He rechecked his fold to confirm it's perfection.
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He rechecked his fold to confirm it's perfection. Satisfied, she cliched Fold & Pass. Then reading the post he noticed 2 spelling errors, a grammatical faux pas & a story paradox.
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"Dang!" he cursed. But in the next fold, the grammatical faux pas & the story paradox begat a monumental story twist & the two spelling errors converted his high browed story arc
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hrival to abysmal defeat. Down, but not out, his FoldingStory archrival spent a few days musing, waiting, and watching for him to screw up. One misunderstood nuance, one misspelled
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word, and the entire meta-structure she'd created for writing stories about writing stories would crumble like so much dust in her hands. She thought again, wistfully, of her mom's
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words of wisdom: "Never write about anything you know." I stick rigidly to this rule. For example, I noticed today that there was an American Section in the supermarket today.
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They had a discount on that sliced cheese you find in the wrapper. Let processed food stuff be my muse! Thus, I wrote my epic saga on Velveeta.
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I longed to lose myself in those cheesy folds. To be wrapped in a single-serving slice, like a coy Kraft king. I had tasted power, and I knew I would reheat this fantasy forever.
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This is how Saddam Hussein approached his after school snacks. He was a latch key kid. He'd use chemicals to cook his meals faster and watch Lassie. His mother thought that he'd
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killed Lassie with Sarin gas and eaten her, but in truth it had made her into a god. She would prowl the forests and bring him sustenance. "Foolish mother!" Saddam thought to
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himself. Who's to read the mind of a dog? Who's to say why justice took her so long? To fight an impulse not to kill is strong. Lassie dethroated Saddahm Hussein. Nobody thanked.
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lucielucie May 25 2014 @ 15:52
The Chinese Section has just overtaken the American Section in my supermarket.
Chaz May 25 2014 @ 21:47
Living in America, I am curious what foods are considered American. British foods in my country are Cadbury chocolate, Heinz Beans, crumpets and malt vinegar.
lucielucie May 26 2014 @ 02:59
That's interesting. I always thought Heinz beans were American as it's an American company. Whenever I've lived abroad I've developed a major kipper craving - so I think of those as v British food. Well... the new American section is mainly sweets - Hershey bars etc., breakfast cereals, big bottles of syrups, pancake mix and tins of pumpkin.
Zetawilk May 26 2014 @ 11:27
What's interesting is where the divide is drawn by the cultural origins of food and the commercial projection of a food's nationality. What sort of bias is drawn by a capitalist who's motivation for monetary gain is stronger than cultural accuracy? "People expect these foods to be American, so that's how I'll group them to validate the customers' world view and hopefully sell more, or drive people to seek out other products which charge more." That being said, I've never really noticed a blatant culture divide in a grocery store--items were pretty much divided by categories such as bathroom products, beauty products, soups and noodles, candy, paper goods, etc. I just want some soba noodles. Those were good.
MoralEnd May 26 2014 @ 11:52
Here in Los Angeles the "segregation" of food is also dependent on the kind of grocery store you go to. In a common grocery store, there is usually an aisle set aside for Mexican, Indian, Jewish, Chinese, Japanese. These groups get about 2 aisles among themselves. This is generally set aside for the "sauces" and dried goods from that nation, you now like curry powder. However, in the frozen section everything is lumped together in a giant frozen melting pot. The frozen burritos are placed next to the frozen pizzas, etc. But, if you go to Wholefoods, Sprouts and Smart and Final, the ethnic food segregation is greatly less pronounced. Of course, if you go to a Mexican supermarket you cannot find much in the way of American food. You won't find Heinz Ketchup at the Iranian deli either. Costco has no ethnic food section.
lucielucie May 26 2014 @ 16:49
In the big supermarket I go to there are aisles called World Food aisles with Indian, Polish, Turkish, Caribbean, etc. food from those places. I suppose they are there for recent immigrants who would otherwise shop from smaller shops which stock these things like Polski Sklep shops. I buy big bags of basmati rice, almonds & some spices there. There are also a lot of 'world foods' in the mainstream aisles like Mexican style food which aren't for Mexicans as there aren't a lot of Mexicans in London. Now the new American section really puzzles me because it's labelled World Food but as far as I know there isn't a big American community round here to cater for. The food on the shelves are imports from America rather than our take on American food like ribs or something. Next time I'm there I'll ask what's going on. If there's any questions you'd like me to ask then please post them here and I'll do my best.
Chaz May 26 2014 @ 21:39
In regards to Heinz beans, I was thinking of Beans on Toast. (see ad) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URjGRyHR57A We have Oriental markets which cater mostly to Hmong and Vietnamese communities. I shop there for coconut milk and noodles for Thai curry. They also have a marvelous bahn mi sandwich which is a Vietnamese hoagie with French influences.
lucielucie May 27 2014 @ 03:07
I like beans on toast.
Zetawilk May 27 2014 @ 09:50
You asked for it: http://foldingstory.com/xfo5e/
lucielucie May 29 2014 @ 11:20
I asked who the American Section was for today. The manager told me it was for "nerds". Case closed.
49erFaithful May 29 2014 @ 14:14
That's it. Final straw. You're out of the U.N. ;-)
lucielucie May 29 2014 @ 15:59
I'm just a passive reporter of facts... lol