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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 ...

“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.”...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

How can the heroes we all need succeed-

...when they're all bottled up?

All heart and no brains?

Nom, nom, nom.

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...

All those moustache's are fans of the koshare. It is understandable really.

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?

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...

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.

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...

Flintknapper wrote:made me laugh

Thank you. If I was able to do that, it is truly the best compliment.

Flintknapper wrote:Oh dear, the police got involved?

I'm not sure the concept of law registers in the mind of a moustache so filled with majesty.

Oh, no! The Mad Clipper rises again!

Watch everyone! This is how villains get made. It starts with a waxing addiction and never ends.

"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...

You've inspired me to keep the story going.

MonsieurMoustache wrote:the Greater Woolly Squid of Wyattearp

Is that stuffed in a museum somewhere?

"We shall have" feels stronger and more concise than "We shall take back.."

Cthulhu slumbers in Albuquerque? That might help explain the celebrations.