Friendly troll texting

Sometimes friends and family tease and troll each other via text. The friendly text troll has no real meanness behind it. The point is just to irritate a friend or loved one enough that they snap.

Because this is a text message, we use fragments and optional punctuation and grammar.

Here is the example snippet as you would see it on a phone:

Here is the snippet without the formatting, written like a script:

Papa: Dinner 20 mins.

Me: what is dinner

Papa: Veal and rice. It looks good.

Me: Will it poison me?

Papa: Let’s find out.

Me: If I ever die, and the police are involved… You’ll be the first one they question with this attitude.

Papa: I’ll risk it.

Found text

Hunters in the Snow Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Because this is a writing exercise (rather than texting your Dad), you’ll have to write both sides of the conversation.

Me: home from hunt. Where u?

Mum: Skating. Could you pick up some eggs on your way home dear?

Me: really tired mum

Mum: Oh. We’re out of flour too. Two bags should be enough.

Me: been hunting for 3 days solid mum.

Mum: And those sausages I like! You know the ones. Get ten.

Me: I HAVE BEEN HUNTING IN THE FOREST FOR DAYS!!! I AM COLD AND I AM TIRED AND WOULD LIKE TO SLEEP IN MY BED TILL TOMORROW. ILL DO IT LATER OK?

Mum: Okay. I understand.

Mum: If you’re going to miss dinner make it six sausages, then.

Write a friendly banter/trolling text conversation. What could be happening in the context of this picture? (And if you want some appropriate names, Google "16th Century Flemish names".)

Genre Mix 01 (Middle years)

Friendly troll texting