Administrative Note:
Greetings. Today we will commence Rubber Duckie's "Pardon The Interuption," a story begun by RD below, to be addedto--from a sentence or two, up to 1,000 words--by those listed (below Part I of the story). Rubber Duckie is hereby named Deputy Administrative Staffer in Charge of Getting People to Do This.
In other news, Rance will, sometime this week, respond to a comment to the last entry which shot his vinegar levels so high he had to have an Amstel Light (no real beer was available) to calm down.
[Drumroll]
PARDON THE INTERRUPTION
Part I by Rubber Duckie
A ferris wheel of thrill spun within each time she gazed upon her new found treasure. It was a steal! Drowning amongst a pile of costume jewelry it had surfaced amongst the searching hands of onlookers. At first glance she wasn't sure that it wasn't just another poor man's bauble, but upon closer scrutiny she knew what she had found.
It was a small Art Deco sterling silver pin with one large square cut ruby paste stone centered and surrounded by smaller round cut clear paste stones. The pin itself was a solid, retangular shape. From the markings on the back Anna was pretty sure it was a French piece with the date being somewhere around 1910 to 1920. It is easy for the untrained eye to mistake these pieces for mere costume jewelry, but for the sake of value the two should never be confused. She estimated this piece to be worth upwards of $300.00 dollars.
Of even more interest was the engraving on the back. It was rare for these pieces to have any engraving beyond that of the jeweler. She whispered aloud as she read the small cursive lettered words, "Omnia vincit amor". As Anna wasn't fluent in any language outside of her own she wasn't sure of the meaning of the words other than she knew they were French and that "amor" meant love. She discreetly placed it back in the box, burying it well beneath the faux pearl necklaces and cheap plastic trinkets hoping no one else would discover it before the auction began.
She clutched her bidder's number and patiently waited in the sweltering heat for the pin to be put up on the block. She didn't have to wait long. The auctioneer snatched the box up and attempted to sell it piece by piece. Fortunately, those from the small rural community weren't much interested in fake frippery. They were waiting for their turn at bidding on the brand new Kinmore fridge and the farm equipment out back. In fact, there was so little interest the auctioneer decided to sell the entire box as one item.
Anna thought the box was as good as hers since no one in the crowd had been interested in any of the individual items, but when bidding began for the whole shebang she soon learned she was in for a fight...with an 8 year old girl. Apparently, this dear child enjoyed playing dress-up on Saturday afternoons. The box contained the perfect set of accessories for doing so. The little girl bid at will and the auctioneer accommodated her, only allowing the bidding to increase in increments of quarters. "How many quarters can a piggy bank hold?" Anna thought to herself.
When the bidding reached the $10.00 mark Anna began to realize the crowd was starting to turn on her, glaring at her in distaste, most probably wondering how she could be waging battle against a sweet little girl for a box of costume jewelry. Things were fixing to get ugly.
(to be continued (see below for details))
Rubber Duckie's Administrative Note:
Here is the list of bloggers in numerical order for their turn at "Pardon the Interruption". My suggestion is that each blogger be required to contact either you through the comments or me through my email and let us know if they plan to participate when they are the third next in line to interrupt. Obviously, the first three need to let us know NOW. If some choose not to participate we will bump up the next blogger. If we receive no contact they'll automatically be replaced with the next in line.
They should post their piece here when it is their turn and make a note at the top addressed to you i.e. Pardon the Interruption #2, #3, and so on.
The order of the bloggers is random. I listed all bloggers I coudl think of who are currently reading/posting and then did eanie, meanie, minee, mo until I got to the last one, so no favoritism of mine would come in to play. However, IF YOU desire for a certain order of bloggers to be present, feel free to switch them around at will and I will keep mum on such doings.
I would tell each blogger that it is their option to post either a single sentence (preferably more) or no more than 1000 words. AND, to try to keep it clean...nothing TOO lewd. If I have overlooked anyone just chalk it up to my mental impairment and tell those not on the list to comment saying they wish to participate and they will be added accordingly.
The list is as follows:
1. Sass
2. Bingo the Monkey
3. WendyJo
4. Annie in Montannie
5. Private Dick
6. Nicole
7. JCanuck
8. Mia Toretto
9. Lora
10. Mikee
11. fishouttawater
12. Snubby
13. Rancette
14. BGC
15. Ken
16. Cheryl
17. flyrchld
18. Slippy
19. waxwing
20. Ginny
21. Lisa Marie
22. Grace
23. Curious Girl
24. Bard
25. mslauren
26. Lanie
27. leibniz
28. Wheeler Jones/Peeler Flones
29. Pepito
30. T-rex-in-tex
31. trish
32. Bubba
33. princessr9
34. feenxc
35. uthinkyouknowme
An additional actual Administrative Note:
If you, like Ken, would like a link to your blog posted on this site's Links section (on the lefthand margin), let us know. Only people who've had at least ten comments posted will be eligible (Sorry, pornographers).
--A.S.
Posted by captainhoof
at 11:18 AM CDT
Updated: Monday, 13 September 2004 6:13 PM CDT
