Carrot Ranch Prompt (07/25/2023): In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story based on the phrase “commitment in a can.” What is the commitment and to whom? Describe the can. How does it expand the story? Go where the prompt leads!
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Step right up, ladies and gents, to the newest wonder of the modern world! Straight from the rainforests of Borneo, where wonders never cease! In my hand, I hold the answer to all your energy needs, your point of concentration, the tiller of your soul!
Careful, ma’am, don’t get too close. This stuff is explosive!
I swear on my mother’s grave, Coca Castille Kola is commitment in a can! Only $29.99 buys you a ticket to the stars in a single gulp! Write that novel, win true love! This product’ll change your life, or my name isn’t Fernando Castille!
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2023)
(Apologies extended to newer ranchers who hadn’t run across our friend Nanjo before. He popped up at the Ranch under curious circumstances, and is part of the collective unconscious. Just ask Charli!)
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Liz, you had me at your title. I laughed out loud without even reading your story, which is just brilliant. Yes! I’d love some of that. Are you sure it’s just spam?
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Just Spam? JUST Spam!? I hail from Minnesota…the birthplace of that legendary lunchmeat in a tin! Ain’t no ‘Just’ about it! 😂😂😂😉
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😂😂😂 Oh dear. Sorry. Didn’t mean to offend. 😂😂😂
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I’d happily have some of that right now 😄
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Skol and cheers!
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That there must be some strong carrot juice! ;)
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You have NO idea! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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A drink with a Velvet Hammer? ;)
Goes down smooth and hits you hard later!
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Something like that…or like the original Coca Cola, mayhaps?
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from the net; Coca-Cola’s history has been well-documented. The drink was invented in 1885 by John Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia, who made the original formula in his backyard. Pemberton’s recipe contained cocaine in the form of an extract of the coca leaf, which inspired the “Coca” part of the beverage’s name. The “Cola” comes from the kola nut (which contains caffeine, another stimulant).
…When Coca-Cola was invented, cocaine was legal and a common ingredient in medicines. People thought it was safe to use in small amounts.
So really there wasn’t all that much unless you guzzled the stuff. :D
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It’s a great origin story, though, isn’t it?
And of course, Nanjo has his own secret recipe! 😉
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:D
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Where can I get me some of that?
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At an unscheduled pop-up near somewhere…but quick! Purchase before midnight, last night…😉
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Okay, I’ll hurry hurry to purchase before this great deal goes away!
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😂🐧
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Do you ship to the UK? ;) Great story.
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Sadly, avoid where prohibited…😉😄
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He’s got a tempting sales pitch 😎😂
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Always something on offer!
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😂
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