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- Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:18 pm
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Drabble: "The Only Good Indian Is"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1874
Re: Drabble: "The Only Good Indian Is"
You pull off a bit of the ol' Goldilocks with the accents: not too much, not too little. It flavors things really nice. Hollow eye sockets passed over both their faces. Then, seemingly satisfied, it shambled off. This may be just me and my reading but when I hear "Hollow eye sockets" I assume there ...
- Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:39 pm
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: The Secret Ingredient (The Apprentice Theme)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1335
Re: The Secret Ingredient (The Apprentice Theme)
“And mead comes from honey!” I love this line because it sells us on the fact that we have stepped in on a conversation which was already happening. “And honey comes from bees, you tomfool pansy little boy!” On the word bees, he whacks me with the bucket. “Now get out there and collect some honey.”...
- Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:35 pm
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Beaten but not defeated [Moustache Mythos]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1327
Re: Beaten but not defeated [Moustache Mythos]
Rosebud. That's exactly what was on my mind. Is it that obvious? ;) That Beatrice. Can't decide if she's the hero or the villain. Depends who's drabbling, I suppose. Originally, I intended the Mad Clipper to be a stock bad guy. When it got revealed that he destroyed her home world, he turned into a...
- Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:58 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Beaten but not defeated [Moustache Mythos]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1327
Beaten but not defeated [Moustache Mythos]
The world-destroyer lie infirm. The beeping didn't synch perfectly with his pulse. He hated the smell of the place. He didn't remember but that was familiar. However, when he tried to sit up, the pain was definitely new. No effort would let him rise. Instead, he gritted his teeth and shifted his wei...
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:12 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Something Sexy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 800
Re: Something Sexy
I am there with you along for the ride. It's all very routine until: “Wear something sexy.” Both writer and character break the routine here. However, the female character successfully heals that rupture: She smiles, as always, and I drive away, The other character just driving away confirms it. I s...
- Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:52 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Storytelling is Linear
- Replies: 5
- Views: 981
Re: Storytelling is Linear
Wish I knew the magical secret allows some people to write like that. Right now I'm operating under the assumption that you get there the same way we all learned how to walk: by falling on our faces many, many times. Grammar. Study your grammar. Better yet, go look at how linguists break down sente...
- Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:31 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Translating Sappho
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1161
Re: Translating Sappho
Great until the last line. Unless you're a quadraplegic, the next line would be, "Where would you like me to put these pencils?" Still, you don't say "Clean off the desk". You do it. I mean, theoretically. You know you're absolutely right... Where do the pencils go? I think something was added (ins...
- Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:39 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Nair-Do-Wells - A Tale of Moustache Resistance
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1031
Re: Nair-Do-Wells - A Tale of Moustache Resistance
How can the heroes we all need succeed-
...when they're all bottled up?
...when they're all bottled up?
- Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:34 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Truth in Avatar-zing
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2269
Re: Truth in Avatar-zing
All heart and no brains?
Nom, nom, nom.
Nom, nom, nom.
- Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:28 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Translating Sappho
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1161
Translating Sappho
Ερος δαὖτέ μ' ὀ λυσιμέλης δόνει, γλυκύπικρον ἀμάχανον ὄρπετον. "When is this one due? "I think it needs to be translated by Friday." "Okay. What do we do with Eros?" "Hmm. Why don't we go with yearning? It's Old English and has that earthy, primal feel." "Yeah, I really like that." "Others have rend...
- Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:47 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: The Koshare's Tale
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3187
Re: The Koshare's Tale
All those moustache's are fans of the koshare. It is understandable really.
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:19 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: The Shave-iour of Mankind
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1590
Re: The Shave-iour of Mankind
Now, I want to write the credits.
Starring
Whoopi Goldberg as the voice of Beatrice
Emma Stone as the Friend
Robert Downey, Jr. as the Monsieur
Kevin Spacey as the Bartender
Christopher Walken as The Mad Clipper
Matt Damon as the Bearded Minion
Mickey Rourke as the Cop
Am I forgetting anyone?
Starring
Whoopi Goldberg as the voice of Beatrice
Emma Stone as the Friend
Robert Downey, Jr. as the Monsieur
Kevin Spacey as the Bartender
Christopher Walken as The Mad Clipper
Matt Damon as the Bearded Minion
Mickey Rourke as the Cop
Am I forgetting anyone?
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:58 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: The Seven Cities of Cibola
- Replies: 6
- Views: 996
Re: The Seven Cities of Cibola
Why don't you keep the 93 word version, save for: Damn the land of the Ashiwi. As this creates closure, Break your pattern of including Ashiwi in the four line stanzas, then end your set with a one line verse which includes Ashiwi and hammers home the ending? The breath lengths of the 93 word versio...
- Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:02 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Morel Dilemma
- Replies: 5
- Views: 893
Re: Morel Dilemma
I once had a pair of Jehovah's Witness' come to my door and I talked to them for so long that they said "Well, it has been nice talking to you but we really have to be going." They never came back.
- Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:44 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: Measure the Immeasurable (Valentines Theme)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2345
Re: Measure the Immeasurable
Perhaps, the device instantly grows you a moustache. I know, the horror!!! If just anyone could grow them without the stubble and that new growth itch, how would they continue to be the status symbols of luxuriance and character they are now? Freed from genetics, we would have to chose other arbitra...
- Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:59 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: The Moustache's Bearded Minions [Moustache Mythos]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1285
Re: The Moustache's Bearded Minions
Thank you. If I was able to do that, it is truly the best compliment.Flintknapper wrote:made me laugh
I'm not sure the concept of law registers in the mind of a moustache so filled with majesty.Flintknapper wrote:Oh dear, the police got involved?
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:23 pm
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: The Wind in the Whiskers [Moustache Mythos]
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1127
Re: The Wind in the Whiskers
Oh, no! The Mad Clipper rises again!
Watch everyone! This is how villains get made. It starts with a waxing addiction and never ends.
Watch everyone! This is how villains get made. It starts with a waxing addiction and never ends.
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:13 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: The Moustache's Bearded Minions [Moustache Mythos]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1285
The Moustache's Bearded Minions [Moustache Mythos]
"I don't know officer." "You don't know?" "I turned around and he was attacking my friend." "So, you enjoyed it?" "Hun? No, I'm not like that" "And you don't know him? I heard he owes you some money." "I've never seen him before in my life." "Look at this. Could you even recognize him with a face li...
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:11 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: The Shave-iour of Mankind
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1590
Re: The Shave-iour of Mankind
You've inspired me to keep the story going.
Is that stuffed in a museum somewhere?MonsieurMoustache wrote:the Greater Woolly Squid of Wyattearp
- Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:02 am
- Forum: Drabbles
- Topic: August 10, 1680
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1196
Re: August 10, 1680
"We shall have" feels stronger and more concise than "We shall take back.."
Cthulhu slumbers in Albuquerque? That might help explain the celebrations.
Cthulhu slumbers in Albuquerque? That might help explain the celebrations.