Comments for Will word for food http://www.willwordforfood.com Will Word For Food is my writing portfolio site, including lessons and articles about writing for the web. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:06:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on A poem about otters by Sharon http://www.willwordforfood.com/article/a-poem-about-otters/comment-page-1/#comment-876 Sharon Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:06:06 +0000 http://www.willwordforfood.com/?p=45#comment-876 you left out the bit about otters pockets ;) you left out the bit about otters pockets ;)

]]> Comment on Creative writing course: mixed similies by James http://www.willwordforfood.com/article/creative-writing-course-mixed-similies/comment-page-1/#comment-867 James Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:28:06 +0000 http://www.willwordforfood.com/?p=43#comment-867 Very nice Adam. I like similes that aren't really similes. I'm reminded of: 'The boulders rushed through the air around him, like playful puppies - except much larger, much heavier, and infinitely more likely to kill you if one happened to land on you' - or words to that effect - 'Life, the Universe and Everything - DNA'. Will you expand on this tale in the future? Very nice Adam. I like similes that aren’t really similes. I’m reminded of: ‘The boulders rushed through the air around him, like playful puppies – except much larger, much heavier, and infinitely more likely to kill you if one happened to land on you’ – or words to that effect – ‘Life, the Universe and Everything – DNA’.

Will you expand on this tale in the future?

]]> Comment on A poem about otters by Marla http://www.willwordforfood.com/article/a-poem-about-otters/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Marla Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:02:52 +0000 http://www.willwordforfood.com/?p=45#comment-832 I appreciate this playful ditty. Don't think I'll ever look at an otter the same way again! :) I appreciate this playful ditty. Don’t think I’ll ever look at an otter the same way again! :)

]]> Comment on The world’s hardest joke to get right? by Kate Ievers http://www.willwordforfood.com/question/the-worlds-hardest-joke-to-get-right/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Kate Ievers Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:50:52 +0000 http://www.willwordforfood.com/question/the-worlds-hardest-joke-to-get-right/#comment-402 Thank you for giving me something more interesting to write this afternoon than the brochure I was supposed to be doing: Bob Marley pops out to the bakery to buy something nice for the Wailers’ afternoon tea. He asks them what they’d like, and they throw caution to the wind and tell him to surprise them. This makes him a bit nervous. He really hates having to decide for other people, in case he disappoints them. What if he got, say, a cream horn for the bass player and an éclair for the guy on drums, and they were both secretly seething with envy over the backing singer’s custard slice? He gets to the bakery window, and looks in at the rows of sticky, creamy, squidgy, sugary cakes. It makes him feel even worse - they all look so lovely! Oh God, he thinks, this is a nightmare. What do I do? Just then he notices a sign next to the display. It says ‘doughnuts – 5 for £1’. That’s it! Thinks Bob. Everyone can have the same. It’s a win-win situation: I bag a bargain, and the Wailers won’t be jealous of one another’s treats. A few minutes later, Bob arrives back at the studio. “Hey Bob!” Call the Wailers. “The kettle’s on. What did you get us?” “Well,” says Bob. “It was very hard to decide. Once I saw the doughnuts I thought I was home and dry – but they come with so many fillings! There were custard ones, apple ones, chocolate ones, cream ones. In the end I just decided I’d get everyone the same thing, to make it completely fair. So I got my favourite kind - I got the ones with jam in... I just hope you like jammin too.“ Thank you for giving me something more interesting to write this afternoon than the brochure I was supposed to be doing:
Bob Marley pops out to the bakery to buy something nice for the Wailers’ afternoon tea. He asks them what they’d like, and they throw caution to the wind and tell him to surprise them. This makes him a bit nervous. He really hates having to decide for other people, in case he disappoints them. What if he got, say, a cream horn for the bass player and an éclair for the guy on drums, and they were both secretly seething with envy over the backing singer’s custard slice? He gets to the bakery window, and looks in at the rows of sticky, creamy, squidgy, sugary cakes. It makes him feel even worse – they all look so lovely! Oh God, he thinks, this is a nightmare. What do I do? Just then he notices a sign next to the display. It says ‘doughnuts – 5 for £1’. That’s it! Thinks Bob. Everyone can have the same. It’s a win-win situation: I bag a bargain, and the Wailers won’t be jealous of one another’s treats.
A few minutes later, Bob arrives back at the studio. “Hey Bob!” Call the Wailers. “The kettle’s on. What did you get us?”
“Well,” says Bob. “It was very hard to decide. Once I saw the doughnuts I thought I was home and dry – but they come with so many fillings! There were custard ones, apple ones, chocolate ones, cream ones. In the end I just decided I’d get everyone the same thing, to make it completely fair. So I got my favourite kind – I got the ones with jam in… I just hope you like jammin too.“

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