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I agree! Who else would tell their friend who calls crying about their dog suffocating in a bag of chips. I'm really sorry for you but I MUST write a story about that!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 12, 2006 at 8:52 AM
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LOL Cringe
I like the chocolate teapot reference!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 12, 2006 at 8:51 AM
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She sound's like my kinda gal, Bel.
I get ideas from everywhere.
For example, in the Indian restaurants here, you often find very subservient, profusely grateful, enthusiastic Indian waiters. They act like you're doing them a favour simply by existing, and the are a pleasure to be around. So if I say something like 'he thanked me profusely like an Indian waiter' to a friend, it's not lost on them, though it is a cultural thing obviously.
Or things like 'he was about as useful as a chocolate teapot' is a borrowed observation of mine, from a dear friend who passed away and had tons of quirky personalised sayings.
posted by
Cringe
on July 12, 2006 at 5:10 AM
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some of the best stories can come out of the most simple situations....
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...as writers, I think we're that much more sensitive to them...
posted by
Rumor
on July 12, 2006 at 4:59 AM
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I wasn't kidding...LOL!
posted by
Passionflower
on July 11, 2006 at 8:35 PM
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LOL
Very good Passion!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 11, 2006 at 7:58 PM
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Bel...When I was 4 years old my daddy took me to
An old cafe in downtown Dallas. He was there to see his bookie and place a bet on a football game. He had a gambling problem.
My daddy lifted me up on the bar stool while the man behind the counter (his bookie), got me an ice cream cone. After they got done with their business, my daddy lifted me down to the floor and the ball of ice cream fell off on the dirty old floor.
I recall how nasty the floor was. I started crying. All the rough old dudes in the place went, "Ahhhhhh!" and the man behind the counter got me another ice cream cone and I stopped crying.
posted by
Passionflower
on July 11, 2006 at 7:56 PM
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Azur
She is a kick!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 11, 2006 at 4:04 PM
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Corbin
Actually she is a pretty good judge of people LOL!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 11, 2006 at 4:04 PM
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Do you find that.....
your friend is easily duped?
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on July 11, 2006 at 4:02 PM
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very funny
posted by
Azur
on July 11, 2006 at 3:25 PM
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Hmmmmmmmmmmm Passion
Ice Cream!!!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 11, 2006 at 1:56 PM
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Mademoiselle...I have a feeling that it IS!
Your mother has every right to be worried...LOL!
posted by
Passionflower
on July 11, 2006 at 1:55 PM
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I always have a story to tell...
Just mention anything...anything at all...and I've got a story about it....mostly true.
posted by
Passionflower
on July 11, 2006 at 1:51 PM
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Very True MC!!!!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 11, 2006 at 9:35 AM
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Bel, some of the great truths have come from stories people tell!
posted by
MountainClimber57
on July 11, 2006 at 9:32 AM
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Manda
They do provide a good deal of material don't they LOL!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 11, 2006 at 9:31 AM
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Fourcats
I should have been a bit clearer on this. I generally use stuff like this for fictional stories. I do hope those spider bites get better!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 11, 2006 at 9:30 AM
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i have to use the world around me for stories or you guys would be
inundated with "today i scratched at five spider bites" stories and how far would i get with that?
posted by
fourcats
on July 11, 2006 at 9:00 AM
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I sure do!
posted by
Amanda__
on July 11, 2006 at 8:53 AM
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LOL Mademoiselle
Yes most do enjoy being the subject. Just ask your mom does she feel she has done anything to warrant those roles LOL!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 11, 2006 at 8:35 AM
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I often do ...
I think it would be quite difficult (nay impossible) to create works of fiction in a complete vacuum.
However, the downside is that one's friends and relatives quickly grow paranoid. For instance, my mother is constantly looking for herself in my children's stories. "Is that witch/dragon/shrew/horned frog supposed to me?" she'll often ask.
"Literary licensee."
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 11, 2006 at 8:32 AM
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LOL Taps
What makes her even funnier is half of the time she doesn't even realize what a hoot her comments are.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 11, 2006 at 8:31 AM
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Bel, people say the darndest things. LOL
posted by
TAPS.
on July 11, 2006 at 8:30 AM
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