100 words

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With over a hundred cookery books, you’d think finding a recipe would be easy. It’s not. Scrolling through three-thousand recipes takes ages.

I chose one to impress my guest, Gourmet Gloria. Kotopoulo me patates sto fourno, chicken and spuds to you and me.

It was well underway when she arrived. She walked in and said, ‘I smell fowl’. I said, ‘well spotted, fowl indeed. Chicken, in fact.

‘No’, she said, ‘I stink, I trod in some poo on your path, you really should clear up after your dog’.

‘My fault for getting a Shih Tzu’, I said, ‘fancy a Dirty Martini?’

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Click a Froggie to visit the squares!

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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers

PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot

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39 thoughts on “100 words”

  1. Aptivi's avatar Aptivi October 14, 2026 / 17:14

    Those dishes sound delicious, Keith. The dog poo? That’s really disgusting. Nice story! 👍

  2. imnobodywhoareyou's avatar imnobodywhoareyou October 14, 2026 / 19:11

    At least there were no dirty jokes to offend your audience.

  3. Dale's avatar Dale October 14, 2026 / 19:20

    Hahaha!! Patates sto poo poo!

  4. messymimi's meanderings's avatar messymimi's meanderings October 14, 2026 / 22:42

    Heeheehee! You are clever.

  5. James Pyles's avatar James Pyles October 15, 2026 / 02:33

    Oh, what word play we weave.

  6. Unknown's avatar Anonymous October 15, 2026 / 02:34

    It’s always cause for celebration when you get to use the poo emoji. Funny story, Keith 🙂

  7. Unknown's avatar Anonymous October 15, 2026 / 02:35

    It’s always cause for celebration when you get to use the poo emoji. Funny story, Keith 🙂 (This is Lisa at Tao-Talk. For some reason it won’t let me log in to comment.)

  8. Unknown's avatar Anonymous October 15, 2026 / 02:36

    p.s. It’s Lisa at Tao-Talk. WP won’t let me log in.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings October 16, 2026 / 15:13

      I am having so many problems with WP of late – I’m even considering going back to Blogger

  9. Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬'s avatar Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬ October 15, 2026 / 04:08

    Hahaha!! Hilarious!!

  10. beth's avatar beth October 15, 2026 / 05:24

    in baseball, we’d cry ‘foul’ when the ball is out of bounds. i think that fits here as well

  11. poetisatinta's avatar poetisatinta October 15, 2026 / 08:14

    😆Still giggling here – great tale Keith🙌 🤣

  12. Neil MacDonald's avatar Neil MacDonald October 15, 2026 / 10:56

    The narrator rallied well to the situation, countering pun with pun

  13. plaridel's avatar plaridel October 15, 2026 / 14:43

    hopefully, he didn’t chicken out of the challenge.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings October 16, 2026 / 15:22

      Haha, no, he certainly didn’t! Cheers plaridel

  14. James McEwan's avatar James McEwan October 15, 2026 / 14:58

    Lots of dirty banter. I wonder how the evening progressed?

  15. Surabhi Parashar's avatar Surabhi Parashar October 16, 2026 / 04:27

    Some way to welcome a guest… But I guess dirty martini makes up for it.

    Have a good day Keith. 🙂

  16. Sadje's avatar Sadje October 16, 2026 / 07:52

    Haha! Clever writing

      • Sadje's avatar Sadje October 16, 2026 / 17:22

        Most welcome Keith

  17. rochellewisoff's avatar rochellewisoff October 16, 2026 / 12:34

    Dear Keith,

    Nice play on words. Arf and poo to you, too. 😉

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

  18. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin October 16, 2026 / 13:42

    Ahaha, you do know how to skillfully dish up the puns, Keith. I love the elegant menu (in Greek) and the dog! Brilliant.

  19. Chris Hall's avatar Chris Hall October 16, 2026 / 15:41

    Tee-hee good one, Keith!

  20. Dawn M. Miller's avatar Dawn M. Miller October 16, 2026 / 20:21

    LOL

  21. Michele Bianchi's avatar Michele Bianchi October 18, 2026 / 23:25

    Wonderful play on words as always. My mother-in-law’s standard for visiting guests was kotopoulo me patates sto fourno even when it was over 30 degrees C!

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