My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » 25 word stories. (Page 1) Email this page to a friend or enemy.   Pages in this thread: 1  2    Source: (consider it) Thread: 25 word stories. balaam Making an ass of myself # 4543 Posted                           balaam is wondering ... he scratches his head in wonder. Could the Shipmate write individual stories in exactly twenty five words? Let's see how they do. -------------------- Last ever sig ... blog Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged balaam Making an ass of myself # 4543 Posted                           A flash of lightening illuminates an empty page, followed by a clap of thunder. The author stares at the paper — the muse isn't flowing tonight. -------------------- Last ever sig ... blog Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Imaginary Friend Real to you # 186 Posted                        Imaginary Friend sat at his desk procrastinating from w*rk. "How to waste time next...?" he wondered. A new game appeared in the Circus. That's how! -------------------- "We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass." Brian Clough Posts: 9455 | From: Left a bit... Right a bit... | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        It was a dark and stormy night, and even that could not inspire Edward to write a decent Bulwer-Lytton Contest entry. Another April 15 shot. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged balaam Making an ass of myself # 4543 Posted                           Badly wounded, the soldier pulled himself off the barbed wire and struggled to get back to the the safety of the home trenches. Failed. And died. -------------------- Last ever sig ... blog Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Oscar the Grouch Adopted Cascadian # 1916 Posted                       "My darling. I adore you and worship the ground you walk on. Will you marry me?" "Not a bleeding chance" she scoffed. "Ok, fair enough." -------------------- Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu Posts: 3871 | From: Gamma Quadrant, just to the left of Galifrey | Registered: Dec 2001  |  IP: Logged Raptor Eye Shipmate # 16649 Posted                       The cat stalked the mouse, pounced, carried it into the house and dropped it under the bed. Screams were heard. The mouse lives there still. -------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10 Posts: 4359 | From: The United Kingdom | Registered: Sep 2011  |  IP: Logged Firenze Ordinary decent pagan # 619 Posted                       'Maybe you're right. It's been a rough few years. A night out would be a pleasant change.' 'They're playing a comedy. You'll love it, Abe.' Posts: 17302 | From: Edinburgh | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged Adam. Like as the # 4991 Posted                           Feet at the water's edge, he took a deep breath. Who knew what fate might have in store across the river? The Rubicon innocently flowed. -------------------- Ave Crux, Spes Unica! Preaching blog Posts: 8164 | From: Notre Dame, IN | Registered: Sep 2003  |  IP: Logged no prophet's flag is set so... Proceed to see sea # 15560 Posted                           Elephant strained to get the topmost leaves, breaking a branch of the tree. The nest fell down, the eggs broke and the parent birds cried. -------------------- Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. \_(ツ)_/ Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Rafting the white water, he was cast out of the boat, cracked his head on a massive lump of granite. The verdict was accidental death. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Firenze Ordinary decent pagan # 619 Posted                       'Come in for your tea, Isaac!' The boy hurried towards the house. Behind him, an apple dropped to earth. The tree sighed. Damn. Missed again. Posts: 17302 | From: Edinburgh | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Their best friends now married, Brad and Janet headed off into the rainy night to see their good friend Dr Scott. Much musical mayhem ensued. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Pia Shipmate # 17277 Posted                       [This is not my 25-word story, as such, but given my username I can't resist posting a version of it here under this heading...] Siena made me; Maremma unmade me. And if you don't know what that means, I suggest you ask my husband. I am Pia. Remember me. Posts: 151 | Registered: Aug 2012  |  IP: Logged Stetson Shipmate # 9597 Posted                       Michael came home, yelled at Melinda, making her cry. They remained satisfactorily married('til death do us part etc), but things were never the same. Posts: 6574 | From: back and forth between bible belts | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Schroedinger's cat Ship's cool cat # 64 Posted                          They were never going to get on properly again. Understandable, given that she had just killed and served up his parents. -------------------- Blog Music for your enjoyment Lord may all my hard times be healing times take out this broken heart and renew my mind. Posts: 18859 | From: At the bottom of a deep dark well. | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Firenze Ordinary decent pagan # 619 Posted                       The lady was beautiful, invariably cheerful, with a broad smile - but snaggle-toothed. The painter put down his palette. 'Believe me, subtle is better' said Leonardo. Posts: 17302 | From: Edinburgh | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged Stetson Shipmate # 9597 Posted                       Edward Gorey's The Happy Ending Each panel being a self-contained variation on the theme. Posts: 6574 | From: back and forth between bible belts | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        The map clearly showed a bridge over the piranha infested river. Being trusting souls they drove on in the foggy night. The map was wrong. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Jane R Shipmate # 331 Posted                        The grey-bearded yokel pointed a wavering finger at the ancient crypt. "Whatever you do, don't open it!" The antiquary frowned thoughtfully. "OK." And didn't. Posts: 3958 | From: Jorvik | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Oscar the Grouch Adopted Cascadian # 1916 Posted                       "My darling. I adore you and worship the ground you walk on. Will you marry me?" "Yes, yes, yes!" she sighed. "Oh! Wasn't expecting that!" -------------------- Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu Posts: 3871 | From: Gamma Quadrant, just to the left of Galifrey | Registered: Dec 2001  |  IP: Logged Stetson Shipmate # 9597 Posted                       Prior to phoning his boss and calling him a lunkheaded scumbag, it would have been advisable for Billy to double-check the lotto listings. Alas... -------------------- I have the power...Lucifer is lord! Posts: 6574 | From: back and forth between bible belts | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        The late Ted Bundy euphorically floated down the corridor of light surrounded by lilting melodies. Ooopsy! Hell is well lighted and plays Muzak continuously. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        Mama died today. Or possibly yesterday. Anyway, it wrecked my concentration so I blew the interview. Who will marry me now? "I will," Philippe said. -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Oscar the Grouch Adopted Cascadian # 1916 Posted                       "My darling. I adore you and worship the ground you walk on. Will you marry me?" "You what, mate?" he exclaimed. "Ooops! Wrong person! Sorry!" -------------------- Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu Posts: 3871 | From: Gamma Quadrant, just to the left of Galifrey | Registered: Dec 2001  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        Gregor Samsa woke up transformed into a giant insect. His horrified wife divorced him. His cat shunned him. He lives with his elderly mother now. -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged no prophet's flag is set so... Proceed to see sea # 15560 Posted                           The gas from that meal was so bad that I caught on fire. They said it was spontaneous human combustion; however, it was the beans. -------------------- Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. \_(ツ)_/ Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged Oscar the Grouch Adopted Cascadian # 1916 Posted                       "My darling. I adore you and worship the ground you walk on. Will you marry me?" "Yes, yes, yes!" "Actually, I was talking to your daughter." -------------------- Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu Posts: 3871 | From: Gamma Quadrant, just to the left of Galifrey | Registered: Dec 2001  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        Oscar, On a duller note -- Three sisters lived in the boondocks, dreaming of Moscow, "Nothing ever happens here!" they cried. Years passed. Nothing ever did happen. Or not much, anyway. [ 03. June 2014, 19:57: Message edited by: roybart ] -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Doublethink. Ship's Foolwise Unperson # 1984 Posted                          The lonely Viking dreamed a maiden, fought through blood and fire to find her. But she was back beside the hearth he left, foolish Viking. -------------------- All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell Posts: 19219 | From: Erehwon | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        The Irish novelist was bored so he wrote a boring book so other people could be bored, too. He set it in Dublin. It worked. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Oscar the Grouch Adopted Cascadian # 1916 Posted                       "My darling. I adore you and worship the ground you walk on. Will you marry me?" "But we’re already married!" "Oh. I had quite forgotten." -------------------- Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu Posts: 3871 | From: Gamma Quadrant, just to the left of Galifrey | Registered: Dec 2001  |  IP: Logged no prophet's flag is set so... Proceed to see sea # 15560 Posted                           My bicycle gears wouldn't shift properly. This thread inspired me to take action. So I went to a local bike shop where they fixed it. -------------------- Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. \_(ツ)_/ Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged Imaginary Friend Real to you # 186 Posted                        Roy's boys fearlessly flew to Brazil. Two defeats and a stodgy draw later they returned, tail between legs. England look for a new head coach. -------------------- "We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass." Brian Clough Posts: 9455 | From: Left a bit... Right a bit... | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Oscar the Grouch Adopted Cascadian # 1916 Posted                       "My darling. I adore you and worship the ground you walk on. Will you marry me?" “Je ne parle pas anglais.” "That’s a ‘yes’ then." -------------------- Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu Posts: 3871 | From: Gamma Quadrant, just to the left of Galifrey | Registered: Dec 2001  |  IP: Logged jrw Shipmate # 18045 Posted                       Walking along Shuttleworth Road, I heard a voice from inside a house shouting 'You've started on a new margarine without finishing the old one first!' Posts: 522 | Registered: Mar 2014  |  IP: Logged SvitlanaV2 Shipmate # 16967 Posted                        'Should I: - go to China - write that monograph/novel - type up the minutes - go to bed?' K's eyes skimmed the screen. The answer? Chocolate. Again. Posts: 6668 | From: UK | Registered: Feb 2012  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        In the sequel: Svetlana's novel was complete. So were the minutes of that disputatious vestry meeting. On the Beijing flight, Svetlana reclined in her sleeper seat and smiled. -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged no prophet's flag is set so... Proceed to see sea # 15560 Posted                           Ben skewered the rat like a weiner and roasted it over the fire. It didn't taste like chicken. His stomach was pumped the next day. -------------------- Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. \_(ツ)_/ Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged no prophet's flag is set so... Proceed to see sea # 15560 Posted                           The sequel: At the hospital, Ben's doctor also diagnosed appendicitis. As a committed communist, the doctor she removed Ben's intestines, liberating the oppressed appendix. ¡Viva la revoluçión! -------------------- Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. \_(ツ)_/ Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged Adam. Like as the # 4991 Posted                           Dan woke up one morning to find a new picture of himself on his phone, sound asleep in his bed. He lives, he thought, alone. -------------------- Ave Crux, Spes Unica! Preaching blog Posts: 8164 | From: Notre Dame, IN | Registered: Sep 2003  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        The posh new computer arrived, it was wonderful except the idiot installer had loaded Office 2007 and not the 2003 version, as had been requested! -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged The5thMary Shipmate # 12953 Posted                        Miranda dolefully picked the scab on the side of her head. She was weary of having a skin condition. She desperately craved a ham sandwich. -------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose. Posts: 3451 | From: Tacoma, WA USA | Registered: Aug 2007  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        He cycled into town in the early morning to visit the ATM. The machine was not working. What a complete and utter waste of time! -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Smudgie Ship's Barnacle # 2716 Posted                        She woke to the sound of movement in the kitchen. A man was climbing through the window. Her teenage son had forgotten his keys again! -------------------- Miss you, Erin. Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        The teenager had forgotten his keys so decided to climb in through the window. Such a shame he chose the wrong house, with large dog! -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged no prophet's flag is set so... Proceed to see sea # 15560 Posted                           The large dog made that throaty coughing sound they do just before vommitting. Later, the teenager cleaned up the mess, and also fixed the window. -------------------- Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. \_(ツ)_/ Posts: 11498 | From: Treaty 6 territory in the nonexistant Province of Buffalo, Canada ↄ⃝' | Registered: Mar 2010  |  IP: Logged The5thMary Shipmate # 12953 Posted                        The large dog desperately craved a ham sandwich but the teenager wasn't a fool! He only intended to clean up vomit once in his life! -------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose. Posts: 3451 | From: Tacoma, WA USA | Registered: Aug 2007  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        The perfumery was a joy to the olfactory senses but to some the major effect was to induce hay fever. I had forgotten my antihistamine. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Dal Segno al Fine # 14673 Posted                       The conductor raised his baton. The violins took up the opening strains of the Brahms. Sadly, the brass section thought they were playing the Mahler. -------------------- Yet ever and anon a trumpet sounds Posts: 1200 | From: Pacific's triple star | Registered: Mar 2009  |  IP: Logged Pages in this thread: 1  2    Printer-friendly view Go to: Select a board: Category: Ship's business -------------------- The Styx Category: Community discussion -------------------- Heaven Purgatory Hell All Saints Category: Special interest discussion -------------------- Ecclesiantics Kerygmania The Circus Dead Horses The Eighth Day Category: Ship's Locker -------------------- Glory Limbo Category: Things we did -------------------- Nativity Play Auctions The Laugh Judgment The Da Vinci Code Chapter & Worse Contact us | Ship of Fools | Privacy statement © Ship of Fools 2016 UBB.classicTM 6.5.0