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Elements

(4 stories)

@130story "You'll make a pretty one!"

Swift shouted, but reinforced glass muted his pleas. Braid just grinned back, exposing two rows of diamond teeth.

A minute later, Braid decompressed the door.
He reached his tongs into the pool of liquid oxygen to pick out his latest gem.
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Elements” by jtruk, 6 Aug 18

Looking at new appliances
I show my discontent
A toaster a kettle or an iron
With umreplaceable element
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Bob's Unhappy List #23
People who unquestioningly follow Strunk and White's 'The Elements of Style'. It makes him feel nauseous. #130story

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The four elements
Time, space, fluidity
And naturally mutibility
I explained this
To Prof Brian Cox
He of little faith
Now a little mouse
I keep in a box