Hatrack River Writers Workshop: For those who need a reason for absurd plot devices

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Posted by Matt Lust (Member # 3031) on :

I think i'm going to have to start keeping a file of seemingly insane things that happen in real life just so if i need something off the wall in a story I'll have inspiration

I won't spoil the surprise click the link below.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051230/ap_on_ fe_st/chihuahua_attack;_ylt=AnnaIBKR75eRFz3fmNctoras0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

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Posted by Leigh (Member # 2901) on :

Chihuahua's are too vicious for their own right.

Posted by Jessica (Member # 3099) on :

That was a pretty funny story. Man, those chihuahuas are crazy...oh wait, I own two of them. But I laugh at all the rumors about chihuahuas (laugh because they are so true--but I wouldn't trade my dogs for the world)
as a side note, NEVER ever wake a sleeping chihuahua . . . let sleeping dogs lie--they were difinately talking about chihuahuas . . . hehehe

Posted by Lazer (Member # 3098) on :

Well, you have to agree that life is stranger than fiction...

Posted by Jessica (Member # 3099) on :

Once, one of my chihuahuas gave me a fat lip . . . (I was laying on my bed and she landed on my face . . . all five pounds of her).

someone once said, "The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." (I can't remember who it was.)

Posted by HuntGod (Member # 2259) on :

This is only absurd and amusing if you have never encountered a Chihuahua...

Oversized rats that do not deserve to be included in the family Canus!!!

Posted by Leigh (Member # 2901) on :

HuntGod you're right about the oversized rat! They are rats, just canine-like rats

Posted by Lazer (Member # 3098) on :

Jessica: Tom Clancy said that.

Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :

O.K, when i saw this post I thought 'hey, time to tell the absurd and somewhat creepy things that have happened to me. like the fact that before I read Enders game, I had never heard of Orson Scott Card. then their is the fact that my best friend is a total loon whose dream is to someday fly. the reason for this, he says, is because Penguins fly, so why cant He? (shows footage of Madagascar showing flying penguins) so, if you want we canturn this into that kind of thread. if not, give me the two bits i deserve for bringing this up.

knowledge is power, and power corrupts, so study hard, and be EVIL!!