Following on from my rather unusual weekend without water (and learning to appreciate it a bit more), I'm now returning to the comments...
Alc – I don’t know, some people seem to think that if they put a word or two in there that might be perceived as a little bit…. Rude that they will raise a laugh or two. Well I am here to say this is not the case. What is funny about ‘Biggershaft’ (snigger) any way? It fits quite nicely with Adonis and spacestud (chuckle) I suppose, and catches the thrill of the traditional countdown. And the password, lordy, lordy, lordy the number of times I have tried to remember… anyhoo. Biggershaft (snigger….)
High Eight – It has been said that the saddest tears are those of a clown, and who am I to argue. You can just see the sad little fellow sitting on his throne, dreading the nightly tirade against him. Is he not funny enough? Is it his delivery? Perhaps all the jokes have been told so many times they are not funny anymore. Making people laugh is a very fine line like walking a
blade, if you fall on the wrong side, you might as well do a
runner.
Ursa – Speaking of good jokes, a captain talks to his computer, and tells it he needs his room cleaned. But the ships service droids don’t do a good job, see. So he tells it again, but this time he insists he wants it vacuumed… oh you’ve already heard it and it wasn’t funny the first time. Except to the computer. And maybe the Captain. It certainly took his breath away. He ore’t to have liked it. Great play on words as always.
Parson – Normally we have top groan at the Bear for the puns around here. But this month we have Parson joining in. It could well be considered a purrfect story, well it certainly fir the bill just by a whisker. A laugh or a groan, well it made me ow. Well I don’t want to seem catty, about a story that is so kitten like, it did the job well and adds to the ranks of grrreat stories this month.
Grim – Nope I don’t see it. How can a story about parking a space ship be considered funny? I mean the sense of urgency might be there for someone who has never parked before, but to a practiced hand? Someone just pointed out that it might be one of those clever little tales that has a hidden subtext, perhaps a double-entendre or two. But they’re obviously wrong. It’s so obvious that the officer is desperate for the toilet…
(Great to see you in the challenge Grim!)
Kerry – This one almost slipped by me, but it is that clever stroke of genius that pops up in the challenge a lot more often than is possible. Some great words and once the code is cracked it can’t help but make you smile. It makes me wonder when this all took place. A while ago in a solar system a great distance from here I’m guessing.
Chris – Ahhh, the destruction of a star and all that goes with it and all the lifeforms that inhabit the worlds around it, always good for a laugh. It is made all the more realistic by some of the genuine scientific terms used in it, and the payoff is magnificent. Not sure whether it is just me but there seem to be an underlying sadness even as you laugh at it.
Serendipity – Cats again? And I’ve used up all the ‘good’ feline jokes already. I’ve got an image of this little robot thing jumping from moon to moon, and it is keeping me entertained even as I type. Sometimes a story does not need a punchline rather it is the telling itself that is funny. And the names C.A.T. and Zacman great, but I’m going to go crazy trying to work out the acronym.
Remedy – A nice bit of misdirection. Who does not daydream once in a while? Wanting to be something a little bit more than one actually is. Captain Action is a something that could easily be the dream of any person in a lowly job. Of course if anyone else had access to the players thoughts it might be rather alarming at how funny the story might be. Or the shock of being overheard and how people might react. This, or course, does not bother me. For I am Captain Action! Did I say that out loud?
