The Jersey Devil
Pasta-bilities Club Fiction Prompt27 total reviews
Comment from Pearl Edwards
Love the very appropriate names you've used. Lol.
This could this be (not sure if this needs editing or was on purpose)the work of the Jersey Devil. Great story for this pasta challenge, I chuckled all the way through this read. Well done.cheers
Valda
reply by the author on 20-May-2023
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Love the very appropriate names you've used. Lol.
This could this be (not sure if this needs editing or was on purpose)the work of the Jersey Devil. Great story for this pasta challenge, I chuckled all the way through this read. Well done.cheers
Valda
Comment Written 17-May-2023
reply by the author on 20-May-2023
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Valda?
Thank you so much for reading and sharing. Sorry for the late reply,
Comment from LJbutterfly
You named every pasta I've ever heard of or tried plus many that I didn't know existed. It all made me hungry. The names of your characters were clever, and the entire story line was creative. Well done.
"This could this be the work of the Jersey Devil," (remove one THIS)
play with there friends (their friends)
reply by the author on 20-May-2023
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You named every pasta I've ever heard of or tried plus many that I didn't know existed. It all made me hungry. The names of your characters were clever, and the entire story line was creative. Well done.
"This could this be the work of the Jersey Devil," (remove one THIS)
play with there friends (their friends)
Comment Written 17-May-2023
reply by the author on 20-May-2023
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LJ,
Thank you so much for reading and sharing. Sorry for the late reply, Also thanks for the correction.
Comment from Wendy G
That's sa super story to explain all that pasta, and I enjoyed the names of all the characters involved. Your story shows a great imagination!. Well done.
Wendy
Edit: "to play with there friends" (their)
reply by the author on 20-May-2023
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That's sa super story to explain all that pasta, and I enjoyed the names of all the characters involved. Your story shows a great imagination!. Well done.
Wendy
Edit: "to play with there friends" (their)
Comment Written 17-May-2023
reply by the author on 20-May-2023
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Wendy?
Thank you so much for reading and sharing. Sorry for the late reply,
John
Comment from Liz O'Neill
I wish I knew about the Jersey Devil when we drove down in that area when we were with thre Girl Scouts on our way to Savahah. I would have known to keep a lookout for it. It is fascinating to know the origin of the myth. Then the Jersey Devil become the scape goat just like Snowball in Animal Farm. Anything that went wrong was Snowball's doing.
reply by the author on 20-May-2023
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I wish I knew about the Jersey Devil when we drove down in that area when we were with thre Girl Scouts on our way to Savahah. I would have known to keep a lookout for it. It is fascinating to know the origin of the myth. Then the Jersey Devil become the scape goat just like Snowball in Animal Farm. Anything that went wrong was Snowball's doing.
Comment Written 17-May-2023
reply by the author on 20-May-2023
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Yikes.. good thing you didn?t stop in the middle of no man?s land.
Thank you so much for reading and sharing. Sorry for the late reply,
John
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Ooof I should say. I don't think anyone knew about that back then. That'd be quite a requirement for a badge...lol
Comment from LateBloomer
Hi John, a fun story. When I first heard this story, I thought that perhaps a restaurant went out of business. Later, I heard that it belong to a hoarder person who died--don't know if that's true or not. However, that pasta could have fed a lot of people.
Of special note:
"Our children, Manicotti and Orzo are afraid to go outside to play with there friends, Lasagna and Capellini," she said. "Something like this never happened before. It's frightening. I'm afraid to take my baby, Pastina, outside for a walk in the stroller."
(Poor baby Pastina, she doesn't yet know that there is a shortage of pastina. What will she eat?! Lol)
Great history of the NJ Devil for those who don't know it. Here's a little tip--Never going driving through the Pinelands with an almost empty tank of gas. I did that before the days of cell phone and GPS maps for directions. After coming from an appointment, I got twisted around in the Pinelands and was sort of "lost." Luckily, I found a main road before running out of gas. By the way, the gas station was only a few blocks from the house. I thought, no problem, I'll get gas on my way out--duh...it would have been helpful if I could have remembered my way out. Lol.
John, good descriptive writing and photo sketch. A pleasure to read. This story made me smile. Well done. Margaret
reply by the author on 17-May-2023
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Hi John, a fun story. When I first heard this story, I thought that perhaps a restaurant went out of business. Later, I heard that it belong to a hoarder person who died--don't know if that's true or not. However, that pasta could have fed a lot of people.
Of special note:
"Our children, Manicotti and Orzo are afraid to go outside to play with there friends, Lasagna and Capellini," she said. "Something like this never happened before. It's frightening. I'm afraid to take my baby, Pastina, outside for a walk in the stroller."
(Poor baby Pastina, she doesn't yet know that there is a shortage of pastina. What will she eat?! Lol)
Great history of the NJ Devil for those who don't know it. Here's a little tip--Never going driving through the Pinelands with an almost empty tank of gas. I did that before the days of cell phone and GPS maps for directions. After coming from an appointment, I got twisted around in the Pinelands and was sort of "lost." Luckily, I found a main road before running out of gas. By the way, the gas station was only a few blocks from the house. I thought, no problem, I'll get gas on my way out--duh...it would have been helpful if I could have remembered my way out. Lol.
John, good descriptive writing and photo sketch. A pleasure to read. This story made me smile. Well done. Margaret
Comment Written 16-May-2023
reply by the author on 17-May-2023
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Thank you, Margaret. When I was writing this I thought of you since you live in NJ. I was amazed at the number of reviewers that heard of the NJ Pinelands or have been there. I?ll bet your gas tank has been full ever since?
That was a crazy news item last month, right? He should?ve donated the pasta to a church. It was wasteful.
Well,,thank you for reading. As always, I appreciate it very much!
John
Comment from Ginda Simpson
I believe that it was Giovanni Gnocchi in a fit of rage, and uncontrollable jealousy who threw out the noodles when he found his wife Franca Farfalle in bed with Carlo Cannelloni. Don't be blaming the devil.
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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I believe that it was Giovanni Gnocchi in a fit of rage, and uncontrollable jealousy who threw out the noodles when he found his wife Franca Farfalle in bed with Carlo Cannelloni. Don't be blaming the devil.
Comment Written 16-May-2023
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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Years ago I wrote a story with the deli meats coming alive. I should tweet it and open it up again.
Thank you Ginda for this great review!
John
Comment from country ranch writer
Well this is a cute story of how the devil showed up in society and took revenge out on everyone and everything. He will be big as a whale if he devours all that soegetti.
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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Well this is a cute story of how the devil showed up in society and took revenge out on everyone and everything. He will be big as a whale if he devours all that soegetti.
Comment Written 16-May-2023
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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Thank you so much, Barbara. I appreciate your kind review.
John
Comment from eliz100
This is an excellent story. My son lives near Toms River so I have experienced the Pine Barrens. The story explodes with creativity. The foodie names added to the fun of the story and I love the ending. Have a blessed day.
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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This is an excellent story. My son lives near Toms River so I have experienced the Pine Barrens. The story explodes with creativity. The foodie names added to the fun of the story and I love the ending. Have a blessed day.
Comment Written 16-May-2023
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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Wow? six stars. Thank you so much Elizabeth.
That?s awesome!
I live about 45 north of Toms River.
I?m glad you enjoyed the post.
John
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
Well, I'm thrilled the forest critters ate the pasta.
You did a great job with your club response, John.
I enjoyed reading and found the pasta names of
the characters great fun. I believe Miss Penne and
L. Bo MacRoni were left out of the investigation.
Hmm, could they have been suspects? Maybe
Verm I. Celli was in on it too. Maybe they found
the corkscrew in the woods and all hit the dessert
wine. I found no Spag he ti.
Thanks for sharing, Jan
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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Well, I'm thrilled the forest critters ate the pasta.
You did a great job with your club response, John.
I enjoyed reading and found the pasta names of
the characters great fun. I believe Miss Penne and
L. Bo MacRoni were left out of the investigation.
Hmm, could they have been suspects? Maybe
Verm I. Celli was in on it too. Maybe they found
the corkscrew in the woods and all hit the dessert
wine. I found no Spag he ti.
Thanks for sharing, Jan
Comment Written 16-May-2023
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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Thank you Jan. I love all the names you provided.
Best of all, no Spag he ti!
You?re the best.
John
Comment from w.j.debi
Buon appetito! Enjoy your pasta.
This a creative and fun response to the prompt. You do a terrific job of drawing the reader in with the Jersey Devil legend and then you drop in the mysterious appearance of 500 pounds of pasta. Could it be the work of the Jersey Devil? Stranger things had happened...
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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Buon appetito! Enjoy your pasta.
This a creative and fun response to the prompt. You do a terrific job of drawing the reader in with the Jersey Devil legend and then you drop in the mysterious appearance of 500 pounds of pasta. Could it be the work of the Jersey Devil? Stranger things had happened...
Comment Written 16-May-2023
reply by the author on 16-May-2023
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Hi Debi.
Thank you for reading and sharing this devilish story with me.
Cheers,
John
