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To: Lazamataz

Nothing generates word count quite so much as extensive adjectives on everything.

He got into the RAV4. It was blue, shiny, and the left rear tire looked slightly low. A bird had crapped on the hood and the sun’s reflection angle drew reluctant attention to it.


7 posted on 12/23/2024 8:56:25 AM PST by Owen
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To: Owen

Like this?

He gingerly settled into the immaculate, cobalt-hued RAV4, its resplendent, almost mirror-like finish gleaming proudly in the bright, unrelenting midday sun. The plush driver’s seat, clad in impeccably stitched upholstery, offered a welcoming cushion that practically enveloped him in its soft, luxurious embrace. As he glanced outside, the left rear tire, sporting a subtly sagging sidewall, presented a faintly pathetic droop, hinting it might benefit from a much-needed dose of pressurized air. Its alloy rim, however, maintained a dazzling shine, a testament to his painstaking regular maintenance.

With a tinge of resigned annoyance, his gaze drifted across the sleek hood, where an ostentatious splotch of stark, white bird droppings boldly disrupted the otherwise pristine surface. The shimmering rays of sunshine, angled so precisely as to maximize brilliance, seemed to conspire against him, highlighting the unsightly blotch in a glaring, theatrical spotlight. For a moment, he fought the urge to mutter a string of exasperated curses at the inconsiderate avian that had chosen his elegant vehicle as a target. Instead, he let out a long, weary sigh, acknowledging the inevitable trip to the nearest car wash that awaited him. The RAV4’s chrome accents and expertly contoured lines deserved to be restored to their unblemished glory, untainted by an ill-timed, airborne assault.


9 posted on 12/23/2024 8:58:33 AM PST by Lazamataz (The BEST birthday present I ever got WAS DONALD TRUMP WINNING IN 2024!!!)
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To: Owen

I read a lot and I’ve often wondered why we care if the drapes in the living room are green or they don’t match the upholstered furniture. Now I know....I’ll be sure to remember that the next time I question WHY!!!!!


17 posted on 12/23/2024 9:02:40 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Owen

He got into the slightly modified RAV4. It was a faded sky blue, shiny in some areas, and the left rear second-hand tire looked slightly low. A bird had crapped on the dented hood and the afternoon sun’s reflection angle drew reluctant attention to it.


18 posted on 12/23/2024 9:02:55 AM PST by TexasGator (11)
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To: Owen

LOL!


30 posted on 12/23/2024 9:19:29 AM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Owen

Really! 👍🏻👍🏻


49 posted on 12/23/2024 9:41:23 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Owen

and the left rear tire looked slightly low.
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and the left rear tire, aged and graying and with little tread left, looked slightly low.


53 posted on 12/23/2024 9:46:13 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: Owen

“He got into the RAV4. It was blue, shiny, and the left rear tire looked slightly low. A bird had crapped on the hood and the sun’s reflection angle drew reluctant attention to it.”

Chapter Two

Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! A shot rang out. A door slammed, the maid screamed. As a gentle snow fell the little girl in a tattered shawl selling violets on the street corner wipes away a tear, wishing she had a pony. Thirty thousand feet above her a flaming engine detaches from a Boeing 747 .. .


66 posted on 12/23/2024 10:17:55 AM PST by Spaceman49
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To: Owen

Although attributed to about 15 famous writers, one source found it was probably first said by Blaise Pascal in a letter in 1657:

“I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter.”

Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.


83 posted on 12/23/2024 11:05:23 AM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Owen

He jumped into his junker and split.


115 posted on 12/23/2024 2:07:00 PM PST by FrozenAssets (You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps)
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To: Owen

“He got into the RAV4. It was blue, shiny, and the left rear tire looked slightly low. A bird had crapped on the hood and the sun’s reflection angle drew reluctant attention to it.”

The editor in me says:

He got into the shiny blue RAV4, with the left rear tire looking slightly low. The sun’s reflection on the hood drew reluctant attention to where a bird had crapped on it.


120 posted on 12/24/2024 7:19:51 AM PST by Wuli
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