July Writing Comp: Aesop's Fables *Voting Time*

Play_Pretend · Sun 30/07/2006 06:44:07

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Wow. Someone's actually getting angry about this? Online competition. For fun. If you've got issues with other people's work, just don't vote for them. Don't come all poor sportsman and show up to insult your competitors because you define a fable as something strictly intellectual and old-worldy instead of modern and amusing. And I quote MashPotato's rules:

"...or be wacky and make a fable that teaches lessons in idiocy! Whichever one you want."

I'm a big fan of Aesop from way back, and can even remember particular ones where the whole moral was that jackals are more funny and clever than alligators, or that if you're a common lumberjack you'll nevertheless be able to defeat magical traps through deus-ex-machinas and win the princess. They didn't even have proper morals, more just "evil guys always lose", which isn't even remotely true or realistic as a life lesson.

So please, can we keep it polite in here, and just see who the people vote for?

Kweepa · Sun 30/07/2006 07:46:43

I think he was joking. Perhaps it's a Polish thing.
Anyway, mocking pure reason and intellect IS cool. All the kidz are doing it.

SmootH · Mon 31/07/2006 01:03:02

Steve, thanks for the vote! I'll bake you a cake

SSH · Mon 31/07/2006 08:26:41

Quote from: adam100 on Sun 30/07/2006 02:52:18
Apart from SSH's entry all the rest(I am not the one to judge mine own) is well...shallow and uninspired.

Thanks, but I just cut-and-pasted it almost in entirety from the web...

Nikolas · Mon 31/07/2006 08:56:12

Alliance: Thanks

I vould never've thought that I would get any votes!!!!! O_O

My vote goes to: Radiant!

adam100 · Mon 31/07/2006 20:13:31

Ok, my vote goes to Steve's work, I guess(Radiant's work was also interesting but its morale was less thought-provoking and quite honestly, judging by its inept, almost absurd nature I allege it is generated by some neat program, if not then I apologize and Radiant should get a noble prize for the most mysteriously spun inscrutable methaphors).

Play_Pretend · Mon 31/07/2006 22:01:37

Well, voting time is over and here's the finally tally folks!

We have equal votes of one apiece for Nikolas, Smooth and Radiant, but Steve slid through as this month's winner with two votes!

Congratulations, Steve, and great work everyone! And an "awesome topic choice" to our illustrious MashPotato. Take it away, Mister McCrea!

SmootH · Tue 01/08/2006 00:42:09

This one was too close too call. I demand recount!

fred · Tue 01/08/2006 02:01:35

Oh no! I just missed the voting! By 3 hours!

Well, would have voted for Steve anyway, so happy win!

Radiant · Tue 01/08/2006 07:56:09

The moral of my story is that I like random story generators. It wasn't MadLibs but that does get the general idea

Kweepa · Tue 01/08/2006 14:55:40

Thanks! I've started a new competition so this one can be locked up.