Welcome Dear Readers to Friday Ficitoneers where writers are challenged to write a 100-word story about the picture that’s posted each week .
Here’s this week’s picture:
Brunhilda’s Amphitheater
With an amphitheater in her backyard, Brunhilda lacked for nada
She’d climb to the top of the stairs each day and eat an enchilada
With an amphitheater in her backyard, Brunhilda bought a slinky
She’d let it go at the top of the stairs then watch til it got dinky
With an amphitheater in her backyard, Brunhilda had the audacity
For giving parties of 5,000 or more because, hey! She had the capacity
With an amphitheater in her backyard, Brunhilda thanked the gods
Because having an amphitheater so close, I mean really now — what are the odds?
This week’s picture was brought to us via the courtesy of Sandra Crook’s camera. Thank you Sandra! And, of course, thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields over at Addicted to Purple who sets up this super-fun challenges for everyone each week.
Until next time . . . I love you
Linda Vernon Humor 
Much funnier than my foray into rhyme and verse. I especially enjoyed the pairing of “audacity/capacity”. The slinky going up and down the amphitheatre steps would be fun for hours and hours.
Yes,this challenge kind of left me with a feeling of emptiness about my backyard! 😀 And next time I’m out, I’m going to buy a slinky. (One of my favorite movie lines is from Ghostbusters II where the Harold Ramis’s character laments that the only toy he ever had was part of a slinky, but he straightened it . . .)
Ha! you’re right! Next time I go to a amphitheater, I’m taking a slinky! 😀
Those are some funky rhymes… I would love to have an amphitheater for myself. Very well-written.
-HA
Thank you HA. Funky. I like way you described them. That’s exactly what they are. 😀
I lol’d at the Slinky…wickedly funny!
So glad to hear it Paul! 😀
is this your yard?
Yes. Cooking for 5,000 is a real drag. I don’t recommend it! Though the slinky part is fun! 😀
What’s cooking?
Ahahahh! You crack me up!
😉
My wife would like to have kind of capacity. She already has the audacity 🙂
LOL! Hopefully she has the energy to match that audicity! 😀
Wonderful imagery… 🙂
Ah Thanks!
Lol…love this and the slinky idea…well..I wanna!
So glad you liked it Dawn! 😀
You have a wonderful sense of humor.
Oh what a nice compliment. Thank you Dawn!
Very nice.
but while a couch only has three seats, there are a lot fewer cushions to go through…
when you lose your keys, I mean.
Meh.
LOL!!
Love the slinky.
Thanks DCT! 😀
Oh, well done, indeed. Your poetry’s up to speed.
janet
Oh thank you Janet! 😀
Nice rhyme! And I love that the main character is Brunhilda… Thoroughly original!
Oh thank you so much! That’s nice to hear! 😀
What a cute idea. It’s all delightful, but I agree with several of the other comments: The pairing of audacity and capacity is super, and the use of the slinky is the real grabber.
I also love your header artwork.
Oh thank you so much. I kinda want to go out and buy a slinky now! ;D
i loved the rhyme in this one. and i’ve always wanted to use the name Brunhilda for a story. my family had a dog named Brunhilda, back when i was a kid. i was totally scared of her. 🙂
Oh isn’t that funny that you had a dog named after her! And you were afraid of her too! She must have not been very nice. 😀
🙂 Very good, and a different take on the prompt as I have come to expect from you. I have to admit, that though I am familiar with the toy, and am familiar with the name ‘slinky’, I’ve managed to reach this ripe age by not connecting the two. Googling it, I was enlightened and also came across this gem: “Plastic slinkies were marketed in the 1970s as a safer alternative to metal slinkys as they did not present a hazard when inserted into electrical sockets.”
I think I’m searching for a phrase involving the words ‘gene pool’ here. 🙂
This is disturbing because for someone to have invented a plastic slinky for this reason means there was a reason. Gene pool is probably the correct term.
I know. Sometimes I think the gene pool in drying up into a gene puddle!
LOL Sandra!! Proving once again the human race is its own worst enemy! And it is funny that you’ve managed to stay above the radar when it comes to the particulars of slinkies!
A sure sign that you are definitely doing something right! 😀
Dear Linda,
Let me present you with your certificate now. You are an official Loon of the first order. Rarified air up there on the top steps of the amphitheater. Loved this. No jokes from me.
With respect,
Aloha,
Doug
Ah Doug! Thank you so much! I will take that certificate, put it in a special envelope and store it in my bin I keep especially for all things loony. And I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 😀
Dear Linda,
I had a slinky. Cheap fun in the day. It was a good old metal variety. Never considered inserting it into a an electrical socket. This made me laugh. Well rhymed (a talent that escapes me). Well done…still laughing. I agree with Doug and will be happy to sign your Loon certificate as a witness.
Shalom,
Rochelle
I had a slinky too. It never occurred to me to stick it into a light socket either. I think it’s a novel idea for a murder mystery though. Maybe even a series: The Slinky Murders! And thank you, Rochelle, for your lovely offer to sign Doug’s certificate. With this kind of loony street cred, I may have to run for congress!
Ha… this was a funny and unique rhyme, Loved the refrains and repetitions… it worked very well with me.
Oh I’m so glad you liked it Bjorn!! 😀
Hooray. That’s a great piece.
Ah! Patrick, thank you. I’m so glad you liked it! 😀
that would be a large wkend project to clean
what a hoot Linda
Oh wouldn’t it though? But then again what better way to keep a husband busy and off the streets for another day! 😀
Brunhilda certainly enjoyed her amphitheater. I must get one.
Yes, everyone should have one, Patti! They probably have them at Cosco. ;D
Yes, they have everything!
Oh you cheered me up! Well done, I love your zany humour you never disappoint.
Thank you
Dee
Oh Dee! Thank you so much. I’m so glad you liked it! 😀