# Very Short stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927 "2006-10-26T01:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/21 "2006-10-26T03:22:16Z")
Lazarus was dying to go home. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/22 "2006-10-26T03:28:51Z")
How annoying. Dead again. Next try. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/23 "2006-10-26T03:35:28Z")
“I’m not crazy, the zombies came.” ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/24 "2006-10-26T03:47:27Z")
Should have turned left at Albuquerque. * * * 'Twas a bad day for skydiving. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/25 "2006-10-26T03:50:58Z")
Yet again, the Zeppelins of Doom. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/26 "2006-10-26T03:56:59Z")
Six word stories: 1. Wedding dress for sale, barely used. 2. Sometimes, late at night, I remember. 3. Work, sleep, work, sleep, work, sleep. 4. I remember only what I’ve lost. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/27 "2006-10-26T04:11:19Z")
We appreciate only what is gone. The richest corpse is nevertheless dead. That was a very good year. Love is a many splendored thing. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/28 "2006-10-26T14:50:03Z")
He saw. She saw. She shot. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/29 "2006-10-26T14:58:26Z")
". broken is Machine Time This ! Dammit " ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/30 "2006-10-26T15:00:44Z")
“Don’t move.” “You…stupid…fucking…bitch.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/31 "2006-10-26T15:02:55Z")
“Help! I’m trapped between the pixels!” ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/32 "2006-10-26T15:03:11Z")
“Help me!” “No.” “I’ll die” “Good.” ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/33 "2006-10-26T15:03:58Z")
“Hold on—is that a tooth?” ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/34 "2006-10-26T15:04:28Z")
“You wanna?” “Sure.” _Later_ “Needs salt.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/35 "2006-10-26T15:05:24Z")
In this Mathematics, six _is_ infinity. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/36 "2006-10-26T15:07:53Z")
“100 bottles beer on the wall…” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/37 "2006-10-26T15:12:54Z")
**(Buffalo)[sup]8[/sup]** > **[Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo)** > > "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity. It has been discussed in literature in various forms since 1967, when it appeared in Dmitri Borgmann's Beyond Language: Adventures in Word and Thought. > The sentence employs three distinct meanings of the word buffalo: > A semanticall... ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/38 "2006-10-26T15:17:51Z")
Hey Earl, watch this…_KABOOM_…Fuck! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/39 "2006-10-26T15:22:09Z")
**NORM! Look out! The BUZZSAW!.._AIIIEEEEEEEEEE_** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dumbest_Guy_in_the_Room)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/40 "2006-10-26T15:29:49Z")
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