Charli’s Carrot Ranch Prompt this week:
June 4, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about justice for all. It does not have to take place in America. Injustice exists anywhere. What is the story behind justice for all? Go where the prompt leads!
Just Desserts
She walked into the kitchen, sniffing around for snacks.
Always hungry, that one.
Could never resist my cupcakes. There she goes, into my cake box…
Ha! Go on, eat that old collection of My Little Pony toys!
All those years I craved ice cream, and would reach to the carton in the freezer, only to find another frozen curry, or opened the biscuit tin for a cookie, and instead, pulled out a sewing kit… typical Indian mum trick.
Wouldn’t buy decent Tupperware, instead using all the old food containers and fooling us.
Finally, Mum, you got your just desserts!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Jun 13, 2020 @ 14:13:04
Haha! Well done, Ritu.
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Jun 13, 2020 @ 14:23:40
Glad you enjoyed, Jennie!!
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Jun 14, 2020 @ 02:43:38
😀
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Jun 07, 2020 @ 18:22:17
These tricks are already sneaky. One is really disappointed. Just as I haven’t been buying sweets for more than half a year, and the others – in false anticipation – are annoyed.
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Jun 07, 2020 @ 18:47:07
Such disappointment!!!
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Jun 08, 2020 @ 11:24:07
😉
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Jun 06, 2020 @ 00:37:51
What an image I have of all these desert containers repurposed! Thank you for playing on the idea of the just deserts. I appreciate your humor, Ritu, and a fun cultural insight (I think my husband would love to be an Indian mother but I won’t let him!).
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Jun 06, 2020 @ 08:55:38
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Charli. I was am tempted to write something more serious, given the current situation… But I already have. And we still need a laugh, don’t we?
These Indian mothers and their sneakiness gave us one.
They were just being resourceful. Recycling. Reusing. And probably had no idea just how disappointed others would be, upon opening!
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 19:26:47
Haha, too funny. But did your mom always remember where she was hiding her sewing kit or other things 😂 This could become a boomerang😂
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 20:03:20
They always knew… I think it was a secret in that generation… always keep your family on their toes!
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Jun 06, 2020 @ 16:37:44
😄😄
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 19:15:14
It is. That’s such an Indian thing to do. I have opened so many tins only to be sorely disappointed
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 19:20:39
I feel your pain. Shweta!
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Jun 06, 2020 @ 03:28:20
Hi5!
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 17:05:08
Love your creative use of 99 words….also love the phrase “that one!”
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 17:06:54
Glad you enjoyed it! That one – a very Briyush referral!!!
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 19:50:57
Oh yes, I hired a Britishs on-air Talent for some shows of mine, and when she posts stuff she likes, she will sometimes just use one word: “bless.” I love that as well!
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 20:04:20
We do have our little ways…!
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 17:06:59
British!!!
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 15:30:21
Tupperware? What’s that in an Indian household? I still like using old containers, you can smell the fragrance of the last bit of food that was there beforehand.
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 15:31:39
😆😆😆
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 14:51:38
My Mum kept her curlers in a chocolate box.
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 14:52:32
So not on!!! Imagine reaching for a soft centre and ending up with a curler! 😆
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 15:30:15
I did………….. more than once!
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 15:31:49
😁😁😁
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 13:44:29
You are likely to find simular in my house as my mind plays tricks. Where is my lunch? Three days later the smell is always the giveaway.
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 13:54:40
He he he!
Thing is, these ‘swaps’ I’m sure, are done on purpose!!!
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 13:57:52
Yes, I think they probably are. Xx
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 14:04:51
😬
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 12:34:58
Sewing kit? WTG Mum! (lol)
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Jun 05, 2020 @ 12:43:28
It’s such a typical Indian mum thing to do!
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