View Poll Results: Please vote for the story you like best May 1st.

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  • Missis Ester

    4 23.53%
  • A Splash of Rainbow

    4 23.53%
  • The Disastrous Family Picnic

    1 5.88%
  • Bottom of the Ninth

    2 11.76%
  • He who pays the piper…

    1 5.88%
  • Playing the Piano

    5 29.41%
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    Not politically correct Pendragon's Avatar
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    That's what I like to see, and what makes our contest so great. Everyone that entered got at least one vote! So if you do not win, remember you touched someone! Good luck!
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Sure thing, Sound.

    Just remember that only the first one comes for free...

    Ah, that's how you get us hooked...but everyone knows Sounds can never stop at one.

    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    That's what I like to see, and what makes our contest so great. Everyone that entered got at least one vote! So if you do not win, remember you touched someone! Good luck!
    That is a nice thought Pendragon, I wish we could vote for all of them because all touch us in a different way.

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    Well then, I'll just get my own cookie.


    Quote Originally Posted by soundofmusic View Post
    Hey, I know that word...it should be the first word in the dictionary because it works equally well in any situation. I do find that once I begin to use it, it starts taking over my vocabulary...particularly when I am in devout company.
    Ah, Scher has brought out the cookies...don't be fooled by that lovely and innocent avatar, she will have you tell her all of the coutries top secrets after she plies you with all of her marvelous cookies...
    Hey Scher, save some for me...
    Ah yes, the devout. You’re right about them. Personally, I like to get drunk and obnoxious around the devout and shout that word at random intervals. It makes a fun word even funner. You know, it’s just a word, but what makes it special is: it’s offensive. And it’s only offensive because it’s meant to be offensive, and the devout know it’s meant to be offensive, and I know that they know that I meant to offend them, and they know that I know that they know that…Well you get the picture. It’s how profanity works. Zounds used to be profane enough to get you burned at the stake, but nowadays when you say it, folks just think you mispronounced the name of a candy bar: Almond Joy’s got nuts, Mounds don’t.

    Wow, somehow I made it back around to comfort food again.
    Uhhhh...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho View Post


    Well then, I'll just get my own cookie.
    Is that a Literature Network Forums approved official Short Story Competition promotional cookie???


    Going twice...
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    Oh, now a three way tie?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho View Post


    Well then, I'll just get my own cookie.




    Ah yes, the devout. You’re right about them. Personally, I like to get drunk and obnoxious around the devout and shout that word at random intervals. It makes a fun word even funner. You know, it’s just a word, but what makes it special is: it’s offensive. And it’s only offensive because it’s meant to be offensive, and the devout know it’s meant to be offensive, and I know that they know that I meant to offend them, and they know that I know that they know that…Well you get the picture. It’s how profanity works. Zounds used to be profane enough to get you burned at the stake, but nowadays when you say it, folks just think you mispronounced the name of a candy bar: Almond Joy’s got nuts, Mounds don’t.

    Wow, somehow I made it back around to comfort food again.
    Yeah, there's so many things I enjoy doing when I don't have my extra conscience (my daughter) at my shoulder telling me I am being inappropriate and offensive. I'm kind of accustomed to being offensive; but it all gets a laugh and a slip on the carpet later, everyone is happy. She is trying to retrain me, at this late date, that these things have lasting consequences...Our children become our parents if we wait long enough
    I'm trying to figure if I should rise to another teenage rebellion; what do you think Sancho...Sher? I don't know, I never eat any candy that doesn't have a nut in it...or a crackle...or a cream...or a liquor...

    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Is that a Literature Network Forums approved official Short Story Competition promotional cookie???


    Going twice...
    I has a snappy presentation; but those packaged cookies sometimes taste like cooking oil or cardboard...I think Sancho should buy us each one and then we'll vote.

    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Oh, now a three way tie?
    It's hard to just pick one out of six...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Is that a Literature Network Forums approved official Short Story Competition promotional cookie???
    Nope.



    How about this one?

    Quote Originally Posted by soundofmusic View Post
    I'm trying to figure if I should rise to another teenage rebellion; what do you think Sancho...Sher?
    Oh yeah! Payback time. And that's easy for me to say - my wife and I are childless - we figured our gene pool was inappropriate for reproduction.
    Uhhhh...

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    Oh, yes... Theatre Cookies with banana, peanut butter and chocolate chunk!

    Last one hour to vote!
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    Congratulations to the author of "Playing the Piano", who is the winner of 2011 April elimination.

    I would like to thank everyone who have submitted stories and voted in the competition.

    You can now submit your stories for the June elimination round.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho View Post
    Nope.



    How about this one?

    Oh yeah! Payback time. And that's easy for me to say - my wife and I are childless - we figured our gene pool was inappropriate for reproduction.
    Yeah, I got a lucky break considering my gene pool. I think a person is relatively safe with one offspring; but each time you take from the pool is a greater risk:ack2
    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Oh, yes... Theatre Cookies with banana, peanut butter and chocolate chunk!

    Last one hour to vote!
    Now that cookie is just scary, and what would it taste like? Banana usually drowns out any other flavor and so does peanut butter...of course, it would probably be Elvis' favorite cookie..

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    Hi all,

    I'm pretty certain I'm being dense, but where can I read the five stories that LitNetters voted for in this poll?

    Many thanks,
    DH
    Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DocHeart View Post
    Hi all,

    I'm pretty certain I'm being dense, but where can I read the five stories that LitNetters voted for in this poll?

    Many thanks,
    DH
    The stories are removed once the competition is over. If the writers prefer to do so, they can post their stories themselves later on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    The stories are removed once the competition is over. If the writers prefer to do so, they can post their stories themselves later on.
    Many thanks for this.
    Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...

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