The 60-inch television flashes and blares.
“Take the garbage out, Stanley.”
“In a minute.”
“You said that yesterday. The kitchen stinks already.”
“Next commercial.” He works the buttons on the remote. Click. Click. Click.
“No, now.” Hands on hips, Dolores stomps in between the screen and her husband.
He tramps into the kitchen. Overstuffed bag clenched, he returns and dumps the contents on the carpet.
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“Have you gone mad, Stanley?”
“Well, it’s out, isn’t it?”
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How the Cookie Crumbles 
November 12, 2013 at 6:06 pm
Where’s the marriage counselor? Oh my, what a scene you’ve painted. Didn’t see that one coming at all. Good job.
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November 13, 2013 at 7:14 pm
At first I wanted to see her dump the garbage on his head but then decided she wouldn’t want that kind of mess to clean up just to prove a point. Ha ha.
Glad you liked this, Paulette. Thank you.
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November 13, 2013 at 8:06 pm
I like the way you think. 😉
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November 14, 2013 at 9:15 am
Back at YOU, Paulette. Ditto. 😉
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November 14, 2013 at 2:36 am
I didn’t see it coming either!! It really was a flash….wow!
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November 14, 2013 at 9:13 am
😀
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed this.
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November 12, 2013 at 6:32 pm
You think she punched him? Or maybe her head exploded with anger?
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November 13, 2013 at 7:12 pm
I don’t want to know because I don’t think it was pretty. 🙂
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November 12, 2013 at 6:48 pm
Oh Stanley…..it would have been easier to just take it out.
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November 13, 2013 at 7:12 pm
I think he’s confused about the word ‘out’. He-he-he.
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November 14, 2013 at 5:57 am
🙂 !!!
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November 14, 2013 at 9:12 am
😉
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November 12, 2013 at 6:54 pm
I’m glad I wasn’t there to witness what came after.
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November 13, 2013 at 7:10 pm
Me too! 😉
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November 12, 2013 at 6:56 pm
Love it!!
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November 13, 2013 at 7:10 pm
😀
Thank YOU, Laurie.
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November 12, 2013 at 7:03 pm
Ooh, my husband’s looking awfully good right about now…
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November 13, 2013 at 7:09 pm
This makes me think of the 50s, except for the strong female presence. 🙂
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November 12, 2013 at 7:18 pm
Oh I think I’d be more than mad! Very funny and more than a tad irritating – I’d be rubbing Stanley’s nose it 😉
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November 13, 2013 at 7:09 pm
Yep. He better learn to clean his mess. I bet Dolores will be more ticked than he is. 😉
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November 12, 2013 at 7:23 pm
Oh, he’s a bad button pusher:)
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November 13, 2013 at 7:07 pm
I wouldn’t stand around for that. I’d be gone. Dolores should vacate and live him to clean up. 🙂
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November 12, 2013 at 7:48 pm
There you are! Be careful what you say. Good work!
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November 13, 2013 at 7:06 pm
She wears the pants and he thought he’d try them on but they don’t fit. Ha-ha.
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November 13, 2013 at 2:37 am
Stanley would feel the force of my hand! Grrrrhhhh!
Just the effect you hoped for ? 🙂
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November 13, 2013 at 7:03 pm
Oh yeah. He’s acting like a spoiled child. 🙂
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November 13, 2013 at 2:52 am
Great job. I guess this means she can’t take her hubby for granted.
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November 13, 2013 at 7:01 pm
Ah, I think she’s always had to wear the pants in the family and he’s finally decided to take a stand. Not nice, but a stand.
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November 13, 2013 at 7:54 am
It looks like a hobo night in then 😦 lol
Nicely flashed Tess…
Andro xxxx
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November 13, 2013 at 6:59 pm
Thank YOU, Andro. I haven’t seen any of yours at your place. Looking forward to reading them. 😉
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November 13, 2013 at 8:34 am
Love it! It is so real in many cases 🙂
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November 13, 2013 at 6:57 pm
Thank you, HH. I’m pleased it worked for you.
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November 13, 2013 at 2:44 pm
And then she let him have it!
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November 13, 2013 at 6:45 pm
…or something 😉
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November 13, 2013 at 3:11 pm
Clean up the trash, Stanley! Great flash in the pan story!
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November 13, 2013 at 6:40 pm
He had to have the last word or he doesn’t understand “out” at all. 😉
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November 13, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Wow, love this! I am in awe of your stories Tess.
I also think you are wonderful and your blog so I’ve nominated you for One Lovely Blog Award. The link is: http://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2013/11/13/first-frost-melts-in-the-heat-of-dragons-loyalty-award/
Congratulations, and have a great day 🙂
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November 13, 2013 at 6:39 pm
Shucks, I’m pink with pleasure. Thanks so much. 🙂
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November 14, 2013 at 4:25 pm
You are so very welcome 🙂
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November 14, 2013 at 6:37 pm
😀
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November 14, 2013 at 9:38 am
Tess, sounds like someone I was married to once, quite possibly why I am not as of this writing 🙂 Really good. Congrats on the nomination. Well deserved.
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November 14, 2013 at 11:00 am
Thanks Susan. Glad you can associate. Well not glad glad. You know what I mean, right?
I’ve heard of situations like this I suppose. Don’t know where this came from. The worst thing in the world for me would be to have to clean up garbage dumped on a carpet or even on a tiled kitchen floor especially if it’s a couple days old. Blah. 😉
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November 14, 2013 at 11:21 am
The sad part is that sounds almost realistic. Some of the guys I know would do that!
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November 14, 2013 at 11:38 am
Yep. What people will do to people. 😦
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November 17, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Why is it so hard to take the garbage out once in a while? I’ve never understood that one.
I do hope she makes him clean up the mess!
So true to life, Tess… unfortunately, perhaps?
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November 18, 2013 at 7:03 pm
I bet she does. If I were in her shoes, I’d grab my purse and the car keys… 😀
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November 19, 2013 at 4:43 pm
That was my first reaction grab the car keys! The second thought wasn’t so nice.
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November 19, 2013 at 8:54 pm
I k.n.o.w. but that’s our little secret, okay? 😀
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November 25, 2013 at 7:23 pm
If you hadn’t run out of words you would have told us about how she grabbed the gun from the kitchen drawer… He’d never do that again.
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November 26, 2013 at 12:59 pm
It crossed her mind but he wasn’t worth it. She went out for a drink instead. 😀
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November 26, 2013 at 1:28 pm
So she could think. True enough she’d have had a bigger mess to clean up and his mass, no matter how tiny the pieces were cut, would eventually have burned out the motor of the garbage disposal giving better odds that she’d get caught.
Load up the car while he’s passed out. Leave the trash next to him to see first thing, change the cell number… don’t send him a post card.
Amen.
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November 26, 2013 at 5:57 pm
this is too much fuuunnn. Thank you for the lovely conversation. 😀
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November 26, 2013 at 7:13 pm
🙂
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November 26, 2013 at 9:29 pm
😉
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November 26, 2013 at 9:54 pm
This is a test :putnam: now if it works it’s supposed to be a head with brown hair…
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November 27, 2013 at 4:12 pm
This is what I received:
:putnam:
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November 27, 2013 at 4:43 pm
yeah… I’m afraid it only works on facebook… 4 out of 5 worked from what you told me…
I’m happy with that! Thanks!
🙂
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November 26, 2013 at 9:55 pm
Nope…. I have not yet mastered the secret of wordpress emoticons… alas…
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November 27, 2013 at 4:11 pm
I know a couple of keyboard strokes but that’s only for three.
semi-colon, dash and closed quote 😉
colon, dash and closed quote 🙂
Either of semi-colon or colon, dash and capital D 😀
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November 27, 2013 at 4:41 pm
I’ll give them a try. Depending on the sites, the only one that’s the same is the colon closed parentheses 🙂 😉 🙂 ;-D 😀
If they work it’s the dash I’m lacking
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November 27, 2013 at 6:15 pm
I see them all here! 😉 They worked.
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November 27, 2013 at 7:13 pm
Thanks again and Happy Holidays!
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November 28, 2013 at 10:54 am
😛
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