How to be confused

Posted on December 8, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged cuttlefish, gobbledegook, Humour, not AI, paragraph, Playing, Poet, possible, response, sentence, Thinking, Words1 Comment

A poet I know has published a long paragraph purporting to be by artificial intelligence. I think he wrote it himself? It is like one of those sentences that you write by using the central choice on your keypad to generate a string of words, but much more complicated. For example :

I think I was a child and I used to be a sunset……

Would be a generated sentence.

I’m not using any AI to write but I decided to say something using the word “cuttlefish” just because I thought of it.

So…… here goes.

“Very old cuttlefish walk across pink dessert avenues. They mean nothing to the public air. Hand wash slowly, using cranium crystals. Bleep out sanding shores. Official decision is required before trash can be planted in allergies.”

I guess you can write anything, but will it be understandable, and if infinite monkeys are not able to write Shakespeare, will AI make it so?

Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Carved, Dark, Field, Halloween, Humour, Life, Pumpkin, Scary?, Short story, tealightsLeave a comment

I saw a weird thing tonight, I walked past a field and I saw, I think I saw? All the pumpkins were still in the field, but already carved. Each had a grotesque face, and light flickering within them. But the stems were still attached and no smoke or burning smells? Very odd.

Its Halloween and I felt crrreeeped out, but an hour later I quietly walked back. I had to know what was going on. It was only when I was on the path and walking in the opposite direction I saw what I’d missed before….

The sign saying

“Ready carved pumpkins, let us do the work, you take the credit” and “tealights included”.

I wished I’d gone to bed!

9 years ago…

Posted on October 12, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged 9 years ago, Bay, blow up bed, can it be so long ago?, Devon, Hubby, Humour, Life, Memories, Sea, trowel1 Comment

In Devon 9 years ago, hubby had an idea to paddle our blow up bed with a trowel to see if he could get across the bay…. not a good idea as the wind was blowing out to sea… he has these odd ideas, which slightly worry me sometimes..

Dilemma? Esther Chiltons blog prompt.

Posted on September 25, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Balance, dilemma, Esther Chiltons weekly prompt, Humour, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Time2 Comments

Dilemma? Shall I stay or go?
Balance up the positives and negatives?
They balance out precisely!
Canvass friends and family?
Some say yes, some say go.
How do I feel?
Pleased and alarmed in equal measure!
How to decide?
Flip a coin!

My dilemma today? I’ve posted this twice!

Do I delete?

Anecdote on wiper blades

Posted on September 15, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged anecdote, Broken, Car, Driving, Funny, Humour, Memory, side to side, String, Tied up, Windscreen wipers2 Comments

My windscreen wiper motor broke down on the way back from Birmingham once, so we titd a string to one wiper, put it through the driver and passenger windows and tied it to the other wiper, We got cold and wet but at least I could see what was going on. Hubby pulled the string side to side while I drove! We got some peculiar looks on the way home! Especially when we stopped at traffic lights… People were laughing at us!

I remembered this after reading about the woman from America who invented windscreen wipers in the 1890s after seeing a tram driver struggling to see the road through his window in a snowstorm in New York.

Awesome

Posted on September 5, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged awesome, complexity, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2052, Humour, Limerick, redundant, Thinking, WordsLeave a comment

If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be?

I do sometimes use the word awesome on social media. It sort of explains my thoughts about some of the images online. But to be honest it is too easy to use. You don’t have to think of more subtle descriptions.

An ‘awesome’ limerick:

There once was an awesome post

On a website I used to host….

I realised my words

Were really absurd

And I hated ‘awesome’ most.

I just think it exaggerates the importance of an object ot person. To look on something in awe, is to see something of great style, beauty or extraordinary complexity. You would not call a bag of crisps awesome. Nor would you describe a cup of cappuccino and a muffin at the local cafe awesome as you took ten photographs of them. My point is words like awesome should only be used in exceptional circumstances. I need to give it up.

Don’t ask!

Posted on August 29, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2045, don't do, Feelings, Humour, Memory, Poem, Poetry, Thinking, Time, WarningsLeave a comment

How are you feeling right now?

I just want to be well

Not feeling low

Tired and fed up

Don’t do this?

Be careful not to…

Avoid salt

Don’t eat cheese

Remember to wrap up warm

Think calm thoughts

Measure your blood pressure

Check your eyes

Don’t eat too much…..

And pray to stay alive each night!

Backyard

Posted on August 10, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Back yard, Colour, Flowers, Gardening, Hanging baskets, Humour, Olympics, Poem, PoetryLeave a comment

There’s not enough space

I can’t get past!

I have to hop over the hose

Skip over the empty pots

Jump into the back door

When I’ve watered it all.

I’m watching the Olympics

Thinking could this be

A new green event?

Cat underfoot

Posted on August 9, 2024 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Head, Humour, Paws, Poem, Poetry, Trip hazard, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Oi get out my way!

I want to go to bed.

I know the cat sat on the mat,

But you are way to fat

Just move out of my way

I don’t want to trip over your head

Or get downed by your paw!

Just move off the floor!

You’re a trip hazard….

Cats

Posted on July 16, 2024 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Choice, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2002, Dogs, Funny, Humour, LifeLeave a comment

Dogs or cats?

Cats are very loving, except when they give you the cold shoulder! They are aloof but also demanding. They can be funny.

One advantage, you don’t have to take them for a walk, just install a catflap!

They can be cheeky, friendly, mad, crazy, and run about so fast they are like miniature cheetahs!

They like company, and will try and get your attention when you least expect it. Walking over your keyboard and flopping down just as you get to that important clause in the contract you were writing.

By the way I still like dogs, but I’ve grown up with cats and I love them.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Humour