The CUK short story thread

[RichardCranium]

"Do you come here often?"

Oh FFS Toolpusher, you just wade in with your size tens and ruin everything

I had a half chubber until that cheesy unconvincing line

Feel free to add me to your ignore list.

Touchy.

Not at all. Just a suggestion.

Toolpusher, the Store Manager, had known Jake since they were little. The joshed like this all the time to confuse his customers.

They had met in kindergarten. They had learned much there by hiding under Miss Scudworthy's desk and...

[suityou01]

"Do you come here often?"

No, not all the time. Only when I get cravings for celeriac. That last lot is repearing on me. Ooooh err.

[Zippy]

Toolpusher, the Store Manager, had known Jake since they were little. The joshed like this all the time to confuse his customers.

They had met in kindergarten. They had learned much there by hiding under Miss Scudworthy's desk and...

... polishing their apples. In spite of their misspent youth they both graduated with degrees in ...

[EternalOptimist]

... polishing their apples. In spite of their misspent youth they both graduated with degrees in ...

very good universities.
Meanwhile, back on the bridge of the Diotima, the emergency klaxons blared out a warning. But wait..this was no ordinary asteroid on a collision course, in fact it seemed to be changing course and speed.....

[norrahe]

very good universities.
Meanwhile, back on the bridge of the Diotima, the emergency klaxons blared out a warning. But wait..this was no ordinary asteroid on a collision course, in fact it seemed to be changing course and speed.....

And Mulder and Scully had just been called in to investigate a possible alien conspiracy....

[RichardCranium]

And Mulder and Scully had just been called in to investigate a possible alien conspiracy....

... where benched British programmers have been conspiring to hitch-hike to India then come back in as illegal aliens in the hope that they can get work.

Suddenly chilled, Jake pulled his dirty Mac closer to himself and felt ...

[Zippy]

... where benched British programmers have been conspiring to hitch-hike to India then come back in as illegal aliens in the hope that they can get work.

Suddenly chilled, Jake pulled his dirty Mac closer to himself and felt ...

.. the boot sequence begin. "Ooh" he thought, now I can ...

[Board Game Geek]

.. the boot sequence begin. "Ooh" he thought, now I can ...

put down the can of Special Brew, and carry on to Chiquitos in Cribbs Causeway for the meeting with Gaston, the leader of the infamous "Tadpole Gang".

Jake realised that spending too much time on the bench, drinking heavily, was making him hallucinate about the strangest of things.

He vowed that this would all change with the meeting.

The Tadpole Gang were...

[Ruprect]

put down the can of Special Brew, and carry on to Chiquitos in Cribbs Causeway for the meeting with Gaston, the leader of the infamous "Tadpole Gang".

Jake realised that spending too much time on the bench, drinking heavily, was making him hallucinate about the strangest of things.

He vowed that this would all change with the meeting.

The Tadpole Gang were...

so named, as they had in common a tiny...

[norrahe]

so named, as they had in common a tiny...

tiny hovel that they used for meetings.....