On the fifth day of NaNo, my true muse gave to me
Five Syllables!
Four pumpkin cakes
Three cough drops
Two cuddly cats
And a family that’s dear to me.
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D: Five syllables? But it is a four-syllable phrase.
A : I know. That’s why its funny.
D: But . . . but. . .
A: Go with it, D.
D: Only if you can actually come up with a five-syllable word.
A: I have lots: refrigerator.
D: Mmm, cannibalism.
A: D, it’s five-syllable words, not word association. Ew.
D: (Eye roll) Fine, what about decontaminate?
A: Yes please – can we start with my house and my office? Just swab it down with bleach and maybe this cold will get better.
D: That’s simply self-preservation.
A: Do hyphenated words count?
D: Yes.
A: Why?
D: Because I said so. You’re not contributing, A.
A: Sorry, what? I was looking at a book. It’s a preoccupation of mine.
D: Very nice.
A: Wow, was that appreciation?
D: Maybe. What are you doing, A?
A: Checking for marks. I hear the body snatchers always leave them.
D: I’m not real, remember?
A: I was speaking figuratively, D.
D: And here I was hoping for some consideration.
A: Ooh, fair play. You know, we could do this all day.
D: Well, I could – you may lack the sophistication.
A: Are you saying I have some sort of inadequacy?
D: . . . .do you really want me to answer that, Snuffles?
A: . . . No.
D: Didn’t think so. It’s inevitable, A.
A: What?
D: The end.
A: The end . . .
D: Of this dialogue.
A: Say it ain’t so, D!
D: I mean for the day, A.
A: Oh, so you were speaking figurativly, then?
D: Always with the last word.
A: Quite-literally.
D: But—
A: Hyphens count!
D: Only because you’re ill, A. Only because you’re ill.
A: Ha! I win! ‘Night folks!
This is the fifth in a series on my own brand of NaNoWriMo – or rather, my Non-NaNo. This installment was brought to you by lotion facial tissues, menthol cough drops and the letter E. stay tuned for what tomorrow will bring (I know I am!).
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Honestly I think that even if the idea was to write a manuscript of 5 words at this point I would be screwed. Thinking of you and wishing you luck!
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Don’t worry – I’m with you on the NaNo thing – These are my non-nano rebellion (was going to do it and then decided I liked my own ‘special’ brand of sanity better). 🙂
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Hope you feel better. Try not to indulge in cannibalism. Soylent green goes right to the hips and these days it doesn’t have the nutritional value it used to.
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I’ve heard it’s mostly filler now – shame. I’ll stay away, my hips don’t need any extra help! 🙂
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Filler and preservatives. Yummy.
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Yuk! I hope you feel better soon.
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Thank you!
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Sorry to hear this ick has settled in. I would suggest that you knock yourself out with NyQuil, but that might make me look like I have a problem……
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mmm…. NyQuil…my night-time friend. Too bad its counterpart DayQuil makes me just as loopy. I’m not allowed DayQuil any more – not since I nearly sliced off my thumb doing something incredibly stupid.
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Syllables matches well with golden rings, which is also three syllables…so there D!
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That’s what we thought too (the boy helped me come up with it). We’ve been singing the song all week trying different things for each stanza. five syllables made us giggle – a lot more than it should have, probably! 🙂
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Oh, I do hope you get over this cold soon! At least you still have your sense of humor 🙂
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Sense of humor. . . delirium – I’m not sure I know the difference at the moment! 😉
I hope I get better soon too – although, I really didn’t mind coming home early today and napping/watching reruns of Magnum PI either. It’ll be better though, when I’m not hacking up a lung!
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Ha ha … the one good thing about having a cold is the weird sense of dead-pan humor that comes with it. Also the sudden change in perspective in what’s most important in life, like coming home early and napping/watching TV. Coughing is no fun, though. And if you start coughing up green stuff, get ye to a doctor!
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Aye-aye, Cap’n! 🙂
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