After a dozen gigs, the new drummer Clem

After a dozen gigs, the new drummer Clem started to mock the band's other musicians (and the lead singer as well). But he played like clockwork and could take the reins of time
signatures and polyrhythms that twisted and turned like a bendy straw. Clem was peeved that the singer tainted his soulful grooves with mushy heartbreak lyrics. "Troubles at home?"
The vocalist looked up, eyes narrowing... but said nothing. Clem took in his face. Given enough years liquor and smokes could bestow upon him the gift of a voice of regret, but
there couldn't be any excuse in the world for that hideous face. Lines ran over it in all directions, there were pockmarks on his chin and forehead, and his eyes had a milkyness to
them like condensation on a windowpane. I felt as if I were looking into the face of time itself... and my insides began to twist with fear. Summoning my courage, I said "
Mekleka High Meka Highnee-ho!" And Cowboy Curtis burst through the front room and caught Chairee eating one of those hostess pies. Definitely not on Weight Watcher's
Diet plan. He'd inflated to a Catnapper Magnum Chaise recliner. "You've eaten one to many remotes, Chairy!" said Cowboy Curtis & morphed into Morpheus. "Now eat this red pillow &
the book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. That should help you maintain your figure." Chairy looked longingly at the red pillow. Morpheus continued his taunting of Chairy's
name. "Should I sit on you or pick you off a tree?" Morpheus sneered. Chairy didn't know what to think at first, then she burst into tears. Morpheus was a real douchebag. She
really missed Pee-Wee. "Sit on me," she said. Then she moved as he proceeded to sit and Morpheus fell, cracked his head on the coffee table and died.

Started: 2011-07-28 20:28:27
Finished: 2012-05-30 21:44:25

11 Comments

SlimWhitman May 31 2012 @ 06:49

Awesome Story & too bad there is no story of the month anymore. . .
m80 May 31 2012 @ 11:34

How come?
Zetawilk May 31 2012 @ 15:28

Because then I could continued the position I have worked so hard to keep up with: "Participant" in the "Story of the Month".
Zetawilk May 31 2012 @ 15:28

But until then I shall have to practice not making typos in something I only write once. "Could continued", indeed. Chastisement.
SlimWhitman Jun 05 2012 @ 03:41

I looked at May's monthly newsletter again. Fold of the month and story of the month are now only announced on the twitter feed. I don't twitter, so I'm now out of the loop. I enjoyed the monthly newsletter, especially the fold/story of the month. If people are annoyed by the newsletter they can turn off their email in Account-Settings, or one could add an item to settings Monthly newsletter on/off. If it's too much work to write once a month consider posting only the fold/story and adding announcements as needed.
MoralEnd Jun 05 2012 @ 20:55

I liked the newsletter too. I am decrepid I think.
SlimWhitman Jun 05 2012 @ 21:03

Well, I've been thinking for a while that the top folds on the main page are sort of stale because they never change and they could be replaced by folds of the month... FS powers that be read my mind! Now if there was a way to see top folds as well that would be swell.
Zetawilk Jun 06 2012 @ 02:19

I think that'd be a much better function than just the top folds. At least the hope that I could be noticed for my efforts is more encouraging than seeing an immovable obstacle every day I log in. It's nice to feel that something I do can be acknowledged and thus have my existence validated.
BlastedHeath Jun 06 2012 @ 22:15

Pasternak never Twittered.
murielschipp Jun 07 2012 @ 15:01

And magic made your wishes come true... ;)
noah Jun 08 2012 @ 22:46

Thanks for the feedback everyone. We do monitor the comments left on folds, and we're throwing around ideas for better ways to get good stories (and potentially folds) out to the homepage. Feel free to leave ideas here and we'll be sure to take them under consideration. Thanks for Folding... –Noah & The FoldingStory team.