C&F Writing Competition. Can you freaking believe it?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:46 am

Jerry, Carol, and Zubivka: Y'all are killin' me!!!

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:06 pm

Is this what you meant Carol

MarkB

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:18 pm

Hehe.

Well actually, it *did* sorta look like that--a big arc. The bat's face looked so...relieved. It really was so cute. Everyone standing around laughed.

And thanks, Zub, for the heads up, er, heads down, er...whatever.

Carol

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:30 pm

You weren't standing to close to the bat, I hope Carol, them being just weee things!

MarkB

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:35 pm

Just had a bat flying low about the shop, skimming the floor. I thought it was odd, and then saw that it had discovered a puddle of coolant lying there in one bay. It would skim over the puddle, and you could see its tongue out as it went by. It was probably already in a bad state by the time a mechanic was able to toss a rag over it without much trouble and put it ouside. Poor bat. He's a goner, for sure.

Not an entry.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:53 am

thurlowe wrote:
By the way, apologies to those who enjoy dressing up and speaking in fake olde English accents, I'm sure it's a blast.

Cara

uh... yeah. Thought you were making fun of my breed. Except the language part with which I concur.

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:07 am

geek4music wrote:Please support the International Phonetic Association. Making the world a safe place to pronounce. http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/index.html

Yikes. The mere sight of this chart first left me [H].
Then wondering if men could produce uvular (non-pulmonic) consonants.

Well, who cares? We pee further anyway.

(Please note Bloomfield expressly forbid entering poetry in his thread. These recent posts should definitely satisfy him...)

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:14 am

Zubivka wrote:
geek4music wrote:Please support the International Phonetic Association. Making the world a safe place to pronounce. http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/index.html
Yikes. The mere sight of this chart first left me [H].
Then wondering if men could produce uvular (non-pulmonic) consonants.

I think it depends on what we've just had to eat.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:32 am

Wow: the diacriticals even cover ingressive and egressive airflow. You could accurately transcribe that bit that John Cleese did on some talk show where he recited Shakespeare nonstop, simply speaking while he was breathing in instead of pausing for a breath. It was bizarre and hilarious.

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:17 am

Nanohedron wrote:Wow: the diacriticals even cover ingressive and egressive airflow. You could accurately transcribe that bit that John Cleese did on some talk show where he recited Shakespeare nonstop, simply speaking while he was breathing in instead of pausing for a breath. It was bizarre and hilarious.

Bizarre and hilarious as a diatonic squeezebox?

PS: Why do they all tell me my whistling sounds egressive?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:06 pm

I'm back. Philo: Hatteras still stands, as far as I heard, and I believe the new, uninvited, inlet has been filled in.
Will read entries when I run out of flotsam from the car to sort out...

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:20 pm

Welcome back Em. They've been hit two years in a row now; glad it stands. Thanks.

Philo

franfriel · Post by **franfriel** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:32 am

Okay, here it is before I chicken out. I preface my submission with three caveats: 1) it was written in the middle of the night 2) the name used is purely fictional and I apologize if it actually belongs to anyone 3) I was only following Bloomfield's guidelines to the "T" including - "The only other rule is that your piece must either mention sex or not mention sex, your choice." So without further adieu...

SUBMISSION:

“Mention sex or not mention sex “

She wasn’t like other girls. When Dave Brennan was anywhere in her vicinity his temperature rose, his skin felt electric, his mind raced seeking the right words to help him avoid sounding like an idiot. She always smiled that tantalizing smile at him in the halls. And once she had touched his shoulder when talking to him. Then one day her breast “accidentally” brushed against his arm in the lunchroom. He broke out in a sweat and thought that his heart might stop. The pounding in his chest and his ears passed but the “rising” danger subsided more slowly. Was she purposely trying to make him lose his mind? He could focus on little else and his grades were slipping.

In class, she glided by his desk in a short skirt and a halo of golden hair. A paper dropped in front of him. Flushed, he quickly folded it and stashed it in the pocket of his jeans. The thick square of paper pressing against his thigh just about drove him mad. It seemed to be radiating the potential of its message very close to home. Unable to concentrate on class, he fidgeted, fantasized and worried. Should he mention sex or not mention sex and just let things happen? Surely her message was clear. There were no declarations of love, but written in curvaceous sexy red letters, Meet me after class.

The longest forty minutes of his young life finally passed. But when the bell rang, he found that his fantasizing had left him a bit stiffly challenged. The classroom cleared but he remained seated at his desk.

From the front of the room the teacher glanced up benignly at Dave.

“I’ll see you now, Mr. Brennan.”

He stood up “firmly” and thought eagerly to himself, Well, at least I don’t need to mention the sex.

amar · Post by **amar** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:08 am

exciting!

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:31 am

Perhaps this is the moment for me to mention that you still have today and tomorrow to get submissions in (or to cull you stories to 400 words and re-submit them

).

On Wednesday a panel of judges will convene and select finalists. I'll then post the finalist in a thread with a poll, and the winners will be determined by popular vote.

Remember: Less than two days to go, keep your submissions coming!