Quilly's Words

Today's Link
Funny Girl Goes Blog

Today's Saying
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. ~Lord Byron

Today's Picture
Ella & Elmer on a date

It is a Quilly day. Time to take Quilly’s three words for the day and write a story. The words are paladin, intransigent, & invidious
Click on a word for a definition.

All of his life Francis had wanted to be a paladin, one of those heroes like the guy in “Have gun will Travel” on TV. He wanted to save the town from some horrible evil.
But he was just an accountant. He pushed , intransigent numbers across the page and tried to make sense out of them but no paladin ever had the slogan “ Have adding machine will travel”.
But then he could dream and he did.
He ignored the invidious comparisons between accountants and lawyers that people kept making. He did not work for the Mafia or any local gangsters. He did not help people cheat on their income tax.
He wanted with all his heart to be a hero. He saw himself flying over the town preventing evil space creatures from entering in.
Thus he would be happy with the statue the town had erected in his honor in the city square. It shows him with arms outstretched holding a dog. The metal plate has only two words” Our Paladin”.
He would love it if he hadn’t died in the fire saving the boy and going back for the dog.
Becoming a hero can be very costly.

And of course with Quilly's words comes the required quivel. Remember to write quivel you must write something that looks like a poem, any style , but is so bad that if it was printed in a book of poetry a true poetic zoilist would tear it out and burn it. What looks like bad haiku is really qiku where the middle line must always contain a Quilly word.

I'm Right

“I do not make invidious remarks “ he said
Throwing a hard right cross to his head
On this point intransigent I be
I really hope that you can see
The paladin inside of me

Net Awards
Invidious honors
So many

Unmoving
intransigent
People

Hero
King’s paladin
Knight


Of course the dragons will be busy today you can see them HERE.

News from Pigeon Falls

The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal
The D.N.R. man is now very upset. Three more wolves have vanished and he thinks an unknown number of deer. He has contacted Lansing and described the situation and they have taken the problem to the University. While he waits for that word the local D.N.R. man has been calling various wolf experts to see if anything like this has happened anywhere else. But as of today the mystery remains.
Both Eino and Mrs. Trumble have contacted Homeland Security. The sheer numbers have them concerned and they are promising to send some help. But Tommy UK pointed out that in the past their help has been less than helpful. But the driblet does say they need more power.

Wrap UP

Ella's time is coming to an end. She, of course, has left but the pictures will continue through Saturday. I had a good day. My sister called and I started getting set up to bid for her on the house we grew up in since she doesn't have any internet connection. Betty went to the Dentist and the Post Office. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA

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