100 words

for Friday Fictioneers on a Wednesday which is hosted by Rochelle.

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Geoff the chef made a cutting remark about his assistant’s knife skills. Katrina appeared somewhat upset although it may have been something to do with the onion she was attempting to chop.

He pointed to the pile of crudely cut carrots and partly peeled potatoes. He criticised her cabbage and mocked her mushrooms.

As Katrina wiped the tears from her cheeks, her expression changed from downcast to displeased. She wiped the blade of her knife then lunged toward Geoff, plunging it into his loin. 

His expensive loin of prime lamb was ruined.

Katrina’s thinking of becoming a circus knife thrower.

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57 thoughts on “100 words

  1. Sadje's avatar Sadje May 17, 2023 / 14:09

    Phew! A disaster was averted 😅

      • Sadje's avatar Sadje May 17, 2023 / 14:49

        Yes!!!!

  2. ben Alexander's avatar ben Alexander May 17, 2023 / 15:18

    His expensive loin of prime lamb was ruined.

    hahaha!

  3. MrBinks's avatar MrBinks May 17, 2023 / 15:45

    Very good! I enjoyed the way you played with the words and with us.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 18, 2023 / 16:13

      Thank you, I never managed even half of one when I ran my restaurant!

  4. neilmacdon's avatar neilmacdon May 17, 2023 / 16:58

    A change of career was on the cards

  5. Iain Kelly's avatar Iain Kelly May 17, 2023 / 17:54

    Thank goodness it wasn’t the loin I was thinking of!

  6. Alicia Jamtaas's avatar Alicia Jamtaas May 17, 2023 / 19:44

    A wonderful play on words, Keith. I hope Katrina becomes the world’s best knife thrower.

  7. granonine's avatar granonine May 17, 2023 / 20:15

    You had me laughing with the title, and you didn’t disappoint 🙂

  8. msjadeli's avatar msjadeli May 17, 2023 / 20:25

    Keith love the clever consonance (see what I did there?) in your story. He’s lucky she chose the lamb’s loin 🙂

      • msjadeli's avatar msjadeli May 18, 2023 / 18:49

        You’re welcome 🙂

  9. Christine Goodnough's avatar Christine Goodnough May 17, 2023 / 20:28

    Rule of life #34: Never criticize someone when they’ve a knife in their hand.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 18, 2023 / 17:03

      #35: Call an ambulance if you ignore#34! Nice one, Christine!

  10. beth's avatar beth May 17, 2023 / 22:07

    Yikes!

  11. plaridel's avatar plaridel May 18, 2023 / 06:06

    what a relief! if anything, it was the expensive loin of prime lamb and not his precious one that got ruined.

  12. Dawn M. Miller's avatar Dawn M. Miller May 18, 2023 / 08:05

    You had me laughing from “Geoff the chef”…

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 18, 2023 / 17:42

      The first three words – I couldn’t have hoped for a better response! Thanks, Dawn.

  13. Tannille's avatar Tannille May 18, 2023 / 09:45

    Never piss off a woman with a knife in her hand!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 18, 2023 / 17:46

      That’s something I always bore in mind when I was a chef with several young ladies assisting me!

      • Tannille's avatar Tannille May 20, 2023 / 05:02

        Wow, several ladies with a knife. Very daring!

  14. rochellewisoff's avatar rochellewisoff May 18, 2023 / 11:25

    Dear Keith,

    A nice slice of kitchen life. Sorry about the lamb loin though. Cutting edge story. Knifely done indeed. 😉

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

  15. liz young's avatar liz young May 18, 2023 / 16:16

    That was a shocker – I didn’t expect you to write a murder, but you got me!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 18, 2023 / 18:05

      An almost-murder! Like you said, gotcha!

      Thanks for the photo prompt Liz.

  16. poetisatinta's avatar poetisatinta May 19, 2023 / 15:23

    Great story Keith and I love the use of alliteration, old Geoff 👩🏼‍🍳 had a lucky escape there 😃

  17. Belladonna's avatar Belladonna May 19, 2023 / 19:19

    He’s lucky that’s all she stabbed!

  18. Nobbinmaug's avatar Nobbinmaug May 20, 2023 / 00:44

    Brilliant from the puns to the alliteration to the punchline. That was great.

  19. James McEwan's avatar James McEwan May 21, 2023 / 16:24

    I never understand how angry critical Chefs survive in any kitchen , surely the meat suggests blood bath.

  20. notestowomen's avatar notestowomen May 21, 2023 / 17:35

    Great title, Keith and I’m relieved that it was the loin of lamb which got the knife.

  21. britcanwrites's avatar britcanwrites May 22, 2023 / 06:20

    Haha. Lovely. Could have been something far more sinister. Great twist. Shame about the loin but practice makes perfect. She’s well on her way.

  22. Natasha's avatar Natasha May 23, 2023 / 08:11

    OMG!! This one was quite that twist to the tale.
    God bless, Geoff!! He was spared for once.
    Loved it. And the voice memo adds to a whole new visual treat, seriously!

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