KITCHEN SINK DRAMA
“I really don’t understand why you did it, after all
these years.”
“That’s just it – years
of the same irritating little things are like Chinese water torture,
drip-drip-dripping until you could scream. At breakfast, for example, leaving
the lid off the marmalade, toast crumbs in the butter...”
“I agree that’s annoying, but...”
“Dirty socks on the
floor, changing channels without asking...”
“My Jim does that too, but even so...”
“He promised to fix the
tap months ago. I was making pastry with that drip getting louder and louder –
it was just his bad luck I was holding the rolling pin.”
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I assure you this is fiction - honest! Aren't we writers lucky we can take our frustrations out in words?
Thanks to Ronda del Boccio for the photo and to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers on her blog. https://rochellewisoff.com/ You can read what others made of the prompt by following the frog from there, after you've commented on my story first, naturally!
Beware of a woman who bakes...
ReplyDeleteAnd you such a lover of cakes!
DeleteShe trusts her friend. A lot
ReplyDeleteOr maybe the friend is visiting her in prison?
DeleteA confession, but she doesn't seem to have many regrets about her course of action!
ReplyDeleteIt was a tad extreme, but then we've all had those moments - just minus the rolling pin.
Deletemethinks she had enough. :)
ReplyDeleteMethinks you are right!
DeleteNote to husband: don't do all the stuff above. I have a rolling pin and I know how to use it.
ReplyDeleteSo have I, Susan!
DeleteI can so understand the frustration building until it all comes to an explosive end. And the recipient of the rolling pin lies there clueless because they just don't listen...
ReplyDeleteWell done, Liz!
Thanks, Dale. I wonder how many times he'd raised an incredulous eyebrow, asking what all the fuss was about!
DeleteI wonder what she did with the body - wrapped in pastry and cooked it perhaps?
ReplyDeleteHere's my story!
Shades of Sweeney Todd?
DeleteThose annoying little things - so very true 🙂
ReplyDeleteSo irritating!
DeleteDear Liz,
ReplyDeleteA person can take only so much. I could add piles of paper and magazines everywhere to that list of grievances. Come to think of it I have two rolling pins. ;)
Shalom,
Rochelle
Believe me, my list could be much longer, but with only 100 words...
DeleteI'm thinking she had a buy a new rolling pin :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I dunno - those wooden ones could probably survive with a good scrub!
DeleteGood fictional story, even though it's fun to fantasize about it being real ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jade - you too?
DeleteI hope it wasn't that rolling pin made in marble... did he make it through?
ReplyDeleteWho can say? I was thinking of my own wooden one which could do a lot of damage if wielded in anger!
DeleteNever trust a disgruntled woman with a rolling pin. Well written!
ReplyDeleteBuild up frustration is a killer. You did a great job with this.
ReplyDeleteBuild up frustration - I like that. Could it be a legal excused, do you think?
DeleteLOL...OMG!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Dale.
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