- ~Jetta Girl~ / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND
We’d dieted for ever. Weight was dropping off her; I was wasting away.
“I’d give my back teeth for an éclair.”
“And I’d die for strawberry cheesecake.”
Tomorrow: Dentist first, then the cemetery.
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(The 33 word challenge this week was to provide a 33 word example of Hyperbole: exaggeration used for effect.)
About Sandra
I used to cruise the French waterways with my husband four or five months a year, and wrote fiction and poetry. Now I live on the beautiful Dorset coast, enjoying the luxury of being able to have a cat, cultivating an extensive garden and getting involved in the community. I still write fiction, but only when the spirit moves me - which isn't as often as before. I love animals, F1 motor racing, French bread and my husband, though not necessarily in that order.
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Having only coffee for breakfast, that cheesecake looks amazing.
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Wish I could manage on just coffee… 😦
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Very well written 🙂
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Thank you !
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I certainly hope it’s hyperbole!! And that reminds me I haven’t had breakfast yet. Best remedy that situation immediately. I, thank goodness, am not slimming. 🙂
janet
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You’re very lucky Janet! I always seem to be watching my weight.
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We all watch our weight–the problem is what is does while we’re watching! 🙂
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Ha! This is great (:
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Thank you!
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Terrific idea for the prompt. Off to the grocery store I go for cheesecake…
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I know, it looks so appetising… Thanks for dropping by.
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very fun … the desperation of dieting!
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So true! Thanks for commenting.
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Mmm… cheesecake! Very nice use of hyperbole – also, really great use of temptation! 😉
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I can’t remember when I last had cheesecake… oh yes, about two weeks ago… 😦
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OMG DIETS ARE WORSE THAN DEATH!
[pls excuse the hyperbole CAPS]
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Nice hyperbole!
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I totally feel you!
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Fellow dieter? 🙂
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Yes! I’ve been on a diet for two years now. I have some minor health problems and I must follow a specific diet! I must admit that I don’t get hungry during the day, but having to eat the same food over and over again tends to be boring!
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There is a subliminal message in the cheesecake. It is working.
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It never stops… 🙂
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I like how you added a twist to what would have been cliches and made them fresh and fun. Good job! 🙂
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Thank you!
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You just managed to mention two of my favorite things… and one of my least. Nice work, Sandra.
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Death or the dentist? 😉 Not much between them I guess…
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Oh, I don’t worry about Death.
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Lovely use of hyperbole. That photo is making me hungry.
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It’s a wonderful picture. Mmmm!
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Lol! That sure was a good one 🙂
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Thank you!
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Humour noir!
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If I’d had more words I’d have used ‘noir forest gateau’. 😉
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Great. A quadruple dose of hyperbole, each one topping the other!
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Thanks! I wish I could have quadruple cheesecake…
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haha sounds like something i’d say. awesome hyperbole ^^
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Thanks kz for dropping by.
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the temptation! it can be hard to live with!
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Impossible I’d say. Thanks for dropping by.
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Ha!ha!Too good-loved that last P.S;-)Oh btw,what a yummy photo-I better not start bingeing now,lol!
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🙂 I’ve stared at that photo all weekend, whilst nibbling crispbreads.
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