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10:57

Weekly Challenge #942 – Has-beens

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2024/05/12

Lisa Lizzie Richard Serendipidy Norval Joe Tom Planet Z The next topic is All our tomorrows RICHARD Beans I has beans every day, plenty of fibre in them, see. Scientists say it's good for you, all I knows is they makes me fart. Guess that's a good thing though: better out, than in, I says, just so long as you ain't downwind of me at the time. Ferocious, they are… pungent! But, I suppose that's one of the downsides of taking care of your body, occupational hazard,

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1:24

A library of complaints

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2024/05/11

Someone complained about Abraham Lincoln and his Gettysburg Address being on display in a university library, so the staff removed them, saying it had been part of a temporary exhibit, even though they had been on display for years. Then, at another library, a parent complained about Ru Paul's book, so the library pulled it from the shelves. People started complaining about everything, books, artwork, the chairs, the stairs... Pretty soon, there was nothing left in any library in America. Which

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1:11

Car window

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2024/05/10

Someone smashed my car window and took some stuff. "Yeah, it happens," said the police. They gave me some paperwork to fill out. "Leave the doors unlocked," they said. "And don't leave anything in your car." My insurance company said "The deductible is five hundred dollars." So, I went to the repair shop, and they charged me... five hundred dollars. When they were finished, I smashed the store owner's car window. Then I drove to the insurance agent's office and smashed her car window, too. Because

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11:49

Weekly Challenge #941 – Outsider

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2024/05/05

LisaLizzie Richard Serendipidy Norval Joe Tom Planet Z The next topic is Has-beens LISA Our Adductor Explains “The wealth we have is beyond comprehension. This has, in some respects, made us into outsiders. Neither of us fit into traditional society or, indeed, like society. So, we would like to start something else. A sort of new community built on love and trusting. That’s why, you see, taking you all against your will wasn’t the right start for this. I’d prefer

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1:29

The shadow war

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2024/05/05

As I strolled down the avenue, I realized that my shadow was not my own. The embassy frequently warned us about rogue shadows, the shadows of their greatest and most successful spies. “Watch your back!” Say the posters. This is why all official business happens in specially-built light rooms, with light coming from all directions to purge any rogue shadows. Trapped in dark prisms and shadow boxes, kept in a massive safe. Until the enemy offers an exchange. Their captured shadows for ours. Lining up

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1:27

What is new

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2024/05/03

The problem with naming things New is that they eventually become old. New Coke was a total flop, and Coke had to bring back their old formula. They called it Coke Classic, eventually dropping the Classic along with New Coke. New Wave music ruled the late 70's and early 80's, conquering consciousnesses through MTV. Until the fad was replaced with newer music, coming back now and then as retro through tribute acts. Then there's New York and New England. What's so new there? They're just old,

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1:20

Stealing home derby

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2024/05/02

I don't know what's so exciting about the home run derby. Some guy lobs easy pitches to a batter, and they slug them over the fence. Over and over and over. Where's the challenge in that? What I really want to see is the steal home plate derby. That's where the real excitement is, a guy stealing home. Although it's kind of hard to do in a derby, since they know the guy is going to try to steal home. So, instead, let's go with a Bench Clearing Brawl Derby. Give the winner a pickup truck. And an ice

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1:29

Credit card offers

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2024/05/01

Elwood had a decent credit rating, so he got a lot of credit card offers in the mail. They were better than the high-interest service fee cards he'd gotten when he was poor and broke. But he looked at the cashback offers for the store cards, and he noticed that they paid out less than other general bank cards for the same category. So, he broke into his neighbors' mailboxes with better credit ratings, got cards in their names, and ran up huge tabs. Then he drove off to Mexico. At least the neighbors

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1:14

Dog walkers

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2024/04/30

I like to walk to the grocery store every Saturday. If it's going to be a very hot day, I go as early as I can. And I take a route that's through a nice neighborhood with shady trees and wide sidewalks. There's joggers, people pushing strollers, and others going to the store or coming back from it with their bags. Today, I walked past a couple walking their two dogs. Well, one was laying on the ground, not moving, and another was sniffing it and whining. The couple was crying. Maybe it's too hot out

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1:09

My Battery anxiety

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2024/04/29

When I broke my elbow, I was stuck in the emergency room with a phone at 3% battery and no cord or spare battery. A doctor let me borrow his charger so I could get texts out to friends, and they convinced the gift shop to send a cord to my hospital room. And cookies. And iced tea. And stuffed bears. Since then, I've had battery anxiety. I bought a plug-in hybrid car instead of a Tesla because of battery anxiety. And I panic when I see a coworker's shared desktop on Zoom when they're not plugged in

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15:56

Weekly Challenge #940 – PICK TWO Still, Officer down,...

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2024/04/28

Lisa Lizzie Richard Serendipidy Justin the Space Turtle David Fairbanks Norval Joe Tom Planet Z The next topic is Outsider JUSTIN THE SPACE TURTLE Three… You never know how it’ll turn out. You thought it would be amazing, as endless as anything can be this side of Heaven, and be a little slice of it. Two… surely it’s just a challenge, it will be OK, just try again, learn, try harder, be better. Push through the pain, do the best you can. One… It’s not

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1:15

Murderball

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2024/04/27

When Fall comes, I like to move my laptop to the patio table and work from outside. Of course, I need a second monitor. And a power cable for the equipment. Maybe a large fan, when the breeze isn't blowing. Then there's the wireless keyboard and trackpad. And my phone. Don't forget the pitcher of iced tea. And lemons. And ice. When everything's set and ready, that's when the sun comes out. And that glowing orange murderball screams I WILL MURDER YOU WITH MY HEAT AND LIGHT! I pack everything back

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1:16

Go out and

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2024/04/26

So many people on their timelines encourage others to vote. Sometimes for one candidate. Or the other. Or against one of the candidates, implying that you should vote for the other one. And then there's the general calls to vote, without any particular candidate in mind. Just vote. I don't ever endorse people to vote for a candidate. Or against one. Or even encourage people to vote. If you've ignored every other call to vote, for or against, or at all, and it's all down to what I think... Just give

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11:54

Weekly Challenge #938: Total Security

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2024/04/14

LisaLizzie Richard Serendipidy Norval Joe Tom Planet Z I think I mixed the ending a bit oddly... oh well. You can see the topic here: The next topic is Train RICHARD Sold! I bought it on Amazon: No, it wasn't cheap, but maybe I was swayed by the product description. 'Absolute peace of mind, and total security', it said, and then to ram the point firmly home, it went on to detail exactly why I had no need whatsoever ever to worry… Waterproof, leak proof and rot

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1:20

The first Easter

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2024/04/13

He stood there, a dark and shabby man, rotten teeth and wild hair. Clothed in dirty rags, surrounded by dozens of shabby commoners. Roman soldiers watched them all. "That's Jesus?" I said. "For real?" "Kinda puts things in perspective, eh?" said Dr. Marks, holding his camera steady. We were posing as merchants, and tracked the group for a few days. And when it was over, we went back to our boat, threw the time circuits, and appeared back in the Institute. We both took a big breath of fresh

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1:17

Baby, it’s cold outside

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2024/04/12

Baby woke up cold, bound up and tied to a tree. She looked around as best she could. There were trees all around her, and all she heard were crickets. She tried to scream, but there was a gag over her mouth. The last thing she remembered was leaving Archie's place and going home. And her husband... he came back a day early. "What do you think it will be?" a voice whispered in her ear. "Starve, dehydrate, or freeze?" It wasn't any of those. It was a shovel to her skull. And he used it to bury her

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1:15

Simon doesn’t say

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2024/04/11

Of all the childhood games out there, the one I hate the most is Simon Says. Because I never got to play it as anything but Simon. Sure, telling kids to step forward or raise their hands can be fun. But it was never enough. It led to my being a megalomaniac, ordering kids to rob banks, smite enemies, and far, far worse. I tried it on my family, but they were also Simons, and my parents never relinquished their iron grip on power. Oh, I also hate dodgeball. Getting hit in the face with a rubber ball

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1:21

The pizza ranch

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2024/04/10

I like to dip my cheese pizza in ranch dressing. I also like Doritos. So, I bought a bag of pizza-flavored Doritos and a bag of ranch-flavored Doritos and ate them together. It was a dumb idea. Because the flavor dust gets all over everything. And they don't stack like Pringles. So, I'll dip pizza-flavored Doritos in ranch dressing. But I won't crumble up ranch-flavored Doritos and sprinkle them on cheese pizza. That's stupid and messy. Some idiot came up with a bag that mixed pizza-flavored Doritos

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1:18

Ding Dong

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2024/04/09

You probably only know of the two Wicked Witches and the one Good Witch from the classic film, and maybe you know Mombee from the later sequel, but the books are full of spellcasters, sorcerers, and other practitioners of magic. Ding Dong was especially proud, powerful, and dangerous. The few who knew of her existence knew not to mention her, let alone insult her. Munchkins are as ignorant as they are small, so they didn't realize their mistake of singing "Ding Dong, the witch is dead!" "No," a

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1:19

Washing off the blood

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2024/04/08

Can you hear the mortars? They're silent again. After the bodies were piled into trucks and hauled off, we brought the stretchers to the creek. Washing the blood and guts off of the canvas, getting them cleaned up for the next wave to come in. We'd wash ourselves, wash the blood and guts off of ourselves, trying to wash out the memories and noise and smell away. Wondering when we'd end up on the stretchers, taken down the hill down to the trucks, piled up, our blood and washed off and... and... Can

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