50wordstories.ca » mostly harmless https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 With Apologies to Douglas Adams, or Another Inconvenient Truth https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=69 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=69#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:00:51 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=69 “What was mankind’s effect on its environment, in the grand scheme of things?  (50 words or less)”

Young Billy thought about the question, then began a few sentences but soon crossed each one out.

Then, suddenly, everything fell into place in his mind.

His final essay read, in full:

“Mostly harmless.”

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