OLWG #44 – The Way That Gentlemen Behave

03/04/201803/04/2018 tnkerr

Written for OLWG #44

Watson twisted the cork from the bottle and studied the Minister over the top of his half moons. He announced, “That’s bullshit Garner, and you know it. The situation is not black or white. We shouldn’t discuss right and wrong; we must define how far we -are -willing -to -go.” He splashed a measure of brown whisky in a glass and shoved it towards his colleague.

He searched for another glass, but wound up having to spill a batch of pencils from their customary ceramic mug. He filled it half way.

“Cheers.” he raised his mug to begin the negotiation.

OLWG presented the prompts with a drabble so I elected to respond in kind:

This week, the prompts were:

black or white
use this
bullshit

Don’t think! Write!
You have 25 minutes but if it takes longer – just don’t tell anyone.

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11 thoughts on “OLWG #44 – The Way That Gentlemen Behave”

dornahainds says:

04/04/2018 at 1600

Superb reasoning and storytelling. 😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀

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LRose says:

05/04/2018 at 2052

Hi TN – Dropping in to tell you I’ve deleted both of my blogs. The continued troll thing is not worth the grief. My account will remain active because, over the years, I’ve enjoyed following your blog and a few others. So I’ll keep following your blog and others.
Happy posting!

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1. tnkerr says:
  
  06/04/2018 at 0511
  
  I’m gonna miss you!
  
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2. Sarah Ann says:
  
  10/04/2018 at 0751
  
  I’m sorry to read you’ve deleted your blogs. That explains why the link I followed in my email to read one of your posts didn’t work. All the best.
  
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  1. tnkerr says:
    
    10/04/2018 at 0808
    
    I’m missing her already!
    
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  2. LRose says:
    
    10/04/2018 at 1232
    
    Thanks! As my comment mentioned, I’m still following, so happy writing!
    
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Sarah Ann says:

10/04/2018 at 0750

A great little vignette and you inserted those prompts so innocuously. Great use of the mug, just hope there wasn’t too much dust and spilt ink at the bottom 🙂

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Jules says:

15/10/2019 at 0940

Reminds me of the NCIS agent who dumps bolts out of his jars when he’s got unexpected company in his basement.

The alcohol’ll kill them germs. And the dust and dirt just adds to the flavor 😉

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Violet Lentz says:

07/12/2019 at 0315

Half a mug of whisky as an opener? I have to wonder how far the negotiations are going to get?

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1. tnkerr says:
  
  07/12/2019 at 0722
  
  Drinking at that rate? They might wrap this up in no time.
  
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  1. tnkerr says:
    
    07/12/2019 at 0723
    
    Or maybe not. You might be right.
    
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