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PROMPTuesday #31: Faking It

Etcetera, PROMPTuesdays

Let’s see if I can write this without getting my tongue tied:

 

This PROMPTuesday, write a story about someone faking a skill to gain the attention of someone else, which only forces him/her into a situation where s/he must use this skill in order to save him/herself from a bigger threat.

Include:
a cast-iron lamp
and
two nuns giggling in the corner.

 

The Rock said you could instead write about a superhero with a completely random and ridiculous superpower, like William H. Macy in Mystery Men (otherwise known as “The Shoveler,” who had the special ability to use a shovel with dizzying skill).

 

Whosever one you pick, is good by me.

 

Except remember: I’m pretty insecure.

 

Meanwhile! Catch up on the PROMPTuesdays archive here.

 

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November 17, 2008 · 10 Comments

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  1. vodkamom says

    November 18, 2008 at 3:29 am

    I love this shit!!! Let me think about it. Superpowers? That intrigues me. I have some superpowers- I can tie 20 pairs of shoes in two minutes; I can quiet a room in three claps and a snap; I can run across the room with a garbage can in 7 seconds without knocking over and 6 year olds. How’s that?

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  2. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! says

    November 18, 2008 at 6:57 am

    Cheri @ Blog This Mom! has posted Faking It. (Sorry Rock, I went with Deb’s; it’s a Bitch thing.)

    Reply
  3. jan says

    November 18, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    This looks like a good one, but I wasn’t able to work on it for DaGoddess today. I’ll post it tomorrow hopefully.

    Reply
  4. Last Place Finisher says

    November 19, 2008 at 7:38 am

    I’m so blagnorant! How do you do this? Do I post this on my blog – do I send the story to you?

    Reply
  5. Don Mills Diva says

    November 19, 2008 at 8:29 am

    I just want to say that Cheri (above) did an awesome job on this one!

    Reply
  6. feathermaye says

    November 19, 2008 at 10:43 am

    I’m a day late, but I got it!! Whew… the darker side of feathermaye is revealed:

    http://www.feathermaye.com/2008/11/faking-it.html

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  7. San Diego Momma says

    November 19, 2008 at 11:09 am

    Last Place:
    You can post in your blog and leave us a link in my comments so we can all read it…OR
    post the story in my comments.

    Either way, looking forward to reading it!

    Reply
  8. Jan says

    November 20, 2008 at 8:25 am

    Done: http://dagoddess.com/?p=1081
    Sorry it’s so late…

    Reply
  9. Me says

    November 24, 2008 at 4:57 pm

    I actually did it!

    Reply

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  1. sandiegomomma.com » Blog Archive » PROMPTuesday #32: One Word says:
    November 24, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    […] I took today’s PROMPTuesday from One Word to keep it simple this week (especially after the labyrinth-like PROMPT from last Tuesday. […]

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