Announcing the Weekly Tw(itter)-(Dr)abble Contest!

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

The problem with infinite parallel universes is that every possibility must occur, Ed mused on his billionth birthday.

Good one. I love the imagery of Ed sitting at the table, cake in front of him, chin resting on both hands as everybody around him shouts "Happy birthday!"

If you're doing the math (and, hey, who isn't?), then the cake must be at least a 1000 foot square, just to hold the candles. The candles will put out at least 25 GigaWatts -- which is, uh, a lot. Poor Ed might just get sucked into a swirling vortex of flame! (Baker's Dresden, baby!)

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

Urban Planning:
Gridlock, folks going North and South. If they just swapped homes, they'd all be there.
No matter, he calls in the nukes.

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

Simon had an epiphany... He knew that some ideas are just too big for one hundred characters. His brilliant solution was

[strawman]

The problem with infinite parallel universes is that every possibility must occur, Ed mused on his billionth birthday.

Good one. I love the imagery of Ed sitting at the table, cake in front of him, chin resting on both hands as everybody around him shouts "Happy birthday!"

Has the flavor of a Far Side cartoon

[tbaker2500]

If you're doing the math (and, hey, who isn't?), then the cake must be at least a 1000 foot square, just to hold the candles. The candles will put out at least 25 GigaWatts -- which is, uh, a lot. Poor Ed might just get sucked into a swirling vortex of flame! (Baker's Dresden, baby!)

That would be serial universes, not parallel universes. And if we follow THAT line of reasoning, the story is well and truly broken, so we won't go there.

[eric_marsh]

Here's an early treat for Halloween

The policebots' new programming to shoot armed and masked persons on sight made this Halloween far deadlier than usual.

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

The policebots were vulnerable to an SMS exploit. Discovered and patched by 13 year old Ned Fert, new ruler of the world.

[guitardel]

Simon had an epiphany... He knew that some ideas are just too big for one hundred characters. His brilliant solution was

Part 2?

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

Simon had an epiphany... He knew that some ideas are just too big for one hundred characters. His brilliant solution was

Part 2?

No, It's meta.

[eric_marsh]

Eric's ambition is to be a writer, but his ADD makes it hard to focus for more than a sentence. Two sentences is about his...

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

Eric's ambition is to be a writer... Two sentences... (cut)

Hey, that looks familiar...

"It's derivative; It's been done!" They cried. But Eric chuckled -- knowing he had the MGM deal and Adam Sandler as lead.

[eric_marsh]

[mrgoldenbrown]

Vindication:
As news of the global apocalypse spread, I smiled smugly.
“See Mom, procrastination was the right strategy after all.”

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

Good one! Nice to know I've also got the 'right' approach. Or do I? ...

The FEMA man's mother was aghast. He failed to plan for the zombiepocalypse; she'd give his brain such a tongue lashing!

[eric_marsh]

printf("I'll be damned if a 100 char limit can stop me from spewing crap!\n");

for (;;)
putc( (char) (rand()%94) + ' ');

[mrgoldenbrown]

The Dream
I’m falling! Crash! I sit up. Just a dream. I’m in bed, my wife beside me.
I twine my tentacles in hers and fall back asleep.

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

printf("I'll be damned... ...

I only get 99 chars for that (spaces don't count, no matter where). Maybe use %101??

[eric_marsh]

printf("I'll be damned... ...

I only get 99 chars for that (spaces don't count, no matter where). Maybe use %101??

The esoteric question is whether or not the quoted whitespace acts as a character in this context.

[eric_marsh]

Ron Jeremey found it hard to play the straight man in the comedy film One Eyed Monster but he was up for the task in the end.

Ok - I know this is getting silly but when I heard that there really is such a film I couldn't help myself.

[Algernon Sydney is Dead]

The esoteric question is whether or not the quoted whitespace acts as a character in this context.

Nah, the questions are:
(1) How did you get my company's proprietary coding style?
and
(2) Does it count, since it won't compile as is? ("I got your stinkin, stdio right here, pal!" )