Time for the Weekly Words Challenge again!This week we are playing with the words DOMESTIC and FOREIGN, and as always it is the tire-less fix-it-all Tink of Pickled Beef who comes up with the words for us shoot pictures of.
Well, you're not going to be surprised when I say I have an announcement or two to make before I move on to the pictures... that is just the way I do this every single Tuesday.
Am I a man of habit or what? (Just a bonus pointer to some random old post of mine...)
HoosierGirl5 over at The Coffee Table has honored me with this here award. Thanks, babe. Now, I do rock - but not only that - she thinks that I'm a HUNK too! Now that is sure to warm a guys heart up, right there!You're a BABE, darlin'!
This was actually the first award I was ever given too (back then it was Guilty Secret who gave it to me), so I've now got two names under this one in my Trophy Case.
Second of all - let me remind you that tomorrow is the deadline for the latest Picture Fiction Challenge. You still have until the 21st to post your stories if you're running a little late...As usual (if anything can be "usual" the second time around) I'll be looking forward to reading what you all come up with for this one. I've got a feeling we'll be presented with quite different stories from those who participate.
Even if you're not into writing fiction yourself, be sure to step by and read them all... it's better than any John Grisham novel (right?)
So... without further ado I now present this weeks WWC:
There you have it. My contribution this week!
Next week, the words will be TREASURE and JUNK. Junk should be easy... I'll just have to take some pictures of my personal belongings (LOL!).
Next week, the words will be TREASURE and JUNK. Junk should be easy... I'll just have to take some pictures of my personal belongings (LOL!).
34 comments:
That was really great! Great take and display of foreign and domestic. Well, I didn't play.
Unlike me to be flaky.
I had this big idea about the beer thing, but then I forgot while at the store (due to chasing children at the store). Who knows, the day isn't over yet.
You're very domesticated dude. You can cook and wash your own dishes. Chicks love men who can cook and clean. Well, it hasn't helped me all that much, but I'm sure it will work for you.
Excellent pics as usual dude.
Look how neat and clean your kitchen is! I'm very impressed.
I love the view from your living room - it looks really pretty with the snow covering everything.
lovins,
fiwa
You have mighty handsom sausage! *wink wink*
Of course you are a hunk! Check out domestic you sporting a yellow shirt. I'm impressed by the clean kitchen.
Those sausages look tasty
great pics! congrats on the award. I am itching with anticipation to post my pfc! it's not even like it's super spectacular or anything. I just don't like having to wait, after I've gotten it all written and everything. I think I'm going to post it at like midnight tonight! maybe I'll cheat and post it sweden time! :)
anyway . . . the food looks good. maybe that's cause I'm on my lunch break. and I recognized one of your 'foreign' coins - it is domestic to me!! also, it's old! we don't have those eagle quarters anymore! well I gues some of them are floating around still, but they aren't making them anymore. (but I'm sure you knew that, you seem to be so up with the times and US news.)
sorry for this comment's randomness and lack of capitalization. I do that sometimes. :)
Em
Nothing I like more than a man who isn't afraid to post pics of his sausage!
Hope your head feels better today.
Congrats on the award!!
Excellent WWC as usual. Beer is the theme!! So when you say foreign, do you mean foreign to us here or you there?
Farmer's Wife: Thanks. Yeah, you still have time to get a post in there...
Jay: The cooking and cleaning abilities haven't done anything for me either ;)
But, one must never give up hope, right?
Fiwa: Thank you. I actually like to keep in nice and clean around me... most of the time.
And, that view is a lot better when it's green out there!
Leighann: Thanks. Just don't put THAT sausage in the frying pan ;)
Knight: Ha! Thanks. Yeah, that yellow shirt is for home alone use only ;)
Joel: There's a whole line of foreign sausages to choose from - I like Hungarian Kolbasz the most... these were new to me, but they were good.
Emmeline: I'll be preparing my PFC tonight, I hope ;)
Oh, and the coins said domestic AND foreign... so I put both US and swedish coins in there... and a Euro coin that I didn't know I had ;)
Dana: Well, I'm not ashamed of my sausage ;)
G-Man: My head is much better today, thank you.
For this WWC I tried to mix the foreign word a bit - the different languages are neither Swedish or English - the coins are both and the caption reads both, so no matter how you look at it - it works. The beer was labeled domestic, as it is domestic to where I am... it's all very confusing sometimes ;)
If I talk about foreign normally - neither Sweden or the US is considered foreign to me... it's "home" either way.
I love your use of angles. But there is NO WAY I would eat sausage of unknown ingredients. You are a brave man, REH. If you die of poisoning, can I have your... um... say, what do you have? ;)
Were those fishsticks? Mmm... delicious fishsticks...
*WANT*
I'm a domestic perfectionist who likes French triple milled soaps and english chintz furniture :)
Happy Tuesday to you, R.E.H. !
I like the bonus pictures. So deserted out there. It's like 28 Days Later in Sweden.
You should have read the label on your beer. The name says "BLA." You ended up feeling "BLA" for two days.
On the other hand I like that your dish soap is called "YES." What a positive sounding cleaning product. I wonder if there's a toilet cleaner called "NO" or a toilet plunger called "OH NO" or a power washer for explosive diarrhea called "OH GOD NO."
You could have an air freshener called "LATER" or a very strong air freshener called "MUCH LATER." For lazy people who don't clean at all there could be an air freshener called "NEVER" that comes in a fire extinguisher sized bottle.
For optimists there could be a window cleaning product called "OUTLOOK" and every 1 Liter bottle would have exactly 500 ml in it with a label that says "Half Full." The pessimists could buy the exact same bottle - the label on the back of the bottle would say "Half Empty."
For people who can't commit there could be a tile cleaner called "DILEMA." It would be a normal bottle but with two spouts that dispense the exact same cleaner.
Wow, I've written most of my response without knocking you in the balls. Shame on me... I'm not living up to my reputation. Time to put on the steel toe boots and aim straight for your meat and potatoes...
Here it comes!
Ah, food. Look at those eats. Not one green vegetable in sight. I hope you at least admit to the existence of green vegetables. To deny the holocaust is one thing but to deny the existence of green veggies?
I mean you could put a sprig of parsley on your plate. You wouldn't have to eat it. You could just look at it. You know... Imagine eating a little healthier. You know they have frozen vegetables.
Isn't Sweden right next to the sea? The sea is that thing that fish come out of right? Fresh fish? Not frozen? Not torn up into mulch and pressed into sticks in a factory?
I'm not saying you should buy a boat or anything. I'm just sure someone in your area has access to some of the finest fresh seafood in the world. Sausage in a bag? Frozen too? Are you saving electricity by keeping all your food on the balcony?
Ramen Noodles - Fifteen Beers - Frozen Food!?! This isn't a diet it's a cry for help. Are we going to find you slashing your wrists with a deep fried chocolate bar next week?
Maybe your stomach will do a blog post. "OMG I think R.E.H. is trying to kill me. Help! Send some antacid!"
I just thought your meal needed to be seasoned with a little sarcasm... Okay a lot of sarcasm. Alright, giant loads of sarcasm!
However, speaking as a person who lives in a land locked part of the world very far from the sea I find it crazy that you eat fish sticks. I'd be eating fresh fish every day.
I've heard that Sweden has some of the best cuisine in the world. You're really letting the country down. Wave the flag and eat something nice this week. God only gave you one colon. Use it for good and not evil. Go in peace my son.
Until next time "YES!"
that's A LOT of beer! Buckets o' beer!
Golly - no wonder your brain ached. You must've had 7 axes in the back of your head.
re: Ireland. I've never been and so want to, but I wouldn't do it on a bus either! I'd rather rent a car and bicycle through - stopping when and where ever. Bus schmus. Fahgedaboudit. Drop the ladeez and go with your bud.
I'm just sayin'.
Tink: Thanks. I'd say if a store sells the sausages - people eat them, and I haven't heard of anyone dying from them... so I'm assuming they are safe ;)
And what I've got... hmmm... well, it's not gonna be of any use to you when I'm dead ;)
Sparkling Red: Yes, those are fish sticks. Delicious ones too!
Loving Annie: And, that's what makes you a classic domestic perfectionist ;)
Thanks.
Unsigned: Oh, boy. Now you're going to judge my eating habits based on two pics of food being prepared...
First of all. I do not prepare any vegetables in the frying pan - unless I'm preparing some asian "wok" food. I rarely DO eat cooked vegetables for two reasons - I prefer fresh ones, and I can't be bothered wasting more dishes and time making them.
Here's the deal - plain and simple. I'm a single MALE human being. It's short of a miracle that I don't solely rely on Mac'n'Cheese and other forms of quick eats.
I choose fish sticks because I like them, and I hadn't eaten any in at least two months prior to today. I have in the mean-time prepared many other fish delicacies... though I will admit to bying frozen fish simply because that's about half price of the fresh fish... which incidentally usually comes from Norway, which is much more of a fishing nation than Sweden.
If you were to ask any one who knows me, you would know that most everyone is impressed with the diversity and nutrition that I feed myself, being the single guy that I am. No other single guy that I know of eat half as healthy as I do.
Do I eat healthy every day? Hell no!
Do I eat healthy most of the time? I try to... the only thing I can agree with that you said is that I could use some more veggies, but I substitute that with other things to balance up the vitamins and iron gathered from that - mainly fruit.
Besides - I don't know of anyone who makes their sausages from scratch - you buy them ready made, and those were not the frozen kind.
I frequently vary potatoes (as seen in both these photos - once boiled, once fried), rice and pasta which is all full of needed protein, seeing as I work out on a regular basis.
I almost always help myself to a healthy serving of lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber - sometimes carrots on the side.
You know - just try not to judge too quickly.
You were already wrong about the Ramen, which you mistook for a meal - when it is in fact a post-work-out "snack" - after which I've had an actual meal before going to the gym.
Jen: Yeah, those beers did a world of hurt... the day after ;)
The Ireland trip is pretty much off... as far as going with the girls that is. We're still talking about going on our own, on our terms.
I love a man in the kitchen! I thought those fish sticks were potato sticks--those I would eat. And the sausages! Dianne had me craving them yesterday & now here you are frying them up.
It's warm & you could be grilling those sausages on the BBQ, not a snowflake in sight---pack your bags already!
Oh, too funny. Guess we both woke up to winters last attempt at being funny. Well, here in MN it is probably not it's last attempt. I'm pretty confident in that we will have more snow. But, it's warm and it melts fast. Well, 40 degrees warm. We call it heart attack snow when it's really moist and heavy. As in, shoveling it will give you a heart attack. Oh, the joys......And very very nice WWC's. I like the domestic cooking and cleaning. Very clever.
fish stick and fried potatoes?? One of my all time favs!!!! Yummy in the tummy!!!!!!!
The yes soap is cool!!!! and, you my dear...look in great shape! I'm just saying...... :)
I really think unsigned desperately needs to do his/her own blog. All the first part of the comment he/she left basically "was a blog post."
Boy, wouldn't it be nice to pop in over there and then we could all ramble analytically. LOL!!
[Obviously, I'm in a mood. And, not totally pleasant. Moods make me brash] But, I still don't take it back.
Who wants to read "Unsigned?" And, comment?
I won't be jealous this time that you drank that beer without me!
And you are lucky I'm watching tv, because I don't think I would have finish the fiction outake for tomorrow!
And congrats for your award!
My PFC is up. I know, I know, it's still the 18th, but only for 30 more minutes! Besides, in Sweden, where the PFC was INVENTED, it's already deadline day! So I call it fair. :) Anyway, link me!
Em
Congrats on the awards!
Very well said on the pics!
*applause*
Good job EM. Don't blame you. And, I agree, we can cheat by the time separation AND r.e.h. allows time on the other end for later entries...so, Sweden time works for me.
Hmmmmmmm. Maybe I should go ahead and post my crappy ass PFC too. Well, it came to me quite fondly, but...I'm not sure it's postable quality.
Oops. I'm bloggin here. Same thing I accused "unsigned" of. Okay, I'll go back to my own space...but...where is r.e.h.?
Jo: Fish sticks are yummy!
Oh, and you just keep making me jealous of the weather over there... It might just push me over the edge and I'll start packing ;)
Newt: I'd call that snow on my pics "heart attack" snow, because after no snow for the past three weeks, and all of a sudden you wake up to that is enough to stop your heart. I hate the snow!
TT: Well, Thank You. I've still got some ways to go to be in "great" shape - but I'm working on it. The "Yes" soap is the best, really - no other brand lasts half as long as a bottle like that one.
Farmer's Wife: Yeah, I can see what you're saying. Now, honestly - at times I'm enjoying this little "game" - but sometimes it's taking up too much space. And, like I said in my reply here - she should really wait before judging.
Starting her own blog would be neat - so we could fix to understand a few things about her as well ;)
Jill: I kinda wish you'd been here to drink some of those... that way I wouldn't have had them all myself ;)
Emmeline: I'll get right on it. Gotta finish my own entry first... phew! Wish I didn't always leave everything 'til the very last minute!
Butterfly Girl: Thank You.
Farmer's Wife: I'm here! ;)
Go ahead and post your PFC - I'm sure it's nowhere near crappy!
Mine is going to stink, however... because I'm starting it NOW! (I was gonna write it last night, but I'd forgotten all about the hockey finals over here... and my team was on!)
I love the coins photo.
Looking pretty hot there in your yellow shirt! and a man in a kitchen actually doing something is sexy ;)
I'm almost done with my PFC - I'll make the 21st, hopefully sooner. I hate being late.
Dianne: I like to eat in the kitchen... ;)
Don't worry about being late with the PFC... I'm struggling to make it today myself ;)
Darling, even if I would have been there with you, you would have been the one drinking all of those beers! I hate beer aftertaste!
Up to translate my fiction outtake!
Jill: Well, I might have had other things than beer on my mind at least ;)
Congratulations again... and thanks for the link love :)
Guilty Secret: Thanks... and - any time!
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