Time to draw straws…

I’ve only heard that a few times in my life. I’ve heard it tons in tv shows and movies, usually accompanied by some high stakes music while someone gingerly plucks a “straw” from somebody’s tightly clenched fist. It isn’t always a literal straw — the hay kind, I mean. I guess it could be hay but it’s usually more organic to the scene. A bunch of toothpicks or blades of grass or some such thing.

It’s all very suspenseful.

Anyway, I said I’ve only heard it a few times in my life but darned if I can come up with an actual example. I was far more likely to be caught up in guess a number 1-10 or some such system. But I guess that’s neither here nor there when it comes to the prompt.

Drawing straws is kind of a random use of the prompt word. Drinking straws is far more applicable to my life. You’d be surprised by the number of straws in my kitchen drawer. There’s the handful of fast food straws pulled from bags over time, a pack of jumbo smoothie straws that will last a decade or more, and a collection of reusable straws. It’s all shoved in there next to the chip clips. Messy, yes, but useful.

This feels like a rather disjointed stream of consciousness but that’s just how it goes sometimes. May your Saturday be filled with low stress, non-straw drawing moments.

Linda hosts Stream of Consciousness Saturday. This week’s prompt is “straw.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!