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Reply #25 on: April 03, 2011, 10:13:57 PM
Quote from: Scattercat on April 03, 2011, 11:08:20 AM
Never let it be said that I do not listen to requests.

Now THAT is what I'm talking about.

Nice to see modern history reflected in a story too.

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Reply #26 on: April 04, 2011, 04:17:45 AM


I was thinking about this one through most of the story.  :)

All cat stories start with this statement: “My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...”

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Reply #27 on: April 04, 2011, 11:34:39 AM
Always with the Calvin and Hobbes. :-)

And why not?


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Reply #28 on: April 04, 2011, 02:08:37 PM
A truly great, fun story, perfectly introduced and closed in true Alasdare fashion.


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Reply #29 on: April 13, 2011, 04:59:03 AM
It really had a childhood feel about it. When I was a kid I was afraid of something coming up the toilet and getting me. Funny I forgot about that until the story. Well done!

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Reply #30 on: April 13, 2011, 11:13:25 AM
Quote from: wingodzilla on April 13, 2011, 04:59:03 AM
It really had a childhood feel about it. When I was a kid I was afraid of something coming up the toilet and getting me.

Mostly I was afraid of the water splashing me when a toilet was flushed. It clashed with my desire to be an amateur ablutionologist -- which is a nice way of saying "I made my grandma take me to the bathroom everywhere I went because I wanted to see what kind of toilet they had".

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Reply #31 on: April 13, 2011, 03:09:10 PM
Quote from: wingodzilla on April 13, 2011, 04:59:03 AM
It really had a childhood feel about it. When I was a kid I was afraid of something coming up the toilet and getting me. Funny I forgot about that until the story. Well done!

I didn't have that fear as a child.  But I did for a long time after reading Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher".


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Reply #32 on: April 13, 2011, 09:19:43 PM
Quote from: kibitzer on April 04, 2011, 11:34:39 AM
Always with the Calvin and Hobbes. :-)

And why not?
Calvin and Hobbes has long been an undue influence on my mind...


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Reply #33 on: April 14, 2011, 04:57:06 PM
Quote from: Listener on April 13, 2011, 11:13:25 AM
Quote from: wingodzilla on April 13, 2011, 04:59:03 AM
It really had a childhood feel about it. When I was a kid I was afraid of something coming up the toilet and getting me.

Mostly I was afraid of the water splashing me when a toilet was flushed. It clashed with my desire to be an amateur ablutionologist -- which is a nice way of saying "I made my grandma take me to the bathroom everywhere I went because I wanted to see what kind of toilet they had".

I can't blame you for being afraid of toilet water! My mother use to say that I always had to use the bathroom where ever I went. I think I just wanted to check the bathrooms out as well!

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Reply #34 on: January 01, 2012, 12:31:40 PM
Just resurrecting the thread for my own story to note that this tale is now available in print at Allegory E-zine!  Now you can really soak up all the nuances of the writing at your leisure.  I'm sure I put some nuances in there somewhere.


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Reply #35 on: January 08, 2012, 04:04:06 AM
Let me just say I'm a Preschool teacher and in love with dinosaurs. This was a great story fo the kid in all of us. I especially enjoyed the tie in to the real world to show us it is truly all about preseption. I would love to read this to my class.


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