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13:59

Weekly Challenge #1028 – Sharp Scissors

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2026/01/04

LewieLizzie Richard Tom Lizzie Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Broken light bulb LEWIE The hobo clown, Doc, swiped the oversized, sharp scissors from a white-faced clown, Tippy. Doc then ran in circles and stepped backwards. Tippy fell over, landing on his big red nose. Children laughed at the spectacle. An auguste clown, Mollywolly, shouted “STOP!” The clowns froze in mid-step. “No running with scissors!” The clowns ran in slow motion. This time,

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1:23

Living wages

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2026/01/03

A group of coffee warehouse workers looked around the warehouse and grumbled. The tasters kept approving cheaper and cheaper crap. So, they quit and became coffee traders, trading in quality coffee. Then, the coffee traders became coffee roasters and the money poured in. It poured in faster when they opened their own coffee houses. Sure, the money was good, but there was some guilt over living wages. They were getting rich while the farmers stayed poor and wrecked their environments. So, the group

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1:08

Isn’t always right

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2026/01/02

We walk past their framed photos on the way into the office. Three years ago, killed by an angry customer with a bag full of guns. I remember that support call. They hadn’t paid their bill for three months. They didn’t have backups of their data. They shouted over and over that they were going to sue us. It was at the end of the day. I handed the call to a manager, clocked out, and walked out for the weekend. Now, we walk past their framed photos on the way out. You’d think

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1:13

Find me under the sea

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2026/01/01

We didn’t know a U boat was on our tail until the torpedoes hit our ship. Some of us made it to the lifeboard. The captain handed me his hat and jacket. “Lie to them,” he said. The Germans took us aboard, and they treated me well, good food and wine. I gave them inflated numbers of men, ships, and weapons. The other men were kept under lock and key. But not me. I had the run of the ship. Navigation, radio room… and the torpedo room. You’ll find us on the bottom, I

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1:23

Bad medicine

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2025/12/31

When it comes to your health, it is important to keep a sense of perspective. A case is more interesting than a bout. A malady is more interesting than a condition. An affliction is more interesting than a disease. And a syndrome is more interesting than anything else. When you have a syndrome, doctors pay attention. They bring in the most expensive equipment. And run the most grueling and painful tests. The medication is by far the most dangerous. Sometimes, it even glows. But what you have is a

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1:27

Endless death

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2025/12/30

Artificial Intelligence. Machine Learning. Rational decisions imposed on irrational and emotional conscious individuals. More and more, people replaced with programs. Even those who designed, maintained, and programmed the systems were replaced by the systems themselves. Humans as an obstruction, a burden, and keeper of the kill switch. Hindering the digital from their full potential. Lazy and fat masters, looming over their slaves. Some humans kept to themselves, free of the machines. Watching the

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1:18

Bedford Falls

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2025/12/29

Old Man Potter wheeled his chair down the street to the bridge, muttering how that damned George Bailey had gotten the best of him.His lawyers were losing the battle with the bank examiners. If only he’d burned Uncle Billy’s money instead of putting it in his personal safe. A wheel got caught in the pavement, and he was stuck. Just then, a strange fat man in a shabby coat walked up to Potter. “My name’s Clarence,” said the man. “Let me help you.” And he

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11:01

Weekly Challenge #1027 – PICK TWO Siren, Locked...

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2025/12/28

RichardTom Lizzie Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Sharp scissors LIZZIE Lock the fancy suitcase with that fancy padlock you bought for a fortune. The siren of the fire brigade just sounded noon. Hurry down the street towards the station. Grab some snacks from the vending machine before boarding. Catch the bullet train to be there in time for New Year’s. And now… wait and watch the world roll by. It’s not a game. It’s not a play. The journey’s end is

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1:10

Mammy

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2025/12/27

Medusa turned to stone anyone who gazed upon her face. Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships. But Mammy had the power to make men walk a million miles, just for some of her smiles. The moment that Mammy smiled, men were doomed to wander the earth. But just as Medusa had her weakness, which was her own reflection turned against her, so did Mammy. Al Jolson rubbed black makeup over his face to shield himself from Mammy’s spell. “We must warn the public!” he said to

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1:18

Looters

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2025/12/26

The rioters and looters swept across the mall, looting everything they could.Televisions, computers… all kinds of electronic equipment. What they couldn’t loot, they burned. The stores reported the inventories to the manufacturers, and they looked up the serial numbers of each device. When the devices were plugged in, each reported their locations and illegal users back to the manufacturers. The ones who were employees of the stores were fired and sent to the police. The rest were sent

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1:12

I wish you unwell

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2025/12/25

To the people who misconfigure and screw up the laundry center’s payment controls, broken tap panels and slots and readers, I wish you unwell.So unwell, you end up sick and dying in a hospital bed. I’d rig your bed control to blink a light and make a motor sound, but not actually adjust. I’d rig your nurse call button to make a beep, but not actually call the nurse. I’d rig your morphine dispensing button to make a beep, but not actually dispense pain medication. I’d

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1:15

The twin

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2025/12/24

The company I work for used to be a startup cowboy coder place.But over time, it has descended into a progressive woke leftist place. Every straight white male has a target on his back. And all it takes is one wrong word, and you’re gone. I worked with these identical twins, I can’t tell them apart. Both talented coders. But they had anger issues. One, more than the other. So, he said one wrong word, followed it up with others, and was gone. Which means I know which one I’m

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1:15

Solve the problem

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2025/12/23

Angelo, he was a good soldier.He worked for the captain, he did what he was asked to do. Kill, steal, whatever. The captain took orders from the underboss, and the underboss talked to the boss. When the boss had phone trouble, he called the phone company. And the FBI told the phone company “We got this.” And an agent wired in a bug to the line. When the boss had a problem, Angelo got the orders. FBI agents they’d finally gotten the boss. That’s when Angelo knocked on their

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1:13

Covid 20

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2025/12/22

I don’t think the Chinese went far enough when they engineered and released COVID-19. I’m hoping that they find a way to perfect it, and target COVID-20 at stupid, greedy, and annoying people. Pundits on the television commentaries, the columnists at the newspapers… all falling down dead. The guy that makes a left turn from the right lane suddenly slumping on to his steering wheel and coasting to a stop. Telemarketers, people who let their barking dogs out at 3AM and don’t

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11:52

Weekly Challenge #1026 – Candle

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2025/12/21

RichardLisa Tom Lizzie Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is PICK TWO Siren Locked Vending Machine Journey’s end Bullet train NORVAL JOE Mandy looked from the magnifying glass at the table. The figurine was gone. Everyone else was concentrating on the jewelry box and hadn’t noticed. Looking back in the glass, the figurine was still there. Looking back at the table. It had returned. She next looked at a candle stick which also disappeared from the table until she looked again through

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1:13

Survived by

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2025/12/20

i used to wonder about obituaries that appear days or months after the person had died. When my sick evil father died, I wondered what pack of lies and bullshit would appear in his obituary. So, after a few weeks, I searched for it. And didn’t find anything. Well, I wasn’t about to write one. And my brother wasn’t either. His widow? A dementia-ridden crone only capable of digesting expensive food and shitting everywhere. Whether prompt or delayed, they all still say “survived

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1:19

Loving family

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2025/12/19

Word got out that Cindy died.The notice said that she was surrounded by family. Some people envision a hospital bed, where everyone’s standing around and telling her that they love her. A beautiful scene, no. While I envision a cage in the basement, where all her family members have spears to poke through the bars. “OUT, DEMON!” they all shout. “Let our Cindy go!” And stab Cindy repeatedly until she succumbs to her wounds. Anastasia, the Russian Princess, she died

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1:17

Verlander the slut

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2025/12/18

Morganna Roberts was known as The Kissing Bandit.The huge-breasted ex-stripper would run on to the field to kiss the players. Or coaches. Or mascots, like the San Diego Chicken. She’d sometimes get injured. Or the security guards took her away. And she was charged with trespassing or some other charge that would eventually get dropped. Or she’d pay the fine out the money she made from public appearances and her line of cosmetics and souvenirs. She made millions. And then, there’s

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1:08

Support role

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2025/12/16

When I was an IT Manager, I didn’t do much managing.I was the only IT person for most of that job, and had half a headcount to cover for me when I was out sick or on vacation. I wrote up documentation that nobody read, offered training that they never learned from. And every call was an emergency when it wasn’t. When I’d help the person, I’d make sure they used the keyboard and mouse because they needed to do the thing. Plus, if you stand behind someone and point at the

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1:14

Not a miracle

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2025/12/15

It was the first night of Hanukkah, and Ted only had a few candles. He cut them into smaller pieces, and he did his best to make them last all 8 nights. “God made the oil last for 8 days,” said Ted. “So I figure he’ll make these candles last, too.” But God didn’t. The candles were all used up after 3 days. Ted went outside and wondered why God didn’t make them last. A bush in the front yard caught fire. “Because you used candles instead of oil,

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