This piece was written for the Six Sentence Challenge, with the prompt word of ‘express’.
- Express
- (v) exude through the pores, as in emotion, words, milk, sweat, BO, unctuousness, and conspiracy theories
- (adj) commonly used to describe the speed of bullet trains but in fact not as fast as Superman
- Espresso
- (n) Actual coffee (not Starbuck’s 364 variations on dirty water in a bucket)
- (n) Very fast train in Italy
- Expresso – (n) What half the world says when they mean ‘espresso’
- Ex-press
- (n) Former journalist
- (n) Burnt-out clothes iron
- Express instructions – (n) Directions given so quickly that you forget everything after ‘You just ..’
- Express post – (n) A mythological faster-than-normal form of mail that people are willing to pay to believe in.
Six Crooked Highways 
Wonderfully put, especially about “expresso.” That one really bothers me.
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Thanks, Mimi. Drives me nuts as well. 🙂
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Extraordinarily expressive Six, Doug. And it was fun! And that’s what this is all about, yes?
1, 5 and 6 are favs 😀
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Thanks, Denise.
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Haha, a joy read, thank you!
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I’m glad, Cassa 🙂
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That made me laugh. Especially the express mail. A friend has just waited 6 weeks for express post from Melbourne 😂
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made my day. I hate espresso !!! and those who say it incorrectly.
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I’ll pray for you, UP, that you may one day come to your senses. 🙂
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Nice approach to the prompt. Interesting description: “Starbuck’s 364 variations on dirty water in a bucket”.
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Having visited the US many times, Frank, I know of what I speak. I once stood behind a woman at Starbucks (I was ordering tea) whose detailed requirements for her brew was longer then the Gettysburgh Address. 😉
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Nice!*
*Not merely the content** but (your) taking the whole Six Sentence directive thing and turning it upside over.. muy creativito***
**which is fun
*** not a ‘real’ expresión in Spanish (lol not that was spellczch doing the multilingual prompt word
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Thanks, clark. 🙂
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I like a dictionary like this. 🙂
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A fun and innovative take on the prompt. Great. And yes, espresso/expresso…!
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Many thanks, Jenne.
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That made me chuckle, Doug – especially no 6 🙂
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Thanks, Chris. That’s always the aim. 🙂
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What a clever take! You expressed your explanations exquisitely!
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Many thanks, Keith. 🙂
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Wonderful expressions!
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Thanks, Lisa.
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Webster and Merriam, Step Aside!
There’s new, more complete dictionary in town.
This was great…so funny!
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Thanks, Liz. Even better than the Funk and Wagnalls (of Laugh-In fame). 🙂
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I am sending my comment by Express Post. It may be a little late.
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I think they need to bring back the Pony Express. It was very much under-appreciated, along with carrier pigeons.
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