Charli’s Carrot Ranch Prompt this week:
April 16, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about something crazy. Laugh like crazy, show the setting of stir-crazy or go off the rails on a crazy train. Have fun with the word and the situation, but go where the prompt leads!
A Stir-Crazy World
I can’t help but laugh.
When else have we seen people:
Lunge for loo roll?
Fisticuffs over flour?
Battle for bread?
Scuffle over sanitiser?
Persist over pasta?
Tiff over tinned tomatoes?
Dual over dried milk powder?
Brawl over bleach?
Challenge over chicken?
The world is stir-crazy right now.
All we can do is
Sit it out
Walk it out
Watch it out
Read it out
Write it out
Create it out
Cook it out
Eat it out
We’ll come out the other end
Possibly fatter
Maybe thinner
Hopefully more compassionate
Definitely grateful
And able to still raise a smile.
Ritu 2020
But I Smile Anyway... 
Apr 21, 2020 @ 13:00:24
Yes!! Well done, Ritu!
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Apr 19, 2020 @ 23:17:06
Quite a tale, Sigh!
All I can say is Amen!
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Apr 19, 2020 @ 23:23:39
Amen, indeed!
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Apr 18, 2020 @ 23:12:31
We will indeed 💜
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Apr 18, 2020 @ 23:49:29
🤗🤗🤗
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Apr 18, 2020 @ 16:59:37
Nice one, Ritu.
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Apr 18, 2020 @ 17:09:43
Thanks, Robbie 🙂
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Apr 18, 2020 @ 01:16:13
I love this flash, Ritu! You capture all the craziness but end on hope and gratitude.
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Apr 18, 2020 @ 08:54:15
It’s the only way to get through this, Charli. The world is crazy… But we need hope 🙏🏽💜
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 19:05:28
Lots of nuttiness in these times. The hoarders came out at the beginning of the chaos. Who ever thought that ramen noodles would be such a hot commodity 😄
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 19:06:24
I know! It’s crazy, Brother!!!
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 19:18:19
Very crazy!! People panic shop with every crisis that comes up!
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 16:06:03
So so so true, Danny!
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 15:15:56
oh, people! what are we to do with them?
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 15:37:34
Well, the world would be a lot quieter without people…
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 14:03:04
I always said, eat less, use loo roll less. Walk more, and enjoy a good night’s sleep more often. Then the very next day you may feel better.
This lockdown showed us the selfishness and compassion of people at the same time.
Thanks for sharing.
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 13:03:47
Very well put, sis! Still, certain food (particular flour for example) seems to be hoarded although it is proved that there is enough for everyone. This is not only stupid but selfish because it is unnecessary.
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 13:40:18
Scare mongering really doesn’t help, you know..
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 20:02:36
Exactly, sis! It makes a difficult situaion unnecessarily worse.
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 20:07:24
Truly 😢
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 20:24:35
This all shall pass, sis 💖
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 12:49:26
Plenty of lunging for loo roll here. 😂
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Apr 17, 2020 @ 13:39:28
Thankfully it’s calmed down a bit now… But flour? No. Everyone is a baker now 😂
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