Ferdinand
A Fun Trip contest entry16 total reviews
Comment from royowen
I think a good tale became even better at the end, when your pet frog, (and hero) was refused boarding, and you hopped your frog, Ferdinand all the way, (witch would take some doing overseas, jumping ship to ship. Beautifully written my friend, and blessings Roy
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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I think a good tale became even better at the end, when your pet frog, (and hero) was refused boarding, and you hopped your frog, Ferdinand all the way, (witch would take some doing overseas, jumping ship to ship. Beautifully written my friend, and blessings Roy
Comment Written 02-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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Thank you for the fantastic review, Roy. I appreciate the generous stars. I'm glad you liked this silly little tale. Have a great rest of your weekend.
Ron
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Well done
Comment from LJbutterfly
First of all, congratulations on your well deserved win. I thoroughly enjoyed this story, but I always did like fairytales. I was glad Ferdinand snapped up the old witch and swallowed her. Great story. Btw, the line spacing made it easier on the eyes to read the story.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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First of all, congratulations on your well deserved win. I thoroughly enjoyed this story, but I always did like fairytales. I was glad Ferdinand snapped up the old witch and swallowed her. Great story. Btw, the line spacing made it easier on the eyes to read the story.
Comment Written 02-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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Thank you for the great review, LJB. I really appreciate the generous stars and congrats. I'm glad you liked this silliness.
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Ron
Comment from Malcolm Rothery
Fab story, very enjoyable. I love quirky stories like this. The real world can be sooooo boring. You were brave in telling a story about a frog going to France. Tongue in cheek or slip of the tongue?
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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Fab story, very enjoyable. I love quirky stories like this. The real world can be sooooo boring. You were brave in telling a story about a frog going to France. Tongue in cheek or slip of the tongue?
Comment Written 02-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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Lol. Thank you for the great review, Malcolm. I really appreciate the generous stars, friend. I'm glad you liked this ridiculous tale.
Ron
Comment from Pantygynt
Taking a pet frog to France! That could have been dangerous. The French have strange appetites. I think the association of frogs with French people has more to do with alliteration and gustation than anything else. The traditional name for Frenchman amongst British sailors was not Froggie but 'John Crapaud', which is toad as I am sure you know.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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Taking a pet frog to France! That could have been dangerous. The French have strange appetites. I think the association of frogs with French people has more to do with alliteration and gustation than anything else. The traditional name for Frenchman amongst British sailors was not Froggie but 'John Crapaud', which is toad as I am sure you know.
Comment Written 02-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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Lol. Thank you for the great review, Pantygynt. At first I was going to have it ending with everyone having enough frog legs to last for months but figured I better not kill ol' Ferdinand off. I appreciate the stars, friend.
Ron
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
It sounds like Ferdinand is getting his own back on those Frenches who chop off the legs of unsuspecting frogs and fry them up for dinner. A quaint story, much enjoyed, you made me smile here, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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It sounds like Ferdinand is getting his own back on those Frenches who chop off the legs of unsuspecting frogs and fry them up for dinner. A quaint story, much enjoyed, you made me smile here, love Dolly x
Comment Written 02-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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Thank you for the fantastic review, Dolly. I thought about having a frog leg ending but figured I better not kill his beloved pet off. Lol. I'm glad you liked this silliness. Have yourself a great rest of your weekend.
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Ron
Comment from jessizero
This story was so cute! I loved reading about your adventures with Ferdinand. It's cool that you actually once had a pet frog. Your line breaks looked fine to me.
Thanks for sharing, and best wishes to you.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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This story was so cute! I loved reading about your adventures with Ferdinand. It's cool that you actually once had a pet frog. Your line breaks looked fine to me.
Thanks for sharing, and best wishes to you.
Comment Written 01-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
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Thank you for the great review and gracious stars, Jessi. I'm glad you liked this silly piece.
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Ron
Comment from Rachelle Allen
Those reviewers can't see the Wildewich witch's forest for the trees. (1) I don't see any break and (2) if I did, I'd simpy ignore them because the story's so damn good, who CARES!! Sheesh! Those are the same people who'd be mad if the word "Godiva" were spelled wrong on their box of the world's best chocolates.
FANTASTIC story: funny, well-paced, imaginative, BELIEVABLE in that wonderful fairy-tale-but-maybe-not? kind of way. You always do quality work.
And don't even get me STARTED on that photo you created!!!! HAHAHAHAA!! Your talent knows no bounds. xo
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022
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Those reviewers can't see the Wildewich witch's forest for the trees. (1) I don't see any break and (2) if I did, I'd simpy ignore them because the story's so damn good, who CARES!! Sheesh! Those are the same people who'd be mad if the word "Godiva" were spelled wrong on their box of the world's best chocolates.
FANTASTIC story: funny, well-paced, imaginative, BELIEVABLE in that wonderful fairy-tale-but-maybe-not? kind of way. You always do quality work.
And don't even get me STARTED on that photo you created!!!! HAHAHAHAA!! Your talent knows no bounds. xo
Comment Written 01-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022
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Thank you so much, Rachelle. Yeah, where the line breaks are aren't that big of deal to me either. I actually like playing in my art program just as much as writing. Often I'll spend 3 times as much time on the perfect picture rather what I wrote. That's happened numerous time. I love it. I wish I could figure out how to make money doing it. Lol. I dearly appreciate the stars and kind comments, Rachelle. I'm glad you liked my silly offerings. I hope you have a great upcoming weekend.
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Ron
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Oh my God! This is the funniest story I read in a long time. You have a wonderful imagination and a great sense of humor. When I read about the pet frog Ferdinand going to France with you, I automatically thought of French frog legs dish. LoL
The picture is wonderful and I don't see anything wrong with it.
Good luck in the contest, you got my vote.
Gypsy
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022
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Oh my God! This is the funniest story I read in a long time. You have a wonderful imagination and a great sense of humor. When I read about the pet frog Ferdinand going to France with you, I automatically thought of French frog legs dish. LoL
The picture is wonderful and I don't see anything wrong with it.
Good luck in the contest, you got my vote.
Gypsy
Comment Written 31-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022
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Hey, Gypsy, hi. Thank you so much for the great review and the big sixer. At first, I was thinking about the town having a month worth of frog legs but figured I'd better not kill off Ferdinand in a pet contest. Lol. I really appreciate the generous rating and support, G. I'm glad you liked my silly tale. Have yourself a fantastic day and thank you again.
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Ron
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You're welcomed. I love it!
Comment from SimianSavant
The line breaks are caused, as you know, from using Notepad as your text editor, then saving and closing and reopening it and pasting it into another editor. You won't notice it (as I too didn't, initially) if you are writing at the same resolution that you are publishing at, but if you resize your browser window on a laptop you'll notice.
If you turn on wordwrap, that might help, maybe not. Old habits die hard. I can't stop using Notepad either. I usually have 10-20 of those damn windows open when I am working, cause they are fast to open from the command line. But I'll give you a hint... I started doing a bunch of my editing at workdcounter.net and it remembers the last thing you edited. And its word count is more accurate than the one here. Not bad. Or, there's OneNote, which is great but I'm too fucking lazy to get around to using it consistently.
This was mildly entertaining. Ferdinand the frog does have a ring to it, almost making the reader forget about Ferdinand the peaceful bull. Was this picture of the Geico frog? Superbly edited, as always.
I haven't been on this site in a while. Working way too much to try to stop being broke. Probably taking a break from my membership. I can do this while doing physical labor, but when I'm sitting at the computer all day it's a lot harder to tell the mind to think creatively. FML. Someday I'll figure out how to balance my life and do what I'm actually meant to do. How have you been holding up?
And where is that Harambe logo when I need it?
-Harambe
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022
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The line breaks are caused, as you know, from using Notepad as your text editor, then saving and closing and reopening it and pasting it into another editor. You won't notice it (as I too didn't, initially) if you are writing at the same resolution that you are publishing at, but if you resize your browser window on a laptop you'll notice.
If you turn on wordwrap, that might help, maybe not. Old habits die hard. I can't stop using Notepad either. I usually have 10-20 of those damn windows open when I am working, cause they are fast to open from the command line. But I'll give you a hint... I started doing a bunch of my editing at workdcounter.net and it remembers the last thing you edited. And its word count is more accurate than the one here. Not bad. Or, there's OneNote, which is great but I'm too fucking lazy to get around to using it consistently.
This was mildly entertaining. Ferdinand the frog does have a ring to it, almost making the reader forget about Ferdinand the peaceful bull. Was this picture of the Geico frog? Superbly edited, as always.
I haven't been on this site in a while. Working way too much to try to stop being broke. Probably taking a break from my membership. I can do this while doing physical labor, but when I'm sitting at the computer all day it's a lot harder to tell the mind to think creatively. FML. Someday I'll figure out how to balance my life and do what I'm actually meant to do. How have you been holding up?
And where is that Harambe logo when I need it?
-Harambe
Comment Written 31-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022
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Hey, Harambe, hi. Yeah, I actually do the line breaks after I have it posted in here. I try to make the breaks just barely longer than the picture. I know that how zoomed in or out the reader has their computer set also makes a difference in how they see it. I'll get it figured out some day. I have a home PC. I don't have a laptop.
I had to look up Ferdinand the bull. Hadn't heard of him before.
No, this is just some tree frog I found in Google somewhere, that was close to the position I need it in. Lol.
Yes, having to earn a living just to stay afloat blows. I drive a truck all night and that gives me a lot of time to come up with stupid crap like this. I'm usually brain dead by the time I get home so I have to come up with this stuff while working. Once I have an idea, I'm always anxious to get home to play in my art program. I like that as much, if not more, as writing.
Everything's going okay here in FL. Nothing spectacular.
If you lost your pic I did for you, I'm sure I still have it and can get it to you again.
Thanks for the great review, friend. Glad to see you stopped in for a bit. Have a good one.
Ron
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I have the pic -- it's just the link is on my phone (stickied at the very top of my notes for quick reference) instead of my laptop cause I was too lazy to email it to myself.
Comment from Wendy G
I LOVE your imagination! And your creativity with images as well. You are right. There is truth with some fiction! And it makes for a wonderful fun story! Best wishes!
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022
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I LOVE your imagination! And your creativity with images as well. You are right. There is truth with some fiction! And it makes for a wonderful fun story! Best wishes!
Comment Written 31-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022
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Thank you, Wendy. You know me, I can't just go with simple. Lol. Yes, I love working with my art program as much as writing. Actually, I created the picture before I even came across the contest. They had an ad on here for Paintshop pro and it had a giant fish by a castle and I thought that was a pretty cool idea so I did one but with with the frog instead. Then I saw the contest and just couldn't pass it up. Ha. I'm glad you liked this silliness, Wendy. Thank you again.
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Ron
