50wordstories.ca » seriously 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 Chris de Burgh https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=424 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=424#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:55:18 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=424 Patricia had been plagued by that song all her life.  It undermined her reputation at every turn.  No one took her seriously.

One day, she decided she’d show them.  “Now they’ll have to take me seriously.”

By the time her top came off, everyone was taking her very seriously indeed.

]]> https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?feed=rss2&p=424 0 The Quest, part 8 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=385 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=385#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:49:54 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=385 They escaped.

It was a daring and dangerous escape.  Seriously, you should have been there.  Truly spectacular.  Even the Prince helped!

Once they got out of the dungeon, they found that they were, quite literally, nowhere.

“That’s what happens when you cross the Bridge to Nowhere,” said a mysterious voice.

]]> https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?feed=rss2&p=385 0 The Job https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=159 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=159#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:00:47 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=159 When he was hired, they told him his job was to watch the Big Red Button, and ensure nobody pressed it. That’s it. He took his job very seriously.

Later, his boss brought in someone new. “Her job is to press the Button if told to.”

So he killed her.

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