"Great 21st Century Novel"

Grampy Bobby

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04 Mar 08 05:16

Great Big Stees

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04 Mar 08 14:40

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
15. He coughed, cleared his throat, and repeated in what he hoped was a more commanding tone:
Call me Fritz.

16. But no Fritz didn't call, he never did. Always the hope dashed. He didn't love me did he...the swine playing with my emotions like that.

HandyAndy

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04 Mar 08 14:43

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
15. He coughed, cleared his throat, and repeated in what he hoped was a more commanding tone:
Call me Fritz.

16. I know it's only a game, he thought, but at times like this.. it's more precious than life itself.

cairn

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04 Mar 08 14:59

"maybe i should have gone for the 'assertiveness' scientology course and
not the rhp subscription - but then that would have meant missing my alcoholics anonymous seminar"

coquette

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04 Mar 08 15:08

16. Fritz! Fritz! Fritz! YES YES YES OH FRITZ!!!!!!!! The MATE would happen . . .. . NOW . . . . on g2; alas, except for the constraints of the church. that Bishop on h4 guards the treasures. the alarm is calling from that other world.

HandyAndy

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04 Mar 08 15:09

Originally posted by cairn
"maybe i should have gone for the 'assertiveness' scientology course and
not the rhp subscription - but then that would have meant missing my alcoholics anonymous seminar"

18. Meanwhile, in Slovenia, a small boy was growing up.

cairn

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04 Mar 08 15:17

Originally posted by HandyAndy
18. Meanwhile, in Slovenia, a small boy was growing up.

19. " how wonderful it is to be growing up in slovenia " ,he thought , " it's probably
comparable to growing up in the west bank of the limpopo "

coquette

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04 Mar 08 15:31

20. as Vladmir sauntered along the stone path to the plum tree he noticed the patterns in the stones and how if the last of the three white ones in a row only moved over just one stone how the black stone would be surrounded

Great Big Stees

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04 Mar 08 15:35

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Originally posted by coquette
20. as Vladmir sauntered along the stone path to the plum tree he noticed the patterns in the stones and how if the last of the three white ones in a row only moved over just one stone how the black stone would be surrounded

21. Out of the blue Vlad shouted"Wow, I think there's a game in this, I must call my agent and get him on it."

cairn

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04 Mar 08 15:45

22 His agent , a burly slovenian who had grown up on the west bank of the limpopo, wasn't impressed

mikelom

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04 Mar 08 15:48

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
21. Out of the blue Vlad shouted"Wow, I think there's a game in this, I must call my agent and get him on it."

23. And, thus, the King needed to bring his people back to t'reason (😛)and sought his knights with assay of; kindred, memorial love beckon to you; follow you path of might and never betray yourselves.

HandyAndy

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04 Mar 08 15:54

Originally posted by cairn
22 His agent , a burly slovenian who had grown up on the west bank of the limpopo, wasn't impressed

23. "We need Shavixmir to get this baby off the ground," he whispered. "We need him pronto."

cairn

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04 Mar 08 16:03

24. no way, jose - don't you remember the mexican-jewellery fiasco he got us into ?

Grampy Bobby

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04 Mar 08 16:06

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
23. "We need Shavixmir to get this baby off the ground," he whispered. "We need him pronto."

25. Seemed such a strange sight indeed, as I think back on it... the village prodigy of a gentle boy and and the large self appointed agent, whose least movement Vladmir's shaggy dog viewed suspiciously from the protective vantage point of his master's side.

coquette

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04 Mar 08 16:16

26. all of this quaint scene slowly unfolding in the shadow of the huge stone castle on the hill, surrounded by the peasants dutifully working the fields adjacent to the moat

Great Big Stees

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04 Mar 08 16:19

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
25. Seemed such a strange sight indeed, as I think back on it... the village prodigy of a gentle boy and and the large self appointed agent, whose least movement Vladmir's shaggy dog viewed suspiciously from the protective vantage point of his master's side.

26. Then, without the slightest provocation, Vlad's dog,"Garlic", lunged, at nothing in particular, catapolting Vlad like a rocket towards the Limpopo. Vlad had a look of terror on his face, knowing that he couldn't swim.