“Don’t you love being a pensioner?”
” Why? For the cheap public transport?”
“Absolutely. Where are we going today?”
“Let’s go on the Sunshine Coast Line.”
“That’s a long time in the train. What about something closer to home. We could get bored sitting for so long.”
“No problems for me. I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
“What have you done that’s so sensational?”
“Nothing silly. It’s a line from The Importance of being Earnest.”
“Why is it important to be earnest?”
“Forget it. We’ll do the Beenleigh line.”
In response to Charli’s prompt where this week she asks:
May 3, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) use a line in your story. You can think of the variation of the word meaning, or you can think of visual references. Go where the prompt leads.
Respond by May 15, 2018. Use the comment section below to share, read and be social. You may leave a link, pingback or story in the comments.
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Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
So I’m guessing the Beenleigh Line is very short? Pretty funny, and an accurate view of the misunderstood .
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Thanks Sharon. I have never been on the Beenleigh line but it is a suburban Brisbane line whereas the sunshine coast comes out of Brisbane and to Cooroy which is northwest of us. As an American is Oscar Wilde known as a playwright?
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Absolutely.
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ah blissful ignorance
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Indeed
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Don’t you just hate it when people don’t get these classic references? 🙂
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I thought perhaps Oscar Wilde was not someone known possibly as well as when I was younger so I wasn’t surprised that the character didn’t get it but I’m glad you did. LOL. Thanks
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May i know the prompt please? Sound interesting..
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The prompt is line – In 99 words (no more, no less) use a line in your story. You can think of the variation of the word meaning, or you can think of visual references. Go where the prompt leads.
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Thank you so much
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well, “why is it important to be earnest?” sounds like a perfectly reasonable question to me… haha
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LOL
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If I may be frank, this is surely clever. (wait for it…)
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LOL Thanks still laughing.
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I love this, Irene. Very clever, indeed.
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Thanks Robbie. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Yay, I love The Importance of Being Earnest and of course that’s definitely the best line.
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Thanks Anne. I don’t know whether Oscar Wilde is known in the USA – I would think he probably is but like you I know the Importance of Being Earnest well and I love that line.
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Lots of crossed lines including a perfectly pitched literary one!
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That’s true. Thanks for dropping by Charli.
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