RHP 2023 Prose competition

Theme: Dive and FMF love story.

@badradger said
for the last forty years I have toiled in a Bubble factory in north yorkshire, it was a better job than the porridge mines that I had worked in for the previous 10 years.

3 random mandatory words (carpet, suspicious, cappuccino etc) may be an interesting twist, testing the writer's ability to seamlessly incorporate them into the narrative.

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@ponderable said
There will be one theme for all entrants...

@a-unique-nickname said
He meant how many themes are we allowed to suggest.

@a-unique-nickname said
I heard the porridge mines were quite sticky.

@ponderable said
as many as you wish, however it could become difficult with he poll...

And I would appreciate if all suggestions would be serious. If we end up with a joke it could spell the end.

@badradger said
why cant we freestyle, dont tie us down to any preformed concepts.

@ponderable said
That is one suggestion and the poll will see how it will fare.

In fact some people feel more comfortable with sopmeting to hold on. And we had some really interesting interpretations in the past.

@ponderable said
as many as you wish, however it could become difficult with he poll...

And I would appreciate if all suggestions would be serious. If we end up with a joke it could spell the end.

@badradger said
the porridge mines are where unwanted scotish salty porrige ends up, it was my job to put it through the de-salination unit, dry & repackage it as Scots porrige oats..... them scots you can sell em out.(anything)

@ponderable said
That is one suggestion and the poll will see how it will fare.

In fact some people feel more comfortable with sopmeting to hold on. And we had some really interesting interpretations in the past.