Monday, 2 May 2011

Succinctly Yours Week 6

Grandma's Goulash at Succinctly Yours hosts this microfiction meme. Each week she posts a photographic prompt for inspiration and the challenge is to write a story using no more than 140 characters or words.

Below is this week's photo followed by my offering.

‘Hey, man, you knocked my glasses off.’
‘Hey, dude, cool it. Your glasses are square. You should have, like, gone to Specsavers.’

(129 characters)

‘You should have gone to Specsavers’ has become a popular phrase in UK thanks to the television advertisements for the high street opticians Specsavers. I’ve included a couple of their advertisements. There was another that really made me laugh but it’s much too rude to post here!






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11 comments:

  1. Pat2 May 2011 at 15:08

    You've got the surfer dude dialogue down perfectly! Thanks for the laught. The Specsavers ads are hilarious.

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  2. Melissa Ann Goodwin2 May 2011 at 15:20

    Hi Jablog! Thanks for buying Bobby's (aka Arthur's) e-book. He has such wit and compassion in his stories. I'll let him know one of my blog friends bought his book!

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  3. anthonynorth2 May 2011 at 15:39

    Nice one, referring to Specsavers. Great ads. You've missed the crop circle one, though :-)

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  4. Pooch2 May 2011 at 18:09

    Wearing stylish glasses is quite important!
    :)

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  5. Pooch2 May 2011 at 18:15

    Apparently, wearing stylish glasses is quite important!

    :)

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  6. Anyes2 May 2011 at 19:01

    in the end Square glasses in or out? ;-)

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  7. SJerZGirl2 May 2011 at 19:41

    Great use of a contemporary theme! Congrats!

    http://sjerzgirlcanwrite.blogspot.com/2011/04/succinctly-yours-for-may-2-lenny.html

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  8. Susan Fobes3 May 2011 at 00:34

    I'm not sure which I like more, your take or the silly commercials. Thanks, I needed the laugh!

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  9. Belle3 May 2011 at 02:04

    That was the most fun I've had all day!

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  10. SquirrelQueen3 May 2011 at 07:32

    The Specsavers ads are so funny, I love the one with Pat the Postman and the cat.

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  11. Grandma's Goulash9 May 2011 at 19:06

    Really enjoyed the micro. Thanks for the explanation of Specsavers. The last clip was so funny that I made my daughter come watch it. Too good not to share.

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