JOELLE’S TALES: FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH #TMAT120 #WRITING #PROMPT FOR APRIL 2018
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It isn’t as much fun as chasing a tornado, but probably a lot safer.
TELL ME A TALE IN 120 WORDS
Welcome to April 5.
Today’s prompt is: What are your top two “pet peeves?”
So that you don’t feel so alone in your embarrassment, I’ll share a vignette with you:
There’s a yoga position I call “the toilet squat.” Women who do this over a real toilet and don’t lift the rim first can cause those of in a hurry to helplessly sit on their pee.
The point was to avoid an accident, not to sit on someone else’s thoughtlessness.
That’s why I do THIS whenever I use a public toilet. If it soaks up moisture, I squat.
Then there’s the word “training,” which is mistaken for the word “education” about as often as microwaving a TV dinner is mistaken for cooking. People choose to be educated, following their passions and finding their teachers. “Training” gives you A’s or a certificate for following orders.
Critical thinking is flushed down the toilet.
Here are the rules:
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A prompt for #TMAT120 will be given the first Thursday of every month. The prompt challenge begins whenever it’s that day in your time zone. It ends on the 1st Thursday of the next month.
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Copy and paste your 120 word entry into the reply section below, along with a link to your blog. To me, everyone who enters is a winner, but if you must have a winner, the entry with the most likes wins.
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Limit your #TMAT120 post to 120 words. People who participate in limited-word prompts aren’t expecting a 1,000 word explanation before it begins.
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When/if you publish your entry on your blog, use the #TMAT120 picture to show that you are participating in the prompt. Please don’t alter (except for size).
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Please don’t use hard-core curse words. They’ll be edited out if you do, and you might not like the words I choose to replace them with. 🙂
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Take time to read other people’s #TMAT120 & their posts, after all you might make a new friend.
© Joelle LeGendre Joelle’s tales: Tell me a tale in 120 words
Hi Joelle.
I’d hate to be famous and living in a goldfish bowl. You can’t fart without someone commenting on the aroma, but there are some that have to be in the headlines 24/7 for the most pathetic of reasons (IMO of course).
I hate it when celebrities hog the limelight by flashing their boobs, bums, baby bumps or latest lip implants. KK and co take the top prize for over exposure in every sense of the word. BORING!
I can list a few under the title of The Home Front, simple things like not replacing the empty loo roll, putting empty boxes back in the cupboard and no cold milk for my cereal as there’s only a dribble left in the carton.
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I love it! Laughed all the way through your wonderful list of peeves. So TRUE! 🙂
It made me think of celebrities who cry over the environment who has a private plane and is holding a disposable coffee cup. 🙂
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now that’s funny!
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Di I never took you as a person to be so easily irritated…lol….I love those human traits we all possess, I might add putting the toilet roll on the WRONG way gets me too.
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Funny!
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Haha Michael. Shucks, I’ve blown my image!!!
I’d just be grateful there was a loo roll handy, whichever way it was facing me! lol
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I’ve been in too many bathroom, trapped only with an empty roll, a purse and my wits, too. I can certainly understand why that’s on a pet-peeve list. 🙂
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Saw some kids featured on a brochure today. Young kids sporting kids sunglasses…….All doing duck face! God help us all! Cheers,H
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Ugh!
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Here are my thoughts on peeves, 120 words was no where near enough to rant about these things.
https://summerstommy.com/2018/04/06/tell-me-a-tale-in-120-words-6/
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But you did it in EXACTLY 120 words. Bravo! Those are some very deep pet peeves.
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Here are my two: https://swervestrikesback.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/pet-peeves/
Humans who think life owes them something; the ones who are happy to take without offering an ounce of gratitude. E.g. When you’re driving and let them out at a junction or wait patiently for them to make their mind up as to which direction they are going because they lack the faculty to use indication. Them. That’s number one.
Two…petrol stations; waiting for the man in the box to allow you the use of the pump (take your time sunshine, I haven’t got to be anywhere important, sure, I’ll hold whilst you finish playing your game of candy crush). ‘Do you need a VAT receipt? (Why no, I was joking when I requested one). ‘Thank you, yes please.’
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Those who feel entitled and those who have an ounce of power and abuse it. Those are, most certainly right up there at the top of the pet peeve list!
Thanks for #TMATing. 🙂
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I want to write about my pet peeves, but after reading your post, all I can think about are ones that involve toilets! 🙂
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LOL! Like, perhaps, when you’re stuck on the pot and someone comes in and sprays $1.00 a gallon perfume all over her body, so you’re coughing your lungs out and can’t go anywhere? 🙂
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Yes!!! Wish I would have thought of that one!
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OK. Here is my feeble attempt!
Joelle, at Two On a Rant has issued an intriguing challenge: describe your two pet peeves in 120 words or less. I read the britchy one’s post on the topic and Tintins’. Both are hilarious! Now the real challenge begins. How do I narrow all of my many pet peeves down to just two? I write a running-centered blog, so let me focus on my running vexations.
Do drivers really not learn the purpose of crosswalk? A crosswalk is to let pedestrians (including runners) cross the street without the fear of being run over by a two-ton vehicle. Pedestrians have the right of way. (Sorry! Did I make you late for your latte?) If I am in a crosswalk, I expect you to stop. Until I cross the street.
If you and I are running on a path, going in opposite directions, we have to pass within one foot of each other. It is incontrovertible that we are both engaged in the same activity. Why not acknowledge each other? I don’t need a lengthy conversation. Just a nod. Or a small wave. Or even a grunt.
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Yes, I’ve been called the b word before. For some people, the truth hurts, others of us embrace it. 🙂
Did you know that more pedestrians die in crosswalks? It’s like they think that two lines form a force field around them. Vigilance is imperative because there’s always one guy texting his girlfriend who isn’t paying attention. 🙂
It does seem irritating when people cross paths running or walking and don’t even nod I had one guy force me off the sidewalk when he was on a bike and there was plenty of room for both of us — he was doing it on purpose. There’s something wrong with people like that.
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I agree. Those little white lines on the street are not going to protect you. Even if you are in the right, that won’t help if you get hit by a car and killed or seriously hurt!
One summer, I made it my project to get an elderly man whom I passed on the path every day to say “Hello” to me. I said hello to him every single morning. I finally wore him down, and he started saying “Good morning”. I won!! 🙂
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p.s.: I used to run with Hash House Harriers. That was a lot of fun. I envy your ability to continue running.
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Love HHH! I ran with them a few times. Always so much fun. And so much drinking! 🙂
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Made a lot of friends there. Can you imagine a Florida gal running in Wisconsin — in winter? 🙂
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No! I can’t!
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That’s a really cool idea. I’m busy with life, etc, but I’d like to participate when my life stabilizes.
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I know how that feels.
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Terrific!
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