DISCUSSION THREAD -- September 75 Word Challenge

[StilLearning]

On the more reflective side: I think a lot of us have resorted to toilet humor because of the 75 word limit. Most subtle jokes need more background if they are to communicate. We are reduced to those jokes more slap stick in nature, (Puns, toilet humor, the farmer's daughter, etc.) which tickle our more basic nature.

Case in point: My backup story involved a Brachiosaurus and a T-Rex having a 'your mommas so fat' competition. But just setting up the competition, the two dinos, and a sci fi setting took me to sixty eight words: There was no room for a story as such.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Perp thank you for yet another one of your very generous reviews. I'm really pleased with the review you gave me

pH

 

[Kylara]

My feeble attempt is now up. I've been pretty busy lately so that is all I could come up with in my spare 10 minutes...now to find time to catch up on comments and stories...ARGH so little time!

 

[zakrush]

Hey guys, I'm new to this. I'm going to write a nice introduction in the appropriate topic later but with a couple of minutes spare, I figured I'd enter a brief 'mother is a dinosaur' take

 

[FeedMeTV]

Welcome zakrush and well done for getting stuck in! I've been here *cough* a long time *cough* and only just worked my way round to entering for the first time. Be gentle everyone!

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Oh dear, three more excellent and completely different entries! I'd better get busy thinking soon.

Not feeble at all, Kylara -- and how many children do you have?

Welcome to the Chrons, zakrush, and welcome to the Challenges, FeedMeTV!

 

[Perpetual Man]

Kylara – I really loved this one from the moment I started reading it, it reminded me of shopping with Perp jr., back in the days before he ran around the shop ‘helping’. Despite the obvious disparity in races the word used were spot on and really gave the piece a sense of dislocated realism, the sense of relationship really came across. And we had a shopping trolley...

Zakrush – There is no mention of the ‘D’ word in this story, and it is what makes it work quite well. A timely reminder that there is another interpretation of ‘dinosaur’ (at least that is what I’m getting from this. A scary potential mother-in-law, may well be perceived as something of an old fossil.

FeedMeTV – I’m pretty sure there might be a glimmer of truth in some of these stoeries you know? An ark that is more than just a boat, a decent reason for leaving the old dinosaurs behind. It all makes perfect sense. Of course that in itself might not be considered funny in a straightforward sense, but the eating Bigfoot, now that made me chuckle.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Welcome to the Chrons, zakrush, and welcome to the Challenges, FeedMeTV!

Yes, welcome both of you!

 

[Phyrebrat]

Was that tumbleweed I just saw?

Is this silence a result of the early postings or the genre/style choice? Or both?

It's unnerving....

pH

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Shhhh...people are trying to sleep, here!

 

[Ursa major]

Yes, please keep the noise down, as it scares the muses away.

 

[Perpetual Man]

I'd go with both. And blame the weirdo who set the challenge.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Phew.... What a relief. I was wondering what was going on.. A new movie called 28 Posts Later or something!

pH

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Fear. Nowt more. We are unveiled as not funny. (well some of us, anyway. I've sniggered at quite a few). The deathly silence is.... fear

(and which eejit came up with this idea? )

 

[Perpetual Man]

I don't know, whoever it is, perhaps he should be lynched.

 

[Bowler1]

I don't know, whoever it is, perhaps he should be lynched.

I have some...rope...here!

You'll have to finish the reviews first, mate, and I'll be good and give you a ten count head start.

Naa, I take it back. I had poop in my attempt so I'm happy.
Would anyone like to borrow some rope?

 

[chrispenycate]

Fear. Nowt more. We are unveiled as not funny. (well some of us, anyway. I've sniggered at quite a few). The deathly silence is.... fear

(and which eejit came up with this idea? )

Actually it does not say the result has to be funny (just as well, considering the difference in people's senses of humour), but it had to be in the style of "humorous Science fiction", which frequently fails in this aim.

I read a fair amount of the stuff, and most was taking the mick out of older styles of SF, parody. Unfortunately, by the time I had introduced a mad professor, his beautiful (but not excessively bright daughter and dashing assistant I no longer had the words to explain they were all dinosaurs, or tell the dinostory; so I resorted to writing filk songs (did anyone work out what the song was? It's really much better sung. Ah, well, down to la bouée when the voting's done).

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I knew what it was. I was humming it for a while after I read it. The lack of the use of the word caprine, or the dino equivalent disappointed, though.

 

[chrispenycate]

I knew what it was. I was humming it for a while after I read it. The lack of the use of the word caprine, or the dino equivalent disappointed, though.

Hugs. I didn't know you were around in 1958, let alone listening to the wireless

It's just 'saurian' – they never did a special one for the three-toed version, as far as I know. Or 'reptilian', I suppose. They've both got nice rhythms to them; I'll try and include them in the long version (to be released after the vote. What do you mean? – of course there's a long version)

 

[Ursa major]

Shame the genre wasn't general spookiness.

We might then have had The Picture of Saurian Gray (give or take a few dozen shades...).