Good News!

[someotherguy]

This will be going up on my website soonish. Comments welcome.

Good News!

There's a million dollars under your bed! Yes really. Go look; I'll wait.

Comments

[ex_serenejo]

Most delightful thing I didn't expect/think about:

You can't stop now, you're so close! What are so mad about? Look at what great shape you got in from all that digging! That's worth a million dollars right there.

(One of the things I hate about fundamentalists is that when they've run out of arguments for their position, they pull out the "but it will just make you a generally better person" card.)

Best chuckle of recognition:

That's just more proof that deep down you really know there's gold under your bed. After all, nobody runs around saying "There's no chocolate buried under my bed." You only have to deny it because you know it's true.

[stonebender]

serenejournal gave me an unauthorized peek at a earlier draft of this. I like this one better. Small word changes help the flow. All I would say is these two sentences, "Why are you running around telling people there is no gold? Why do you care what I believe?" felt jarring together. They don't seem to relate to each other and they should. I think. You do realize you start out with a million dollars under the bed that becomes a million dollars in gold?

[someotherguy]

Thanks. I improved the flow a little.

Exactly what is where is deliberately "flexible".

[stonebender]

I suspected as a much. On first reading it feels like you the writer is making a mistake. I'm not sure there's anything to be done about it or if you want to do anything about it. Just FYI.

[pure_agnostic]

This is a specious arguement. How much would it cost to dig up all that dirt and rock between here and Asia? The cost of drilling equipment and labor alone would be worth more than a mega-dollar.

[someotherguy]

Thanks for noticing.

[misanthropoid]

I for one enjoy the government and industry-endorsed days that are set aside for digging (at least I enjoy the comp time I get for working them). That position would change dramatically if someone was coming around checking under my nails for traces of dirt.

[vvvexation]

Eh, come over to my place and we'll mud-wrestle. That should fool 'em.

*whistling and clapping*

[the_ogre]

Very, very well done.