Thanks for the insight into the names in your story, Byron. That does show real imagination and makes the story even better.

You may repeatedly "joke" that Jarkko wrote it. (How amusing, so very funny, so very clever, so predictable) I notice that you don't state that you are not the author. More coyness. You always tell others to just say thank you when their work receives a critique. Instead of whining about i...

Are you saying that you wrote this story Mickey? I thought the author might be either Teratagen or Peter Danielsen. Especialy since you wrote (after the contest was over) that you had not entered the contest. And you wrote "Now I really feel pi**ed that I didn't enter." So if you did write...

Can't say that I really care for this one. . When you begin to read it and one double entendre follows another, there's no longer any mystery to the story. Nothing unusual or surprising or meaningful. Just some silly smut/jokes. Just my opinion though.

Congratualations Ali on your winning composition. Great imagination!

Andrew, I like the setting too! Congratualations!

Laurie,

Great job by you and the other judges. I didn't enter. Couldn't come up with a single idea. But I am enjoying the efforts by those who did. I intend to read them all.

Are you the troll who posted something about having a critic on the poetry forum who likes being nasty? something like that anyway. You do like being nasty. A person doesn't have to be a troll to realize this. A person isn't a troll just because they object to your behaviour. Lizzytysh, yes we woul...

You sure are a sensitive "critic". You dish it out but you can't even take the mildest of posts that happens to differ with your opinion. I don't think I would read only Lizztytysh's post and assume that whatever is written there must be the truth and nothing but the truth. Like I said, &q...

I don't understand these people who claim they haven't "read the whole thread" in question and yet make pronouncements on everyone who's posted in that same thread. Weird.

So it's definitely Living Next Door to Leonard? and the deadline is October 3rd?

Thank you Joe. You put it so much better than I was able to. I believe that peoplel are compassionate. And want those in need to have help. But it's a two-way street. There must be effort put forth too from the receipents. So they in turn are able to help us help others. (And I couldn't agree more a...

Is there a deadline for the quiz?

I believe in compassion. But Young Dr. Freud is right. My co-workers at first were full of sympathy for those in New Orleans. But right now we are beginning to have a reaction. Everyone in New Orleans complaining about what the Government owes them. It's true, if you spend your life letting everyone...

But some critics enjoy being the one to bring on adverse criticism. These critics aren't interesting in helping anyone. They just relish their little cruel remarks. I think we have one of those kinds of critics here on the Forum.