Short stories
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Short stories
Some of you may be aware that I do "dabble" occasionally into creative SCI-FI writing. Some time ago a SCI-FI site I joined had a 75-word competition (excluding title) which operated each month.
Here is one that may be poignant with a certain new film out recently:-
"The Power.
I control the smooth running of this Death Star. Incredibly, 1179293 beings from 183 different species rely on me!
I stay in my operations room, remote, unapproachable. Personnel hurry past, trying not to see me, aloof.
The Grand Moff believes he’s in charge and it humours me to let him believe that.
What no-one realises is that I could bring this entire edifice to its knees within days!
I operate the sewage treatment plants…"
Hope you like it...
Here is one that may be poignant with a certain new film out recently:-
"The Power.
I control the smooth running of this Death Star. Incredibly, 1179293 beings from 183 different species rely on me!
I stay in my operations room, remote, unapproachable. Personnel hurry past, trying not to see me, aloof.
The Grand Moff believes he’s in charge and it humours me to let him believe that.
What no-one realises is that I could bring this entire edifice to its knees within days!
I operate the sewage treatment plants…"
Hope you like it...
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on" - Winston Churchill.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" - Joseph Goebbels
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" - Joseph Goebbels
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Re: Short stories
The heck with The Boss -- 'tis better to always maintain a good rapport with the facilities-maintenance staff, for it is they who can really make your life a living Hell.skirtingtoday wrote:" [...] I operate the sewage treatment plants…"
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Re: Short stories
Sorry ST but I remember this from waaaayyyy back.
All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was in charge ....
"I should be in charge," said the brain , "Because I run all the body's systems, so without me nothing would happen."
"I should be in charge," said the blood , "Because I circulate oxygen all over so without me you'd waste away."
"I should be in charge," said the stomach," Because I process food and give all of you energy."
"I should be in charge," said the legs, "because I carry the body wherever it needs to go."
"I should be in charge," said the eyes, "Because I allow the body to see where it goes."
"I should be in charge," said the rectum, "Because I'm responsible for waste removal."
All the other body parts laughed at the rectum And insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight. Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood was toxic. They all decided that the rectum should be the boss.
The Moral of the story? Even though the others do all the work.... The ass hole is usually in charge
All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was in charge ....
"I should be in charge," said the brain , "Because I run all the body's systems, so without me nothing would happen."
"I should be in charge," said the blood , "Because I circulate oxygen all over so without me you'd waste away."
"I should be in charge," said the stomach," Because I process food and give all of you energy."
"I should be in charge," said the legs, "because I carry the body wherever it needs to go."
"I should be in charge," said the eyes, "Because I allow the body to see where it goes."
"I should be in charge," said the rectum, "Because I'm responsible for waste removal."
All the other body parts laughed at the rectum And insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight. Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood was toxic. They all decided that the rectum should be the boss.
The Moral of the story? Even though the others do all the work.... The ass hole is usually in charge
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Re: Short stories
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How true!
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"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on" - Winston Churchill.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" - Joseph Goebbels
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" - Joseph Goebbels
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Re: Short stories
Sometimes the bosses het it their way, there is a story UK subariners tell, about one of the old Swiftsure subs, there was a blockage in what now people call the black water system, resulting in a flood of sewage from the heads. A quick thinking Officer of the day realised where this noxious tide was headed and ordered the boat trimmed, either nose up or nose down, I don't know which. Anyway this resulted in a horrendous brown flood heading through the control room and onto the far end of the boat from the officers quarters.crfriend wrote:The heck with The Boss -- 'tis better to always maintain a good rapport with the facilities-maintenance staff, for it is they who can really make your life a living Hell.skirtingtoday wrote:" [...] I operate the sewage treatment plants…"
That and many other scary stories make me more sure I am glad I never became a submariner. Apart from the fact that if you're in battle in a ship that starts out sunk, you can only get sunker!
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