PROMPTuesday #19 - The Egg And I
It’s that time of the week again. You know, when we put on our thinking caps and pray that magic somehow happens between brain and fingers and makes its way onto the blog.
What does Deb have planned for us? She calls it “Random Simplicity”, I call it a mild form of torture. I kid, I kid. You not. Just kidding. Kinda.
Word: Egg.
Genre: Romantic Comedy.
What? Write a movie synopsis. Or a pitch? Maybe a snippet of dialogue. Perhaps a story.
And include an egg(s).
The Rules:
- You must write your entry in 10 minutes. This encourages top-of-mind, primal thinking before the ego and judgmental brain kick in. Just set a timer, make your kid count to 600 slowly, whatever. It’s an honor system. And I trust you.
- Keep to 250 words or less.
- Please have fun. Don’t put pressure on yourself. Together, let’s rediscover the simple joy in the writing process.
- Post your submission in the comments OR post in your blog and leave a link to your blog in the comments.
Scene: Bright morning sunlight shining through big windows into a cramped but happy-looking colorful kitchen. A woman in cut off shorts and a tank top is standing at the counter, gathering breakfast ingredients. A man is seated at the semi-cluttered table, paper in front of his stubbled face.
She: Anything good at the movies tonight?
He: No. Just the latest George Pitt thing. You know, the one Ebert Siskel gave two poops to a scoop to.
She: (giggling) Why must you always say that? Two poops to a scoop…with that preposition ending? Please. No one would ever believe you have a masters in English.
He: (acting like he’s about to leap from his seat and tap her on the head with the newspaper) No, I’m English with a masters in biology. Can’t you tell by my outrageous upper-crust British accent and Hugh Grant-ian stutter? Plus I have this bit of hair that always falls into my face in the most adorable way. You know, the hair you want to brush out of the way just before you kiss me.
She: (throwing a bit of bread at him) You’re impossible!
He: Impossibly cute.
She: What do you want for breakfast?
He: To go back to bed and make love with you all day long.
She: I meant to eat.
He: You.
She: (giggling and waving an egg in the air) Do you want me to crack this egg over your head now or shall I wait until it’s aged a bit?
He: I want you to come over here and kiss me. Please. It’s been all of five minutes since our last kiss and as a newlywed that’s practically illegal.
She: (padding across the floor in bare feet, smile on her face, she then pushes the paper aside and slides into his lap, arms around his neck) I love you!
He: I love you, too, darling.
Voiceover: When threatening to break an egg over your new spouse’s head, reach for the only Extra Large Grade AA Organic 100% Chicken-free egg worth covering your mate’s scalp: Nature’s Select Best. Proof that your love is pure.
End scene
He he he. That was funny in the cleverest, coolest, quirkiest way. There SHOULD be ads like that on TV. I’d buy their damned chicken-free eggs.
Comment by tinsenpup — August 26, 2008 @ 6:22 am
Can you just imagine? Chicken-free eggs. So, what? They’re duck? Goose? Woodpeckers? Lizard? Snake? Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
Glad you liked!
Comment by DaGoddess — August 26, 2008 @ 6:26 am
Awesome.
Comment by Erin — August 26, 2008 @ 9:22 am
What every morning should be like.
Comment by Jennifer — August 26, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
Seriously. That sounded better than most of the dialogue in most romantic comedies.
You are a pro.
You could probably make money at this.
(But delete the egg part.)
Comment by San Diego Momma — August 26, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
I kinda liked the egg part, Deb. I thought it added that extra dimension of reality. Well, except the chicken-free part.
I’m totally cereal when I say this dialogue is likely better than anything we’ll get from the new 90210 they keep promoting. (It’s premiering Sept. 2. Get it? 9-02? I say they should have waiting until 2010 and we’d be just fine.)
Comment by DaGoddess — August 26, 2008 @ 6:17 pm
What a great read! You should really write sitcoms, I would watch. I had to punt on the prompt Tuesday today, I was too afraid of this challenge and well just lazy!
Comment by Mekhismom aka Renée — August 26, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, Renee. For me, this was easy. Guess the synapses were all firing correctly today.
Hollywood hasn’t called yet.
Comment by Da Goddess — August 26, 2008 @ 11:00 pm
OK, the voice over at the end sold me. :-)
um, I seem to have alighted in emoticon land … thats not what my ticket said :-)
Comment by Temple Stark — August 28, 2008 @ 6:13 am
Temple, have a
It’s Pam’s doing. She kindly and foolishly volunteered and I took her up on it. That’ll teach her, eh?
Comment by DaGoddess — August 28, 2008 @ 7:08 am
Comment by Temple Stark — August 28, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
And see? There’s that.
Comment by DaGoddess — August 28, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
You could do follow-up ads for the 5-year, 10-year, and 12-year anniversaries, in which the eggs are being burned, gobbled, and lobbed, respectively.
EGGScellent. Sorry.
Comment by foolery — August 29, 2008 @ 2:28 pm
Oooh! I like that idea!
Comment by DaGoddess — August 29, 2008 @ 2:45 pm