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Madea19:
I really dnt know d name of musician.

The rules for gamblers

u got 2 know when 2 old it,
know when 2 fold it
know when 2 walk away
know when 2 run

u never count your money
when u're sitting at the table
because there'll be time enough 2 count it when the deal is done

i really like 2 ponder over this

The singer is Kenny Rogers, and the words made me ponder too, even now in my ripe old age.

Like in life and in gambling(cards), you've got to know when to stay, walk away, or run from the circumstances surrounding you.

Also, don't count your chickens before they are hatched. Wait for the end before you celebrate. Or some such.

All in all, great words from a grrrreat song!

Tuface Rules! All his lyrics are deep, check out One Love, African Queen, True Love - in fact, all the songs on his last two albums. He'd have made a good rapper, and in essence a great poet. Word!!!

It's terrible that I can't think of even one off the top of my head, that really shaped me. Terrible, I know. Maybe because I haven't read a decent book in ages, although at one point I used to plow through one a day. Maybe if I can get a hold of a great English classic, just to remind me how good books used to be, I'd know what to say.

Enid Blyton? Are you kidding? I was weaned on the stuff!

Was never into the Famous Five and all those stuff, but the fairy tales, aaaahhh.

I remember those tiny square books her stories came in. Had them lined on my bedside table like trophies. She's one of the reasons I'm writing today, God bless her.

THE INNOCENT MAN by Grisham.

His latest, and first, non-fiction.

Almost through but glad to know he's more than just a storyteller, he could make a great historian.

The story's about a wrongfully convicted-to-deathrow guy. Was he ever exonerated? Read it and find out yerself!

Nice to get back and see everything back to normal. Almost.

Really can't say what came over me last night, but it felt kinda great letting off steam It's been a while since i had a face-off with any1 - or should i say post-off. Lol.

That post-me-i-post-u really wore me out! Maybe i'll take a break from drabbling and just watch like I used to do. Had more fun that way.

I don't know if my newest attempt is up to 100 words, too sleepy to count.  Hope that drabble has a meaning for someone out there. Some people are just begging for attention, but just don't know how to get it. I'm off to my sweetie's loving arms, a real gentleman. Na night

She'd seen him around before. Quiet, goodlooking, yet aloof and off-putting. Somehow she was drawn to him because she kind of liked the big, silent     types.

 If only he would just look up, meet her gazing eyes, and smile. She really wished he would smile. It would make him more approchable, likeable even.

 Finally, she decided to take the plunge. She walked up to him, stuck out her hand, and said, "Hi."

 For him, it was so easy now. "Hello." He beamed almost gratefully.

 And then she knew. She could see it in his eyes, and they told her, I just needed someone to care.

@ojukwu

never thot i could laugh again after 4him, but that was funny!! So real, as in uncontrived. Noone sed drabble had to be perfect, but it must be fun. That was fun. Thanks for putting the lights back on. I promise to ignore the log-in-his-eye commentator from now on.

@4him, neva had cramps in my life, but now that we're on the topic, u really must have something stuck up ur ass thinking u're too good to post drabble.

Maybe you're just not good enough, have you thought of that.

Come on, prove me wrong, Mr. I-know-all-about-good-writing. Why don't u go back to whatever shithole you crawled out from and stay there

@4her

thanks for the show of support. I was getting too carried away, i'd better go back to why I came here in the first place. Writing drabble.


Forums come and go, but good friends stick together. When I first stumbled on the thread, I felt like I knew everyone, that they were pals, even before I was compelled to add my own drabble. It just didn't seem right that some1 who felt like he was better than any1(bullshit) should ruin it.  Anyway, I love peace o, I was enjoying the banter but it's wearing me down bc it's sad when writers use their talent to beef eachother.

Thanks, 4Him, at least you've taught me one thing: WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY, SAY NOTHING. That should be ur mantra from now on.

Haha. Playing the clown must be your specialty, or why else would you not only pick on the writers of drabble but the writing form of drabble itself, like it was nothing. When this post was initiated I'm sure u figured out the whole essense. Short. Sweet. Simple. Words I'd never use to describe you. These are more fitting : Stupid. Stuck-up. Jerk.

take that.

And hey, i wrote "You're so easy to "DIS", but it must have been edited by admin. So what's your idea of dribble, or need I ask since I learnt it all from you. Your over-inflated ego really has no backing, published-at-sixteen or not. I was writing books since I was nine, not that I need to bring that up, but since u're being so infantile

Make a fool of myself? Look who's talking. Now I know I've got your goat. You're so easy to "stick a knife into" , it's pathetic.

I must have pissed you off real bad. LOSER.

@4her

maybe u enjoy being talked down to, but I can't stand it. This person insulted me personally when he said things I won't bother quoting here.

it was okay when he started by speaking his mind, but he didn't have to start flinging insults. Okay, I WILL quote him, albeit roughly: according to him this is just a "show-offy thread" where "a bunch of overgrown kids think they've hit the bigtime because they write a 100 words of prose, "  And other put-down comments I can't remember. If that's not enough to piss you off, then step aside.

or mayb i'm just standing by the sista he's been picking on and asking why she was the only one bothered enough to reply. Well i WAS bothered, so I replied. If it's too hot pls stay out of the kitchen.

ayinba1:
To all who genuinely enjoy writing drabbles or anything else, remember that evil men succeed where good men fail.
It is up to us all to smoke this 4him guy out of here.

You know, you are quite right. I won't let this blind-sided, egotistical, faceless grinch chase me from my beloved drabble forum. I'm staying right here bo.

@4him

"colonising a tiny niche on nairaland and SHUTTING EVERYONE ELSE DOWN?"  Aaaw, now I see your beef. You checked in on the drabble forum, saw we were having a good ol' time, and felt left out because you just couldn't fit in, and decided to crap on everyone.

This is what the Yorubas call serious JISORO. You're just JEALOUS. And you couldn't post a drabble here because you know everyone would take turns at picking at it!! Yeah, I DARE you.

Didn't you know that it's bad manners to fight with a lady? I guess you didn't learn THAT much. Mr I.T.K. (I Too Know)

See now, u've made me do what I swore never to do on Nairaland - bicker. You picked the wrong babe to trade words with. I fight dirty, so watch your back

Heavens! I turn my back for a second and this is what happens? Kai!

@4Him

in barely 48 hours or so, u've managed to turn this cute little section into a bloodfest. I hope you're happy now.

at first it was just u & sisiskill, but then you had to say "A BUNCH OF OVERGROWN KIDS" and i just knew i had to chip in. But don't just face me oh, i no get power for wordplay. I save my skills for moneymaking ventures.

 all i can say is, if you were a REAL writer, you'd never condemn another, which is what you're doing, not giving an honest "critique" like u want everyone to think.

So what if there's more steamy stuff than others? Maybe there are more writers of erotica than other genres that are reading this thread. Aaand, writing a drabble doesn't mean that's the only thing the drabbler can write. Speaking for myself, I've written hundreds of full-length books, published several, and FYI, my publisher thinks I'm good for tha money. (So there!)
 

Whatever the case, if you weren't impressed all u had to do was either SHUT UP OR PUT UP. I know a lot of people like you, playa-haters-from-the-sidelines who get their kicks from showing someone else up. Needless to say, I don't know you but I'm very disappointed because you sound like you're made for higher things than picking fights on a forum.

And for your info, sex sells more than an other literary theme right now. Go figure.

PS like i sed, no face me o, I wont reply. I probably won't even come back to this thread. Thanks to you. Since you're so perfect mayb u should hv it all 2ursef. Enjoy!!

@nikinash

yep, it's freaky coincidence. Great for a quick laff!

I liked the originality, which is what drabble is all about. What it should be. This thread is sooo getting better.

A quick reminder to every1 that it really has to be just 100 words, according to the original poster . Peace.

morenike09:
Ok, you guys. . .I just thought this story up. . .hope you know what am talking about, ig you, dnt, neither do I
It's ok sha. , here it goes


I know not what this feeling is . . . the pound on my fragile chest. I tried so hard to decipher the cause of the heat that is drenching my heart as it beats. Is my heart tired? Is my heart sweating? Lubb dubb, is the little soldier allowed such sounds in its trench?
Why is the heart allowed to beat, even so when it’s broken?
Each day, each hour of every minute, I constructed a fort to guard it, to protect it from pain. With each stone, I gave it the power to fight off fire and ice. With 19 years war, long and well fought, with many that tried, yet many failed . . . but only one remains.
Suddenly, each stones trembled and fall at the quake of a man, not just any man. How? With neither a sword nor an arrow, with neither power nor strength, the man commanded my walls. Each stones rudely awakened the earth. Who is he? Moreover, why has he come? Am I the pawn or is he the price? Will I become his damsel or he the hostage?
I felt the burning, the heat, the longing to belong to him.
What could this heat possibly be, and why am I drenched in it?
It’s so sweet, yet it promise pain. It’s bright, yet it promises darkness. .
But I do not want to be free. . . .

Very poetic.
For something u "just thought up", it's pretty nice. I liked the "Lubb dubb, is the little soldier allowed such sounds in
its trench?" part. Deep. You have me quoting u like Shakespeare already. Carry go joooo

crazylegs:
Was wondering myself. Maybe Jaymobb is the dream guy. . . .

@ Maedan
So you like sci-fi. So do I. It should be fun trying something like that.

@stillwater
I dunno, pls help me ask admin, but I guess I forgot to log in properly before posting, and jaymobb must have 4gotten to log out! Mayb i'm just an internet klutz !

@crazylegs
jaymobb d dream guy? No way! I've hooked me a Kanye West lookalike, great personality, and fantastic in the sheets.
Okay, enough bragging, yes I love sci-fi, and I'm only an amateur, just trying my hand. Pls, any authentic sci-fi-ers, stand up b4 i unwittingly kill the genre!!!