100 words

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For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt

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Why do you always leave the car in a mess?

A mess? You’re talking rubbish.

Exactly, I am talking rubbish, your rubbish. Also, it stinks of burgers again! 

I prefer that to how it smelt when you came back from the swimming pool yesterday, it stank of chlorine.

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Just look at the kitchen, when I left it was neat and tidy, now it’s a bombsite!

I’ve been cooking a romantic meal for us.

Romantic? As usual I’ll have to clear up. What’s that over there?

Your favourite dessert, sticky toffee pudding.

Stinky toffee pudding more like.

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They love each other really!

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29 thoughts on “100 words

  1. Neil MacDonald's avatar Neil MacDonald March 5, 2025 / 14:09

    Whatever it takes to get through to tomorrow, eh?

  2. Violet Lentz's avatar Violet Lentz March 5, 2025 / 14:14

    Married folk. pretty much why I choose not to count myself among them.

  3. rochellewisoff's avatar rochellewisoff March 5, 2025 / 15:41

    Dear Keith,

    What’s wrong with the smell of chlorine, I ask you. To me that’s fine perfume. 😉 Love the banter.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings March 6, 2025 / 16:00

      Haha, I thought of you as I was writing it – I knew I’d get a response!

  4. Sadje's avatar Sadje March 5, 2025 / 16:26

    There’s no pleasing some people 😜

  5. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li March 5, 2025 / 16:59

    Keith, I love these marital back and forths. You got me smiling 🙂

  6. Dale's avatar Dale March 5, 2025 / 19:44

    A couple of long standing, I don’t doubt! Of course they love each other; it’s why they bitch so much!

      • Dale's avatar Dale March 6, 2025 / 18:54

        You ain’t jokin’!

  7. Prior...'s avatar Prior... March 5, 2025 / 19:57

    Realistic humor and play on words leading to the stinky toffee pudding was a great ending

  8. beth's avatar beth March 5, 2025 / 21:22

    A natural comedy duo

  9. James McEwan's avatar James McEwan March 6, 2025 / 06:45

    Seems like they love the mess, and it keeps them together.

  10. plaridel's avatar plaridel March 6, 2025 / 17:05


    it looks like they’re made for each other. 🙂

  11. granonine's avatar granonine March 6, 2025 / 19:15

    Ma and Pa Kettle, if you’re old enough to remember them. Or Fibber McGee and Molly 🙂

    I was at a diner the other night, and my son parked next to an SUV. It was CRAMMED full of stuff, including empty coffee cups, food wrappers, etc. There was room only for the driver. Bags, boxes, tons of stuff that I’m sure the owner was going to “go through” some day 🙂

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings March 7, 2025 / 11:27

      Oh, I’m old enough!

      What a sight that must have been. I’m a bit of a tidiness freak, it wouldn’t suit me!

      • granonine's avatar granonine March 7, 2025 / 14:32

        Nor me.

  12. CGraith's avatar CGraith March 9, 2025 / 00:14

    I say stick some of that sticky toffee in his mouth and change his tune.

  13. Dawn M. Miller's avatar Dawn M. Miller March 11, 2025 / 01:10


    Well if the mess is anything like this picture, I can’t say I blame ’em.

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