Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana

I’ve been tagged by a couple of my readers. Today’s meme is a challenge. I have to write a six-word story. This is hard for writers who revel in the joys of linguistics.
In the book, The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, writers are told to keep their verbiage to a minimum. This is always challenging for me to do because I have so much to say. I’ve been told that I’m very opinionated, but that’s another story.
I wrote these last weekend at work:
Doctor gives garbled orders. Good grief.
Screaming patient gets Haldol. Good drugs.
Additional staff called in. Good thing.
Ordered two large pizzas. Good food.
It is quitting time. Good night!
The Curmudgeon
January 24th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Always enjoyable. Well done.
kario
January 24th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Yipe! Good job – I’m not sure I could do it.
Oh, and there’s nothing wrong with being “very opinionated”. Takes one to know one…
Serial Filler
January 24th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Visited MJ’s opionionated blog. Good read!
Nurse Groggy
January 25th, 2007 at 12:54 am
Hope you don’t mind that I added to my blog list….
You’re great!
Juliette
January 25th, 2007 at 8:31 am
I have to be the annoying one: the first one has seven words.
They’re very good!
The best six words sotry ever is “For sale – baby shoes. Never used.”
Mother Jones RN
January 25th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Shoot, Juliette, you’re right. I was never good at math. Time for a rewrite.
MJ
ERnursey
January 25th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Oh yes, Haldol, an ER nurses best friend. Very clever.
poody
January 25th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Payday is Friday.Broke on Monday.
Love the post as usual my foavorite.
Rhea
January 25th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Excellent short stories! So succinct, so packed with emotion.
Kim
January 28th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Good post. Time for a comment! : D
The Angry Medic
January 28th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Ooh, another succinct writer! Donald Trump writes like that, and he’s my idol. I appreciate succinctness (despite not being able to show it either on my blog or in my essays, to the consternation of my supervisors…)
(Oh, and I don’t do too well in comments either. As you no doubt can see by now…)