Discussion Thread -- September 2018 75-word Writing Challenge

[Danny McG]

My first entry was because Karn twisted my arm, I kept entering to make up numbers. I'm never going to win one of these.

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@mosaix

If anyone else came in here and said that you'd reward them with the infamous slap!

 

[Stable]

I voted for @LittleStar 's sad-but-smart tale.

Runner up was @D3athw4lker for ruining my childhood.

Other notables:
The Judge - Great story that nailed the genre
TheDustyZebra - Most unique code of the month
Peter V - I thought you captured Bond's voice perfectly with the quip
Victoria Silverwolf - I had to look up Mata Hari, thanks for the history lesson
dannymcg - I think we shared about 80% of our plots

 

[Danny McG]

I got a vote!!!
Many thanks @Pedro Del Mar

 

[nixie]

If anyone else came in here and said that you'd reward them with the infamous slap!

Ouch I wasn't putting down my entries, just they don't seem to generate votes * rubs cheek*

 

[Phyrebrat]

Ouch I wasn't putting down my entries, just they don't seem to generate votes * rubs cheek*

I trained in Capoeira, nix; let me know if you need me to er, even the scores, with Danny

pH

 

[nixie]

I trained in Capoeira, nix; let me know if you need me to er, even the scores, with Danny

pH

I'll let him have that one, seeing as I removed his grockle's ability to suck brains, scuppered his attempts to destroy harpo and hoops, likely let Wally bite him and probably caused brain damage when I've zapped him.
I'll likely use your services in future someone is bound to annoy me

 

[Cathbad]

*'note to self: Leave nixie alone!!*

 

[chrispenycate]

Nixie has been alone enough for anyone, and has written some darn good yarns. If she made somewhat fewer grammatical errors I might have voted for some myself.

 

[Danny McG]

I trained in Capoeira

Yeah? Well I sunbathed in Majorca

 

[Cathbad]

I hid in Tinbuktu!

 

[Phyrebrat]

Yeah? Well I sunbathed in Majorca

Well I can’t beat that.

pH

 

[Stable]

I trained in Capoeira

Me too! We might even have met and waved our feet at each other.

... I mean, it's super deadly, watch out Danny.

 

[Danny McG]

Me too! We might even have met and waved our feet at each other.
... I mean, it's super deadly, watch out Danny.

My feet used to be like that as well, happily the chemist gave me some foot spray and they're ok now.
Zero lethal pong.

 

[Hugh]

My vote went to @Phyrebrat
Runner-up @Pedro Del Mar

I'm afraid I find it difficult to appreciate the light touch of this genre as, for me, the whole international spying caper fills me with revulsion, and I feel great sadness for all those involved in it.

Many thanks to @Parson and @Victoria Silverwolf for the reviews. I was particularly impressed by Victoria's use of code.

Thanks also to @M. Robert Gibson for providing the means to decipher the code.

 

[D3athw4lker]

My vote went to @mosaix for clever use of both genre and theme!

@dannymcg @Victoria Silverwolf @The Judge and @paranoid marvin were my close runners up!!

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

I trained in Capoeira

I've got a trained capybara, if that's any help

 

[Phyrebrat]

I've got a trained capybara, if that's any help

@Ursa major there seems to be a challenger to your pundom

pH

 

[chrispenycate]

And besides, what can you train an oversized, semi-aquatic guinea pig to do?

 

[Plucky Novice]

Thanks to @RJM Corbet for the mention and @Glen for the vote. Very much appreciated, although I hadn't anticipated quite how excited I would be to receive a vote!

@paranoid marvin got my vote for making me smile, with @mosaix a close second.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Hey thanks Plucky Novice, you've made me smile too!

Starbeast and Peter V both had excellent entries which I really enjoyed, but mosaix wins out for me; great title too.