It’s September 16, 2022. Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “deadpan.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
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This, That, and the Other 
ODE TO DEADPAN
I’m a little deadpan
Met my fate
Killed off cos of
Too hotplate
Why’s it talking if it’s dead Fan?……
Maybe I got psychic powers?……
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You’re being very literal, Don.
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I’m lost for a response…
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when madame de gaulle was asked
what was important in life
she replied in very poor english
a penis
the queen deadpan face interjected
immediately
oh happiness …yes that is important
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https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2022/09/16/evil-a-rhyme/
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He was so excited to see her. He recounted the good times they had shared and how he missed them.
Are you sure? She responded in a deadpan voice.
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Responses to two of the responders, because I just had to find out if RALL’s story was true or an intentional play on words:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/queens-quick-response-wife-french-18922780
But the Queen turned it around and stepped in to correct the situation.
Mr Helliker continues: “An awkward silence ensued for some time, until the Queen herself came to the rescue, and she said with a broad grin: ‘Ah, happiness.’”
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A bonus or b…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/princess-diana-laughed-charles-proposed-18921149
When she arrived he said: “I’ve missed you so much”, before taking her to the castle’s homely nursery.
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There’s something off between this enthusiastic touting and what has really happened in the largest city in Mississippi.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90779412/a-centuries-long-legacy-of-transforming-the-everyday
Siemens draws on 175 years of success to prioritize innovations that improve people’s daily lives
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“One of our mantras is that instead of falling in love with our own technology, we need to fall in love with our customers’ problems,” Humpton says. “And out of that comes the innovation that brings true change.”
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https://news.wjct.org/national-news/national-news/2022-08-31/the-water-crisis-in-jackson-follows-years-of-failure-to-fix-an-aging-system
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In 2013, the city sought to overhaul the system through a $90 million contract with Siemens to upgrade sewer lines, water-treatment plants and to install a new water-sewer billing system for residents.
But the deal brought myriad new issues for the city, including the installation of faulty water meters that measured water use in gallons instead of cubic feet. In the years following the installation, some residents received exorbitant bills … ~
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