Friday, April 19, 2013

Q is for Quite


There once lived a man a good while ago who never had quite enough. He worked and he toiled, acquiring those sorts of things that delight a man for a moment but fail to bring any real satisfaction. At long last he came upon a lady whose figure and form promised to hold if not his heart, at the very least his attention. He proceeded to call upon her, letting his intentions be known. She, being quite content herself, did not fail but to refuse him.

Finally a day arose when he would be refused no longer. He came upon the young lady in question and demanded to be heard, or at the very least to be listened to.

She, being also wise, held her tongue until he was finished with his rant concerning his lack.

At long last the lady spoke: “You, sir, hold no interest for me; you are quite short, and quite bald, and quite scrawny, and quite foolish and…”

She was interrupted by a cough on his part. “Have you finally had enough?” she asked.

“Quite,” he replied.

 

 

 

48 comments:

  1. Quite a good, interesting story. Quite...

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    1. Thank you. This one was fun; mean, but fun.

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  2. That was Quite entertaining.

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  3. I love how the title ties in with the last word. At least he finally got enough of something.

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    1. :) Probably not the way he wanted to, though.

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  4. Yes, quite a good story, I enjoyed it very much.

    Yvonne.

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  5. So she judged him on his looks? Quite the snob. :)

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  6. Good use of the Q word. Q is 'quite' difficult.

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  7. hahha. Thats ouch and funny too
    :)

    A fellow A to Zer

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  8. Quite a fitting post for 'Q'! Have you read all of Austen's novels?

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    1. All but Mansfield Park. She is my favorite author. She just gets people.

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  9. Ouch- quite the blow!

    Hello Melanie, btw. Just discovered you via the a to z challenge. Will have to go back through the month and catch up on your posts!

    Happy Friday!

    Bev
    http://bev-thebevelededge.blogspot.com/

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  10. HaHa! Quite well done!

    New follower here from the A-Z!
    http://gwengardner.blogspot.com

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  11. Quite funny! lolol!

    I had fun with that, Melanie. :-)

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  12. If this were a Hollywood movie, they'd still somehow end up riding off into the sunset together.

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    1. That would be an interesting twist, wouldn't it?

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  13. This was well told. I love it.

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  14. That read like a wise proverb. Nicely done, Melanie.

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  15. Love it! Great that you're able to get the whole story told in that short snippet!

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    1. I'm naturally a sparse writer, so this has been a lot of fun for me.

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  16. Well done on the 'Q'
    (I was wondering what you'd come up with)

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  17. Way to let him down easy. LOL

    Hi from Nagzilla bloghopping A to Z

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    1. Actually, she probably ended up doing him a favor. LOL

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