Vision thing (Sven's Challenge)

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bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

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0 posted 2002-07-31 11:57 PM

Here's my version of Sven's challenge, using no E's.

-Vision thing-
"Look at this chart.
What mark do you find?"

"Nothing, doctor.
It's all black and gray."

"Um, try turning
this way, now."

"Sigh. It's obvious
I can't thrill to color."

"This isn't for color,
just for your sight."

"My my. I'm bad off,
I think."

"Do us a favor!
Actually look!"

"I am. What should I
do now?"

"No! You fool!
Look straight this way!"

"I'm turning that way.
For what? I don't know."

"That's it. It's obvious
that you lack sight."

"Only my mind, doctor.
Only my mind."

Said if I only could ...
-KB

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

1 posted 2002-08-01 12:08 PM

Thats brilliant, Mr.Squirrel....
No E's anywhere and yet you managed to make sense...

~ dizzy rodent hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

2 posted 2002-08-01 12:10 PM

Nary an "E" to be seen. You made it look easy.

~wranx

The shortest distance between two points...
is sometimes, intolerable.

Bukowski

bsquirrel

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Posts 7855

3 posted 2002-08-01 12:12 PM

Glad you found this post to yr liking, Lyra. (wow, it's hard to maintain this no E thing)

Anyway, when I saw the challenge, that big E, I immediately thought of vision tests. So it came out from that.

Thanks for readin'.

Said if I only could ...
-KB

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

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4 posted 2002-08-01 12:12 PM

Thanks, wranx. You just snuck in.

Said if I only could ...
-KB

Anvrill
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since 2002-06-21

Posts 710
in the interzone now

5 posted 2002-08-01 02:49 AM

Yr American spelling-system let you cheat on this one.

Gray is spelled with an E instead o' A by those crazy Brits and us crazy Canucks. For proof, just whip out yr copy of Cure's Faith and lookit the title of All Cats are Grey. So there.

Oh, and the manic edge this verges on reminds me maybe a bit too much of that first story we wrote together.

The loneliest words you'll ever know:
if only, if only it were so.

JS

mycafe
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since 2002-05-23

Posts 584

6 posted 2002-08-01 04:42 AM

Absolutely BRILLIANT !! I know it ain't easy at all! (shoods, just how many of that letter have I used in this short reply of mine??!!)

mycafe

Keep counting your blessings

Bridget Shenachie
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since 2002-01-23

Posts 1056
Kansas USA

7 posted 2002-08-01 07:44 AM

Loved your response to Sven's Challenge. I can't write, talk or think clearly without my E's. Guess it interferes with my vision, too.

Shenachie

[This message has been edited by Bridget Shenachie (08-01-2002 07:45 AM).]

bsquirrel

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Posts 7855

8 posted 2002-08-01 11:46 AM

Thanks, all! And Lori, I could've said "Black and pink," but that wouldn't have made much sense.

Mikey

Said if I only could ...
-KB

Jason
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since 2002-07-31

Posts 72
Macon, GA

9 posted 2002-08-01 11:55 AM

The Challenge met with no apparent "E's"
you did it well, in fact, with ease,
or so it seems, to me
Keep up the good work,
this was fun to read
Jason

Practiced in the Art of Perception

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

10 posted 2002-08-01 12:02 PM

Thanks for yr kind words, Jason.

Said if I only could ...
-KB

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

11 posted 2002-08-01 04:32 PM

cool job on this. . . it's hard to think without using that thing isn't it??

do this. . . think without using it for about an hour. . . I think that you'll find it's not so hard to do by doing this . . .

-------------------------------------------------------

To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

WhiteRose
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since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

12 posted 2002-08-01 04:33 PM

this was indeed
fun to read.

bsquirrel

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13 posted 2002-08-01 07:01 PM

I'll try!

And thanks, WR.

Said if I only could ...
-KB

Gentle Spirit
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Posts 13989

14 posted 2002-08-02 01:14 PM

you did this so brilliantly
and it was fun, a writing of worth!

darn....this is contagious....

Enjoy life, this is NOT a dress rehearsal.

{on the wings of words are spirits fly...and our souls are free~me}

[This message has been edited by Gentle Spirit (08-02-2002 01:14 PM).]

bsquirrel

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15 posted 2002-08-02 02:41 PM

Thanks, Gentle Spirit!

Said if I only could ...
-KB

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

16 posted 2002-08-02 08:58 PM

WOW!!! Oh my gosh, I love the two-sided conversation of this, sweet friend, you always have a way with making fun with every challenge, sweet friend, this is remarkable and entertaining, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Michael, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

CSKpoet
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since 2002-07-12

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Island in Paradise

17 posted 2002-08-02 09:08 PM

well ya did it! and with humor,as well! ..giggles..loved it..you are so creative in your thoughts...write on!

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

18 posted 2002-08-02 11:13 PM

Thanks, all.

Said if I only could ...
-KB

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