# Very Short stories

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927>\
**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:** 4

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**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 27, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/61 "2006-10-27T12:02:02Z")

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**pinkfreud** wrote:

> [@](#):
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> Here comes dread Cthulhu. Ia! Ia!

…wghich inspires me thus:

Cthulhu. Get your Ia! Ia!s out.

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**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/62 "2006-10-27T17:20:27Z")

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The Bible:

God created. Satan corrupted. Jesus saved.

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**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/63 "2006-10-27T17:35:36Z")

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Luck, be a lady tonight…YEAH!

Shy girl blooms, becomes confidant woman.

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**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 27, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/64 "2006-10-27T17:41:06Z")

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**Pelican Swallows Pigeon. Antelope Buffaloes Moose.**

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/65 "2006-10-27T17:42:28Z")

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Once upon a time. The end.

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/66 "2006-10-27T17:44:21Z")

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Spooky mansion. Murders. Butler did it.

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**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/67 "2006-10-27T18:42:54Z")

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Condom breaks. Penis ensues. Baby daddy.

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**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/68 "2006-10-27T19:33:25Z")

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Mom satisfied. Dad dead. My eyes!!!

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/69 "2006-10-27T19:41:12Z")

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The devil is not mocked.

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**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 27, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/70 "2006-10-27T19:43:14Z")

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**. nekorb s’tI . retropelet eht esu t’noD**

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/71 "2006-10-27T21:16:51Z")

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Davinci Code in 6 words: “So dark the con of man.”

Lord of the Rings in 6 words: “Lose the fucking ring you hobbit.”

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/72 "2006-10-27T21:49:49Z")

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[QUOTE=furryman]  
I came, I saw, I conquered.  
[/QUOTE]

I saw, I conquered, I came.

Saw sub, sank same.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/73 "2006-10-27T21:58:24Z")

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Rows of Rose’s roses rose.  
(If a “set-uo” is legal-- In a car parked on the tracks at a R.R. crossing:

He, she, and train were coming.  
and,  
On a tombstone-

“His last words: ‘Watch this!’”

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**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/74 "2006-10-27T22:07:01Z")

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He turned from the window,Zombies!!!

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/75 "2006-10-27T23:21:38Z")

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Along the river runs. Away, alone . . .

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/76 "2006-10-27T23:40:23Z")

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Three Major Wars in American History in Six Words:

Yanks get pissed, throw out Brits.

Slaveholders break away, get butts kicked.

Hitler takes land, then loses it.

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**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/77 "2006-10-28T00:57:05Z")

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It was hot. They wore black.

The penis remained caught in the doorframe.

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**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 28, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/78 "2006-10-28T01:09:15Z")

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1. The head wound still hasn’t healed.

2. And, of course, I still lost.

3. Finally, I just threw it away.

4. I think its head fell off.

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/79 "2006-10-28T01:21:44Z")

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Somebody asks. Cecil answers. Issue settled.

He closes Cecil’s book, ignorance fought.

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**Author:** ![Klytus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Klytus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klytus)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/80 "2006-10-28T04:04:51Z")

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Defenestration solved the adulterous husband problem.

…and the sequel…

Widow arrested for murder, but acquited.

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