Thursday, October 27, 2022

Really bad handwriting

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Fresca read my bad handwriting adeptly. I mentioned that I had worse — far worse — but hesitated to post it because I didn’t know what it said. If it said something like drive to collect ransom, I’d be in big trouble if someone were to figure it out.

Here’s a sample that’s safer. I can make out The addres (no final s), and that’s all. These jottings, in pencil on an index card, might be months old. I have no idea what they’re about. But finding such stuff months later can be what happens when you use both sides of an index card.

The New York Times is still looking for bad handwriting from grown-ups who have gone astray.

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All OCA handwriting posts (Pinboard)

comments: 6

Fresca said...

Whelming

ben Hur

Address:

Combray

Imaginary homework: Write a story using these words.

Michael Leddy said...

The heat was whelming. That was the long and short of it. I stepped into an air-cooled theater to catch a break. Ben-Hur, again? But I kept thinking about the name and address on the matchbook. M. Swann. Combray. I had no time to lose.

Michael Leddy said...

But I think only the addres is on that index card for sure.

Writing? Vertices? Comment? I really don’t know.

Fresca said...

Wonderful! A+++
Makes me smile. Is it noir? That’s what I envision.

Yeah, I don’t think I got your handwritten words right, but it was fun to take the leap. 😆

Fresca said...

PS I can see your story as a black-and-white movie still.

Michael Leddy said...

Yes, totally noir. I hope Dick Powell is available.