Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt 384 (groceries),
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge (mainly orange)
and Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (mock). Here’s my 29 word flash.
While shopping for groceries, I was surprised to see the tomatoes were mostly orange and looked like sickly miniature pumpkins. Oh, how you mock me, my beloved red Heirlooms!
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29 Words
This is “Home Grown Tomatoes” by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
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Ewww! Gross! I hope you did not buy any!
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Hahaha! Nope … I just wrote about them! Thanks, CA!
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You say tomade’os we say tomatoe’s 🙂
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Tomāto, tomǎto. Potāto, potǎto….
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A knack you have for finding a fitting song for every occasion! That was a fun one, both the song and your flash. Hope your red returns soon! 🍅
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Sometimes a song just finds its way to me! Thanks so much for your great comments today, Michele. 🎃
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Yes, they do, song whisperer! 👍🏻 It is great fun when songs show up at just the right time. I love that! You’re very welcome, Nancy. My treat! 🎃🍬🍫
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I love that …. Song Whisperer! Thanks for the treat! 😎
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It suits you! 😊🎶
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Pumatoes, yee-haw!
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Woot woot!! I love that! 🎃
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Oh, I just love this, and I thank you for sharing it with our challenge.
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Thanks so much, Sue. Sometimes the fun just takes over! 🍎
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For nutritional and culinary purposes tomatoes are now considered as being vegetables.
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I won’t tell anyone if you won’t, Jim!
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You say tomayto, I say tomato 🤣
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That’s the song I almost played!
And in my neck of the woods it’s tomāto 😊
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🤣
I thought it was tomayto to all Americans, so that shows how little I know! At least we all agree on potato 😉
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There are a few holdouts who still say tomǎto; I don’t get it! 🍎
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Nor do I. A simple word becomes complicated. Regional variations, perhaps? We get those here with lots of words.
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Next! … beware of the “Killer Tomatoes”
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Excellent!! 🤗
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They’re dressing up for Halloween!
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Haha! So that’s their angle, eh? 🎃
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Strange
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Embrace the strangeness, Sadje!
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😂😂😂
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