Discussion Thread -- March 2016 75-word Writing Challenge

[Mr Orange]

I run master classes for those who want to learn - just bring your own RAY GUN, I don't ever share mine!

I have a cuttlefish blunderbuss, can I come to the class?

 

[Bowler1]

I have a cuttlefish blunderbuss, can I come to the class?

Sounds fishy to me! Still, sign up and blast away, who am I to question a mans choice of weapon.

 

[Cathbad]

I'm befuddled by cummerbunds, what 'bout me??

 

[Mr Orange]

Sounds fishy to me! Still, sign up and blast away, who am I to question a mans choice of weapon.

Fishy? Not at all. It fires pineapples. Invented by John Cuttlefish in 1807. I'll bring it along.

 

[Luiglin]

Sounds fishy to me! Still, sign up and blast away, who am I to question a mans choice of weapon.

I believe that the pen is truly mightier than the sword. In my case it's a semi-automatic pump action laser shotgun biro with red dot and underslung dictionary launcher.

 

[Bowler1]

This is looking good (not so good for those who haven't posted their 75 words yet) and I can see a crack team in the making here. More volunteers welcome of course. Who knows what you might get shot with this month, but I'm sure pineapples can hurt, and are always good for eating after being shot. Who on here wouldn't want a dictionary and no doubt badly needed for those who fail to post an entry, so good call Luiglin. We can all wear a sash to keep Cathbad happy and we'll be a colourful bunch (not quiet what I had planned, but I'm happy to roll with what comes my way), which should add a sporting element to those we have to stalk. Right team, all we have to do now is wait for the Mighty Chrispy to provide a name and shame list, then we roll (well, when I say wait, it's not a rule that will be strictly enforced and a little pre-hunt mayhem is simply my team warming to the difficult task ahead). My type of competition this, with simple motivational aids. We'll unblock any writers block going.

 

[Pentagon]

I can join, but unfortunately as far as armaments go, I am a simple soul - I carry a small satchel full of neat laminated phrase cards.

Including and especially the words:
Suddenly
Chuckle
Smirking
Quirked
Quite + Absolute term, example 'unique'
And many others...

 

[Mr Orange]

BOOM! THOK!

Ahem... Sorry, misfire. Funny sound, a pineapple hitting a wall at sub-sonic speed...

 

[Pentagon]

*Pentagon smirked whilst quirking an eyebrow*

 

[Jo Zebedee]

An awful lot? There are only forty submissions; we've never had fewer than forty-two.
Mind, I've confidence we're going to make it - plenty of time left yet, and several of our 'old faithfuls' are known brinkmasters. But with six newcomers, and days to go, although we might not be looking at an absolute record, thirteen regulars (even if one or two have suggested they will not be participating due to lack of time or not meshing with the subject, but we know how to persuade, cajole and bully those, don't we?), Easter approaching and Ray Guns, I am certain we'll arrive in the norm…

I still got nothing, and am not expecting anything to emerge this side of the deadline. Sorry, guys. The well is dry.

 

[Cathbad]

sub-sonic

~Gets out my Trusty Dusty Dictionary~

Hmmm... I'm definitely gonna have to find reasons to use this!

 

[Droflet]

I still got nothing, and am not expecting anything to emerge this side of the deadline. Sorry, guys. The well is dry.

Come on Jo, it's not like you've got anything else on your plate.

 

[Bowler1]

Come on Jo, it's not like you've got anything else on your plate.

Other than a slice of pineapple!

Laminated phrase cards, ok... we can leave them with our vic...ahem...friends for future use. We don't want to be seen to punish only, but also to help our vic...friends along. So when we shoot someone we need to call Pentagon over to do his cards thing (sash's and phrase cards, we're an interesting hit squad).

 

[Luiglin]

I can join, but unfortunately as far as armaments go, I am a simple soul - I carry a small satchel full of neat laminated phrase cards.

Edges razor sharp and tipped with poison taken from the dainty oodlepip forest frogs of deepest Luxembourg.

 

[Bowler1]

Edges razor sharp and tipped with poison taken from the dainty oodlepip forest frogs of deepest Luxembourg.

We shoot 'em and still call Luiglin over - for the final coup de gras. Literally, being killed by words, what a fitting end for anyone on this forum - I like your style.

 

[Pentagon]

OY, those words are mine. Luiglin's just my treefrog dealer!

 

[Luiglin]

OY, those words are mine. Luiglin's just my treefrog dealer!

Shhh... don't shout it out. Do you know how difficult it is to milk those frogs?

 

[Bowler1]

Sorry, your right, death by a thousand words is all yours Pentagon. I like my new recruits keen and mean....

 

[Shyrka]

Old_Man_Steve2016 - A dying entity resigns himself to his fate and returns to whence he came.

Phyrebrat - The lure of riches untold draws a prospector toward an uncertain - but surely grisly - fate.

DG Jones - In his last gesture, a dying father saves his child from the destruction of our planet.

reiver33 - An exploration vessel prepares a new-found world for colonisation. Violently.

Tim James - The valiant crew of a starship discover that attack is the best form of defence.

Bob Senior - A traveller finds his new home is a paradise but for how long will it remain so? All is not as it seems.

 

[Luiglin]

Sorry, your right, death by a thousand words is all yours Pentagon. I like my new recruits keen and mean....

Those, by the way, are great names for bodyguards. Do you mind if I pinch the idea. The Dark Lord is about to come up against a gnome with attitude.