"Billy, your socks are different colours. One green and one blue."
"Sorry, Miss. That's because of Mister Trumpet."
"Mister Trumpet?"
"Yes. Mother said he made all the sock markers fall. She was really upset. And then she gave me these socks to put on. I think she needs sock markers to see the colours of the socks."
"I see. Yes, the sock-- stock market falls have been severe. Maybe it was Mister Trump, not Trumpet?"
"Yes, Trump. But she didn't say mister, she said bad words."
weather’s turned severe
adjective no adverb here
what’s that you said, dear?
The #MastoPrompt for Sunday 6 April 2025 is:
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.
If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.
EVERY WINTER PRECIPITATION (AND HAIL!):
The past several days have been a smorgasbord of #winter #precipitation falling across the #Northland. That included #snow, #sleet, and #freezingrain.
There was even #hail with a couple #thunderstorms Friday afternoon, including the first #severe thunderstorm warnings for 2025!
#Snowfall is still occurring in some parts this afternoon. That will move out by tonight.
From CNN.com: Massive March storm with hurricane-force winds is knocking out power and threatening a blizzard, fires and tornadoes
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/weather/weather-storm-south-central-us-mardi-gras-hnk?cid=ios_app
From NPR.com: Severe weather and critical fire risk, ranked 'multi-hazard,' expected nationwide
#severe : very strict in judgment, discipline, or government
- French: Sévère
- German: streng,ernst
- Italian: grave
- Portuguese: severo
- Spanish: severo
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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form