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First of all, I just wanted to congratulate Jazz for his story idea - absolutely spiffing, well done! I also wanted to confess that I was so taken by the story that I've filched it. I have combinedd the parts posted by the time of this post, and uploaded them to the following URL http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/maxq/Jazz's story.htmlIf you take a look, you will see that the only person credited is Jazz, as the progenitor. I wanted to see how it read as a whole, and how obvious the transitions were. If anyone feels that what I've done is inappropriate, please let me know, it's the work of two seconds to remove it.
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Great idea Max. One thing though - as you've explained at the top of the page what it is about, why not leave the divisions in and separate them by a paragraph so that anyone who wants to see the separate contributions can tell without having to guess which bit was which? It would still make about as much sense, anyway.
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You're right - a good idea. I have, in the immortal words of Patrick Stewart, "made it so." 
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Cheers, Cap'n Picquard!
Sorry to pick nits, Cap, but I thought it was Jean Luc Picard?
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Sorry to pick nits, Cap, but I thought it was Jean Luc Picard?
Waddareya? A proofreader or somethink? 
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wow enquired gently Sorry to pick nits, Cap, but I thought it was Jean Luc Picard?
Mercy buckets, wow, I didn't want to engage in that aeons-old primate-grooming ritual with my compatriot. Speaking of French, which we weren't, this little quasimodo can't remember having heard "the Bel, The Bel" recently. I hope that she makes it back toot sweet.
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Mercy buckets, wow, I didn't want to engage in that aeons-old primate-grooming ritual with my compatriot.I feel properly chastised, Max. Will try to do better in future.  wow
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I feel properly chastised, Max.
Chastised(interrobang) I was genuinely grateful that someone else yielded to the urge which all but overcame me. The only reason I didn't was to avoid giving the impression of being one of those Klingon-speaking, latex-headed "get a life" Trekkies!
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Everyday Klingon Phrases
Yes. (answer to yes/no question) HIja' or HISlaH
No. (answer to yes/no question) ghobe'
Yes, OK, I'll do it. lu' or luq
No, don't, I won't. Qo'
Hello. (Roughly, "What do you want?") nuqneH
What's happening? qaStaH nuq?
Huh? nuqjatlh?
I understand. jIyaj
I don't understand. jIyajbe'
Good! (expression of satisfaction) maj
Well done! majQa'
Where is the bathroom? nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'
Come in yI'el (to more than one person: pe'el)
Come here. HIghoS
Go away. naDevvo' yIghoS (to more than one person: naDevvo' peghoS)
Open the door! lojmIt yIpoSmoH! (See note if you think something is missing here.)
Don't be silly. yIDoghQo' (to more than one person: peDoghQo')
Your mother has a smooth forehead! Hab SoSlI' Quch! (Note: this is a powerful insult; don't say it to friends.)
Today is a good day to die. Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam
We are Klingons! tlhIngan maH!
Happy birthday. qoSlIj DatIvjaj (to more than one person: qoSraj botIvjaj)
What time is it? 'arlogh Qoylu'pu'? (Literally, "How many times has it [presumably some traditional hour alarm] been heard?")
Shut up! bIjatlh 'e' yImev (to more than one person: Sujatlh 'e' yImev)
That's great news! buy' ngop (Literally, "The plates are full")
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Jazz's experiment is great, and to be lauded in his transposition (intentional or not) to the cyber-medium. But I cannot participate, because I've played it before. It stems from an old paper-and pencil game apocryphally (sp? - I don't trust Ænigma on that) attributed to our old French friends, the Dada folks. The game is the same, BUT you write two or three full lines, then just half a line... fold down all you've written except that half line and then pass the paper along to the next participant. Therein lies the real fun, especially when themes are continued without any knowledege of what was written before hand (pun intended, I guess). Freud and Jung would certainly have something to say about THAT! 
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What the blue blazes did I start with a spelling error? Please, let's keep the testosterone levels down, folks!
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Our own resident Annastrophe mentions: The game is the same, BUT you write two or three full lines, then just half a line... fold down all you've written except that half line and then pass the paper along to the next participant.
I took part in an oil painting like that once. Each person would paint a vertical inch and lower a screen so that only the bottom few millimeters were visible. What we got when we were done was a painting with clearly visible transitions at three inch intervals.
It was destroyed in the Old Crawley Mansion Fire of 1974.
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the Old Crawley Mansion Fire of 1974
Please, oh please, tell the story. Send private if you don't want to post it.
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