Charli’s Carrot Ranch 99-word flash fiction prompt:
January 16, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a protest story. It can be about a protest, or you can investigate the word and expand the idea. Who is protesting, where, and why? Go where the prompt leads!
“No more slop! No more slop!”
The sound of the butts of knives and forks being bashed against the tabletops echoed through the dining room.
“Children, please!” Mrs Garrett, flapped her arms up and down, trying to calm the situation, to no avail.
“We ain’t eating that rubbish anymore, Miss! It’s rank!” Tommy, the protest ringleader, piped up.
A chorus of voices echoed his sentiments.
Mrs Garrett looked at the greying mass of potato, with an unidentifiable beige stew, and cabbage that had long since lost any goodness, and sympathised.
I think it’s time to talk to the cooks…
But I Smile Anyway... 
Jan 23, 2020 @ 19:29:11
Children and food was my first thought, too.
Good job on this one.
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Jan 23, 2020 @ 19:50:19
Thank you!
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Jan 23, 2020 @ 10:10:49
Methinks it is too. Great story.
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Jan 23, 2020 @ 12:52:05
Thank you Norah!
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Jan 22, 2020 @ 03:30:42
A nice blend of teacher angst and student revolt. Makes me think how teachers are often caught in the middle. Nice one, Ritu!
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Jan 22, 2020 @ 06:36:39
And don’t I know that piggy in the middle feeling??
Thanks Charli! 😁
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Jan 21, 2020 @ 11:19:53
I like this one!
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Jan 20, 2020 @ 10:41:57
In 6th grade, I staged a lunchroom food protest, actually! The thing I felt worst about was that it wasn’t the lunch ladies’ fault, but the funding’s. Still, I thought I’d been insulted, and what’s a good Southerner to do after an insult than fight? 😉
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Jan 20, 2020 @ 16:11:27
You have to have your say!
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 16:33:02
Oh how true! Were you at a boarding school, Sis? What do you think how many times we had this mood. Since then, I have preferred rice instead of potatoes. 🙂
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 16:35:01
No, I wasn’t. But my brother was!
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 16:38:15
Told experiences are the same like own. Potatoes are a bording school best meal (i think). ;-(
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 16:38:40
I was lucky. Our school dinners were delicious!
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 16:44:09
:-)I had only four years of bording school. Cooking was done by nuns. They ate the best, we ate the worst. 😉
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 16:46:27
Sad!
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 17:05:17
But I had thought about it, and now I know for sure that I certainly don’t like potatoes. Lol
But: In this area, potatoes grow particularly well, due to climatic conditions.
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 17:28:17
I actually love potatoes!
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 17:07:19
Last week I was even invited to the dissolution ceremony of this boarding school. The fear of potatoes came back.
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 17:28:25
HA ha!
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 13:03:10
Gee, I didn’t know you knew what the food is like here… lol
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Jan 19, 2020 @ 13:19:10
Lol!!! Oh, I hope it isn’t THAT bad!!!
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 22:01:44
At least she agreed with them in the end. 😀
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 22:25:25
I’m glad she did 😂
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 19:18:38
Garam roti required
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 19:22:31
Tiffin boxes please!
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 18:42:06
Yes indeed out with the old in with the new! 💜💜
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 18:55:06
💜💜💜
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 19:56:56
💜💜💜💜
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 18:07:14
Yuck!! Joining the protest 🍴😝
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 18:17:13
Lol!!!
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 19:55:34
😂
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 17:00:16
Very good yours is a clear protest. I struggled with this one, but you lady did yourself proud.
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 17:02:35
You did too!!!!
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 17:08:01
Aww thanks Ritu. X
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 15:56:56
A great response, Ritu.
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Jan 18, 2020 @ 16:25:06
Thank you Robbie!
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