“Tell me something, old friend: why are you fighting?”
“I am wrangling to vitalize my soul. I don’t believe in protracted verbosity. However, circumventing the genesis that belies my credence cannot be the panacea. I agree, an altercation is perilous but I would rather risk being vanquished than metamorphose into fancy-pants.”
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This is my response to this week’s ultimate question at Gargleblaster #158. The challenge was to answer the ultimate question ““Tell me something, old friend: why are you fighting?” in exactly 42 words. If you are interested in joining the fun or read what other participants have written, click on the url http://yeahwrite.me/gargleblaster-158/
@Zebra Crossing 
I like your use of fancy-pants in the end–totally unexpected.
Thank you Marcy-I felt a little wicked using that word -so happy you liked it 😉
Jeesh, a lot of fancy-pants words in amongst the 42. Good effort.
Thanks for the appreciation.
I love it… if one was to totally understand what you just said… one would have to have a dictionary handy… lol Diane
Ack-is it that bad?lol! Thanks for reading and appreciating my high -handed effort Diane 😉
“fancy-pants” made me giggle.
Thank you AZ-to be honest when I wrote it,I was giggling too because it seems to stick out like a clown among all those nerdy words 😉
Haha….you cracked me up with fancy-pants! It does get attention because it follows a stream of ‘big’, ‘proper’ words- nice effect!
Tee!hee!Thanks Janna-then my job is done 😉
Wow… my head hurts reading that… Last line priceless.
Ha!ha!So sorry for that Ted-hope the last line gave some relief 😉
I believe that man has a sesquipedial nature. You rocked those 42 words, Atreyee,.
Ah,a taste of my own medicine-thesaarus here I come ;-)Thanks a ton Gina 😀
😀 Enjoy.
Did 😉
“Protracted verbosity.” Hahaha – funny take on the prompt! Karen
;D Thank you Karen-glad you saw the humour/irony in it 😉
I love the last line, the lightness is superb:). Great work, as always dear!
Thank you R-u r so sweet 🙂
I totally love your use of grammar here. And i’ll have to agree about the end. That was totally cute and clever!
Thank you Jen-your comment made me grin:-)
“Fancy pants” are always worth the pretension my friend. ALWAYS.
You took the high road of verbosity. 😉
xo
Lol ,I know,I know ;-)Glad you came by Kir,thanks a lot:-)
Like a breath of fresh air, this one.
Aww,thank you tnkerr,you flatter me 🙂
I love the words you used! I had to read it twice! (: Fancy-pants, honestly, though, is what cinched it. 😉
Coming from you,I take it as a huge compliment Renada-thank you so much:-)
You madame are a lexicomane, and I thank you for it.
And you Sir,flatter me with your chivalrous comments,but no lady minds a bit of praise-so thank you kind Sir 🙂
wow. i like the words you put in here. They spoke volumes. and fancy-pants did the trick, yeah right. 😉
Thank you Habiba-I was not sure it would strike a chord but glad that some of you enjoyed it 🙂
You have waxed forth quite Thesauri here. 😉 And intriguingly so.
Lol,thank you for the fun comment whimsy-glad you liked it:-)
What’s wrong with fancy pants?
Ha!ha!No idea-am not one 😉
“I don’t believe in protracted verbosity” made me snicker – I loved it. You managed a fun, silly piece with something a little deeper underneath. Nice job. Thanks for linking up!
Lol,so happy you saw the humour in it,thanks for the feedback Christine 🙂
Funny take and mind boggling for me too. I don’t know so much English.