Discussion thread -- 75 WORD WRITING CHALLENGE February 2013

[Starbeast]

Congratulations Culhwch!​

Thanks for the not-very-short shortlisting, starbeast.

You're welcome David Evil Overlord. It was tough trimming it down.

Yey I'm running thanks StarBeast

You're welcome Hopewrites. It took me a day to think about who to choose for my vote, and I picked YOU!

Thanks for mentions, all. Appreciate it.

You're welcome Karn Maeshalanadae, keep up the good work.

Thank you, Starbeast for the reviews, just in case I forgot this month! - and a mention.

You're double-ly welcomed Bowler1.

Thank you for the mentions, Alcubierre and Starbeast!

You're welcome Juliana.

Yay another mention thank you Starbeast.

You're welcome AnyaKimlin.

Thanks for the shortlistings AlcubierreWarp and Starbeast! so glad you guys enjoyed it

You're welcome Kylara.

Thanks for the nice comments from Starbeast, Perpetual Man, Victoria Silverwolf and Tecdavid.

Thanks for the short listings by Glen, Bowler1 and Starbeast.

You're double-ly welcomed Johnnyjet.

Thanks for the Honorable Short List Mention, Starbeast.

You're welcome Ursa Major.

Victoria Silverwolf and Starbeast for the lovely reviews, and the runner uppery I received from Starbeast. Thank you I knew my entry wasn't up to much this month but being a bit Obs/compulsive I didn't want to miss a month, and I am glad I made the effort

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You're double-ly welcomed Phyrebrat. And you are right, it doesn't hurt to try. I'm glad you joined us.

*starbeast*

Any of the finalists could have won, but I kept coming back to Starbeast's story and smiling.

GREAT GALAXY! Thank you for the vote Boneman! Tonight, I party!

Thanks Starbeast for the long-short listing, and Crystal for the mention.

You're welcome Springs.

Thanks for the reviews
Starbeast and Perpetual Man

My pleasure Glitch.

Thanks for the HM Starbeast!! Thought I was going to draw a total blank with my astronomical probing!

Crikey! I'm not used to cutting it this fine to vote. I've enjoyed reading every entry, once again.

You're welcome Stormcrow. I agree, there were a ton of great tales of LIFE, and you were one of them dude.

Thanks to Perp and SB for the kind words AND shortlistings.

You're double-ly welcomed Paranoid Marvin.

Having been 'away' from the tribulations of the challenges in recent months, I was cheered to hell and back for the listing from :-

ratsy, Starbeast and Parson

(Apologies to any I missed)

However, when I saw the vote from Ursa, you could have beaten me stupid (not far to go now) with a baseball bat and I would still have been over the moon.

Thanks Ursa.

You are emensely welcomed TheEndIsNigh, keep up the good work.

 

[Glitch]

Congratulations Cul.

I enjoyed that its inherent cynicism was delightfully couched in humor. Few people really do that in a way I truly enjoy, but you are one of them.

Glad you enjoyed it. Now to repeat such a feat!

 

[Ursa major]

Time for an explanation of my entry....

As The Spurring Platty worked out, my story/poem (Life? No Bones About It...), was an acrostic: the first letter of each line spell out:

Not as we know it, Jim
​

The word, Bones, in the title was meant to remind people of ST:TOS; I thought using the word, Spock**, would make spotting the acrostic too easy (and it isn't as if Mr Spock ever spoke the words during the series...).


** - Besides, Bones is easy to include than Spock.

 

[hopewrites]

I thought Bones' catch phrase was "dammet Jim I'm a doctor not a..."


Thank you again SB, truly honored

 

[paranoid marvin]

Well done Cul!!!

 

[Parson]

Time for an explanation of my entry....

As The Spurring Platty worked out, my story/poem (Life? No Bones About It...), was an acrostic: the first letter of each line spell out:

Not as we know it, Jim
​

The word, Bones, in the title was meant to remind people of ST:TOS; I thought using the word, Spock**, would make spotting the acrostic too easy (and it isn't as if Mr Spock ever spoke the words during the series...).


** - Besides, Bones is easy to include than Spock.

Too clever by half! If I'm to spot such things I need statements telling me that there is something there. Well done.

 

[Ursa major]

I thought Bones' catch phrase was "dammet Jim I'm a doctor not a..."

That's why "Spock" would have been a bigger hint (even though the character never said that phrase in the series).

But given that only TSP saw the hidden meaning, perhaps I should have used a bigger hint.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Ursa, that is just brilliant, and as already noted I missed it completely.

Just to confirm mine, as monsterchic already stated and I'm sure most people got, it was the story of Prometheus the Titan of Greek legend, who first created life and then stole fire from the Gods and gave it to the poor little mortals.

Zeus was not too happy and chained him to a mountain, where every day a little sparrow* would come down and tear out his liver, consume it, and then when he had fully healed, would do it all over again the next morning.

Those classic gods, eh?

*It was in fact an Eagle, but Sparrow sounds so much better. You'll never look at them in the garden the same way now.

 

[mosaix]

A bit late I know but congratulations, Cul.

 

[Juliana]

Perp, love that myth and got it straight away.

 

[crystal haven]

Congratulations, Culhwch!

 

[TheDustyZebra]

But given that only TSP saw the hidden meaning, perhaps I should have used a bigger hint.

You know, I did actually see some of that in the first letters of the lines, noting the "JIM" part and going back to check them, but somehow I couldn't make the jump through the line breaks and it came out not making any sense. The "ASWEKN" part lost me. I'm going to claim illness, though I wasn't sick yet at that point. At least, not as I know it.

I would like to mention that my own story, written on the 23rd, was about my brother, Johnny, who died on February 23rd last year. Oddly, it didn't start out that way, as I was initially calling the "kid" Timmy in my mind, but it wasn't until I changed him to Johnny that it started to come together. The idea was that, coming out of one life, we go through the Escher-port to find the ship of our next life. Grandpa and Mom were waiting for him there, and he and Mom went on to another life together while Grandpa stayed there to wait for the rest of us.

I wish I could be an artist, to get down the picture that is in my mind for that image.

 

[AlcubierreWarp]

lol. I guess Star Trek was on more than just my own mind.

 

[Starbeast]

That's why "Spock" would have been a bigger hint (even though the character never said that phrase in the series).

But given that only TSP saw the hidden meaning, perhaps I should have used a bigger hint.

Very clever Mr Bond, I didn't notice. Then I looked at your entry just now and I was stunned. D'oh!

 

[Ursa major]

The "ASWEKN" part lost me.

Given that Aswekn is a little known degenerative condition of the lower bowel, I'm not really surprised.

 

[mosaix]

Thanks for the mentions / short lists Lenny, Talysia, Abernovo, Perp, Phyrebrat, Hex, hopewrites, Starbeast and TDZ.

 

[Starbeast]

You're welcome Mosaix. Keep up the good work.