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Last 20 Shows Corn Dogs There's nothing quite like a fresh hand-dipped corn dog at the county fair.
These aren't the pre-processed ones you get at the state fair or the grocery store.
You can watch as they pull a hot dog out of the kettle, spear it with a stick, dip it in the batter, and dangle it in the hot oil.
Look behind the curtain, and you'll see the batter-maid milking a batter-cow into pails, hot dogs picked straight from a hot dog tree, and the oil pumped straight from the Great Vegetable Oil River.
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Weekly Challenge #175 - A Full SetWelcome to the Weekly Challenge Number One Hundred And Seventy-Five, where I post a topic and then challenge you to come up with a 100 word story based on that topic.
The topic this week was... was.... um...
It's A Full Set.
The excellent theme music is by Guy David
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Which were the best stories of the week?Lynda from http://sisterpepperspray.blogspot.com/J RadimusDanny from http://dannymachal.comErin from http://www.connected2christ.comNorval Joe from http://www.norvalsoutlook. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Weekly Challenge #176 - On the lineThe 100 word stories weekly challenge is where I post a topic and then you write and record a story based on that topic.
Sounds simple, doesn't it?
Topics are selected by the winner of the previous weekly challenge. This week, the winner was Lynda.
And the topic is On the line.
You have until midnight on Friday September 4 to get the following in my hot little hands:
The text of your story so I can post it on the site.
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UnicornsI hate unicorns.
I especially hate the ones that leave a trail of sparkles everywhere they go.
Sparkles turn to soggy ash after a while.
You see the sparkly herd of unicorns prancing and running, but I have to deal with the disgusting grey piles they leave behind.
Speaking of piles, did you know that unicorns do not shit rainbows?
If you don't know what they shit, then you don't want to know.
Just sit there in your fantasy bubble with unicorns and rainbows and sparkles.
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And back againThe princess needed to smuggle gold from one castle to the other without thieves knowing.
Ruplestiltskin was long banished into nothingness, but his spinning-wheel remained.
So, she spun the wheel backwards, turning gold into straw.
She sent out the straw with farmers, and then the princess with her spinning wheel afterwards.
Brilliant, she thought.
The next day, the carts were loaded up with the straw and sent out.
Soon after, the princess began her journey.
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The GamblersVinnie and Joey liked to gamble.
They were always betting each other about this or that.
Especially about their hits.
They were hitmen, you see.
Joey liked to play How Much Money Is In Their Wallet?
Sure, they always split the take, just like they split the contracts.
One day, they took a contract, but the hit didn't happen.
By the time they realized he'd skipped town, Joey and Vinnie were picked up.
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The folder is emptyThis folder is empty.
I don’t know if it had anything in it. I just know it’s empty now.
I have no log entries about this folder.
My log is empty, except for one entry: log file cleared.
The name of the folder is Important Files.
There are no files in the folder, important or not.
Maybe they were so important, someone took them away from me.
Why did they leave the folder? Did they want to see what I would do with it?
I should delete it. And then clear the log fi-
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Weekly Challenge #173 - Over/UnderWelcome to the Weekly Challenge Number One Hundred And Seventy-Three, where I post a topic and then challenge you to come up with a 100 word story based on that topic.
The topic this week was... was.... um...
It's Over/Under.
The excellent theme music is by Guy David
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Which were the best stories this week?CaledoniaDannyGuy DavidJustinErinDedricTJLyndaNorval JoePlanet Z Free polls from Pollhost.com
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Crime In E MinorThe detective looks at the body and says “Round up every violinist.”
He is holding a smashed instrument, and his conclusions would be sound if he were correct about one thing: that is a viola, not a violin.
They dust it for fingerprints… none at all.
I wore gloves, you see.
Yes, it was me, dear reader. I am the murderer.
And that is my viola.
The violinists come in, one after the other, but each has an alibi.
It is a year later, he is no closer to solving the case.
Good.
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The Candy PrinceThe Candy Price sits on his chocolate bunny, watching the troops walk past.
His lemondrop eyes glisten in admiration of his army.
"March, my men!" he cheers, and the army raises a shout.
A gumdrop button falls from his Marzipan coat. He has been outside for too long today.
He returns to his palace, inspecting his frosting hair in the mirror.
"I am coming apart!" he cries to his butler. "Help me!"
He tries to change suits, but feels something snap.
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ImperfectionTry as you might, perfection never lasts.
The moment you come close to perfection, the imperfections stand out in contrast so clearly.
That makes it easier to find and remove them, and makes the remaining imperfections stand out even more clearly.
The knife is steady, but the flesh resists. One final flaw, and this girl will be the pinnacle of existence.
I put the knife down. I will not cut.
No, there will be no scar. I don't need lasers like others do, but my work is always perfect.
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Mr. TwelveOn either end of the table, Mister Midnight sat.
One was a man in a cloak with a silver hourglass.
The other wore a zoot guit, tapping a silver cane.
Neither worked with The League Of Heroes, so they weren’t on the registry that prevents these situations.
Their lawyers drafted up an agreement, trying to avoid a embarrassing superhero fight.
“What if neither of you were Mister Midnight?” they suggested. “You be The Dark Hourglass, and you’re After Hours.”
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The ExThe second-longest wait is from the time you issue a Reboot command to the time your bridebot opens her eyes and sees you for the first time as her husband.
The glint in her eye, the look on her face… it affects everything she says and does.
The longest wait is, of course, when you reverse the firmware flash for the divorce to take effect.
Usually, the glint and the look are long gone by then.
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The strange coffeeMary watched the last drop of coffee slide out of her cup and on to the floor.
There was a sizzle, then a whiff of steam. The drop of coffee burned through the tile to the basement.
Mary looked at the coffee pot, swirling it carefully. She’d used a free sample she’d received in the mail.
After a moment of panic, she realized it hadn’t burned a hole through her.
She went into the bathroom and checked to make sure.
After she got dressed again, she shrugged and filled another cup.
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A whisper in the ivyI hear a whisper in the ivy.
Is it the wind, blowing through the leaves?
On the ground, in a bed of green, covered with shadows, I see something.
I kneel down to look closer, but there is nothing there.
Another whisper. This time behind me.
And yet another. To my left. To my right.
It is the wind, and it wants to tell me something.
It breathes down my neck, past my arms, through my fingers.
"What is it?" I whisper back. "What do you want to tell me?"
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The ChampIt is the Fourth Of July.
Thousands of miles from the Coney Island Boardwalk, Hodo blindly crawls on the cracked earth, flies buzzing in and out of his nose.
There is no food.
There is no water.
There is nothing but dirt, flies, and death.
A pack of hyenas catches his scent, and Hodo doesn’t feel them as they tear into his flesh.
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Back at Coney Island, the winner of the hot dog eating competition congratulations the runner-up.
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The Salad RacesWe both order club salads and watch the lady behind the counter pull out two metal bowls.
The race is on.
She grabs twice the usual amount of ingredients each time, dividing them between the bowls.
Lettuce, chopped ham, eggs...
It was neck and neck until it was time for the dressing.
“One scoop or two?”
We both said one. Two would slow us down.
She mixes things up, scraping the bowls loudly with the salad tongs.
Bowls are poured into plastic clamshells.
And I get the first.
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SchnauzerI have a giant Schnauzer.
That's giant with a small G. Not a big G.
He's not a Giant Schnauzer breed. He's a giant Schnauzer.
One hundred feet tall.
He's still growing, too. He's been growing ever since I got him as a puppy.
What do I feed him? Just the usual dog food.
Lots of it. The manufacturer gives me the stuff for free.
They get to put my Schnauzer on the bag and in the commercials.
He doesn't know any tricks. Or know his name.
So I gave up, and I just call him Schnauzer.
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Weekly Challenge #160 - BaconWelcome to the Weekly Challenge Number One Hundred And Sixty, where I post a topic and then challenge you to come up with a 100 word story based on that topic.
The topic this week was... was.... um...
It's Telescope.
The excellent theme music is by Guy David
VOTING
Which were the best this week?Tom from http://footnote.libsyn.com/Lance from http://writingdad.livejournal.com/Norval Joe from http://www.norvalsoutlook.blogspot.comAnima from http://zabbadabba.com/Terrence from http://www. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Weekly Challenge #161 - Elvis Drives A Bus, The chance meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating tableThe 100 word stories weekly challenge is where I post a topic and then you write and record a story based on that topic.
Sounds simple, doesn't it?
Topics are selected by the winner of the previous weekly challenge. This week, it was a tie between Tom and Lance the Writing Dad.
The topic is: Elvis Drives A Bus and The chance meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table.
You have until midnight on Friday May 22 to get the following in my hot little hands:
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