Weekly Short Stories Contest and Company! discussion

How would a four-sided light saber look like? Would it be an X with a saber on each prong? Or would it be more like a 2-by-4?

TPBM finds it ironic how movies tend to show sabers used like broadswords, and broadswords used for fencing.

It would look pretty weird if light sabers were used for fencing. I can't picture the Three Musketeers ever doing something like that. Hehe! And to answer your question, Angie, it would be an X with a saber on each tip.

TPBM enjoys the song "State of My Head" by Shinedown.

I've not heard that song so have not had the opportunity to enjoy it.

TPBM is curious about the practice of 'tongue pulling' to help detoxify the body.

Although I'm all for detoxifying the body, tongue pulling sounds painful.

TPBM wonders knows how audio equalisers work and wonders why people don't seem to get it.

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Nope, I know how they work.

TPBM wants a new speaker.

I have a new pair of rad headphones. Won't be wanting speakers for a long time.

Also, I know how equalisers work. Made a typo in my comment. *facepalm*

TPBM likes fuzzy socks.

Yup.

TPBM likes bacon?

Yep. Love bacon.

TPBM was surprised when he/she found that red velvet cake used chocolate.

I didn't know that until reading your post, Deepak. Consider my mind blown. No wonder velvet cake is so yummy. :)

TPBM would describe him or herself as being low maintenance.

To others maybe I'm low maintenance. But I'd want to be in a place in the future where I can treat myself and be high maintenance, if that makes any sense.

TPBM hasn't written in a while and would like to start again.

I'd love to write the final story for my Poison Tongue Tales collection. It's another animal fantasy and it's called "Shadow-Pie". As soon as I wake up from my mental haze, maybe I'll get cracking on it tonight.

Without looking it up online, TPBM knows what the legal term "vexatious litigator" means.

Nope.

TPBM likes to write poems.

Not just poetry, but heavy metal songs. My most recent ones were called "Zombie-Ogre" and "Why Are You Laughing at Me?" Such lovely songs.

TPBM wonders what it is about working at the DMV that makes employees unhappy.

Never really put much thought to it.

TPBM doesn't want much for Christmas.

My Christmas list is over 100 items long, but I'm humble enough not to expect every single one of them. Christmas will be awesome no matter what presents I get.

TPBM is forgiving of people who make online grammar mistakes if it only happens rarely.

Yeah, anyone can make a mistake and not everyone knows English as their first language.

TPBM has knowingly worn socks that were mismatched.

Yes, it doesn't seem like such a big deal cuz my socks are hidden most of the time though.

TPBM thinks laxatives and air freshener would be a good white elephant present.

If by 'white elephant' you mean a melatonin deprived present then yes. I guess. ;-)

TPBM has too many books and they are now stacked on the floor waiting for their own bookshelves.

Maybe not stacked on the floor, but they are stacked on top of the books in my current bookshelf. As part of my Christmas list, I want help putting together another one I have in my room.

TPBM once filled a Windex bottle with Gatorade and drank it in public as a prank.

I can't say I've ever done that before.

TPBM knows someone who's filled a mayonnaise jar with vanilla pudding and eaten it with a spoon as a prank.

Unfortunately not.

TPBM feels like eating chicken soup for dinner?

Nope.

TPBM is having pizza for supper tonight.

Not today.

TPBM likes to cook.

I do. But I cook so rarely, it adds to the enjoyment.

TPBM likes hummus.

Nope.

TPBM likes cinnamon.

Sort of. Lots of Indian desserts use that and so I've grown to like it.

TPBM has chores to do and doesn't want to do them.

Constantly.

TPBM enjoys entering their writing in contests just to see the feedback.

Yes.

TPBM can play an instrument.

The tenor saxophone, though it's been a while.

TPBM has a dog.

I'm living with my cousin who has a dog. I think that counts maybe?

TPBM has a love-hate relationship with cats.

Nope there's no love involved.

TPBM has a pet?

Many many.... many pets. (2 dogs, 9 horses, 7 cows, a lot of cats, handful of rabbits and fish, and 96,000 chickens, but that's technically the job, not pets)

TPBM is trying to figure out characters that keep running away with themselves

Not at the moment.

TPBM likes to drink orange juice with breakfast.

Yeah. Orange juice is perfect with breakfast... Now I want orange juice.

TPBM recently discovered the joys of Seinfeld.

I discovered it long ago.

TPBM likes watching series.

I do, especially if the series is part of the NCIS franchise whether it's the original, Los Angeles, or New Orleans. "Grab your gear, we've got a dead Navy Lieutenant."

TPBM finds it disturbingly fascinating that cannibals don’t like eating Americans because they’re too salty.

Not as disturbing as how you would have such knowledge.

TPBM is not all that surprised that Americans are found to be somewhat unpalatable by cannibals.

Not surprised in the least bit. Americans eat some weird things. I should know, not just as an American, but also as someone who eats a lot of crazy foods. If you're still wondering how I know about cannibals' food preferences, I saw it on an episode of MANswers on Spike TV. I haven't actually cannibalized anybody....yet! Hehehehehe! I kid, I kid.

TPBM one time ate at a fast food restaurant and dropped pieces of bacon, meat, and cheese in his or her beverage, but drank it anyways.

No!!!

TPBM likes to be different.

I'm like DeVry University: "Different on purpose." Either that or I'm just really damn weird and awkward. Hehe!

TPBM enjoys sleeping in a cold room so that he or she actually has a reason to use a blanket.

I don't like sleeping 'restrained' so I'd sleep in a cold room but without the covers.

TPBM like wearing sweaters.

Yes. I love sweater weather.

TPBM has an ugly Christmas sweater

Not that I know of.

TPBM dislikes family reunions.

I don't have family in this country, so I don't have reunions to hate.

TPBM wishes that their family was larger.

I like my family size just the way it is. I've got my immediate family here in Port Orchard and I've got my dad and step-mom's family in Tacoma.

TPBM wants to see the new Star Wars movie when it comes out.

Oh for sure. Trying to work through a Star Wars marathon now.

TPBM is excited for Batman v Superman.

It's a match made in nerd heaven. Of course I'm excited! :)

TPBM once got kicked out of a bar for having an expired ID card despite clearly being over 21 years old.

As I'm only 17, that's never happened to me.

TPBM is finished buying Christmas presents for everyone on their list

I did all of my Christmas shopping in September and October, so that was scratched off my to-do list a long time ago. Ah, the joys of Amazon.com!

TPBM is a night owl.

I've become one recently, but I blame school and finals for that. My natural tendency is to be an early bird.

TPBM enjoys wrapping presents