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Paying the Price

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It’s time for a “Full Frontal Fandango Flash”!
Written for the following Fandango challenges:
FOWC 11/6 (cottage), FOWC 11/7 (participate),
FOWC 11/8 (initiative) and FOWC 11/9 (implicit).
Here is my Fandango One-Word Challenge4 flash.

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Damn it, Stephanie! My instructions were implicit regarding this assignment. I was looking for imagination, creativity and initiative and you let me down big time. I’m very disappointed in your failure to participate and you leave me no recourse but to take serious measures to prevent this from happening again. I’m serious, young lady! You’re going to have to pay the price for failing to come up with a solid idea about where we should have Thanksgiving dinner this year. It’s only two weeks away! Everyone else in the family suggested nice restaurants with a fabulous menu specifically designed for Thanksgiving Day and you had the audacity to suggest Cozy Cottage Corndogs! Really? For our family holiday dinner! What’s planned for Christmas … Taco Bell? I’ve had just about enough of your disrespect and lack of regard for your mother and me, not to mention the rest of the family. You think everything is a joke. Well let’s see how funny you think this is. Hand over your phone! You’re grounded until the new year! ARE YOU EVEN HEARING ME??

NAR©2024
#FOWC4

FOWC With Fandango — Cottage
FOWC With Fandango — Participate
FOWC With Fandango — Initiative
FOWC With Fandango — Implicit

This is “Corndog Song” by Ryan Shupe and The Rubberband. Honestly, did you expect anything else?

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for Nancy (The Sicilian Storyteller), The Elephant’s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.

51 thoughts on “Paying the Price”

    1. Melissa, can you believe I have never had Taco Bell? My sons would often go and I’m sure my grandkids have eaten from there but it never appealed to me. I love tacos and have made them at home or eaten them at our local Mexican joint. I finally tried fish tacos a couple of years ago and I’m hooked! They’re super easy to make too.

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    1. First question … simple: a hot dog (or sausage) on a stick that has been dipped in a thick batter made from cornmeal and then deep fried.

      Second question … also simple: because they can, knowing someone, such as myself, would find it, listen to it and use it (even without necessarily enjoying it or having previous knowledge of its existence).

      Any other questions, and I’ll have to start charging you. 😂

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      1. What we call a battered sausage here – I had one with chips (fries) last week as a delivery from a local chippy.

        I guess they struck lucky when you found them – it doesn’t sound like it has potential as a big hit!

        Pfft 🤣

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        1. Hmm …. “battered sausage” conjures up all sorts of images I’d rather not get into here, if you get my drift. 😳 🤣
          I’ve only eaten a corndog at an amusement park; it was tasty but my stomach could never handle more than one and very infrequently.

          I neglected to check the number of “likes” that video received; the group seemed happy doing their thing and there was some fancy banjo picking going on. 🪕

          As my dad liked to say “sauseech his own!” 😎

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          1. I get your drift, but it’s what we call them. They are tasty, if the sausage is a good one.

            I like banjos, and there is one in my post today. Depends on the song, really.

            Presumably you learned your language skills from your Dad?

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            1. Perhaps. Dad emigrated from Sicily in 1928 at the age of 13, speaking no English at all. At the urging of his boss in the barber shop, Dad stopped buy the Italian newspaper and began reading the NY Times from cover to cover. He became fluent in English with barely a hint of an accept. One of his greatest accomplishments was completing the Times crossword puzzle …. in ink! He was quite a charming character who loved to entertain and make people laugh. He was a good man and Dad. ♡

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  12. I am flattered at how many times you FOWC with Fandango in this one post. We are hosting Thanksgiving dinner for 14 people this year and my wife is heading toward a nervous breakdown trying to plan around food for a few vegetarians, one vegan, two picky toddlers, and a few who are not fans of turkey. I told her we ought to look into taking everyone to a local diner, which would have someting for every taste and diet. Maybe even corn dogs.

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    1. I feel you’re wife’s pain. Easy solution is to ask those people who require special diets to bring enough of their own food to the table in the guise of sharing with the group as a culinary learning experience. Ditto for those who do not like turkey. Toddlers, as my father liked to say, should be seen and not heard; their food should be provided by their mothers. Personally, for your crew, I’d go to one of those universal buffet type places or stay home and order Chinese! Good luck! 🥡

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      1. Yeah, I tried before seeing this message. I’ll eat anything, within reason.

        After 17 years as a member of our family, one DIL finally admitted she hates turkey and has suggested a spiral ham for Thanksgiving this year. Fine with me! I can’t believe it took her 17 years to fess up! 😅

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