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Feb-11-2007 16:03

For those who like to tell stories. The idea is to take a given sentence and use it as the opening to a story that you write - but your story must be fifty words or less (not including the original sentence).

Jan-11-2008 11:48

"How ya like me now?" snapped Lila, looking at her former high school classmates with disgust. Five of them had already made passes at her during their twentieth reunion.

"I was never good enough for you when we were kids. Why now?"

Only Jimmy was shamefaced. Only Jimmy survived the carnage. They escaped together.

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Only the passage of time could ease the pain of losing him.

Jan-12-2008 10:47

Only the passage of time could ease the pain of losing him.

He always knew what I needed, almost before I did myself. He stood by me through everything, smoothing away life's little problems. There would be others, of course, but I knew it would never be the same.

I've learned my lesson. Never bet your butler in a poker game.

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"Why me?", I asked despairingly.

Jan-12-2008 18:28

"Why me?", I asked despairingly.
"You piece of ****, I'll send you back!"
Blink. "Circuit failure message: I will now reboot. Petra the Happy Robot Maid will soon again be happy to serve you. If you hear this message three times in a row, please call customer service at #Neurotech 05 000 000."
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From looking at her picture, I never could have guessed.

Jan-13-2008 22:44

From looking at her picture, I never could have guessed.

Not straight away, anyhow.

I had to look closely before the clues revealed themselves: the webbed feet; slightly down-in-the-mouth expression; feathers; long beak; the posing with tourists in the park.

Somehow it took me half an hour before I realised I was looking at a duck. Quite an attractive duck at that but not quite the picture I had been expecting - there was some woman blocking half of the shot anyway.

This was, I decided, the last time I used an internet dating agency.

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And suddenly the doughnut finally dropped.

Mar-2-2008 10:11

And, suddenly, the doughnut finally dropped.

We'd been waiting for what seemed like hours. We'd started off in the proper position but, as time dragged by, everyone eventually ended up with one knee on the ground.

Whose idea was it to use a soggy doughnut instead of a starting gun for this race?

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No one has ever heard Jerry laugh that much before.

May-3-2008 12:13

No one has ever heard Jerry laugh that much before.

Being a regular at comedy clubs everywhere, he had seen the best comedians at their peak. Robin Williams at The Met, George Carlin at Carnegie Hall and so on. It wasn't until he was at his wife's funeral that he finally got the joke, “Take my wife please!”

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Nothing could prepare Tony for what he found in the attic.

May-7-2008 18:36

Nothing could prepare Tony for what he found in the attic.

When he first met Helen, she boasted she had the body of a teenage girl. Tony saw a mature, attractive woman; he took her words as mere bravado.

In the attic, Tony finally found the body of the teenager Helen had bragged about all this time.

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The razor dropped from Rebecca's hand as she laughed wildly.

Jul-9-2008 09:42

The razor dropped from Rebecca's hand as she laughed wildly.

He deserved all he got. He'd trampled on her feelings, humiliated her time after time. Now he lay before her, drugged and helpless. With no eyebrows and only half a beard.

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The parrot wasn't talking.

Apr-4-2012 19:17

So I was going through the "unmoderated" post of Leddy's and found this little gem.

So who will take up Cordelia's challenge?

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The parrot wasn't talking.

Apr-6-2012 14:18

The parrot wasn't talking. So they dubbed this guy "the parrot" because he was known to easily cop out under stress and now he was here, sitting handcuffed across the table, and he just wouldn't talk.

That's when Jimmy walked right in. I started feeling sorry for the parrot.
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I saw a porcupine looking at me.