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strawman wrote:Finally, why do I feel as though a quibble ought to be exactly 100 syllables?

Makes sense to me.

Hmm... High marks on the slushy reminiscence. But I saw the ending coming. The narrator had to be either a man or a football, after all.

strawman wrote:Tastes like chicken.

Everything does if you put enough Ketchup on it. That's why I don't use ketchup - You just never know what people are trying to slip you under that red muck!

Invisible Zombie cyclists????

Well, it's different, I'll give you that.

And I suppose the loud moans of, "Brains..." would be as good as a bell for an audible warning of approach.

As for this story, I too am completely zombie'd out. The whole genre just makes no sense from the perspective of basic physics once a zombie lasts to the point that it needs to eat. Where does the energy come from to move arms and legs if it can't digest or respirate? Too much hand-waving for me. T...

I haven't heard "penis-breath" used as a callow insult since we learned the secret ingredient in those protein shakes. --Andy This made me snort laugh. Good one. :D I didn't know you COULD snort Laugh. Tobacco - yes. Even Coke, although the bubbles make your sinuses sore. But Laugh? I think I'll ju...

What's the betting there'd be an EU regulation against it nowadays?

the local tradespeople no longer accept bovine or virgin daughters as currency. Bovine daughters? Might I suggest rephrasing that as, virgin daughters or cattle ? cello taped some gold foil to the walls Sellotaped? I think I spy the evil parasite that is autocorrection. LOL Otherwise, it's not bad....

And hence the demise of the pump attendant. Here I thought it was just economics.

BTW. Has everyone filled up on Haggis, Neeps & Tatties and LOTS of whiskey?

Ah... Because The Bard Of Ayrshire is celebrating his birthday again, right?

But doesn't the original quote go something along the lines of, The best laid plans of mice and men gan oft agley?

Umm... Right... Just don't get excited while I ring the hospital again...

Wow! This isn't a drabble, this is the first hundred words of a novel! Surely! Isn't it?

And if not... WHY NOT?

In whales and dolphins, the females are called cows and the males are called bulls. Don't ask me why, because they don't have horns. Thanks, but your explanation stopped before it got the the part where the light turns on. It was a stretch to guess the trope was being evoked to indicate the dolphin...

strawman wrote:Don't you call my mum a bloke!

I'm sure she's quite capable of calling one for herself.

I want more Mr. Bottle stories! The idea of a dolphin detective is just too good to abandon. I knew that cow was trouble when she came into my office? I don't get it. a private dick line? In whales and dolphins, the females are called cows and the males are called bulls. Don't ask me why, because th...

MadeintheDark wrote:Electrons moving in a magnetic field exhibit strange quantum behaviour is this the reason I have sired seven children.

No, it's because that bloke in the pub who said you can reuse a condom if you turn it inside out, LIED!

I've said it before. I don't like Zombie Stories. I just think they're lazy. As if the world building thought train runs... It's the end of the world and all civilisation has ended except for a handful of survivors. Ah but of course, if there are only a handful of survivors, they will all have amazi...

I have to admit, I wouldn't have hyphenated rose coloured in the first place, but it's just a preference. I try not to hyphenate at all unless it's someone's name or else Pages insists on it. Perhaps though, we might have a definitive ruling on the hyphenation question stuck to the top of the board,...

pondspider wrote:The anti-gravity unit hummed as the ground spun rapidly away beneath him.
This was the last time he'd go off at a tangent.

Ah... The First Men In The Moon, by H.G Wells

Looks like it's true. There's nothing new under the sun. Or the moon, for that matter.