View Full Version : Story: 'Bald Blew Marx'


scotty225
09-05-2008, 23:10
Is this the worstist story watt any won ever writ?

Bald blew Marx. (http://sheffieldwriters.ath.cx/SFStoryArchive/1210374379.doc)

shoeshine
11-05-2008, 20:40
Sadly, scotty225, I lost patience with trying to convert it into meaningful English within three paragraphs, and gave up trying.

I realise the concept you were experimenting with, but in all honesty it was harder to cope with than textspeak.

Sorry if I sound negative. Well done for trying a unique experiment in writing the piece though. :)

scotty225
11-05-2008, 21:44
Sew the an sur is yes then?

Ron Blanco
11-05-2008, 22:26
tizz ore full !!

(Axe you ally I fought tit wars for knee).

Tallyman
12-05-2008, 05:52
Ore full grandma in deed, butter grate peace of righting :)

Made me laugh, Scotty - and an interesting exercise! I think I also spotted the flavoursome Sheffield accent in the narrator, using 'weir' for 'where'. A softy southerner like me might have used 'wear'!

One thing that intrigued me - your phrase 'toe the line' was, I'm guessing, to replace 'tow the line'? I think it's up for debate (and I'm happy to be corrected), but I'd always thought 'toe the line' was the right spelling, as it referred to the dart player's toe against the oche line, suggesting everyone playing had to conform to the rule about how close to the board they could stand. I think others may have the opinion that it should be 'tow the line' for perhaps more obvious reasons.

Con grate yule a shuns, Scotty :thumbsup:

scotty225
12-05-2008, 08:35
Just a but of messing about though you Tallyman are to blame for its insparation. Remember "steel or steal" from the poem "May" I got to thinking about silly errors I make all the time as a dyslexic and how Ronnie Barker would have made a complete sketch out of it.

The "tow the line" I was confused about and thanks for putting me streight with that one.

Thanks also to RB it's nice to know that I,m not the only one with an over active sence of humour gland.

shoeshine
12-05-2008, 13:07
Sew the an sur is yes then?

:hihi:

Fear not, scotty......I shall read a paragraph a day until I either complete the piece, or the men in white coats take me away...whichever is soonest. :)

scotty225
12-05-2008, 13:24
No fear Shoeshine butt Sherley you meen Sue Nest.

shoeshine
12-05-2008, 21:21
No fear Shoeshine butt Sherley you meen Sue Nest.
:hihi:......................... ( just a few fool stopz too maike thiss hanserr reedubul).

scotty225
12-05-2008, 21:53
Fool stops. Now that is an idea you should take to the Patent office. Do you take them oraly or stick em ... er take them a different way? perhaps I should not have asked as I have a feeling you are going to tell me what to do with them.

Tallyman
12-05-2008, 22:49
I car Tim machine ow ewe mite sir jest fool stops wood knot be tay ken or Ellie!