Monthly Archives: July 2012

Waiting outside of a movie theater’s empty, single-exit auditorium feels safer than being the first to wait (and wait alone) inside that auditorium.

Posted on July 29, 2012 by zfthrimej

Because I actually had this (paranoid?) concern that if a shooter was the second person to enter the auditorium, then what if he or she notices that I am the only target in that room? If that happened, I think … Continue reading →

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While there’s stand-up comedy, stand-down comedy must happen off the stage, or at ground-level.

Posted on July 27, 2012 by zfthrimej

I think it’s telling jokes while standing on the same floor that the audience is on.

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A single item on the middle of the floor in a grocery store aisle sometimes looks like a trap.

Posted on July 26, 2012 by zfthrimej

And/or all the items on the shelves are witnesses or suspects of that item’s fall.

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At 12:00, the clock makes some noise because its hands high five each other

Posted on July 25, 2012 by zfthrimej

for both reaching the clock’s top together (or it could be a high twelve).

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Lurknife talks to Gildy (leading to something that might sound silly)

Posted on July 23, 2012 by zfthrimej

A greasy flood of expectations almost took a stranger’s life. That stranger became Gildy’s trainer, a sharp voice of reason called Lurknife. “Do you remember your training? Should I activate fight mode?” (Near-dead) Gildy screamed: “DO IT!” causing Wharlpoon to … Continue reading →