Discussion - June 2015 100 Word Anonymous Challenge #7

[Dan Jones]

I'm not even sure I've found a style to stick to yet. Or maybe more words are required to reveal it.

Indeed. The 300-worders I think reveal more stylistic consistencies. Or voice, if you want to put it that way.

 

[Dan Jones]

Holy Anonymity, Batface! There's another story to be enjoyed just over yonder.

Gadzooks, etc.

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Monty Pythonesque. Wonderful!

 

[willwallace]

Monty Pythonesque. Wonderful!

You can never have too much Monty Python.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Wrong Turn of Event Made Right – Comedic events with superhero drama save the day in a homage to everything madcap and crazy.

In my head there is only one person who can have written this one. Although I'm not very good at guessing so it'll be wrong

 

[Dan Jones]

You're thinking of Graham Chapman, right? Or Frank Miller?

Clue: it's not them. Guess again, Perp

 

[Perpetual Man]

Or my third guess would have been Christopher Nolan

 

[Cat's Cradle]

In my head there is only one person who can have written this one.

I wonder if it's the same "only one person" I am thinking of, Perp? I'd love to have one in the bag when it comes guessing time! A very-very fun story, this! (And I like The Ballad of Parsimone, the poem that preceded it quite a bit, as well!)

 

[Perpetual Man]

I wonder if it's the same "only one person" I am thinking of, Perp? I'd love to have one in the bag when it comes guessing time! A very-very fun story, this! (And I like The Ballad of Parsimone, the poem that preceded it quite a bit, as well!)

Yeah it will be interesting to see CC, an incredible two people agreeing on the same one, and then both of them wrong!

Seeing as you said you like the one before in the pure spirit of the game, I wondered about giving it a bad review (and another one or two as well) and seeing if the writer responded with indignation, thus giving themselves away!

 

[Dan Jones]

Seeing as you said you like the one before in the pure spirit of the game, I wondered about giving it a bad review (and another one or two as well) and seeing if the writer responded with indignation, thus giving themselves away!

Don't be so naughty, Perp. I've met your sort before.

 

[Perpetual Man]

I only thought about it...

 

[Cat's Cradle]

I wondered about giving it a bad review (and another one or two as well) and seeing if the writer responded with indignation, thus giving themselves away!

Oh, that would be wicked, Perp! I think you're too kind to ever actually follow through though!
I hope this won't get me banned from future 100 worders (or even the guessing round), but this one time I am sending you a PM with my guess for that story, to see if we agree...it HAS to be that one person, right??

 

[Perpetual Man]

Right!

 

[Luiglin]

Is colluding allowed or do we need a swimming baths sign?

No running
No dive bombing
No heavy petting (I always got confused with that as a kid. I mean who'd take a St Bernard or Great Dane swimming?)
No colluding

 

[chrispenycate]

You might have a pet hippopotamus.

But, once we are issued the list of those who might (or might not) have submitted stories (on which list I again intend to be) everybody analyses the first results to be posted, so this is only advancing the collusion by a few days.

 

[Luiglin]

Damn, I never thought about a hippo.

 

[Zoe Mackay]

everybody analyses the first results to be posted,

On a point of information, whilst many people might cast a vaguely interested eye over the early results, exactly one person constructs intricate "scenario" spreadsheets.

 

[chrispenycate]

Really? And who might that be? It feels like a very logical way to go about things…

 

[Luiglin]

I'm all for the butterfly effect. The problem is teaching the buggers to type.

 

[Perpetual Man]

So we have a clue, Chris is entering a story, so we know it hasn't gone in yet... or is he bluffing?

Which reminds me, when is the closing date, I've got to get mine in?

If I enter.

Or if I haven't already.

I do like this challenge.