giraffe

As I stand proudly on the rim of this canyon watching the sun set over one of the most creative TWs in history, with a tear in my eye (the music swells - probably Shostokovich) I accept the challenge, Your Majesty! (applause). Give me an hour to soak the prize in grape juice and margerine. Is that cheating?

marius

You guys rock! Thanks for making this a very fun ThinkWrite. Was such a joy to read all your stories and comments! Got a real kick out of how people used the word butterneeper. That word is a rather frequent joke around our home, but our creativity never took it to the realms you all did! Read on for highlights of butterneeper uses and meanings. (Also the exception – Doug’s own made-up word.)


"Here's how the incident started, officer. He called me a ‘butter-neeper’ and I lost it.”
.....Josh, by giraffe

“She was enjoying this little story. Then she said, ‘But, isn’t that ButterNeeper I saw parked
out front?’ ”
.....A Good Idea, by marius

“When asked what she did for a living, she told people she was a butterneeper. No one knew what that meant, and that was her reason for saying it.”
.....The Pixilated Trunk Incident, by midnightpoet

“There was a certain look in his eyes when he watched. They grew dark and little specks of butterneeper seemed to spark out of his iris.”
.....Oliver, by Doug

“She named the pixilated parrot Butter, bought him a chatterbox companion named Neeper.... Poor Annabelle and her, odd, somehow strangely elvish, Butter-Neeper situation.”
.....Of Chattering, Elves and Other Mysterious Matters, by ladyhwin

"Sir, I believe you ARE a butter-neeper! Put your hands behind your back."
.....JOSH Ch.2, by giraffe

“It was a truncarticulated posie and its bloom was as green as the grass in the full summer sun enriched by the rainforest storms that caressed its silky leaves.”
..... Truncarticulated Posies, by Doug

“Finally Brad put the ladder back, and when carrying it off to the garage, I heard him say something unintelligible, and then ‘....ButterNeeper isn’t happy.’ ”
.....ButterNeeper by marius

“Our firm, 'Buttuer, Neepierre and Scattery', was only into low-risk investments.”
.....THE HAPPLESS CHILD, by giraffe

“ ‘Well, to improve your appearance, here's a salve ...Use it 15 times a day.... And for the fatigue, I'm prescibing 'MANTEX'.’
’Doc, you know I only get my drugs from you. But, er, the knee perspiration? Will this help that?’ ”
..... THE DOCTOR'S, by giraffe

“Ask the captain, his bread and butter are trapped under forty fathoms of saline. Neepers are flourishing off the remains of his wayward ship.” “Yes…quite the quixmickle indeed.”
.....Captain Hargood, by Doug

“The silly butterneepered creature charged me, stepped on my bare foot, nipped my shoulder and returned to her usual, sweet self.”
.....Memories, by ladyhwin

“The speaker said some more – which included the name, ButterNeeper – and pushed him off.”
.....no title – (“another wierd story”) by ladyhwin

“As insane as butter-neeper-minded cats, the gust of wind mixes with the clouds, rests for a while and thinks up new annoying and disturbing ideas.”
.....The Wind, by ladyhwin

“Often I look at the wonderous creations my butterneepers make and I just give it up.”
.....LOSS, by giraffe

“Alera stood atop the watchtower and looked out into the night. It had an eerie kind of stillness about it that she had rarely ever felt, so still, in fact, that she could even hear the butterneepers peeping softly among the reeds that grew in the moat far below her.”
.....All Along The Watchtower, by Dragon

“Since coming to this part of the forest two days ago, he had heard nothing but tales of her from the elves, pixies, ButterNeepers and squirrels.”
.....”A Cat Tail,” by ladyhwin

“A pixilated look in her eye, the last horse dashed after them. She was big, in height and weight and made quite an imposing sight, charging through the grass and flowers, causing even the obnoxious Butter Neepers to scatter.”
.....Peaceful Beauty, by ladyhwin

" ‘Things’ come and go. So do people, urges and butterneepers.”
..... LOSS (Level 2), by giraffe

“Incredibly the dragon shooed away the cat with a gentle Scat and looked at Butterneeper with those depthless golden eyes. ‘Speak your message friend.’ ”
.....The Messenger, by Dragon

“Butterrrrrrrrrr…Neeeeeeper!” interrupted a frightening screech just as the hero of the story fell into a tree trunk.
.....Pixiated, by Nylecoj

And please don’t forget Doug’s revisiting of “quixmickle” and giraffe’s new pharmaceutical, MANTEX.

And, last ...
“...but those whose eyes glow
sienna or gold
can watch the fey folk
and half take a joke
like as not it's on them
anyhow cuz they're mean
and the incidents grow
when they think they're unseen
it makes quite a mess
so perhaps now it's best
we slink
quiet
awe-
way
.
.
.
!
.....The Keeper of Spring, by Qsilv



Now ... the pixies kept me awake most the night arguing about who should carry the torch. They argued for every single ThinkWriter to be the next torch bearer but in the end, they could not, would not, stop laughing about the name of the law firm, 'Buttuer, Neepierre and Scattery.'

Neither can I, so ... giraffe, please step up and take the torch. (Might I suggest leaving it overnight next to a bowl of purple water, pat of butter .........)

marius

Well, the drat pixies have been in my dreams and why am I awake at 3:30 in the morning, Missouri time? Think we all know.

So it's almost torch-time (what else to do at this wee hour) but first:
Nylecoj, I was VERY tired by the time I read your story. Yes, it cracked me up - such a fine story for the pixies. (I mean, those little neepers have certainly had their way with this thread. And, who can blame them? It was such fun and they DID inspire many a fine work. But wanted to add about your story, it really is a very good story and I enjoyed it immenselly. (Oh stop, you little buggers, you can tell her yourself how much you like it. In fact go bug HER, wake HER up instead of me. Where's my bowl of water ...)

Now Qsilv! So happy you joined us. Tee hee, kind of thought you belonged in this pixie of a very strange and fun TW ... and so you do! Perfectly! The Keeper of Spring, quite lovely and lyrical. A truly fitting ending for all our delight. Thank you so much. Claps for Qsilv! : )

Qsilv

Gonna be late... tho' technically it's still the 28th here
...not in the running anyhow... just can't let it go undone.
Depending on how you count the weirded words, it actually may be 234!


The Keeper of Spring

Down in the hollow
way down in the hole
there lives a fair maiden
her hair all aglow
t's said she's enchanted
t's whispered she's green
now'f all y'ol' butterneep's
could just keep it clean
for five measly minutes
or maybe for ten
before yer stray libidos
rise up
un-bid-
den
you'd see for yourselves
when the moon it rides low
(present comp'ny excepted
-- and you ought to know
who you are) it appears
there's a wisp of white gunk
rises up from each tree
encircling the trunk
twining all up the lee
til it kisses the stars
and sighs its way down
and she makes that her arch
crossing silently on
to the netherland
neverland
primrosy
park
where she dances with cats
you've all seen THAT sight
heard the partners go spat!
as their jealousies rise
a-swirling and sparkling
and get tangled in lies
and we call it lightning
and thunder and -- imps
Thor's goblins and trolls
tossed into the mix
all pixie-late raindrops
too clean to be seen
by mortals with
blue eyes or even with green
but those whose eyes glow
sienna or gold
can watch the fey folk
and half take a joke
like as not it's on them
anyhow cuz they're mean
and the incidents grow
when they think they're unseen
it makes quite a mess
so perhaps now it's best
we slink
quiet
awe-
way
.
.
.
!

marius

Another Oh ho ho! marius has just realized that going kayaking with her sister at seven tomorrow morning kind of interferes with passing the torch as planned. What was I thinking???

So, if there's time to pass the torch before sis gets here in the morning, will do it then. Otherwise, will wait until the afternoon. : )