The Author's Hangout Vending Machine

slyc_willie said:

And you get back ten unfavorable comments on your next story.

I put in a box of Junior Mints.

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Handley_Page said:

But the Dentist is seriously annoyed.



I put in a can of engine oil

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Handley_Page said:

But the Dentist is seriously annoyed.



I put in a can of engine oil

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slyc_willie said:

And you get back a Tin Man with erectile dysfunction.

I put in a box of freshly-picked blueberries.

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Saxon_Hart said:

And you get a seriously tanned engine.

I put in an honest politician.

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Handley_Page said:

who fails to be elected.



I put in a pecant politician

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slyc_willie said:

And you get a guy from Texas who doesn't know how to spell 'pecan.'

I put in an old Depeche Mode album (yes, album).

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Handley_Page said:

I've quite a few Albums, intending to put them on CD, but i cannot find a source of new styli at a reasonable price.

But the player needs a new belt.


I put in anew Aerial (antenna)

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Tio_Narratore said:

and your De Haviland does barrel rolls in the aerial circus.

I put in a grounded barnstormer...

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Handley_Page said:

but the barn is drowned in the storm



I put in a new propeller

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Tio_Narratore said:

and you get a triple screw.

I put in a full-rigged barkentine...

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Tio_Narratore said:

and you get a triple screw.

I put in a full-rigged barkentine...

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Handley_Page said:

But the crew are all far too drunk to operate her.




I put in a glass marble.

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Saxon_Hart said:

But it is not quite fully rigged as the mizzen mast is missin'.


I put in a Zodiac.

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Tio_Narratore said:

and you get to share a crystal orrery.

I put in a heretical heliocentrist...

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Handley_Page said:

who is really bothered about the Sun god.



I put in a Dymo Machine

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Tio_Narratore said:

and you find yourself labeled a dirty old man.

I put in an assemblage of geriatric stereotypes...

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Saxon_Hart said:

And you get confused dislike groups picketing your house.

I put in civil disorder.

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Handley_Page said:

and it all goes very quiet; it's a sit-in


I put in a 1920s-style Jazz Band.

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Tio_Narratore said:

and your caught in a raid on the speakeasy.

I put in a bathtub of gin...

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Handley_Page said:

Which, on analysis, turns out to be toxic methyl alcohol.



I put in a bottle of good Scotch.

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Tio_Narratore said:

and you get a sincere note of thanks.

I put in a tumbler of rye...

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Tio_Narratore said:

and the give you a three-octave crescendo of sheer pleasure.

I put in a concert by the Norwegian Women's Choir...

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Saxon_Hart said:

And you get a Scandinavian scandal.


I put in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

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Handley_Page said:

and the audience is full of agnostics.



I put in a PSK31 receiver

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