Emily’s NEW positivity and being nice to each other thread

[onehitwanda]

Where I come from, if you're lying face up in the gutter, you'd better keep your eyes shut. Mouth too.

Just pretend it's the stars weeing on you. Star wee star wee night.

 

[StillStunned]

Just pretend it's the stars weeing on you. Star wee star wee night.

A lovely shower of gold!

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

The thing is, even if you're in the gutter, you can always roll onto your back and stare up at the stars.

Damn, you have a way with words. You should write...

 

[DickandDoof]

Actually, it was Oscar Wilde who had a way with words. He was the one who first wrote:

“We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.”

 

[onehitwanda]

Actually, it was Oscar Wilde who had a way with words. He was the one who first wrote:

“We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.”

Huh. I thought it was Lawrence, but it is a very Wilde thing to say.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Actually, it was Oscar Wilde who had a way with words. He was the one who first wrote:

“We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.”

Yes, I knew that, but I always appreciate a literary allusion.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Actually, it was Oscar Wilde who had a way with words. He was the one who first wrote:

“We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.”

Sorry dude, that was fucking rude. You don't step on an honest compliment with an underhanded insult, even if you do get to reference Oscar Wilde. Take a little time and go read The lost girl of Avignon and rethink your comment about who has a way with words. Geez. Does you mom know you're out past curfew?

 

[UnquietDreams]

Huh. I thought it was Lawrence, but it is a very Wilde thing to say.

Not enough commas for Lawrence...

 

[DickandDoof]

My mom doesn’t know anything

Sorry dude, that was fucking rude. You don't step on an honest compliment with an underhanded insult, even if you do get to reference Oscar Wilde. Take a little time and go read The lost girl of Avignon and rethink your comment about who has a way with words. Geez. Does you mom know you're out past curfew?

My mom doesn’t know anything anymore, she died when I was five. But thank you for the gratuitous insult.

 

[luv2custrip]

I lost the train of this thread, but “Commas for Lawrence” is a nice title.

 

[onehitwanda]

I lost the train of this thread, but “Commas for Lawrence” is a nice title.

Colons for Frankie being the obvious sequel.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

My mom doesn’t know anything

My mom doesn’t know anything anymore, she died when I was five. But thank you for the gratuitous insult.

Sorry about your mom, but my insult wasn't gratuitous. I have a problem with people that feel the need to one-up others for whatever spurious reasons they may have. To do so in a manner that leaves open the inference that one of the best writers on this site, 'doesn't have a way with words' is even worse.

Wanda certainly doesn't need me to defend her and to be clear, that is not what I feel I'm doing. Next time you want to make yourself feel important, don't do it on the back of my earnest compliments.

Now, if you'll excuse me, my cranky mood is ruining this thread. See y'all tomorrow.

 

[Bamagan]

Colons for Frankie being the obvious sequel.

Culminating with Interrobangs for Everyone.

 

[Priscilla_June]

Well, OK, then. A note of appreciation to Duleigh for so quickly and seamlessly picking up from Ogg on showcasing in active threads the various contests/exercises running.

Second this! Always on top of it with some good positive posts to encourage folks!

 

[UnquietDreams]

I lost the train of this thread, but “Commas for Lawrence” is a nice title.

Stars in the water
Scattered by waves, just like the
Commas for Lawrence

Haiku is not in my skill set, but I don't hate that one.

 

[luv2custrip]

Stars in the water
Scattered by waves, just like the
Commas for Lawrence

Haiku is not in my skill set, but I don't hate that one.

Commas for Lawrence
Semicolons for Susie…
But Herman sees only ellipses.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Commas for Lawrence
Semicolons for Susie…
But Herman sees only ellipses.

I am GenX, and we live and die by ellipses.
My editor is trying to ween me to em dashes...

 

[luv2custrip]

I am GenX, and we live and die by ellipses.
My editor is trying to ween me to em dashes...

Don’t talk to me about em dashes. I’m in Pending hell due to em dashes.

 

[SimonDoom]

Don’t talk to me about em dashes. I’m in Pending hell due to em dashes.

Just because you're paranoid about em dashes doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Just because you're paranoid about em dashes doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

I'm not paranoid...what have you heard?

 

[MillieDynamite]

I've heard that sniffing coke makes you paranoid. When I sniffed Coke, it burnt my nose with all those fucking bubbles and made me sneeze like crazy.

I'm not paranoid...what have you heard?

 

[SimonDoom]

I'm not paranoid...what have you heard?

Nothing. Nothing.

Forget I said anything.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Nothing. Nothing.

Forget I said anything.

That's what everyone says! When they're not talking about me behind my back, of course.

 

[Tir_an_Beithioch]

Commas for Lawrence
Semicolons for Susie…
But Herman sees only ellipses.

And e e Cummings? You keep doing your thing, bro.

 

[onehitwanda]

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