Questions! Contests!
We’ve been writing and talking about The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes on this blog for months. Now it’s over to you. For the next six weeks, we’ll put up questions for you to use your imaginations on, and we’ll play, too. Basically, we entertained you (well, we tried), it’s your turn now.
And to make this even more interesting, we’re going have a contest for the first four weeks. The first week, Dee’s giving away a framed needlepoint of butterflies (Eileen needlepoints) and a signed copy (yes, all three signatures) of The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes to somebody picked at random from the answers to the questions posted on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
All you have to do is answer the questions, we’ll choose somebody at random from the comments between June 25 and July 1, and the winner will have butterflies on her (or his) wall and a book signed by all of us. Life is good.
NOTE: I completely screwed up this post which is why some people entered below. I’ve rewritten it now. Contest starts tomorrow, with Dee’s question.
Sorry, I’ve been doing fifty thousand things at once and this one I bobbled.
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No-one’s commented yet. I wonder if everyone is holding back on their witty responses until the 25th because this blog post was posted on the 24th, and winners will be chosen from among those who comment ‘between June 25 and July 1′. Or it might just be that most of the regulars are asleep and I’m here first because I’m in a different time zone.
Having watched Miss Congeniality, and taking that as my guide because it has ‘Miss’ in the title, just like The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes, I’m sure a winning answer must include the words ‘world peace’. I’m sure shapeshifting, alchemy and telekinesis would come in very handy for someone wanting to ensure world peace. If one could transmute radioactive metals into non-radioactive ones, for example, that would be a good start.
Goody goody. Just in time for my birthday.
Each of the talents has their appeal. I’ve found it hard to pick just one. But, given my driving style, telekinesis is for me. One little nudge and that radar unit isn’t pointed at me. Imagine the look on the officer’s face when he checks the display only to find the speed is no longer 15mph over but a mere 2 mph under.
Alchemy: I will be able to turn baked beans on toast into any type of meal, no matter what the ingredients or how time consuming or complicated it is to make. In five minutes and on a budget of £10 a week for a family of four, I will be able to prepare anything. Only 15 minutes a day spent preparing meals for the rest of my life. (You can get your own snacks!) I’ll also be able to have a donut with sprinkles that stays fresh day after day after day…
Telekinesis: From this day forward there will be no parking space in which I cannot park. I’ll boldly park where I’ve never been able to park before. In ONE confident, slick manoeuvre I will be able to reverse parallel park on a 1:3 hill. Tight squeezes? 3 point turn? I’ll turn that car in one!
Shapeshifting with a twist: I will always be able to fit that dress or the shoes that catch my eye, Every-Single-Time. No shoe that I desire will ever squash my toes or slip off the back of my heal again. A georgeous dress that fits perfectly everywhere except for the bust/waist wherever, will fit like a glove. I’ll lengthen my toes or increase/decrease my bust/waist to fit the clothes I want. Just think, anything in anystore will always fit perfectly…
Hey, you caught me on a shallow and greedy day!
Really looking forward to reading the book.
So basically–sorry about the screw-up, sorry, sorry–Ubergeek can re-post her answer on Friday with Mare’s question, and Gini can post hers on Monday for Dee, Wednesday for Lizzie, and Friday for Mare.
And good for you on the world peace, Laura. I always knew you were the senstive sort.
I can’t believe how badly I worded that post. Well, I was tired.
Dee’s contest starts tomorrow with “What would you do if you had Dee’s power?” ARGH.
(And as an example of how my week’s been going, this comment ended up in the spam folder. My own website thinks I’m a spammer. I’m going to go take a hot bath now.)
hey, i had a question…bell book and candle in what section of the rental store?????????
thank you
Probably under “really bad movies” although Jack Lemmon is great in it.
Romantic comedy?
Drama?
aw, i liked that movie. i think in the book you had it in the worse than the sound, or not as bad as they sound. my kid put the grab on the book, so i can’t reference it.
i liked the movie. even named my cat pywaket, beautiful long hair siamese…deep blue eyes
Here’s my confession. I liked it a lot, too. It’s just so…unJimmy Stewart.
Actually I woke up thinking about the name Merle Kittredge and it suddenly occurred to me that that was Kim Novak’s nemesis from Bell, Book and Candle. And I hadn’t seen Jenny’s post. I spent yesterday working on the quilt so maybe Pywackt (which Jenny deliberately spelled wrong) et al. have sunk into my unconscious. And I liked the movie too. Great play (John van Druten, I think).
Now someone will tell me it’s not John van Druten and it wasn’t Merle Kittredge and I’ll slink away in shame.
Still liked the movie though.
I beg your pardon??? My comment is awaiting moderation?
We are not amused.
Krissie, I don’t know how that happened. My comments ended up in the spam folder on two of the blogs. Mercury is in retrograde. Blame it on Mercury.
If I had the power of transformation/shapeshifter I would love to be able to sometimes be the proverbial “fly on the wall”.