Discussion - June 2015 100 Word Anonymous Challenge #7

[Juliana]

I'm guessing DG wrote one of Holland's choices...

 

[holland]

Victoria too, she liked the post. We're narrowing it down

 

[Luiglin]

I shall try to maintain my 100% 0% record later this evening after perusing the stories and maybe sacrificing a vodka to any God who wants to listen.

 

[Dan Jones]

I'm guessing DG wrote one of Holland's choices...

Well, it's just no fun without throwing the odd bone out there...

 

[farntfar]

Great stories everyone.
Special mentions to
Fluid
Justice or the Law
None So Blind
Same Love
A Lepordin Cannot Change Its Spots
Just A Taste

And then especially difficult to choose between the last three
A Lepordin Cannot Change Its Spots got my vote

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Right. Guesses, Favourites and Vote. The observant among you might notice that I have hedged my bets slightly in a couple of cases, which probably means I'll get the old Null Points.

A Heavenly Pie - Robert Mackay
A Lepordin Cannot Change Its Spots - Vaz
Alliteration killed a Nation - Chrispenycate
Beast of Friends - Telford
Clap Your Hands - Holland
Dissect Ions - Mosaix
Eleven Down, One To Go - JohnnyJet
Fluid - Bowler1
Hugo's Hammer. - DGJones
I'm sure it's not important but... - Luiglin
Judge, Jury and Executioner... - TitaniumTi
Just a Taste - Ashleyne B. Watts
Justice or the law? - Cascade
Last Call to Arms - Farntfar
Mummy - Ashleyne B. Watts
Nature creates DNA and loses conviction.- Germinad
None So Blind - Perpetual Man (Tim James)
Once Upon A Rhyme - Cat's Cradle
Reality Bites - Ratsy
Same Love - HopeWrites
So Pretty it Hurts - Paul_S
The Ballad of Parsimone - Remedy
The True Believer - Victoria
We Are the Jury, the Jury Is Us - Willwallace
Writ of Certiorari - TheDustyZebra
Wrong Turn of Events Made Right - Starbeast

 

[TitaniumTi]

Wow - I got a vote... Or did I? Thank you for the vote, or for the compliment to my writing, Kerry.

 

[Dan Jones]

Right, Buchanan, go straight to the headmasters office. Have you been looking at my papers? I shall have to consult my spreadsheet to be sure, but you have at least 5 correct answers in that lot!

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Whoa! Seriously? That must be some sort of record. Do I get a gold star and go to the top of the class?

Even if I don't get a single vote or mention this month , I'll still be able to bask in glory. *wanders off, looking smug*

Edit: when you say at least 5....?

 

[Dan Jones]

Could be more. That's off the top of my head the ones I remember. I'm out at present at a Jazz Club in Madrid (oh, the glamour!!) but when I get back to my room I'll check. It could be more!

 

[chrispenycate]

Grins



I'll get it better later.

 

[Dan Jones]

Chrisp, I love the little "greater or equal than" sign below Kerry's column! Statistician, methunks?

 

[Mad Alice]

I'll have to check my spreadsheet to be sure, but I think you've done a UK and managed nil points there, Johnny.

That would mean the piece attributed to Starbeast by several guessers was incorrect. Starbeast did not write "Beast of Friends". Nor did he write Ballad of Parsimone. But he may have written Wrong Turn of Events Made Right.

Did anyone else notice Kerry attributed two separate stories to
Ashleyne B. Watts? Mummy, and Just A Taste. And ...Just A Taste has already been confirmed to not have been written by Ashleyne B. Watts.
Red Herring?

 

[Dan Jones]

Ooooh, Alice, you're good!

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Not so mad, Alice. I like the way you think!

 

[Mad Alice]

I noticed that Mr. Cat's Cradle said in a different thread that he was currently strapped for time. Could he be the 'extra' name?

Kerry left Jastius off her list, the only missing name besides her own. Given that Kerry doubled up upon one author, then there is a greater percentage of the extra name having been included within her list. Now either Kerry firmly believes Jastius, like Juliana, not to have written, or she has definately included the extra name.

Hmmm. Since there are more times that the neglected authoress has entered then not entered, I would say that Kerry has definately included inadvertently two red herrings. Both the cover name and her own choice of cover name, already one confirmed incorrect.

 

[holland]

I thought Juliana was the red herring since she said she had skipped this month. But now I see she's not on the list at all. Would've been too easy..

 

[ratsy]

but i saw at least 10 stories Juliana could have written!!

 

[chrispenycate]

Chrisp, I love the little "greater or equal than" sign below Kerry's column! Statistician, methunks?

I was never a statistician. I was pure maths, not applied. And it was fifty years ago, anyway (all right, forty eight).

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Actually, I have been unstrapped, and I am here now, Mad Alice! But I can see from your posts that you are an astute observer of the Anonymous scene...I think you will do very well here!

Apologies for my absence...just..busy times. I have a few guesses, a few listings, and one vote to mention, so let's get to it! Great stories, everyone!

Shortlist:
Just a Taste, None So Blind, Reality Bites, The True Believer, Hugo's Hammer, A Heavenly Pie, A Lepordin Cannot Change Its Spots

Finalists:
Once Upon a Rhyme--very well written, very clever, and a lot of fun!
The Ballad of Parsimone--what a beautiful use of language! A terrific poem.
Nature creates DNA and loses conviction.--Loved every word! A wonderful last line.

Vote:
This was a hard one...I went back and forth between my finalists...finally I decided to go with the one that I wish I had written, which was...Nature creates DNA and loses conviction. Well done, Anonymous Writer!


Guesses:
I usually try to guess every story, but this month I've only made a few attempts:

The Ballad of Parsimone---Chrispy
Mummy--Ashleyne
A Lepordin Cannot Change Its Spots--DG
Reality Bites--Kerry
The True Believer--Robert M.
Wrong Turn of Events Made Right--Starbeast

Best of luck to all in the voting! And congrats again to DG for a terrifically-run event! CC