Wednesday, November 28, 2007
3WW LXII
Welcome to Three Word Wednesday. Each week, I will post three (or more) words. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write something using all of those words. It can be a few lines, a story, a poem, anything.
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This week's words are:
Afford
Cigarette
Dim
There has perhaps been no more tragic figure in the United States in the past thirty years than the cigarette.
Once a rite of passage, a sign of maturity, and nervousness, there was a time when the cigarette was the ultimate in cool. Think James Dean with a pack of smokes rolled up in his sleeve. Or Cary Grant offering Audrey Hepburn a light.
But today, it's future is dim. Yes, there are still a few who voluntarily ingest this once proud carcinogen, but they are now forced to do so in dark alleyways and other secret out of the way places, mostly hidden from the rest of the world.
By and large, the nicotine filled, buzz inducing, cylindrical apparatus has become a symbol of the addicted and those banished by society. And what is it all for? Oh sure, we may gain in life expectancy, but what have we lost?
I'll tell you what I've lost: a cheap and easy way to hit on girls. A light costs next to nothing. A drink, that's like six bucks. Converted to bacheloronomics, that's eighteen frozen burritos. And who among us can afford that?
But they never consider the poor bachelor when making these decisions. Next thing you know, they'll take away the whole astrological chart. Then I'll really be out of lines.
I just remembered, I once kissed a girl who had been smoking...
Yeah, I think they made the right call.
"I believe the world is burning to the ground. Oh well, I guess we're gonna find out. Let's see how far we've come..."
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...to write something using all of those words. It can be a few lines, a story, a poem, anything.
Call mine: anything.
The C Word
Happy true beginning of holiday season
Mine went up in smoke!
My attempt this week is a satire called "Stockings were hung" but it's not the nursery rhyme your thinking of.
Rose
xo
Letter from Isabelle
smoke
Thanks, Bone.
Time Flies
http://writethatromance.blogspot.com/2007/11/3-word-wednesday-prompt-afford.html
Hope all of you are doing well and having fun writing! Thanks for the prompts, Bone!
~Saoirse
Chocolate in Madrid
Great words! I'll be back to read after I make a pot of pasta.
Chocolate in Madrid
"a proper match"
A SHAGGY CAMEL STORY
However, while I would wish that it was a dim memory, sometimes (like when my brother comes over, a brand new Grand-dad) folks flash tobacco at me ("it's a girl") and I invariably reach for it.
Still haven't smoked, but, dang!
It's hard, sometimes!
DON'T EVER START!!!!!!
(maybe I should have used dim as in dimwit brought me a cigar?!?!?
Been a ton of days since grazing on the three word wednesday, but, y'all are still on my mind.
My response:
Night Sky
http://a-mus-ing.blogspot.com/2007/11/rolling.html
I posted late last time so I have included a link inside my post to my last 3WW. Hope everyone enjoys.
I will be around to everyone within the next few days. Have a nice night.
Cheers!
http://thatcharlottekemsley.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/three-words-wednesday-afford-cigarette-dim/
Have a great day, everyone!
Better late than never ;-)
Here's my late entry.
Afford Cigarette Dim
smoke in my eyes
Lil Bootay
PS Just thought I'd try it!
Anyway, here's my poem for this week:
here
here
I'm happy knowing that the future of cigarettes is dim.
One more try:
here
Love this post and can't pick out a favorite line--oh the first paragraph hooked me.
But the poor bachelor and his frozen burritto"s
Bone do your realize that there's not an equivalent name for women?
This causes me quite a bit of distress as I don't want to be called bachelorette, divorcee, etc. Which leaves "spinster" Sorry for the rant but you get all the fun with bachelor
Anyway though this post was very modern in thought it was classical in style if that makes sense
And I loved the James Dean/Cary Grant images
www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/health/29lung.html?hp
an article in today's Times on women and smoking
Oh, what the hell, as long as I'm here, I'll try once more.
here
My entry
this guy came up and walked beside me so I smiled and he did in return....we walked together in silence until he got to the building he was going to and he turn to me and said, "It was great sharing a smile with you."
My Dad smoked, too, but thankfully he stopped many years ago.
Jujee: Thanks. Well, I think it is, unless we maybe find an alternate use for them :)
Pia: Thanks. I figure if I'm not going to speak out for the bachelor, then who is?
There's not? What's wrong with bachelorette?
I suddenly feel a discussion coming on :)
Tagster: Yes, they say it's like licking an ashtray. Can't say I've ever done that, nor do I know why anyone would.
Hmm, a smile, then awkward silence? How did that make you feel?
Bachelor sounds grand. All those Rock & Cary movies.
Spinster speaks for itself
Divorcee--which is never used for men, doesn't pass the spell check etc brands a woman
"If you could smoke in here would you need a light?" ;)
However, this bachelor female does no smoke.
Rose
xo
As I'm just back in town, I'll write a little onliner 3WW:
I really shouldn't have smoked another cigarette, but since I could afford another pack, and being the dim-wit that I am, I lit it up and puffed away.
(How about she-bachelor? Sorry, I never give up. Imagine a wikipedia entry one day. "The term was coined by Bone...")
Tumblewords: Thank you much.
UL: Ooo, good idea! Wait... I don't know how to patent :)
Bun Bun: Yeah, I do the same thing. Thanks for participating.
Sandy: Hahaha! That's pretty good. You had me laughing out loud at that one.
Gautami: Thanks. This bachelor guy does not smoke, either. Though I did used to love those candy cigarettes :)
Rose: I don't know. I just saw that yesterday. Maybe they should have a smoke to take the edge off.
Sage: Thanks. I felt it necessary to present the bachelor angle of smoking.
Trying to link from my blog
courting destiny
I like the give and take here, instead of a rant. Why preach to the choir, right?
I have a very serious question and I expect an honest answer. Did you EVER, once in your life, use a cigarette to hit on a girl? *ER* I'm guessing no, but I'll be able to handle being wrong. :)
I've kissed exactly one guy who was a smoker. I think I actually told him it was like kissing an ashtray... *cringing* Not my finest moment. Then again... it was the truth.
He had been awake the whole night, sitting in a chair with his eyes shut, smoking cigarette after cigarette, his mind floating with thoughts.
And when the dim light of dawn poured through the open window, he slowly opened his eyes and saw thick mist hovering around the room. (With a wee smile, he thought thats just one of those interesting things that can happen to one that lives next to the ocean).
As he stood up, looked out the window, looked at the floor, and then -(record stopping noise)- realized that the 'fresh ocean mist' actually came from the 500 cigarette butts litterd about the carpet.
Shocked and disgusted at what he'd done; he tapped his chest and said to his lungs "you know, I really can't afford to lose you guys, so I promise I'll never smoke again".
The End
How true! Never thought of that one.
I know how to do it, but when I try leaving instructions it comes out looking like the actual link--even if I put spaces between each word and symbol
Signed
an unwilling honorary bachelor--there has to be a better name
Anyways, I've liked an ashtray because I was dared to do so during a game of truth or dare.
You remind me of some of the great Humorists of our time. My favorite line: Think James Dean with a pack of smokes rolled up in his sleeve. Or Cary Grant offering Audrey Hepburn a light. I miss those black and white days.
If you really want a cheap and easy way to hit on girls, show them some of your writing. They'll be falling into your arms.
Mine is up.
Mariacristina: You got it. Exactly. Thanks for the comment.
TC: No, that's sort of what I was saying. That opportunity was taken away from me.
Romancewriter: Thank you. That song is actually my current ringtone.
Jo: Oddly enough, the girl I kissed who had been smoking, it was our first kiss. I'm not sure why your comment made me remember that, but it did :)
GirlFPS: Thanks :)
Wow, sounds like the guy in your story experienced a lifetime of smoking in eight hours.
Carlos: Thanks. There was also a great impact on the ashtray industry that I failed to mention.
Michelle: Thank you. I can't believe I'm just now thinking of bacheloronomics.
Anonymous: That's a good idea. I may try to post the instructions in the next 3WW.
Xinh: Ugh. I'd have to go with "truth" on that one, I think.
Lillith: If you really want a cheap and easy way to hit on girls, show them some of your writing. They'll be falling into your arms.
Ha ha. Sounds like you're quite the satirist yourself. Welcome to 3WW.
Clockworkchris: Thanks for participating.