Round The Bend ( Flash Fiction for the Trifecta Writing Challenge)

                   

                                      

I wouldn’t recommend toilet travel to anybody. Not to mention the inconvenience of finding yourself in a cubicle already occupied by a random bloke in the process of pushing one through the loop.

I still find it embarrassing even though I’ve been doing this for so long I think my face is now a permanent shade of scarlet and frozen in a grotesque look of horror. What other face can you wear when you constantly find yourself sitting on somebody’s naked lap? I think it’s worse when they’re wiping. Don’t get me wrong it’s bad enough during the big squeeze and sometimes I arrive just at the moment of the splash. But wiping is different. Nobody wants me around then.

Usually I just run and sometimes there’s the safety of a spare cubicle where I can curl into a ball whilst they finish off their constitutionals. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this but ever since I discovered that bloody secret room at the back of my house, the one with the fully functional toilet and the quaint little floral toilet roll hanging from the wall, I’ve been stuck. It was alright for Enid Blyton, she had a Wishing Chair and a Magic Faraway tree and a world full of little elves. But what did I get? The incredible flying toilet!

I want to go home. I want to get off this ride but it won’t stop. It’s worse when they have Diarrhoea, God help me, they can be there all day but I can’t wait that long. That’s when it gets even more embarrassing.

I only have ten minutes until my amazing flying toilet disappears, leaving me stuck in a strange world with no hope of getting home. Sometimes I have to push them off so that I can get back on.

                             

                      © Ally Atherton January 2014

I have recently had the pleasure of being introduced to the Trifecta writing challenge. You can find all about it here. This week you have the word QUAINT as a writing prompt (the 3rd definition of the word) and have to write something between 33 and 333 words long. You have to include the word in your piece. The top 3 are chosen every week and shared on the website. All you have to do is go to the website and link to your blog post entry. Take a look at some of the entries and feel free to make comments to other people taking part. It sounds like a great way to meet other writers.

Now onto this week’s Trifecta prompt. We’re back to one word and its third definition. And, of course, as many syllables as you please in your 333-word limit!

Happy writing!

QUAINT (adjective)

1:  obsolete:  EXPERT, SKILLED
2a:  marked by skillful design <quaint with many a device in India ink — Herman Melville>
  b:  marked by beauty or elegance
3a : unusual or different in character or appearance :  ODD
  b : pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar <a quaint phrase>

Remember:
• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
• The word itself needs to be included in your response.
• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above.
• Only one entry per writer.
• If your post doesn't meet our requirements, please leave your link in the comments section, not in the linkz. - See more at: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/#sthash.u5UKDheu.dpuf

Now onto this week’s Trifecta prompt. We’re back to one word and its third definition. And, of course, as many syllables as you please in your 333-word limit!

Happy writing!

QUAINT (adjective)

1:  obsolete:  EXPERT, SKILLED
2a:  marked by skillful design <quaint with many a device in India ink — Herman Melville>
  b:  marked by beauty or elegance
3a : unusual or different in character or appearance :  ODD
  b : pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar <a quaint phrase>

Remember:
• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
• The word itself needs to be included in your response.
• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above.
• Only one entry per writer.
• If your post doesn't meet our requirements, please leave your link in the comments section, not in the linkz.
• Trifecta is open to everyone. Please join us.

This week's word is QUAINT. 

- See more at: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&max-results=3#sthash.lJ5YNSZT.dpuf

Now onto this week’s Trifecta prompt. We’re back to one word and its third definition. And, of course, as many syllables as you please in your 333-word limit!

Happy writing!

QUAINT (adjective)

1:  obsolete:  EXPERT, SKILLED
2a:  marked by skillful design <quaint with many a device in India ink — Herman Melville>
  b:  marked by beauty or elegance
3a : unusual or different in character or appearance :  ODD
  b : pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar <a quaint phrase>

Remember:
• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
• The word itself needs to be included in your response.
• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above.
• Only one entry per writer.
• If your post doesn't meet our requirements, please leave your link in the comments section, not in the linkz.
• Trifecta is open to everyone. Please join us.

- See more at: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&max-results=3#sthash.lJ5YNSZT.dpuf

Now onto this week’s Trifecta prompt. We’re back to one word and its third definition. And, of course, as many syllables as you please in your 333-word limit!

Happy writing!

QUAINT (adjective)

1:  obsolete:  EXPERT, SKILLED
2a:  marked by skillful design <quaint with many a device in India ink — Herman Melville>
  b:  marked by beauty or elegance
3a : unusual or different in character or appearance :  ODD
  b : pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar <a quaint phrase>

Remember:
• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
• The word itself needs to be included in your response.
• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above.
• Only one entry per writer.
• If your post doesn't meet our requirements, please leave your link in the comments section, not in the linkz.
• Trifecta is open to everyone. Please join us.

- See more at: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&max-results=3#sthash.lJ5YNSZT.dpuf

Now onto this week’s Trifecta prompt. We’re back to one word and its third definition. And, of course, as many syllables as you please in your 333-word limit!

Happy writing!

QUAINT (adjective)

1:  obsolete:  EXPERT, SKILLED
2a:  marked by skillful design <quaint with many a device in India ink — Herman Melville>
  b:  marked by beauty or elegance
3a : unusual or different in character or appearance :  ODD
  b : pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar <a quaint phrase>

Remember:
• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
• The word itself needs to be included in your response.
• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above.
• Only one entry per writer.
• If your post doesn't meet our requirements, please leave your link in the comments section, not in the linkz.
• Trifecta is open to everyone. Please join us.

This week's word is QUAINT. 

- See more at: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&max-results=3#sthash.lJ5YNSZT.dpuf

Now onto this week’s Trifecta prompt. We’re back to one word and its third definition. And, of course, as many syllables as you please in your 333-word limit!

Happy writing!

QUAINT (adjective)

1:  obsolete:  EXPERT, SKILLED
2a:  marked by skillful design <quaint with many a device in India ink — Herman Melville>
  b:  marked by beauty or elegance
3a : unusual or different in character or appearance :  ODD
  b : pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar <a quaint phrase>

Remember:
• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
• The word itself needs to be included in your response.
• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above.
• Only one entry per writer.
• If your post doesn't meet our requirements, please leave your link in the comments section, not in the linkz.
• Trifecta is open to everyone. Please join us.

This week's word is QUAINT. 

- See more at: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00%2B08:00&max-results=3#sthash.lJ5YNSZT.dpuf