I know it's long guys, but worth the read.






Remember the book "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"? Well,
> > here's a prime example offered by an English professor at an
> > American University.
> >
> > "Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story.
> > The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person
> > sitting to his or her immediate right. One of you will then write
> > the first paragraph of a short story. The partner will read the
> > first paragraph and then add another paragraph to the story. The
> > first person will then
> >
> > add a third paragraph, and so on back and forth. Remember to re-read
> > what has been written each time in order to keep the story coherent.
> > There is to be absolutely NO talking and anything you wish to say
> > must
> >
> > be written on the paper. The story is over when both agree a
> > conclusion has been reached."
> >
> > The following was actually turned in by two of my English students,
> > Rebecca and Gary.
> >
> > STORY:
> > (first paragraph by Rebecca)
> >
> > At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The
> > chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home,
> > now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times,
> > that he liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs,
> > keep her mind off Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if
> > she thought about him too much her asthma started acting up again.
> > So chamomile was out of the question.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (second paragraph by Gary)
> >
> > Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack
> > squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to
> > think about than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named
> > Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year ago.
> > "A.S. Harris to Geostation 17," he said into his transgalactic
> > communicator. "Polar orbit established. No sign of resistance so
> > far..." But before he could sign off a bluish particle beam flashed
> > out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The
> > jolt from
> >
> > the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the
> > cockpit.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Rebecca)
> > He bumped his head and died almost immediately but not before he
> > felt one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one
> > woman
> >
> > who had ever had feelings for him. Soon afterwards, Earth stopped
> > its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4.
> > "Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space Travel,"
> > Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously
> > excited her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming of
> > her youth, when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree, with
> > no newspapers to read, no television to distract her from her sense
> > of innocent wonder at all the beautiful things round her. "Why must
> > one lose one's innocence to become a woman?" she pondered wistfully.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Gary)
> > Little did she know, but she had less than ten seconds to live.
> > Thousands of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership
> > launched the first of its lithium fusion missiles. The dim-witted
> > wimpy peaceniks who pushed the Unilateral Aerospace Disarmament
> > Treaty through the Congress had left Earth a defenseless target for
> > the hostile alien empires who were determined to destroy the human
> > race. Within two hours after the passage of the treaty the
> > Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth, carrying enough firepower
> > to pulverize
> >
> > the entire planet. With no one to stop them, they swiftly initiated
> > their diabolical plan. The lithium fusion missile entered the
>atmosphere
> > unimpeded. The President, in his top-secret mobile submarine
> > headquarters on the ocean floor off the coast of Guam, felt the
> > inconceivably massive explosion, which vaporized poor, stupid,
> > Laurie and 85 million other Americans. The President slammed his
> > fist on the conference table. "We can't allow this! I'm going to
> > veto that treaty! Let's blow 'em out of the sky!"
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Rebecca)
> > This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My
> > writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Gary)
> > Yeah? Well, you're a self-centered tedious neurotic whose attempts
> > at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. "Oh, shall I have
> > chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F*CKING TEA??? Oh
> > no, I'm such an air-headed bimbo who reads too many Danielle Steele
> > novels."
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Rebecca)
> > Asshole.
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Gary)
> > Bitch.
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Rebecca)
> > W*nker.
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Gary)
> > Slut.
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Rebecca)
> > Get f*cked.
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Gary)
> > Eat shit.
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > (Rebecca)
> > F*CK YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!!!
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > (Gary)
> > Go drink some tea, whore.
> > **********************************************
> >
> > (Teacher)
> > A+ - I really liked this one.
> > **********************************************

 

LMAO!!! That was some funny shit!

 

That was hilarious!

 

LMAO!!!!

As soon as I read the guy's first paragraph I knew I was in for something good

Tea with your anyone?

 

go drink some tea, whore!

 

ROTFLMAO



Thanks Luke.

 

Sounds like this story was lifted from The Corner. Speaking of which, whatever happened to that Story thread.

:goes in search of Story II:

 

No Kathy, that is like bring people back from the dead bringing threads like that back to life

No good can come of it !!!!