Ian Phillips
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I've counted it at 101 words now...
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I've counted it at 101 words now...
I finally thought I had a great drabble in production and ready for competition. It turned out to be a brain bogey. I wrote it and when I read the print, a toddler had apparently taken over the keyboard. It was more or less unintelligible. Not even fit for the bargain bin.
I'll proceed to leave the drabbling to the champions here also in the future.
There's been Drabbles I've written that I've decided were best not let loose. That's right, there were even worse puns.
But you shouldn't give up. Seeing some of the stuff you've done over at the bar, I'd be very surprised if you couldn't put together an entertaining Drabble. I don't care if they win or not. I just love reading them.
See what next week's topic is. You might be punched in the face by the muse.
Minti2
Deadly, But very fluffy...
I finally thought I had a great drabble in production and ready for competition. It turned out to be a brain bogey. I wrote it and when I read the print, a toddler had apparently taken over the keyboard. It was more or less unintelligible. Not even fit for the bargain bin.
I'll proceed to leave the drabbling to the champions here also in the future.
Agree with Frank you put some excellent posts up in the Thargoid thread, and what you wrote above made me laugh, you definitely have a way with words so keep at it...or Illu will pay you a visit and make you see the error of your ways!
I have now deleted one. We should probably decide on a standard word count thingy for this. As long as it's not counting manually, because we live in the future and shouldn't have to
updated my drabble counting sheet and looking good..
Rollo don't give up hope... sometimes you dribble a lot before a drabble and frankly have you read mine?? Quality is not an issue!!
No Author Title URL WORD COUNT
1 Philip Couts Listen To Mother http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328163&postcount=3099 100
2 W4rSkull Click or Clack http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328275&postcount=3100 100
3 Darren Grey Deal Of The Day http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328320&postcount=3101 100
4 Ian Phillips 1 Ton Of Rubbish http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328324&postcount=3102 100
5 Eyota Winterwalker scratches chinny chin chin ... http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328454&postcount=3104 95
6 Frank Cost Price http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328677&postcount=3105 100
7 Psykokow Deal Of Your Life! http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328725&postcount=3106 100
8 Darkoba Gain for the Bar http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=329976&postcount=3108 100
9 Yaffle Damnation http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=330164&postcount=3111 100
10 The Lone Gunman Just a small infraction http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=331705&postcount=3116 100
11 Luniticisi Bad Bargain http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=331782&postcount=3119 100
12 Gibbonici The Stock Adjustment http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=332296&postcount=3125 100
13 Insanephoton One Careful Owner http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=332616&postcount=3129 100
and looking good..Rollo don't give up hope... sometimes you dribble a lot before a drabble and frankly have you read mine?? Quality is not an issue!!
No Author Title URL WORD COUNT
1 Philip Couts Listen To Mother http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328163&postcount=3099 100
2 W4rSkull Click or Clack http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328275&postcount=3100 100
3 Darren Grey Deal Of The Day http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328320&postcount=3101 100
4 Ian Phillips 1 Ton Of Rubbish http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328324&postcount=3102 100
5 Eyota Winterwalker scratches chinny chin chin ... http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328454&postcount=3104 95
6 Frank Cost Price http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328677&postcount=3105 100
7 Psykokow Deal Of Your Life! http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=328725&postcount=3106 100
8 Darkoba Gain for the Bar http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=329976&postcount=3108 100
9 Yaffle Damnation http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=330164&postcount=3111 100
10 The Lone Gunman Just a small infraction http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=331705&postcount=3116 100
11 Luniticisi Bad Bargain http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=331782&postcount=3119 100
12 Gibbonici The Stock Adjustment http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=332296&postcount=3125 100
13 Insanephoton One Careful Owner http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=332616&postcount=3129 100
I have now deleted one. We should probably decide on a standard word count thingy for this. As long as it's not counting manually, because we live in the future and shouldn't have to
I made a spreadsheet to pull out most of the inert chars... it at least directs me to drabbles with issues, and I can then manually count them...
we did agree on a website I think that count's them... but I am particularily ****
cheers for fixing my errant '!' Psykokow, appreciated ... wordcountertool missed that, it isn't perfect , but who is these days, i tell ya!
, but who is these days, i tell ya!Minti2
Deadly, But very fluffy...
Thanks boys, but this season I'm in the second division, not close to promotion playoff even. I think it's the restrictions that don't work well with me. Add or subtract and I start to change everything. I'm a +-50 words-drabbler.
Oh ive been there many times with an extra few words(as many as 40 extra!) and it can really change the theme of a drabble so i understand, but thats what makes it fun for me, it needs to have a word limit and being able to discipline yourself and focus on trying to make each word count in its meaning, or even a pun!
I think someone suggested doing a 500 word drabble contest once which i wouldnt mind doing to(and maybe more to your taste) but we only get so many 100 word drabbles now so it probably would not work
Anyway if you go away and then change your mind will be good to see you back
Ive restrained Agent Illu, he hasnt the time to make a special visit to you, but hes sent a strongly worded letter(one hundred words of course!)to your corporate bosses demanding you get a decent holiday to freshen yourself up(the holiday is on Ross 154 prison facility!
)Philip Coutts
Volunteer Moderator
My drabbles are definately more dribble than drabble, I've never had more than 4 votes (thanks mum, dad and my 2 brothers!) but what the heck someone has to lose and it's usually me. I enjoy the process, I enjoy writing even if it's not that good. Ultimately you can't do much damage in one hundred words, just imagine if I wrote a book, people would go blind if they read it!
Don't take it too seriously and have fun with it
Don't take it too seriously and have fun with it
The Poll is up... BLOOMING TJ!!! Cut back on the coffee.. too quick
Link to the BARGAIN POLL here!!!
Link to the BARGAIN POLL here!!!
The Poll is up... BLOOMING TJ!!! Cut back on the coffee.. too quick
Link to the BARGAIN POLL here!!!
Sorry mate,
My drabbles are definately more dribble than drabble, I've never had more than 4 votes (thanks mum, dad and my 2 brothers!) but what the heck someone has to lose and it's usually me. I enjoy the process, I enjoy writing even if it's not that good. Ultimately you can't do much damage in one hundred words, just imagine if I wrote a book, people would go blind if they read it!
Don't take it too seriously and have fun with it
So you're sayin' that it's only yer family what votes for you. And I voted for you...
That must mean.. wait a sec.. I can work this out...
HELLO SON!!
The Home Fires
Every day we go to the Crash Site. The Stellar Orchid, just a rusted hulk of beams and panels. We go to light fires, one each for the dead. We do this because our parents taught us to, but they are old and there are more fires every month. We don't cut the undergrowth from it anymore though.
They taught us about Home too. Flying ships. Floating people. Trillions living in the stars.
Just stories.
This is our home. Our blood is in the soil and the soil is in our blood.
One day there will be no more fires.
Every day we go to the Crash Site. The Stellar Orchid, just a rusted hulk of beams and panels. We go to light fires, one each for the dead. We do this because our parents taught us to, but they are old and there are more fires every month. We don't cut the undergrowth from it anymore though.
They taught us about Home too. Flying ships. Floating people. Trillions living in the stars.
Just stories.
This is our home. Our blood is in the soil and the soil is in our blood.
One day there will be no more fires.
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Every Day's a Holiday
The prospector was being chased down the corridor by his lawyer. "Jim, why are you going back out there? You got a billion credit find, more if you stay to negotiate with the mining corp. You never need to work again!"
He was breathless when he caught up with Jim, just in time to watch him climb into his Cobra. All those loose ends that needed answers!
The first jump away from the station, Jim was on his way back to where he left off. He looked out at the lonely blackness of space and breathed a sigh of relief.
The prospector was being chased down the corridor by his lawyer. "Jim, why are you going back out there? You got a billion credit find, more if you stay to negotiate with the mining corp. You never need to work again!"
He was breathless when he caught up with Jim, just in time to watch him climb into his Cobra. All those loose ends that needed answers!
The first jump away from the station, Jim was on his way back to where he left off. He looked out at the lonely blackness of space and breathed a sigh of relief.
Wow, you two are quick of the mark.
In case anyone hasn't checked the poll thread, this weeks subject is ... Home.
In case anyone hasn't checked the poll thread, this weeks subject is ... Home.
I'll Host This Week
It worse than you think. This may be a case of the Devil makes use of idle hands. Anyone who was thinking about voting for me may wish to consider the following pun Drabble. This is not for the contest. And I think the penance for unleashing this on you is for me to host this week's poll.
Alimentary My Dear Wheatstone
Lershock Holmes was having a bad time of it. Mrs Potomac had fed him an extremely hot Lavian curry that had affected his stomach adversely.
To add to his woes his arch nemesis, Moray Artery, had snuck up behind him, rendered him unconscious, and concealed him on his own premises, undoubtedly left alive as part of some elaborate plot.
Later Wheatstone entered the apartment at 22221B Baker Street finding a distressed Mrs Potomac repeatedly yelling "Where's Mr Holmes?"
Wheatstone saw the dirty dish, noted the disagreeable atmosphere emanating from the airing cupboard, and deduced "Holmes is where the fart is."
It worse than you think. This may be a case of the Devil makes use of idle hands. Anyone who was thinking about voting for me may wish to consider the following pun Drabble. This is not for the contest. And I think the penance for unleashing this on you is for me to host this week's poll.
Alimentary My Dear Wheatstone
Lershock Holmes was having a bad time of it. Mrs Potomac had fed him an extremely hot Lavian curry that had affected his stomach adversely.
To add to his woes his arch nemesis, Moray Artery, had snuck up behind him, rendered him unconscious, and concealed him on his own premises, undoubtedly left alive as part of some elaborate plot.
Later Wheatstone entered the apartment at 22221B Baker Street finding a distressed Mrs Potomac repeatedly yelling "Where's Mr Holmes?"
Wheatstone saw the dirty dish, noted the disagreeable atmosphere emanating from the airing cupboard, and deduced "Holmes is where the fart is."
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