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ROU Killing Time
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by ROU Killing Time » Sun May 09, 2010 4:05 am
strawman wrote:There's still time to try, ROU. Come on, I know you have a mother. How about a nice twabble poem for mom?
ok ok. Here ya go. Not a poem, but in the spirit of Mother's Day.
Momma always told me that life is like a box of chocolate covered insects. I really hate the ones with wasps or fire-ants.
"Never fuck with The Culture"
Sublime In Peace Iain M. Banks.
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nevermore_66
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by nevermore_66 » Sun May 09, 2010 4:09 am
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:Mother's day was invented by the card companies, Cinco de Mayo by Corona -- But those fools at Trojan won't take the hint!
My brain is playing scary tricks on me and combining our twabbles into this horrible, alternate dimension where Oedipus is the spokesperson for the Trojan company's Mothers Day commercials...
"This Mothers Day, give her something special..."
Ugh!

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Algernon Sydney is Dead
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Sun May 09, 2010 4:14 am
ROU Killing Time wrote:Momma always told me that life is like a box of chocolate covered insects. I really hate the ones with wasps or fire-ants.
So you like the flies, roaches, or even grasshoppers?
Fireants ain't bad -- kinda tart. Just make sure they can't bite you first.
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Algernon Sydney is Dead
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Sun May 09, 2010 4:22 am
nevermore_66 wrote:My brain is playing scary tricks on me and combining our twabbles into this horrible, alternate dimension where Oedipus is the spokesperson for the Trojan company's Mothers Day commercials...
"This Mothers Day, give her something special..."
Ugh!

Hmmm. The "Oops" emoticon suggests that you did not buy your Trojans soon enough.
Anywho, like they always say, "If a gal's not good enough for her own family..."
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LizPennies
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by LizPennies » Sun May 09, 2010 4:36 am
He played in my imagination, until I wanted to see his. "No, It's not safe," he told me. "You don't often survive in mine."
A story doesn't have to have be happy, to gain happiness from a story.
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Algernon Sydney is Dead
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Sun May 09, 2010 4:41 am
LizPennies wrote:He played in my imagination, until I wanted to see his. "No, It's not safe," he told me. "You don't often survive in mine."
Whoa, it's like you ARE in my head.
Most excellent twabble.
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by F5iver » Sun May 09, 2010 1:53 pm
She held onto her last breath as they pupated. As she slipped into death they hatched and shouted, "Happy Mothra's Day!"
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Sun May 09, 2010 3:18 pm
He told me necessity is a mother.
I told him I need my Mommy.
And so, his head exploded.
That's exactly what Mother needed.
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Insert Name Here
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by Insert Name Here » Sun May 09, 2010 5:13 pm
Doc, is it TB? ED? MS? VD? ADD? OCD? PMS?
It's pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
In 3 letters or fewer?
(Ever since twabbles were introduced, I have wanted to see one with a very long word in it.)
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LizPennies
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by LizPennies » Sun May 09, 2010 5:47 pm
Wanting to make my new father proud, I mimicked every action. But no matter how I slither, my skin won't shed away so easy.
A story doesn't have to have be happy, to gain happiness from a story.
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Domition
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by Domition » Sun May 09, 2010 5:52 pm
LizPennies wrote:He played in my imagination, until I wanted to see his. "No, It's not safe," he told me. "You don't often survive in mine."
Good twabble. Welcome, newish poster.
All the answers lay in her cold, dead fist. No one thought to look there before the burial.
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Domition
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by Domition » Sun May 09, 2010 5:58 pm
Insert Name Here wrote:Doc, is it TB? ED? MS? VD? ADD? OCD? PMS?
It's pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
In 3 letters or fewer?
(Ever since twabbles were introduced, I have wanted to see one with a very long word in it.)
Never before had an Australopithecus Robustus enjoyed anthropomorphizing antidisestablishmentarianism so much.
All the answers lay in her cold, dead fist. No one thought to look there before the burial.
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by LizPennies » Sun May 09, 2010 6:26 pm
"What was this witch's crime?" He poked the ash pile. "The usual; walked on water, raised dead, turned water to wine..."
A story doesn't have to have be happy, to gain happiness from a story.
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by nevermore_66 » Sun May 09, 2010 11:57 pm
Insert Name Here wrote:Doc, is it TB? ED? MS? VD? ADD? OCD? PMS?
It's pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
In 3 letters or fewer?
(Ever since twabbles were introduced, I have wanted to see one with a very long word in it.)
That word is in my novel draft

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by nevermore_66 » Sun May 09, 2010 11:57 pm
LizPennies wrote:He played in my imagination, until I wanted to see his. "No, It's not safe," he told me. "You don't often survive in mine."
Very nice.
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Algernon Sydney is Dead
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Mon May 10, 2010 12:25 am
LizPennies wrote:"What was this witch's crime?" He poked the ash pile. "The usual; walked on water, raised dead, turned water to wine..."
You left off, "Wouldn't shut up about his ol' man."

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by DanielSolis » Mon May 10, 2010 12:38 am
"The silver bullet is forged from our wedding rings, you know." "Very clever, love." He gurgles as his canines retract.
Happy Birthday, Robot! A storytelling party game for clever kids, gamer parents and fun classrooms.
http://kck.st/9YR9U2
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Domition
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by Domition » Mon May 10, 2010 12:57 am
He boarded a bus and looked around. The living out numbered the Recycled 3 to 1 so he took a seat near a group of his own kind.
All the answers lay in her cold, dead fist. No one thought to look there before the burial.
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by ejbman » Mon May 10, 2010 3:52 am
Coral had a thing for squid. A gelatinous thing with electrodes; it helped them read her. She kept it with her parachute.
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by RicV » Mon May 10, 2010 8:45 pm
Dan figured out the answers to life. He wasn’t surprised that tacos, beer and toilets were involved.