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Archive for the ‘What If’ Category

Becoming Nemo

Posted by admin On October - 26 - 2009

Imagine that you’re on vacation in Jamaica when a man approaches you with the opportunity to be a tropical fish for one hour.  It costs just $5 and he claims that it will change your life forever.  Do you take him up on the offer?  What’s it like?

Give us 100 words in the comments or post to your blog and link back so we can all enjoy!

Hey I See You!
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Aphids are Delicious

Posted by admin On August - 26 - 2009

You’re looking at a set of photos taken by a friend.  The photos, taken on a warm summer day, included one shot as you were just about to put a raspberry in your mouth.  As you look closely at the photo, you realize that there was a bug on the raspberry.  Do you question the friend as to why he (or she) let you eat the bug?  Do you feel disgusted?  What happens next?

Give us 100 words in the comments or blog it and link here for the trackback.

Down the Mountain
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Moose on the Loose

Posted by admin On August - 24 - 2009

A new family has moved into your subdivision.  For two days you see nothing but movers and boxes going in and out of the house.  Around the neighborhood, you can see curtains pulled back and wives peeking out to see who’s moving in.  All the while, people are baking up a storm to welcome the new family to the community.  There’s just one thing missing from this scene – the new neighbors.

When you finally see them arrive, they’re not what you would have expected.  It’s a moose family.  What happens now?  Who calls who?  Do you really bring a welcome pie to a moose?

Give us 100 or more words in the comments, or write it up on your blog and link here so we’ll see the trackback!

Another Vinyl Village
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Afternoon at the Museum

Posted by admin On August - 15 - 2009

Your office building has flooded and, as a pleasant surprise, everyone was sent home for the day.  You decide to spend the afternoon at a museum exhibit, where you wander from room to room until you realize that the doors have been secured and you’ve been locked in past closing time.

As you attempt to find your way out, you wander into a room with the unfortunate woman below.  As though you had walked right into “Night at the Museum”, she turns her head and begins to speak to you.  What does she say?  Give us 100 words or more, placed in the comments or linked from your blog.

Pregnant Woman, stripped of skin
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Tunnel Vision

Posted by admin On June - 25 - 2008

You’re in an unfamiliar city and you’ve lost your bags.  It’s getting dark and you need a place to sleep, but a hotel is out of the question.  It’s raining.

Finally, you enter a corridor and turn into the tunnel below.  How do you feel?  What will you do next?

blu ray
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I Just Want to Bang On My Drums All Day

Posted by admin On June - 23 - 2008

If no one had to go to work for the next month, would people know what to do with themselves? Would businessmen still put on their suits and ties? Would people be nicer? Would anyone go back?

The announcement has been made, and the change starts tomorrow morning. What happens when you wake up? What happens when you leave the house? Give us your 100 words (give or take) in the comments.

On The Beach
Creative Commons License photo credit: Helena Liu

Clown Camp

Posted by admin On June - 22 - 2008

The challenge was simple: Survive a week at clown camp, win $10,000.  You fainted when you stepped on your new roommate’s red squeaky shoes last night, but the sun is shining and today’s a new day.

What happens at clown camp?  Will you make it?  Will you leave before the breakfast orientation speech is over?  Who do you meet?  Have you picked a clown name yet?

100 words or more.  And….go!
Meditação interrompida
Creative Commons License photo credit: Brincando de Circo

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