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ysabetwordsmith

Poem: "A Bad Day in Bed"

Jan 12, 2014 20:30

This poem came out of the January 7, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by several quotes prompted by janetmiles. It also fills the "bad day" square in my 11-26-13 card for the Origfic Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored out of the general fund, based on an audience poll.

Attention: Although not very explicit, this poem is humor about mishaps ( Read more... )

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Comments 10

Off the top of my head thnidu January 13 2014, 02:46:40 UTC

As in "my immediate reactions" and "Milady, I doff my cap to you".

α. (giggle)

β. The Great Disclave Flood:

Fancyclopedia
Everything2
the WSFA (Washington Science Fiction Association) Journal, June 1997:
- The Disclave Horror
- four filksongs

Re: Off the top of my head ysabetwordsmith January 13 2014, 03:26:24 UTC

I am glad you enjoyed this.

Thanks everso for the supporting documents!

I actually wrote a filk for that occasion too, though I may not even have it anymore. The chorus was:

What were you thinking? Were you thinking AT ALL?
Could a sub from a sprinkler suspended not fall?

Re: Off the top of my head johnpalmer January 14 2014, 19:33:55 UTC

I confess, there was a time I thought "it's metal, it must be strong". But then, I never put that to the test. I *hope* that even if I just *had* to do suspension bondage, my instinct for "you *think* it will work, but you don't *know* it will work, and it involves safety and other people's property, so don't" would have won out.

But I also remember that stupidity and genius aren't static - they're incidence curves. Everyone can have a flash of genius or a moment of intense stupidity; the question is, how often (and how quickly does one learn to recognize one or the other)?

Re: Off the top of my head ysabetwordsmith January 14 2014, 19:59:39 UTC

Another shifting parameter is situational wisdom. Add sex, and most people become stupid. Some lose their heads in emergencies. Almost everyone dumbs down when tired. Other people are just plain resilient in this regard, against one or several or all things that usually reduce mental function, and show much less loss. Then there are stressors that don't affect everyone, just some people.

I darn near don't have a panic button, but my brain melts rapidly in the heat.

cat_sanctuary January 13 2014, 17:43:42 UTC

(chortle)

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith January 13 2014, 17:56:33 UTC

I'm glad you liked this.

mdlbear January 14 2014, 04:31:58 UTC

*chuckle* I was wondering whether this was going to feature the sprinkler incident

Yes... ysabetwordsmith January 14 2014, 04:35:12 UTC

I couldn't resist. That's one of the most famous sexFAIL stories of modern times.

lb_lee January 14 2014, 20:33:15 UTC

Ah, that familiar sensation of, "OH GOD WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT"

(says the man who suffered critical furniture failure in the middle of things)

Yes... ysabetwordsmith January 14 2014, 21:34:41 UTC

>> Ah, that familiar sensation of, "OH GOD WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT" <<

*laugh* I'm glad I rendered it well.

>> (says the man who suffered critical furniture failure in the middle of things) <<

My most epic critical failure of structure was neither furniture nor sex, but was definitely "I should have known better." I broke a closet. I did this by adding an entire second closet's worth of clothes to the closet in my office. I'm good at making space bigger on the inside than on the outside. I got everything IN there. Then a few hours later we heard ...

** RUNCH **

... and discovered that the pocket dimension had burst, the hanger bar had torn out of one end of the wall, and two closets worth of clothes were on the floor.

Sighhhhhh.