Hyperbole Hangover
Greta looked like she’d been hit by a bus. She sat at the dining table and stroked her throbbing temples.
“Never again,” she declared woefully. “I can no longer drink like a fish.”
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This is my submission for this weekend’s Trifecta writing challenge, in which we had to write exactly 33 words that contain some hyperbole.
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Apoplectic Apostrophes 
You must be from another planet if you think I’ve never said such an impossible thing as this.
nice one
Ha! I certainly feel like I’m from another planet on mornings like that. Thanks Lance!
This sounds like I did the last time I drank to much. Never again..
I hear you! My last morning like this was worse than having the stomach flu.
I don’t drink myself. Who wants to feel like this? (Among many other reasons.) This is a great story though.
Thanks! I don’t normally drink like this either, though I did sometimes in my youth. That said, I had a reaction like this to drinking a small amount of whisky over the holidays (which is something I had never touched before – and will never touch again!).
Throbbing temples! Tell me about them… 😉 Nice one Suzanne.
They are the worst! Thanks Sandra!
I have definitely reached that age. Two glasses of wine and I’m done.
Yeah, I hear you! Good time to learn to appreciate fine wine… 🙂
It always seems like such a great idea at the time…
Doesn’t it, though? 🙂 Thanks for commenting Draug!
Hangovers are such rich seams to mine for hyperbole! Well written.
They certainly are! I could have written 333 words easily, probably more. Thanks Joe!
Hahaha Oh yeah, when the thing you don’t recognize in the mirror is convinced you will not make it past lunchtime.
Ha! That’s great – and so true. Thanks for commenting Kymm!
If you think you are not going to say “never again” never again , you are sooo mistaken!!! Loved the post!
Ain’t that the truth! I have a friend who used to write “never again” vows (often on beer labels) regularly. Not very effective, but I’m sure she meant it at the time. 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
Only drink like a land based animal.
Good advice! Unless the land based animal is an elephant… 😉
Loved this. I remember being younger and how many times the toilet gods would hear me saying ‘never again’. 🙂
Thank you! Ah yes, the toilet gods – definitely paid my share of tribute to them over the years… 🙂
A very apt description of overindulgence. Nice job with hyperbole.
Thanks Lumdog!
Holy Cow… this will be tough to beat!
p.s. I used to have a Lion Fish…
Seriously? Very cool. They are so neat to look at – if I had one I’m sure I’d stare at it all day.
Do you know they are poisonous? And you have to feed them live goldfish. And yes, you do stare at them a lot.
Live goldfish? Aw, poor goldfish. And no, I didn’t know they are poisonous – although I can’t say I’m surprised. They certainly look poisonous!
Thanks Ted – I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I have suffered many a morning with similar thoughts, but fortunately not in a very long time. Still, you hit the hyperbole on the head!
Thanks Tina! Especially for using more hyperbole in your comments! 🙂
Though I do not drink but I have experienced this kind of pain-thanks to my migraine-eeps!Loved the idea;-)
Eeps indeed! Migraines are the worst – poor you. 😦 Thanks for commenting!
:-)a pleasure,as always-commenting,not suffering from headaches;-)
Walked away from that chuckling a lot…don’t know why…those drinking years were terrible…!
Tell me about it! But I think there’s something almost universal about the payback of a hangover…