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psykokow

psykokow
Take That

It was certain to come back and haunt him, even the payoff seemed hardly worth the effort, but he couldn’t pass up the chance to settle the score with his ‘friends’ at lave station.
He aligned his sidewinder in the docking recess and matched the spin, deployed his remlok, grabbed his tools and stepped out of his cockpit.
He muttered “I’ll teach them for not paying me” as he cut at the letters mounted on the station.
The loitering alarm triggered and he had to cut his sabotage short.
Looking back he saw “LVE STTION” fading softly into the black.
 

SkipRat

SkipRat
My dearly beloved - SkipRat

“Floccinaucinihilipilification? I don’t think much of that” he said with a smile

“Just like I don’t think much about your moist…” He stopped dead in his tracks as his wife stared at him with cold harsh revenge in her eyes.

“Look you parsimonious b*****d, I'm just sick of your penny pinching antics, just get us a new bloody scanner. It’s almost impossible to mine efficiently without one” She said fuming.

“Okay, okay, I’ll sort it out when we get back” he said, finally giving in.

“I know a bloke in Dongkum who will give us a great deal…”

“Darling… darling…”
 
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Frank

Frank
Phoenix_Dfire said:
That what I did but should I go back and highlight the key Phrases, so Kow doesn't get confused?

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We can only do our best <apologetic smile>. He is so easily confused. Last night he was on the Lave Radio twitch stream and he must have thought he was some hot shot Tom Cruise-type ace combat pilot.
 
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Erik Marcaigh

Erik Marcaigh
Frank said:
We can only do our best <apologetic smile>. He is so easily confused. Last night he was on the Lave Radio twitch stream and he must have thought he was some hot shot Tom Cruise-type ace combat pilot.

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We can only do our best <apologetic smile>. He is so easily confused. Last night he was on the Lave Radio twitch stream and he must have thought he was some hot shot Tom Cruise-type ace combat pilot.
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Is there an echo in here? It couldn't be that the thread is THAT empty....
Guess it depends on how we define "empty"...
 

Splendour

Splendour
Weirdly, like the Roman Dwarves, this is a topic that has lead me to write an entirely sane and sensible drabble. And not a tree costume in sight.

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"Finally, a Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge"

At last!
Over the rattling of the life support system the discovery scanner announced an earthlike planet.
This was it! She could turn this bucket of bolts around and head home.

Dax had been too cheap to fix the scrubbers and the water content of the cabin air had been rising for days. She wiped mist from the surface of the panel and looked again – Temperature, good. Surface gravity, OK. Atmosphere, methane? Methane!

Anger welled. She almost put her fist through the screen, but stopped herself in time. The ship was still needed, she still had a planet to find.
 
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psykokow

psykokow
Frank said:
We can only do our best <apologetic smile>. He is so easily confused. Last night he was on the Lave Radio twitch stream and he must have thought he was some hot shot Tom Cruise-type ace combat pilot.
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OI FRANK!!!! Talking and FLying aint as easy as dusting whomp rats kid!
 

Galactic Midden

Galactic Midden
Wow, you lot have been busy! I'll do my best to get a drabble in but I'm working away from home this week and will therefore miss the live show :(
I have time on this jiggly train but on a smart phone even finding the topic is proving difficult! We couldn't just have had "CQC"? ;)
 

CMDR Texas Stu

CMDR Texas Stu
Your topic, Sir. All 7 words...

"Finally, a Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge"


Galactic Midden said:
Wow, you lot have been busy! I'll do my best to get a drabble in but I'm working away from home this week and will therefore miss the live show :(
I have time on this jiggly train but on a smart phone even finding the topic is proving difficult! We couldn't just have had "CQC"? ;)
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Galactic Midden

Galactic Midden
CMDR Texas Stu said:
Your topic, Sir. All 7 words...

"Finally, a Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge"
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Thanks Stu.

Now over to our raving reporter

Dim Brightly, GalNet's self-important "and finally" reporter complained bitterly, "what a spectacularly undignified journey! 5 days reaching this backwater..." a local gruff eyed him askance, "my parsimonious editor will pay for this!

"Cameraman follow!" Dim headed inside to begin the interview.

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"No ostriches here mate" the tourism clerk said replying to Dim's enquiry.

"I said 'moist Richard' you bumpkin. What happened!?"

"Why, we melted him you pompous ass! Right after the press had finished covering the Mr Universe ice sculpture contest".

Without a story, Dim exploded "well that was floccinuh... floccinow... floccinau... well that was a monumental waste of time!"
 

cleonymus

cleonymus
Underinsured

The space station had suffered a minor disaster. A water tank leak on level five had flooded one of the hangers, ruining a cargo of cheap food cartridges before they could be loaded. The resulting mush had closed the landing pad for half a day. The insurance claim made interesting reading.


The loss adjusters weekend was ruined. The company had refused to pay weekend rates and the journey to the station interminable. A true professional, he could not let that influence his decisions.


He called up the commodities market and smiled. He had already decided the food cartridges were worthless.
 

Edith_The_Hutt

Edith_The_Hutt
I'd like to add my voice to those who appreciate the hard work that Psykokow puts into his drabble show every week, I'll admit that the crowd can sometimes get a little too boisterous for my taste but I wouldn't keep tuning in if I wasn't enjoying it :)

I try to keep my drabbles on-topic and avoid in-jokes, it's the way I prefer to write and to some extent it's what I tend to vote for (unless the in-jokes are especially funny). That said, I do appreciate that this is a place with in-jokes and I don't begrudge anyone their choice of writing them, it would be dull if the silliness were to go.

And so, as it is a particularly silly week on the drabble thread, I thought I'd present the following entry for your consideration:

Roman Dwarves 2: Electric Boogaloo
Short Titus knew the price of everything and the value of nothing. He spread misery far and wide, grinding trade routes while menacing novice pilots.

Though a fat credit balance and lack of friends gave his life no satisfaction Titus kept himself constantly protected within either his ship or private terminal. There was only one gap.

Little Livia hated Titus, he ruined her favorite ports, drove away her friends and undercut her profits.

The fire hoses and power cables were cheap to subvert. As Titus walked between his ship and private terminal Livia at last took her damp, shocking vengeance.
 
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Frank

Frank
Darkoba said:
Not admitting to age, Frank?
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If you're out there amongst the asteroids and you come across a wizened white-haired auld man sitting in a Condor with a bemused look on his face, I want you to show a bit of compassion. Just stop leaning on that fire trigger. Give the auld feller a chance <puppy dog eyes>.
 

Frank

Frank
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01 - Simoof - The Turnaround
02 - STRONTIUM DOG - the lieutennants moist defacation
03 - Phoenix_Dfire - Finally, a Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge
04 - MrMogadon - Mystery in Space
05 - Erik Marcaigh - On to Better Things
06 - Iain M Norman - Bloody Brothers
07 - Frank - Dead Astronauts Don't Wear Plaid
08 - Ian Phillips - A new order?
09 - psykokow - Take That
10 - SkipRat - My dearly beloved - SkipRat
11 - Splendour - Finally, a Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge
12 - Galactic Midden - Now over to our raving reporter
13 - cleonymus - Underinsured
14 - Edith_The_Hutt - Roman Dwarves 2: Electric Boogaloo


I would normally challenge the passers by of this thread to enter, tell them to write a story of exactly 100 words (not including the title) and to post it on this thread before Thursday night. But frankly with the subject of the week being "Finally, a Parsimonious Moist Floccinaucinihilipilification Without Revenge" I'd tell them to wait for a more sensible week. I'm amazed that cleonymus and Splendour have managed to come up with sensible stories given the subject matter. In fact my mind is well and truly boggled when I see that there's already been 14 entries and only 6 slots left.

If you are passing by and you see this thread. It is a good week to enter because nobody is expecting any great examples of prose. It's all just a bit of fun.
 

Erik Marcaigh

Erik Marcaigh
Frank said:
In fact my mind is well and truly boggled when I see that there's already been 14 entries and only 6 slots left.
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We (the Drabblers) like to be punished. It's the only thing I can think of.

You know, speaking of punishing people, where's Shoutyman's entry? I want to hear him say, "Floccinaucinihilipilification" in the show. Or at least his version of it, which will surely emit such childish laughter and giggles from the rest of us "adults". :)
 
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