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Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
As for PM , as PM is the original PM ,I'm happy with Marvin.
As for PM , as PM is the original PM ,I'm happy with Marvin.
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First, thank you Mouse for the vote! I'll live on that all next week while I'm off on holiday. And by the way, in the original version the rat was actually a mouse, but I couldn't tell you earlier so no one would think I was trying to make you vote for me... Ironic! (I'll be able to check the results though, yay for summerhouses with electricity and Internet and running water, in that order!)
Also thank you for the mentions, honourable or otherwise.
On to my own short list, which could have been much longer: Psychotick, Mosaix, GreenKidx, TheDustyZebra, StormFeather, The Judge, Kingpin and Mouse. Excellent stories!
My vote goes to The Judge, whose Song for Solomon stuck with me from the moment I read it the first time.
First, thank you Mouse for the vote! I'll live on that all next week while I'm off on holiday. And by the way, in the original version the rat was actually a mouse, but I couldn't tell you earlier so no one would think I was trying to make you vote for me... Ironic! (I'll be able to check the results though, yay for summerhouses with electricity and Internet and running water, in that order!)
Also thank you for the mentions, honourable or otherwise.
On to my own short list, which could have been much longer: Psychotick, Mosaix, GreenKidx, TheDustyZebra, StormFeather, The Judge, Kingpin and Mouse. Excellent stories!
My vote goes to The Judge, whose Song for Solomon stuck with me from the moment I read it the first time.
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Well sir, I really want to call you 'Ace' with genuine respect as he is one of my all time favorite characters.
But OK, Marvin it shall be.
Well sir, I really want to call you 'Ace' with genuine respect as he is one of my all time favorite characters.
But OK, Marvin it shall be.
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Re: DISCUSSION the 75 Word Challenge JUNE 2011
Nah, call Marvin PM, I'm very attached to Perp... honest
Nah, call Marvin PM, I'm very attached to Perp... honest
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Well, if we recode them both, I can again send personal messages to the Prime Minister in the afternoon.
Well, if we recode them both, I can again send personal messages to the Prime Minister in the afternoon.
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Now that really would confuse the issue - we've already got one!
Now that really would confuse the issue - we've already got one!
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P Man would make a really interesting X-Man though.
Many thanks to TDZ and the Platty for the mentions; I'm much obliged.
Well, I don't think "P Man" would really be nice, so I won't be doing that....
P Man would make a really interesting X-Man though.
Many thanks to TDZ and the Platty for the mentions; I'm much obliged.
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Thanks for the mention, TDZ.
Thanks for the mention, TDZ.
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My experience of Kipling is limited mainly to the Just So stories and, I suppose, that's why entries of that type appealed to me the most. Of those I thought StormFeather's was the best - so that's where my vote went this month.
My experience of Kipling is limited mainly to the Just So stories and, I suppose, that's why entries of that type appealed to me the most. Of those I thought StormFeather's was the best - so that's where my vote went this month.
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Nah, that's the other one.
Anyway (or do you Brits say, 'Anyroad'?), looks like you are PM and Pm is now Perp. Gotta love it!
Nah, that's the other one.
Anyway (or do you Brits say, 'Anyroad'?), looks like you are PM and Pm is now Perp. Gotta love it!
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Right, we are still a few voters missing. I'd suggest people stop dallying and get voting.
Perp, PM nope I'll still say Pep.
Right, we are still a few voters missing. I'd suggest people stop dallying and get voting.
Perp, PM nope I'll still say Pep.
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Howdy,
Thank you Dusty for the mention, and for talking us into joining this here exercise in.....?
I have learned a lesson this month, when more than half the lot lay waiting in the bushes and say that they have nothing......beware! I posted early and for a while I was feeling pretty confident, after all if no one else has anything.....
Then "THEY" came, I felt like General Custer, "where'd all them Indians come from?"
Bob
Howdy,
Thank you Dusty for the mention, and for talking us into joining this here exercise in.....?
I have learned a lesson this month, when more than half the lot lay waiting in the bushes and say that they have nothing......beware! I posted early and for a while I was feeling pretty confident, after all if no one else has anything.....
Then "THEY" came, I felt like General Custer, "where'd all them Indians come from?"
Bob
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Oh yes, they do that. Did I forget to mention that?
"I've got nothing" translates to "I'm about to have a brilliant idea and write the best story ever and blow you all out of the water, but right now I'm lying low and checking out the competition." It's even worse than "I never write anything good" from someone who just posted one of the abovementioned stories.
Unless, of course, I say "I've got nothing," because, you know, I never write anything good....
Oh yes, they do that. Did I forget to mention that?
"I've got nothing" translates to "I'm about to have a brilliant idea and write the best story ever and blow you all out of the water, but right now I'm lying low and checking out the competition." It's even worse than "I never write anything good" from someone who just posted one of the abovementioned stories.
Unless, of course, I say "I've got nothing," because, you know, I never write anything good....
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Eek! Just realised what the date is! So a hasty, but thorough, re-read of all the stories.
I liked many of the poems, especially those from HareBrain, pyan and Ursa, and very especially paranoid marvin's which I thought was the single most Kiplingesque piece of the month and which deserves a special accolade of its own. However, for me they weren't quite story-like enough and marvin's for my taste was short on nourishment (as a theme, not as a thinking piece, on which it was long!).
As for my shortlist:
psychotick -- A Nourishing Tale -- don't know what Disney would have made of that ending!
TheEndIsNigh -- Best Served Cold -- had me giggling
Oxman -- How the Pelican Got his Beak -- a real Just So tale in miniature
mosaix -- How Tiger Lost His Crown -- a moral daisy chain
digs -- A Story for Grown-Ups -- an echo of Kipling's own loss
Well, Best Beloveds, after a good bit of thought and anguish, I'm going for Oxman -- his Pelican is the story Kipling should have written (though I doubt Kipling could have managed it in 75 words!)
And while I'm here, belated thanks for the mentions and short lists, and very many thanks to Chel for the vote!
Eek! Just realised what the date is! So a hasty, but thorough, re-read of all the stories.
I liked many of the poems, especially those from HareBrain, pyan and Ursa, and very especially paranoid marvin's which I thought was the single most Kiplingesque piece of the month and which deserves a special accolade of its own. However, for me they weren't quite story-like enough and marvin's for my taste was short on nourishment (as a theme, not as a thinking piece, on which it was long!).
As for my shortlist:
psychotick -- A Nourishing Tale -- don't know what Disney would have made of that ending!
TheEndIsNigh -- Best Served Cold -- had me giggling
Oxman -- How the Pelican Got his Beak -- a real Just So tale in miniature
mosaix -- How Tiger Lost His Crown -- a moral daisy chain
digs -- A Story for Grown-Ups -- an echo of Kipling's own loss
Well, Best Beloveds, after a good bit of thought and anguish, I'm going for Oxman -- his Pelican is the story Kipling should have written (though I doubt Kipling could have managed it in 75 words!)
And while I'm here, belated thanks for the mentions and short lists, and very many thanks to Chel for the vote!
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Right you 'orrible lot . . . this has taken a lot of reading, lip-biting, hand-wringing . . you get the picture.
So, as I know how lovely it is to see your name mentioned (Thank you to TDZ & the Spurring Platty & Chel for my mentions - very appreciated) I've found it hard to make the short list any shorter so here we are, my special mentions, my shortlist and my shorter list in the order they were written:
Alchemist
Paranoid Marvin
Psychotick
Perp Man
Aun Doorback
Bob S Sr
Karn
RJM Corbet
TEIN
Boneman
Anhalo
Mosaix
Teresa
Greenkidx
Grimbear
TDZ
Moonbat
The Judge
Kingpin
Mouse
In the end, I went for Kingpin, as I loved the feeling I was left with from the story, and as a first posting on the site you've set the bar really high!
And THANK YOU Mosaix - am sure you must have got my tale mixed up with someone elses but am very happy to get another vote!
Right you 'orrible lot . . . this has taken a lot of reading, lip-biting, hand-wringing . . you get the picture.
So, as I know how lovely it is to see your name mentioned (Thank you to TDZ & the Spurring Platty & Chel for my mentions - very appreciated
) I've found it hard to make the short list any shorter so here we are, my special mentions, my shortlist and my shorter list in the order they were written:Alchemist
Paranoid Marvin
Psychotick
Perp Man
Aun Doorback
Bob S Sr
Karn
RJM Corbet
TEIN
Boneman
Anhalo
Mosaix
Teresa
Greenkidx
Grimbear
TDZ
Moonbat
The Judge
Kingpin
Mouse
In the end, I went for Kingpin, as I loved the feeling I was left with from the story, and as a first posting on the site you've set the bar really high!
And THANK YOU Mosaix - am sure you must have got my tale mixed up with someone elses but am very happy to get another vote!
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My shortlist for the month then (missing a dozen or so other entries of very high quality - many from newcomers, so apologies for not listing them all):
Paranoid Marvin - The Hungry General
Perpetual Man - Requiem for Little Frog
The Spurring Platty - Song of the Hungry
Aun Doorback - From the Well of Humanity to the Pinnacles of Heaven
Mosaix - How the Tiger Lost His Crown
Teresa E. - Untitled
Grimbear - When the World was New and All
Tactical Loco - Hunger Hunt
Moonbat - Helplessness
The Judge - A Song for Solomon
My fantastic four of the bunch were from Paranoid Marvin, Aun Doorback, Mosaix and TJ.
By a whisker - and in spite of calling me chicken! - I'm off to vote for TJ's masterful historical piece. Congrats to all for excellent work.
My shortlist for the month then (missing a dozen or so other entries of very high quality - many from newcomers, so apologies for not listing them all):
Paranoid Marvin - The Hungry General
Perpetual Man - Requiem for Little Frog
The Spurring Platty - Song of the Hungry
Aun Doorback - From the Well of Humanity to the Pinnacles of Heaven
Mosaix - How the Tiger Lost His Crown
Teresa E. - Untitled
Grimbear - When the World was New and All
Tactical Loco - Hunger Hunt
Moonbat - Helplessness
The Judge - A Song for Solomon
My fantastic four of the bunch were from Paranoid Marvin, Aun Doorback, Mosaix and TJ.
By a whisker - and in spite of calling me chicken! - I'm off to vote for TJ's masterful historical piece. Congrats to all for excellent work.
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Thanks Platty, Chel and SF for the mentions.
I always like Perp. It's like a tiny fart.
You're welcome! Well when I joined this site I had a rat called Mouse so...
Thanks Platty, Chel and SF for the mentions.
I always like Perp. It's like a tiny fart.
You're welcome! Well when I joined this site I had a rat called Mouse so...
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Sigh.
Suppose it's better than being an old fart, but I'm working on that...
And Nixie, the individual variations of my name especially the Pep one are very dear to me...
Sigh.
Suppose it's better than being an old fart, but I'm working on that...
And Nixie, the individual variations of my name especially the Pep one are very dear to me...
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