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FOWC with Fandango — Ramifications

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FOWC

It’s February 12, 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 “ramifications.”

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.

Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Please check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.

And be sure to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this prompt. You will marvel at their creativity.

In Other Words — Analysis Paralysis

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I have to gather the information

So I can analyze the implications

I need to examine all the considerations

So I can ponder the ramifications

All before I can make my decision

In other wordsThis post is written for Patricia’s In Other Words prompt from Patricia’s Place. This week’s challenge is to write a story or poem of five or fewer lines using the word “ponder.”

 

Simple is Best

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D033A253-CEE1-4E2F-83C6-4688B771FFDEI have been criticized at times for over explaining things. There were occasions back in the day when my boss would ask me a question and I would launch into a long, elaborate answer until my boss would finally lose patience, put up his hand to stop me from talking, and say, “I got it, thanks.”

But in my defense, I was merely trying to be thorough, to cover all aspects of the question, and to communicate all of the possible ramifications before completing my answer.

I eventually learned that the best answer to most questions is the simplest, most direct one. It’s not like high school algebra where the teacher wants you to show your work. People just want to know the answer. Plain and simple.

And that is how I learned about the KISS principle. KISS is, of course, an acronym for “keep it simple, stupid.”

Written for today’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC), where the word is “simple.”