Friday November 19th, 2021

The exercise:

Write four lines of prose about: the gnome.

2 comments:

Greg said...

Ah, this prompt is inspired by the provincial government hiring gnomes to help speed up the reconstruction work? That sounds like a good plan; I hope they remember to put in clauses about the durability of the repairs though....

Gnomes
"You've got a bad gnome infestation," said the pest-control expert. He pulled his blue baseball cap -- Julie thought it expressed support for the local ice hockey team but it might have been football or something else -- off his head and took a step back, looking wary. "Usually we use dynamite to get them out--"
Julie screamed, heartwrenchingly, and flapped her hands at her crotch, her eyes widened to the point of terror and wailed, "But they're in my -- my... my coochie!"

Marc said...

Greg - what is this world coming to if we can't even trust gnomes and their gnomanship?

Oh my god. Just... oh my god, Greg.

That is all.

Also: I'm not laughing. And if I am, it's because of something else.