This is my entry for week 159 of Jenny Matlock’s Saturday Centus, the itty bitty story writing meme celebrated by writers worldwide.
I’m a little late to the party this week because I was out of town visiting my mom this last weekend, but fans of Jenny’s blog “off on my tangent” know that Jenny has a heart of gold and will always allow extra time for us late-posting stragglers to play along.
The rules of this meme are to write a short story or poem
with only 100 words plus the words from the supplied prompt. This week the prompt is “you put the lime in
the coconut,” which is part of the lyrics of the song “Coconut” by Harry
Nilsson, an old favorite of mine from the early seventies.
After crafting your tiny 107-word masterpiece you then post it to Jenny’s blog so that other Centusians can delight in your creativity and clever word skills.
After crafting your tiny 107-word masterpiece you then post it to Jenny’s blog so that other Centusians can delight in your creativity and clever word skills.
This week I have entitled my story:
The Winning Formula
From behind the bar Duncan eyed the rows of bottles of
liquors, mixers, liqueurs, and fruit juices and wondered out loud which
ingredients to use.
“Hmmm…let’s see Duncan…something tropical with a coconut would
be good for presentation.
“Blend Malibu rum and coconut cream, cranberry juice, strawberries,
bananas, vanilla ice cream, and blue curacao.
“Hmmm…needs something.
Lime zest! Yes, you put the lime in the coconut, then add
a splash of 7-up and ring with toasted shredded coconut.
“Nope, this still isn’t unique enough. I know what I need, pickle juice!
“Voila! The Wacky
Wahine!”
The Mixologist trophy would not elude him again.
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of
mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine
invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.
~Dave Barry
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