Volleyball 2004 - Commentary

Discussions about writing, peer reviews, word games, and writing contests (re: "volleyball") for amateurs.

Moderator: Ghost

Post Reply
User avatar
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164
Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 am
Location: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel

Post by laurie »

The Spelling Mistress dons the robe (Judge Roy, it's filthy again!) and picks up the gavel:

Ghost's Nursery Rhyme (from Sept. 1st)

"Me must not tease .... can't cure me - you fail .... corrects me grammar .... 'they' say he's gay ...."

Current: Ghost +1 (obvious), Originality +1 (Nursery Rhyme), Entertaining +1 ("Palmer Inst. for the Illegitimately Insane"), Continuity +1 (smooth), Rule Breaker + 0 (no rules broken), Bonus +1 (WOTD) TOTAL: 5

Current Volleyball 2004 Overall Standing:
Brad_H P: 27 O: 26 E: 27 C: 25 RB: -2 Bonus: 2 TOTAL: 105
felonius P: 25 O: 25 E: 24 C: 23 RB: 0 Bonus: 1 TOTAL: 98
Ghost P: 14 O: 14 E: 14 C: 14 RB: 0 Bonus: 5 TOTAL:61
Aunflin P: 17 O: 10 E: 16 C: 17 RB: -1 Bonus: 0 TOTAL: 59
Kahrey P: 12 O: 6 E: 12 C: 11 RB:0 Bonus: 0 TOTAL: 41
Mrdude P: 5 O: 2 E: 5 C: 5 RB: 0 Bonus: 0 TOTAL: 17
laurie P: 3 O: 3 E: 3 C: 3 RB:0 Bonus: 0 TOTAL: 12
Cho Chiyo P: 2 O: 2 E: 2 C: 2 RB:0 Bonus: 0 TOTAL: 8
friendforlife P: 1 O: 1 E: 1 C: 0 RB:0 Bonus: 0 TOTAL: 3

Genres used: (91 so far)
Action: Action, X-Men
Animation: Japanese Anime, Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic the Gathering
Comedy: Comedy, Slapstick/Odd Couple, Absurdity, Whose Line is it? (see TV), Childish Immature Symbols
Children: Children, Fairy Tale, Little Johnny Joke,
Drama: Drama, Out of Body Experience, International Espionage, A Cop Story, The Mafia, The Twilight Zone
Impressions (Famous Authors): Steven King (see Horror)
Impressions (Literature): Watership Down, Hardy Boys (see Mystery), Good Omens, Tom Sawyer
Impressions (Movies): 1950’s B-Movie Monster Flick, Beach Party, "Men in Black" (MIB), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (TMNT), Biker Chicks in Prison, Monster Week
Fantasy: Fantasy, Modern, Contemporary
Fiction: Modern Day, Urban Contemporary, Young adult, Coming of Age, Crime Fiction, Real Life
Horror: Horror, Gothic, Steven King, Sci-Fi Horror, Slasher Movie
Mystery: Hardy Boys, Sherlock Holmes
Poetry: an Epic Poem, AD&D Filk, Haiku Duel, Sonnet, Prophecy, Double - Acrostic Poem, Japanese Tanka Verse, Diamante Poem, Skaldic Poem, Dime-Store Doggerel, Nursery Rhyme
Romance: Romance, Vomit-Inducing, Cheesy, Out-of-body Experience (quasi ghost story)
Sci-fi: Sort Of, Alien Encounter, Biotech Thriller, Drama, AI Apologue, Spy: Anachronistic Private Eye, Spy (Secret life of Robert Mitty),
TV: Twin Peaks, Cooking Show, Soap Opera "As the IBDoF Turns", Whose line is it? (Super Heroes), Star Trek TNG (X rated), Inside the Actor’s Studio (Existentialist Parody), Barbara Walter Special
Other: Stream-of-Consciousness, Screen Play Script, Flashbacks, Epistolary, Call-in Radio Show, Autobiography, Experimental Story Structure, Story within a Story within…, Diary, Political Debate, Alliteration Ailment, Interior Monologue, Psychiatric Session, Military Epigram, Mad-Lib, Allegory a la Mode, Religious Text, Inaugural Address, Deus ex Machina


/Ghost uses Aunflin's absence to sneak into third place...

:smash:
Last edited by laurie on Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
Top
Aunflin
Legionnaire
Posts: 3768
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:23 pm
Location: Maryville, MO

Post by Aunflin »

Good to see all the VB posts! :thumb: :clap:

/now me needs to figure out something to write... :roll:
"A writer's chosen task is to write well and professionally. If you can't keep doing it, then you're no longer a professional, but a gifted amateur." L. E. Modessit, jr.
Top
User avatar
Ghost
Judge Roy Bean
Posts: 3911
Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:53 pm
Location: Arizona

Post by Ghost »

Ghost wrote: Weekly Sherlock Award:

Very pitiful week (only 1 post):

Ghost: 5 :clap:

It’ll be double or nothing on the Sherlock Award: 2 points are up for grab this week, but I get my 5 point head start.
Weekly Sherlock Award (actually two weeks):

Ghost: 10 :clap:
Cho Chiyo: 8 :clap:
Brad: 5

Cho did such a great job with her first two posts; I’m going to split the two points with her. I’ll take the one for two weeks ago and give her the one for last week.

/well – she is a bloody Kidd :smokin:
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
Top
User avatar
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164
Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 am
Location: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel

Post by laurie »

And so are you - that's nepotism, Judge! :deviate: :smash:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
Top
Darb
Punoholic
Posts: 18466
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 9:15 am
Contact:
Contact Darb

Post by Darb »

As a judge, he's "above the law" :lol:
Top
User avatar
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164
Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 am
Location: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel

Post by laurie »

Only Kilt's above the law in this country, bucko. :deviate:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
Top
User avatar
Ghost
Judge Roy Bean
Posts: 3911
Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:53 pm
Location: Arizona

Post by Ghost »

BUT I get to interpret the LAW the way I wish, and unless I get additional guidance from above (the IDBoF trinity), I do what I think is in the best interest of the community. :lol:


:smash:
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
Top
ChoChiyo
Artificial Intellect
Posts: 10882
Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:06 pm
Location: The middle of a Minnesota cornfield
Contact:
Contact ChoChiyo

Post by ChoChiyo »

Can I add to myself if no one else is writing on the Volleyball thread? I feel a Pirates of Penzance Spoof coming on....can't...control...urge...to...write...it...ARRRR
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
Top
User avatar
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164
Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 am
Location: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel

Post by laurie »

Ghost wrote:Since no one has posted for more than a week I followed up myself. :roll:

We had a rule that you could post again as long as you waited 72 hours. :smash:

Oh-well, hopefully this will kick-start the story. :mrgreen:
Go for it, Cho. If the Judge can do it, you can. :thumb:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
Top
Darb
Punoholic
Posts: 18466
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 9:15 am
Contact:
Contact Darb

Post by Darb »

Sorry again for yet another delay in my normal posting schedule ... still a bit busy ATM.

Things should improve next week for me.
Top
ChoChiyo
Artificial Intellect
Posts: 10882
Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:06 pm
Location: The middle of a Minnesota cornfield
Contact:
Contact ChoChiyo

Post by ChoChiyo »

I am working on a glorious "PIrates of Penzance" addition to the Volleyball thread, but it is taking some time. Maybe by Monday. No one should feel hesitant to post an addition, however, as I'm sure I can weave it in.

"I am a Pirate King! I am a Pirate King!"

(Well, a Pirate Queen, maybe.)
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
Top
Darb
Punoholic
Posts: 18466
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 9:15 am
Contact:
Contact Darb

Post by Darb »

I tweaked my monster week post slightly ... I re-watched the 1954 B&W original Godzilla movie last night, and corrected the big boy's size and stride data.

Godzilla = 30 storeys in height --> therefore I'd guestimate a 31 ft long claw, and a 60m stride. :mrgreen:

/me roars and swishes tail a bit. :twisted:
Top
User avatar
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164
Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 am
Location: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel

Post by laurie »

Ol' Fussbudget strikes again. :roll:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
Top
Kahrey
Fairy Tale Heroine - aka "Cinders"
Posts: 3577
Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:07 pm
Location: Independence, MO
Contact:
Contact Kahrey

Post by Kahrey »

Trying to catch up....I read the first page. I thought I should read it all again as I'm quite forgetful. 4 more pages to go! But it could take a while....
"Life is trial and error. Those who succeed are those who survive their failures and keep trying." - LE Modesitt, Jr.
Top
Aunflin
Legionnaire
Posts: 3768
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:23 pm
Location: Maryville, MO

Post by Aunflin »

Well, as to why I've been negleting my VB duties lately...R/L's been real busy lately, especially since we've been rather shorthanded at work lately, especially after today. :shock: Anyway, I'll try to formulate a post ASAP (meaning tomorrow)... :mrgreen:
"A writer's chosen task is to write well and professionally. If you can't keep doing it, then you're no longer a professional, but a gifted amateur." L. E. Modessit, jr.
Top
User avatar
Ghost
Judge Roy Bean
Posts: 3911
Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:53 pm
Location: Arizona

Post by Ghost »

No weekly Sherlock winner – no new VB post for over two weeks! :cry:
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
Top
User avatar
Ghost
Judge Roy Bean
Posts: 3911
Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:53 pm
Location: Arizona

Post by Ghost »

Ok, I posted, the formatting didn’t come out exactly like I planned. It was simple, but hopefully it will get some else creative juices flowing.

[Side Note: those (o)(o) are eyeballs]

:smokin:
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
Top
User avatar
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164
Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 am
Location: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel

Post by laurie »

Ghost, you just made my day! :clap:

Shaun Cassidy (*sigh*)
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
Top
Darb
Punoholic
Posts: 18466
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 9:15 am
Contact:
Contact Darb

Post by Darb »

Blahahahahaha ! :lol:

I've got a half written doozy in the works ... perhaps tomorrow. :P
Top
Aunflin
Legionnaire
Posts: 3768
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:23 pm
Location: Maryville, MO

Post by Aunflin »

Good one, Ghost! :thumb: :lol:
"A writer's chosen task is to write well and professionally. If you can't keep doing it, then you're no longer a professional, but a gifted amateur." L. E. Modessit, jr.
Top
Darb
Punoholic
Posts: 18466
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 9:15 am
Contact:
Contact Darb

Post by Darb »

Sorry - got sidetracked again by other things.

I still owe everyone a post. :P
Top
User avatar
Ghost
Judge Roy Bean
Posts: 3911
Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:53 pm
Location: Arizona

Post by Ghost »

Weekly Volley Ball Sherlock Award Winner

Ghost: *

I was the only one to post last week, and even though no one scored the post – I WIN BY DEFAULT. :clap: :clap: :P

Ah, no – just kidding. :P

Will someone please score my post and we can go for “Double or Nothingâ€
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
Top
Darb
Punoholic
Posts: 18466
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 9:15 am
Contact:
Contact Darb

Post by Darb »

Ok, I broke the log jam and posted a quickie. :P

I wish it could have been ... ahem ... longer ... but I'm a bit busy ATM. :wink:

Ghost: your tabloid post was awesome. Full points for you. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Once small nit ... it trashed the screen width display for the thread. Can you do something to fix that ?
Top
ChoChiyo
Artificial Intellect
Posts: 10882
Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:06 pm
Location: The middle of a Minnesota cornfield
Contact:
Contact ChoChiyo

Post by ChoChiyo »

Heh. Must be the day for it. In a few minutes I'll be posting a genre: Oprah Winfrey show post.

It's a little scary to me that we might be on the same wave length.

:shock:

:lol:
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
Top
Darb
Punoholic
Posts: 18466
Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 9:15 am
Contact:
Contact Darb

Post by Darb »

To paraphrase Felonius ...

"Oh my ..." :shock: :lol: :cry: :worship:

A tour de force on continuity there, Cho. :thumb:
Top
Post Reply

Return to “The Quill & Fountain”