Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Pure Nonsense Story

As a writing challenge six friends have each given me two random words. These words must each be used once in a short story or poem.

Brent - Jar Jar Binks, scrum-diddily-umptious
Desiree - pickles, heart
Jen - pudding, walking
Marci - certificate, printer
Sarah - elephant, generous
Tifany - cow dung, delightful

So without further ado...........The Naughty Chicken

Clarice was a piece of fried chicken. She lived on a counter top in a kitchen in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. She wasn't a bad piece of chicken at heart. She just couldn't help herself when the opportunity presented itself. You may wonder why a scrum-diddily-umtious piece of chicken hadn't been eaten by now. Well the people who owned the house were a band of vegetarian gypsies that despised beef, but still longed for the juicy taste of poultry. They left Clarice out to remind them that eating chicken was wrong.
It was three o'cluck when the elephant came sliding across the counter screaming, "FARRRRAAHH FAAAWWCEEEETTTT HEEELP MEEE!" He slipped to a stand still and starred at Clarice with a grimace. "What the Sam Heck are you doing here?", he asked annoyed. He started walking closer to her in an awkward Jar-Jar Binks-esque fashion. He was nearly blind.
"Well, dumplin'"
(Oh did I mention she was originally from Mississippi but was sent to Honolulu in a freaking shipping accident where the vegans picked up the package thinking it was a piano cover they had ordered? No? Sorry about that then.)
"Well, dumplin'", she clucked, "It just so happens I'm waiting for you." She lied. She had no idea who this elephant was or what he wanted.
"We need you back at the Pudding Palace.", he spoke with urgency.
"As I said, I've been waiting for you to come and get me.", she smiled to herself realizing the trick she was about to play on him.
"Ar-aren't yo-you forgetting something?", he stuttered.
"What's that, hun?", she asked.
"What about the certficate, miss?", he said impatiently, "you're forgetting the certificate."
She returned a delightful reply, "Oh yeah, the certificate. I've got that right here." She pulled a greasy napkin out from under her. "Here it is.", she showed him.
"Put that away! Are you crazy?? Someone could see it.", he yelled.
"Sorry, sugar.", she said while folding it up and hiding it under her breading, "You know, you're a rather small elephant."
"I'm of adequate size, miss, to do my job. Thank you very much.", he snorted, "Now, follow me." He turned and started marching. She quickly grabbed a jar of pickles that stood by her and slowly followed the elephant. She could see a piece of cow dung that clung to the back of his hoof.(Do elephants have hoofs? Paws?) She was disgusted even for a piece of chicken. Just as the elephant got to the edge of the counter she gave the jar a generous toss. It hit him squarely in the trunk as he turned around to monitor her progress. "OUCH!! THAT SMARTS, MISS", he yelped.
Clarice got a running start, took up speed, and plowed into the side of the elephant sending him ears over ass beyond the counter edge. "THIS IS MY COUNTER!! NO ONE ORDERS ME AROUND ON MY COUNTER!!," She squealed with delight. The poor elephant died of a head injury. Which is just as well, since he had developed a tusk tumor from sitting by the printer all day at work and had only hours to live. Plus one of the vegans went bat-shit crazy and ate Clarice two days later when she was playing scrabble with the salt shaker. She was just about to get a triple word score too. With the word 'devour'. Ironic, huh? But she deserved it I suppose. She was quite a bitch.

2 comments:

becca said...

ah! so many blog entries! it's overloading my senses. elephants have feet. they have toes that are covered by a spongy cushion of fat that expands as they put pressure on it. they have toenails, although they really aren't, because they are not attached to the toes. elephants essentially walk around on their tip toes, day in, and day out. so many blog entries. i love you.

Jeremy said...

You are so informative Becca. Thank you. I love you, too.