Saturday, January 15, 2011

Can't buy me.....

Jenny Matlock over at off on my tangent threw us a curve ball with this week's Centus...use only 25 words she instructed. She is quite the (sweet) taskmaster. Below please find the prompt in BOLD ITALLICS and the 25 words I've added to it.

The lottery ticket, six perfectly chosen numbers, windswept, initially it soared, then dipped downward toward the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Money buying happiness???? Now, she’d never know.
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28 comments:

  1. gautami tripathyJanuary 15, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    It certainly brought heartbreak!

    thigh Story

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  2. TerraJanuary 15, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    oh man, i guess it is better not to know than to know and then lose it!

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  3. Strummed WordsJanuary 15, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    Chances are..it's not a win! She can relax. Here's my Lottery Ticket.

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  4. BookieJanuary 15, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    What a sick feeling to lose before you even had it....

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Hmmm...
    Nice philosophical turn :)

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  6. TinaJanuary 15, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    omg i think ild feel sick for the rest of my life haha

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  7. aspiritofsimplicityJanuary 15, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    but it must have been a pretty view!

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  8. AmesJanuary 15, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    Oh nooooooo! :) ~Ames

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  9. Susan AndersonJanuary 15, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Hope she doesn't dive after it...!

    ;)

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  10. DeborahJanuary 15, 2011 at 12:55 PM

    Brilliantly done, but I think Tina was right! hehe

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  11. UnknownJanuary 15, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    'Easy come...easy go...' (I agree with Tina here. Poor girl!)
    Brilliant micro-fiction!
    Best wishes,
    Anna
    Anna's SC#37-The lottery ticket

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  12. KatJanuary 15, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    This is so strange. The very first Saturday Centus I ever did was based on this same theme. Really well done. And by the way, your label "I think money can..." made me spit my coke out of my nose! Kat

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  13. TinaJanuary 15, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    Arrgh! Poor girl. I'm with the others, sick with loss. But you did a great job on this!

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  14. JudieJanuary 15, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    Never go to see the Grand Canyon with a lottery ticket! Never!!

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  15. TgoetteJanuary 15, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    LOL! Such a shame! I've always said they need to make those tickets out of heavier stuff, like cardboard. Great job with the prompt!

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  16. cj SchlottmanJanuary 15, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Great take on this prompt. Not knowing is so hard. You did a great job using so few words.

    Thanks..........cj

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  17. MalisaJanuary 15, 2011 at 8:30 PM

    Oh, nice! That sounds like something that might happen to me!

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  18. Dazee DreamerJanuary 15, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    now, that just made me depressed. great job.

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  19. JoJanuary 16, 2011 at 2:24 AM

    LOL ... that's like something that i would do ... too funny!!!

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  20. Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comJanuary 16, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    Now, that's a true cliff hanger. Am I the first person to say that? Sorry!
    I enjoyed this though, especially since I wasn't the main character.
    xoRobyn

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  21. VikiJanuary 16, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    Chances are she wasn't the winner. At least that's the way I would have to think about it lol. Great job.

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  22. Donna VolkenanntJanuary 16, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    Nicely done.
    Donna V.
    http://donnasbookpub.blogspot.com

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  23. mrs. cJanuary 16, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    So true, so true, we will never know. That's what makes it good. Thanks for a terrific story.

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  24. Nancy JaneJanuary 16, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    Short, but oh so well played. Leaves you wondering...Will she ever fully recover???

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  25. SusannahJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Oh dear, I'd have to convince myself that I had definitely lost anyway. Nice one! :-)

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  26. lindaJanuary 19, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    Oh argh! Dang that wind!
    Great job.

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  27. jeff campbellJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    A story as big as a canyon...very nice...Peace and blessings

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  28. JennyJanuary 22, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    I could feel her hopes plummet right along with the ticket.

    What a wonderfully tight piece of micro-fiction.

    Really well done!

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