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Nag Nag Nag
Helga was dying for a piss. With hours remaining before her shift ended, she desperately tried to appease her nagging bladder.
‘I told you not to have that second cup of tea,’ it said.
Helga sighed, ‘Thanks, Bladder, but that’s not helpful.’
‘Just saying,’ said Bladder. ‘If you’d listened to me in the first place…’
‘Are you sure you’re in the right line of work?’ Helga asked. ‘Only maybe you’d be better suited to working ‘next door’… because you’re being a right arse!’
That shut Bladder up.
Helga relished the silence.
‘How long till dinner?’ grumbled Stomach. ‘I’m bloody starving!’
(100 words)
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EL Appleby: Brain Fragments 
My bladder usually whines at me, then gets all shouty. I don;t pay him enough attention! I loved this, it made me smile! 🙂
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Thank you! Glad you liked it. The first thing I thought when I looked at the picture was ‘What does she do when she needs the loo?’
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Times are really tough when you start talking to your body parts….Fun.
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Thanks!
(I don’t actually talk to mine… much)
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Original and humorous, I really liked it!
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thank you 🙂
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Talk about imagination! You have it by the bucket load 😀
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grumbling body parts – ha
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀
It took me a good MINUTE to recover from the wheezing laughter to read the SECOND sentence! Straight to the point and truthful. Way to go! Good thing Stomach hadn’t eaten a spicy burrito … then Helga’d have had some REAL problems! X[
What is it with you and Sandra? Vying to see how many WTF Literary Moments you girls can give me? Huh????
You may have earned another video … ! 😀
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Hi Kent
I love your reaction!!!!!
and the video will be up on my blog very soon… thank you so much 😀
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No hurry, no worry. It’s a gift!
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Like very much – I’m still smiling!! 🙂
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Thanks Michele – glad I made you smile 😀
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Dear EL,
Now that’s a take of a different sort. Very funny!
shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle
I always worry that someone else will have the same idea as me, let’s hope not!
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Haha..this one made me giggle out loud.
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Yay! I love making people giggle 🙂
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You never fail to make me laugh! Love your writing and your quirky take on the world. Am very jealous of your work! Love it!
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Thanks Lisa
All I need now is to stretch it out to a little longer than 100 words and I’ll be on to something!
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I like this take, what a clever take on the idea. Great stuff.
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Thank you. glad you liked it
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🙂 Good stuff. Your first sentence was my very first thought on seeing the prompt but I decided I couldn’t take it anywhere. You clearly did! Well done. Loved it.
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It was my very first reaction too – do you think that’s the picture talking to us or our bladders?!
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Reminds me of this poem my old man had framed up in the garage by his workbench about how/why the asshole was the leader of the body.
Thanks for sharing.
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Sounds like my kind of poem 🙂
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You and I were sort of on the same track this week. Oh gee, I gotta go!
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Hi Perry
I haven’t read any other stories yet but am on my way to your place very soon 🙂
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I am Jack’s funny bone. You tickled me.
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Perhaps Jack’s funny bone and Helga’s bladder should meet 🙂
Thanks for commenting, and for being tickled!
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I think Helga and Helena Hann-Basquiat should get together – their internal voices are enough to power a small play. 🙂
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What a fab idea!
thanks for commenting
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Fun, fun, fun. I’ve written but yet to post this weeks additon. Hope to soon though. Cheers!
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Very cute. A lot of us are the same wavelength this week.
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Ahaha! Poor bladder and stomach! When they get a bee in their bonnets they just won’t leave a person alone! Cute! 😀
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i would someday like to dissect your brain and see how exactly you come up with this creative, hilarious ideas ! 😉 😛
I wanted to write something funny but it was s struggle and so finally i went for a bit of tragic .. well done 🙂
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LOLOLOL. My favourite line was about being sent ‘next door’. I shall, from now on, use it as a euphemism. You really are very weird aren’t you? (That’s a compliment). Thanks for the laughter and for being so good at thinking outside the box (no, that’s not a euphemism. Although….
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By the way, I am not anonymous, I’m Treymontague, for some reason I came up as anonymous. Sorry!
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That was great.. and yes..having to pee is not funny… just bear it I recon.
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Dear El,
A well crafted story. Seriously. Your word choice was spot on and the tale was well told. (As usual.)
Aloha,
Doug
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Fantastic. Very funny. Really enjoyed this. I can imagine this conversation going on and on, once the tingling starts in her fingertips, the migraine kicks in, the muscles start screaming… This is a great and fun take on the prompt.
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So funny! I imagine the nagging bladder would present problems in a situation like this. I enjoyed hearing its side of the story. Fun take!
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Brilliant, still laughing!! 🙂
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You give “inner struggle” a whole new meaning. This is so funny.
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That’s a great take on it. I guess in that sort of job, you got to talk to someone, even if that someone is part of yourself.
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