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Algernon Sydney is Dead
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:12 pm
tbaker2500 wrote:Who says this story is in the modern era? Hm?
Some dude named "Verb Tense", that's who.

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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:05 pm
They take every logical fallacy
and flip it on its tail.
The fallacies work on most, you see,
so they always make the sale.
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by Sluggo » Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:44 pm
The delighted Catapulter surveys the new gobbet sprayed crater. Paths for heroes should always have distance stakes.
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by Sluggo » Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:16 pm
“Don’t make my mistake. Check the menu before you take a job at a Transylvanian all-night restaurant,” said our dinner.
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by GreatNorthernTroll » Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:23 am
It's a twabble ting aboot Boo Bear. A twabble, twabble ting. He like's to eat sweet honey. He's allergic to the bee sting!
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by strawman » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:04 pm
GreatNorthernTroll wrote:It's a twabble ting aboot Boo Bear. A twabble, twabble ting. He like's to eat sweet honey. He's allergic to the bee sting!
Goodie, GNT! Scores for attitude, ryhthmn, story, poetic imagery! That's packin' a helluva lot into exactly 100 characters.
And so many ways it might be interpreted... so I'm looking forward to the Twabbledribble
*hint* hint*
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by Astroguyz » Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:35 pm
The pancakes attained sentience. Bill shook his fist at the charred landscape. “You blew it up, you damn dirty Crêpes!”
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by Shiny_Object » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:39 am
Astroguyz wrote:The pancakes attained sentience. Bill shook his fist at the charred landscape. “You blew it up, you damn dirty Crêpes!”
Most excellent!!
Yes, I'm a girl.
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:41 am
He hands me a small cup of dusty white powder and snarls, "Drink up."
The "Milk of Human Kindness" is not what it used to be.
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by ROU Killing Time » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:51 am
Astroguyz wrote:The pancakes attained sentience. Bill shook his fist at the charred landscape. “You blew it up, you damn dirty Crêpes!”
One of Hollywood's best final scenes, transformed into a grand-slam breakfast at Denny's.
Nice.
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by RobinSure » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:44 pm
Coco squeaked his nose and bent down to give his bucket of torn bank notes the regulation stir.
He hated paying his taxes.
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:07 am
Not sure I get this one,but welcome aboard, RobinSure!
(Or, since taxes are involved, that's "Robbing Sure"?

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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:16 am
I went into the situation with my eyes wide open. Opened by a knife that is, fluid covering my face. I couldn't see a thing.
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by ROU Killing Time » Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:02 am
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:I went into the situation with my eyes wide open. Opened by a knife that is, fluid covering my face. I couldn't see a thing.
Need a band-aid?
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:00 am
God told them, "Cleanliness is next to godliness." Then he smote all who bathed, for HIS was the only godliness allowed.
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by strawman » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:38 am
I always suspected "next to godliness" was a dangerous place to be.
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by Astroguyz » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:19 pm
The engineers were shocked as the rover safely arrived on the Red Planet, only to be captured & sold as a protocol droid..
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by ROU Killing Time » Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:13 am
War: The ever increasing technological race for one side to destroy the other.
Peace: what happens when both sides win.
(my attempt to write War & Peace in 100 characters...)
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:14 am
Hmm. Maybe, but war doesn't require technology, or changing technology.
Also, according to my (Devil's) dictionary:
Conflict: More than one person in the same county.
War: The conflict becomes more important than life's necessities.
Peace: A hypothetical state that might exist if no life was present.
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by ROU Killing Time » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:24 am
Algernon Sydney is Dead wrote:Hmm. Maybe, but war doesn't require technology, or changing technology.
Also, according to my (Devil's) dictionary:
Conflict: More than one person in the same county.
War: The conflict becomes more important than life's necessities.
Peace: A hypothetical state that might exist if no life was present.
I was thinking Dr.Strangelove, here, so I think your definitions apply. Especially regarding "Peace."

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