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Gandhi
Gandhi did a hundred mile march to the ocean to make salt.It was a protest against salt taxes imposed by the British colonial government.He knelt by the shore, pulled out a straining cloth, and laid it down on the sand.Then he scooped water into the cl
Passing the buck in the dark
The power went out again.So, the property manager called the utility company.Who washed their hands of the situation and posted a 4 hour resolution time.The property manager then called the electrical contractor.Who, after an hour stuck in traffic, st
It never happened
I liked the first Dark Tower novel by Stephen King.Worldbuilding with legends and myths in a parallel world.So, I pretend the later crazy shit doesn't exist.The Matrix ended with the first film.Kathleen Kennedy never raped another trilogy out of Star
Weekly Challenge #947 – Plain
Lizzie RichardSerendipidy Norval JoeTom Planet ZThe next topic is SpreadLIZZIE"Plain and simple. No more bickering, you hear?"The kids nodded."We're going to enjoy the trip to the sea."The kids nodded."And get rid of
The four
One carried a knife.Another carried a gun.The third used poisons.And the last used his bare hands.Four bounty hunters, one target, and a huge stack of cash.Divided... four ways?No. The one with a knife took a bullet to the heart.Divided... three wa
Those spells
It is tradition to carve magic spells into the walls of a king's tomb.When King Foldo died, we did no different to his tomb.So many spells we carved, so many wishes:Thank you, O king, for your benevolent rule.Protect the soul of our king.Bring our ki
Give me death
The great orator, Patrick Henry, stood before the Virginia Convention, exhausted from his speech calling for sending troops to fight the Revolutionary War.But he was not finished."Give me liberty, or give me death!" he exclaimed.A bony finger tapped hi
The value of Freddy
Freddy was rich, but he wanted to get richer.His business partners got in the way, so he got them out of the way.Freddy's lawyer got the sentence knocked down from twenty years to five.But it didn't matter. A guard beat Freddy to death in the first wee
The cure to all ills
As the pandemic swept across the world, the race for a vaccine began.Production lines came to life, gambling on various candidates so they'd be ready with supply.Company after company released their testing results.Many successes, with few or no side e
The Wily Writer
The Writer had a reputation for crafting tales of madness.He'd submit them to magazines, receiving rejection letter after rejection letter.Then, he'd wait a few months before resubmitting the work, with a note attached:"I have made the edits that you r