LJ Idol, Topic 26: "Nuclear Intensity" [fiction]

[dslartoo]

"So.....was it good for you, then?"

"Oh geez. I'd really hoped for better from you, after an experience like that. Men are so insecure. You really couldn't tell

Comments

[n3m3sis42]

Ha. Somehow I had a feeling that this was not about what it sounded like.

Now I really want chili!

[dslartoo]

Excellent! My work here is done.

Truthfully, I wanted chili myself when I was done writing this. Mmmmm, chili. :)

Thanks for dropping in; I appreciate it.

cheers,
Phil

[alien_infinity]

You definitely surprised me with the ending!

[dslartoo]

Good. I don't usually go for "twist" endings so if I surprised a few people then I am content. Thanks! I appreciate you coming by.

cheers,
Phil

[basric]

Well done (=

[dslartoo]

Thanks! Nice to hear. And thanks for coming by.

cheers,
Phil

[halfshellvenus]

Loved the twist at the end, though I was holding out to see if it was something other than the obvious.

Didn't expect chili, though!

So now I go back and reread a line like this one,
"And with the way I was thrashing around? Did you not see my eyes rolling back in my head, and the way I was sweating buckets and trembling from head to toe?"

and think, where IS the line between pain and culinary brilliance when it comes to spicing chili? It's a very thin line, I think. :D

[dslartoo]

It's a very fine line indeed. My girlfriend loves spicy foods, and so she's always trying to teach me (a spice wuss) to love them. I'm learning, but slowly. I just can't enjoy food if it's making my mouth and throat HURT. Never could understand people who love that. Me, I like spicy-as-in-SEASONED food, with lots of complex flavors, as opposed to spicy-as-in-screaming-hot.

I'm a big chili fan, though. If it's hot, I can deal with that -- just not hot to the point of pain, thankyouverymuch.

Thanks for coming by!

cheers,
Phil

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, me too. I love spicy foods, but tolerance is relative. If it's spicy enough to produce pain, I can't really taste the flavors anymore.

We have a creole shrimp recipe from a diet cookbook that was finally perfect for us at 1/8 of the hotness of the original. it's been so long, though, that 1/8 would probably be too much right now. We'd have to work our way back up!

Restaurant Thai food, though, is perfect on the mild-side of medium for me. So, not full medium, but not mild. I think you'd need a LOT of experience (perhaps native experience) to make it all the way to hot!

[karmasoup]

I was totally ready for a punchline such as this... I was going to be disappointed if it turned out to not have a clever twist. Cute.

[dslartoo]

I did telegraph it some, but then, as long as nobody saw the ending coming a mile away, that's good enough for me. Glad you liked this one! And thanks for dropping in.

cheers,
Phil