This week’s #99wordstories prompt is
March 7, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a robotic writer. Is it an analogy or a battery-operated i-writer? Is it possible? What will happen if robots write? Go where the prompt leads!
Daub Byzantine’s land at Wallops Bellend was unsuited to livestock so he tried wheat.
‘You’ll need a harvester,’ opined Kevin Largehampton and offered Daub the loan of his two Thrust and Bale 500s. When the time came Kevin set his robotic cutters to work. As the men watched, the machines began to gyre and weave around the field.
‘What’s happening?’
Kevin frowned. ‘Looks like a message.’
When the harvesters parked on their chargers, the men climbed the hill. One machine had written ‘this corn’s crap,’ the other, ‘no it’s not.’
‘Well?’
Kevin shrugged. ‘They’re playing good crop, bad crop.’
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About TanGental
My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published several books: a four book series following Harry Spittle as he grows from hapless student to hapless partner in a London law firm; four others in different genres; a book of poetry; four anthologies of short fiction; and a memoir of my mother. I have several more in the pipeline.
I have been blogging regularly since 2014, on topic as diverse as: poetry based on famous poems; memories from my life; my garden; my dog; a whole variety of short fiction; my attempts at baking and food; travel and the consequent disasters; theatre, film and book reviews; and the occasional thought piece. Mostly it is whatever takes my fancy.
I avoid politics, mostly, and religion, always. I don't mean to upset anyone but if I do, well, sorry and I suggest you go elsewhere.
These are my thoughts and no one else is to blame. If you want to nab anything I post, please acknowledge where it came from.
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Haha! Good one Geoff.
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Thanks Sadje
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Hahaha! That’s just like what the young farmer lads here would get up to!
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I wonder when the first crop circles were discovered? They were big news back in the 70s where I grew up. Aliens or drunk young farmers (not that you could distinguish between the two very easily) seemed to be the likely explanation. Did you guys add in a touch of leprechaun dust to the possibilities?
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Seriously Geoff ? 😆😆😆😆😆
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You know it is so…
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Yes I remember the crop circles. We totally believed it was the leprechauns; better fun. 😅
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Exactly. Being English we lack the imagination to enjoy Leprechauns. It’s a fundamental weakness that makes us prone to buying Royal dinner plates and losing at sports we invent…
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Seriously, Geoff? I snorted my coffee!
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Sorry if you’ve ruined another laptop
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Go to your room immediately!
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I’m automatically put in a corner by one of those speak your mind harridans sold by Amazon after every post. Apparently it’s the my fault setting
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De fault is obviously yours!
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Hands up, it’s me!
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😂😂😂 Well that is crop circles with a difference. KL ❤️
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I love me a good crop circle conspiracy
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Love your humour! 😆 Are you sure you’re not part Irish? 🤔
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Part Labrador, part cubist sculpture. Happy to inhale anything Irish …
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🤣
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Had to laugh. Now I’m mad at myself. Well done.
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Sorry. Sneaky popping that into 99 words. Gives you no chance to duck the chuckle…
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It was a good laugh.
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Haha… too funny 😄
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Sorry. Next time I’ll try not to overdo it and make it just funny enough…
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OMG, you are hilarious, Geoff!!!
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That’s so funny, Geoff. Love it.
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Thanks. It’s the benefit of Charli often intriguing prompts. Do you try and guess what it’ll be as you read her post? I was well off th epace this time
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Sometimes I think I’ve got it and start thinking about it while I’m reading and then find she’s gone somewhere completely different. Oh well, she always says to go where the prompt leads. 😉😅
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Yep. There’s a rabbit hole to go down
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That’s for sure.
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Geoff, you are an absolute card.
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Thanks Robbie
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