It’s early January; one of the most depressing weeks of the year, or something like that if you read and believe the hype, but not so in FF-land where Rochelle leads us onwards with a skip and a jump over rainbows and under waterfalls made of liquid gold. This week the photo is an intriguing one, thanks to Priya Bajpal for supplying us with the inspiration for up to 100 or so words of absolute wisdom or in my case 100 words of utter nonsense, long may it continue!
So the first time I saw this I was in the smallest room and it came to me all at once; I just needed to work out who the protagonists were to be, whose reputation was to be ruined this week…
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Hope you enjoy, I can’t wait to see what spot i get this week, I think last weeks number 7 was definitely a one off, never to be repeated, maybe because I didn’t go out on New Year’s Eve I was thinking clearly.
Embezzled Extravagance ; chasing and devouring mice for the Marquis de Crabas, throughout the castle of the hoodwinked and terminated Ogre, troubled Puss when his master was jailed for tax fraud; another felony in a long line of scarcely secreted peccadillos.
He had concealed his boots in the utility room, under the sink, next to the light bulbs and travel iron, and was planning a future without his partner in crime.
A year later a naked, barefooted Puss opened the “Shell-Ter Wellness Centre” to the young, vulnerable and, he hoped, impressionable.
“How’d y’like to Fondle a Frisky Feline’s Fur-Balls?” he alliterated.
There we go, a tenuous link; a calm looking room, a table with shells in it led me to a manipulating feline quasi cult leader. And it’s 100 words on the nose!
The Count Of North Clifton 
The Wellness Center idea is genius. And hilarious. Puss has been stereotyped for too long. Maybe he wants to wear heals? Or wedges? Instead of boots!
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Love the Shel-ter wellness centre idea…
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Thanks, I thought about spiritual chancers as soon as I saw the photo! Thanks for reading.
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it doesn’t look good. he better run for dear life. 🙂
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A naked Puss (not) In Boots – what a mental image 🙂
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Yes not the prettiest of ideas!
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I think he will be feline OK after transitioning as a Guru of Guile. Along with the finanshell benefits that will come with the new job.
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Very clever, just purr-fect
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Teehee! What a villain!
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Thanks for reading Penny
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Dear Shrawley,
Someone needs to slip a Micky into his catnip. Sounds like he needs a swift boot in another part of his furry anatomy. In other words, you made me laugh so much I nearly hocked a hairball. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Glad I made you chuckle!!
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Oh that crafty feline! I enjoyed this, creative take on the photo.
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Thanks, all my tales are bastardised fairy tales and nursery rhymes
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Gives new depth to “fur ball”.
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Sure does!! Thanks for reading
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This certainly doesn’t seem like it’s going to end well! Great re-imagining in this piece.
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I can’t stop seeing Puss from Shrek as the protagonist. He had a way with the ladies, I can just see him as Well-ness guru. Great fun.
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Thanks , yes Shrek does seem a popular reference point
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Well, when I read the name Marquis de Carabas I immediately thought of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, so my mind went off on another tangent entirely!
Love the new career for Puss, the thought of all those poor, naive kittens passing through his paws! Nicely twisted tale
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Thanks , I had to look up the name of the puss in boots character, the Marquis. I’ll have to check out Neverwhere
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My pleasure. I loved Neverhwere, though of course, Gaiman is not for everyone. 🙂
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Had to read this twice. Just so I could laugh twice as hard the second time. You are soooo bad (in a good way, of course)
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Thanks Dale, sometimes I read many of them twice, there’s some really clever people around and quite often I have trouble understanding what’s going on!!
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I hear you. Though in the case of yours, it was to enjoy it twice.
Some of them, I canna lie, go way over my head… or are way too out there for my wee brain.
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Thank goodness for that, me too. Some of them I just don’t understand! I’ve read all of the FF ‘S this week, get me with time on my hands sat in front of the fire and staying up way too late!!
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I’m almost caught up…. starting a day late buggers everything up for me. I always try to read them all (except the ones I diss because they don’t reciprocate or even acknowledge comments…)
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I’m not very good at remembering who’s who! I’ve noticed sugar for the bee was not there this week or last I think, and Iain jelly too.
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I actually will open another window to check…True, no Sugar and Iain Kelly.. but that happens…
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Loved this clever take on the puss and his boots though I am guessing he has hung his boots forever. Liked the new métier too…
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Cheeky bugger!
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Crafty, I wonder how long he’ll be able to pull it off.
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I imagine it ending in disaster!
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Liked the alliteration. And of course a very clever take of the famous Puss, I don’t think his reputation is tarnished. He would be proud.
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Funny but so very true! Thanks for reading!
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