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Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: March 09, 2007 11:05AM

LOL


IT is just drying out for "Brokeback Space Cadets" type cheese, don't you think?

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Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: March 09, 2007 11:22AM

I am not sure if I understand that commentary. Is there something called "Brokeback Space Cadets"? (On german TV, a few years back there was an all-gay crew of "Starship Suprise" - a Star Trek parody by Michael Herbig in his "Bullyparade" show. There even was a full film made of it in 2004.)


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Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: March 09, 2007 05:57PM

Fortunately, there is no "Brokeback Space Cadets" programme, but the internet is full of parodies of "Brokeback Mountain" featuring everything from "Star Wars" to "Saved by the Bell" and that blurb is just so cheesy that my mind went into overdrive.

For you viewing pleasure:

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Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: MartinB (155.232.128.---)
Date: March 10, 2007 08:37AM

Can I take the disparaging comments to mean that no one plans to seriously enter? :P

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: March 10, 2007 08:55AM

Hey, I didn't say that! There is a prize, you know.

<Puts on mercenary hat>

I can write hopeful, optimistic, rah-rah if necessary......

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Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.static.dsl.dodo.com.au)
Date: March 11, 2007 05:01AM

If only I could write believable sci-fi and had Jack Cohen on my speed dial!

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: DisturbinglyAvidFfordeWorshipper (---.kpunet.net)
Date: March 25, 2007 07:57PM

The distant rumbling, as Jack sat on his horse called Arthur, reminded him vaguely, as though a dream from his sordid past returned only lately to haunt him, that, although in his time he had slain many and moderately severely maimed roughly the same number, give or take five, it was oats time and his feedbag was empty.

Only back temporarily (keep squirreling!)

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Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net)
Date: March 25, 2007 10:35PM

Yay for convoluted sentences that are still grammatically correct!

When will you be back for good?

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: DisturbinglyAvidFfordeWorshipper (---.kpunet.net)
Date: March 27, 2007 12:14AM

Yeah, it's a bit complex. If I were the adoring masses (i.e. you) I would just sort of forget about it :)
It has yet to be seen the extent of my opportunity to postify here; I will most likely remain around, but my messages won't be as long or often. That's a lot better than a cold six-month absence, but I might still disappear completely in one or two months. In fact, I probably will. But worry not--if such be the case, I will return within a few more months. Just for a bit of confidence, how long have you and the core group o' postmeisters been trotting around here? Surely there won't be a whole new crop of wet-behind-the-ears greenhorn beginner noobs teeming about the place upon my eventual return from my eventual absence? If so, goshdearymeitssuicidetime!
By the way, I was really joking about that whole 'adoring masses' thing. Surely I adore y'all more than you adore me.

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.static.dsl.dodo.com.au)
Date: March 27, 2007 12:08PM

Awwwwwwwwwe...

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: Zambezi_Bushbaby (155.232.128.---)
Date: April 01, 2007 06:29AM

So cute.... May we keep him?

--MartinB (I am using a different computer...)

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Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: Lymond (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
Date: April 01, 2007 02:44PM

(Back from the wilds of NE England)

Not to be a flamer, but have you ever seen the amount of sheer innuendo you can fit into geology? We talk about lubricated limbs, dykes and thrusts on a regular basis and nobody so much as raises an eyebrow. Of course a stage act like that might only appeal to geologists :)

ps loving the dark and stormy knight, hilarity in simplicity.

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: April 02, 2007 05:21AM

DAFW--just so there's no confusion, I really was applauding! It's hard to come up with something with that many clauses and still keep the grammar correct!

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.static.dsl.dodo.com.au)
Date: April 02, 2007 12:48PM

Surely you noticed?

Geology is dirty.


(Dah-Boom CHING!)

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: DisturbinglyAvidFfordeWorshipper (---.kpunet.net)
Date: April 02, 2007 04:50PM

Thankaya... Athankayaverymudge...
This thread is morphing into one huge stage night... perhaps we should publish it once it gets over twenty pages? :) :)
Instead of making a joke, I will type endorphin-releasin' smily faces!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.isnet.net)
Date: April 04, 2007 06:20PM

Lymond: Do not get me started on mineral names. There is a type of honrblende called Cummingtonite for example.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: Lymond (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
Date: April 05, 2007 04:35PM

How weird MartinB, we've got that one written on the back of our Geolsoc hoodies

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.isnet.net)
Date: April 05, 2007 06:39PM

Sweet.... Must suggest that... RocSoc have a sticker to identify you as a member (on your student card) of a flasher with the words "Expose Yourself to Geology" strategically located....

You can leave off the B by the way.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: Lymond (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
Date: April 05, 2007 08:30PM

You could also try the old "geologist enjoy nappes between thrusts" or my favourite, " pyrite (in very small typeset) - WHAT AN AMAZING CLEAVAGE!

Re: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 05, 2007 09:42PM

Geologists do it in the dirt.
Geologists do it in folded beds.

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