cheers, Sadje.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
She’s not going to forget those flowers in a hurry!
Certainly not!
Well told, Keith! And “Froggilus”! That frog’s never been dubbed a more elegant name. 🙂
He’s quite pleased with it too!
And that, as they say, was the end of that! Enjoyable chuckle as always Keith.
Delighted to have amused you, Iain!
At least his grand gesture and botanical know-how was nothing to sneeze at. A fun tale, Keith. Made me chuckle 😃 Thank you.
Haha, absolutely not! Thanks, Suzette.
Funny when you crack yourself up trying to read what you wrote, isn’t it. Loved this. Needed that laugh, too. Thanks!
I don’t often make myself laugh, so I thought I’d use it rather than re-record it!
It may be best to check if someone has allergies next time.
Nah … it’s more fun to watch them sneeze. LOL … terrible, I know.
I enjoyed this, Keith. I even had a chuckle or two on the names.
Isadora 😎
‘Have you got any allergies?’ isn’t a very good chat-up line! I agree, sneezers can be very amusing!
Hubby is an allergy sneezer … and … it is funny, but I really shouldn’t snicker. 😀
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Out of luck, that’s for sure!
So funny, huge smile on my face!
Thanks so much, Trish!
Oh, dear. How were you to know she had allergies?
Exactly, it seemed such a good idea!
Some people see flowers and smile and others see a nightmare. I pity the latter. Good story and it was great to hear you laughing as you told it.
I pity them too! I nearly didn’t use the audio, but then I thought, why not!
I’m glad you did, it made me laugh also.
You made me laugh! Thank you!
Mission accomplished! Thanks so much.
I think I would have laughed with you and just enjoyed the flowers. But maybe I wouldn’t have tried to sniff them 🙂
Very wise, Linda!
You were so close, Keith. Pincushions. 🙂 In any case, allergies rule. Another fun story well-done by the master. 🙂
hopefully, she was covid-free. 🙂
A good point plaridel!
Ouch, I felt that.
Oh, sorry about that!!!
Maybe she shouldn’t have sniffed in the first place 🤷 At least he knows what not to get her the next time, hopefully.
Chocolates next time!
Sounds great!
great to hear your voice again! 🙂
Oh dear, was it the flowers that she reacted to or the wide, wide bluffomous. Try chocolates next time, you know; sweetamos chocolomous or a box of milkuss trayiamum. Fun as always.
Safe to say that did not go to plan.
Allergy alert before a date might help.
Lovely story made me chuckle.
Bet she was sorry she ever sniffed that flower. Pretty though I am sure it was hard to resist smelling it.
LOL! This is me…when I start to sneeze, it’s loud and often, like a machine gun lol. It’s genetic, my mum n dad did too. Loved this, a good chuckle!
What a sneeze, I even heard it here.🙂