Tag: Humor

Space Opera

Major Tom in Space Oddity  Word Count 668                                           Space Opera Logdate LSMFT This is Captain James T. Pickard of the Starboat Entropy.  I’m teaching starboat operations and culture to Ensign and captain in training Horace Green. Green:  I have so many questions.  I don’t understand … Continue reading Space Opera

Son Of Simon

They are all good boys and girls Word count 412                                      “Chief, we got the guy that had the whole city on edge, people afraid to leave home.” “You mean the Restaurant Terrorist?  Great work Sally.” “Yes, the one who left batteries on restaurant tables all … Continue reading Son Of Simon

Crunch

Yum  Word count 490                                            I don’t care what my friends say about Jean being way out of my class.  Sure, I may be a looks 4 and she is a 9, but if I round up, I’m a 5.  And yes, she got her Ph.D. … Continue reading Crunch

Barberian

 Word count 552                               Best pixabay would do for free      At 8pm on a Thursday night Duke received a call from Sally, his regular barber of five years. “Duke, this is Sally from ‘Hair Apparent’ where you get your hair cut.  I got your number … Continue reading Barberian

Pass

Yes, like that Word Count 291                                                          I really enjoyed the story “Rocket To Oblivion” by Isaac Heinlein Clarke in the online Space Time Stories.  His depiction of relations between Neptunians and Earthers was the most sensitive and tasteful that I had ever read about contact … Continue reading Pass

Short

But built     Word count 1394                                           Duke and Gary, actuaries for a large Portland insurance company, were having lunch together.  As usual they were complaining about their treatment as short guys.  Duke started off with “You know we are usually ignored and stats prove that … Continue reading Short

Old

Rebecca's cabin Word count 5500                                            The Perfect Couple Everyone thought that Janet and Mike Wilkie were the perfect couple, and with good reason.  Both of them were as close to physically perfect as imaginable.  Janet was a tall Filipina – Irish mix and Mike … Continue reading Old

Dark

Causes and solves your problems - Let's go get stoned Word count 2873                                                       Jackie Helms was doing her periodic review of the employee groups’ health data for her employer Healthion Insurance, when one set of numbers jumped out at her.  The claims rate for … Continue reading Dark