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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 20:43:51 JST Charlie Stross

   #WritersCoffeeClub Dec 5
   Add one word to the name of a famous novel to completely change the meaning.

   King Solomon's Mine Field (H. Rider Haggard)

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     Cadbury Moose (cadbury_moose@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 00:48:31 JST Cadbury Moose

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     @cstross The Dental Dam Busters.

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     Cadbury Moose (cadbury_moose@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 00:56:08 JST Cadbury Moose

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     @cstross The High Window Cleaner. (Chandler)

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     Cadbury Moose (cadbury_moose@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 01:21:57 JST Cadbury Moose

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     @cstross

     John Steinbeck"

     Proceedings of Mice and men.
     Smoke on the waterfront.

     H.G.Wells:

     A short history of the world series.
     The war of the worlds worst
     The time wasting machine

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 05:29:44 JST Charlie Stross

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     Also: "The Handmaid's Tall Tale" #WritersCoffeeClub

     (I think I'd prefer that version to the alarmingly Project 2025-adjacent original.)

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 06:44:02 JST Charlie Stross

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     @kurtseifried What is a "traffic circle"? Is it what we in the real world call a roundabout, or is it a gyratory?

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     kurtseifried (he/him) (kurtseifried@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 06:44:03 JST kurtseifried (he/him)

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     @cstross

     The Lord of the Traffic Rings

     It's about a traffic warden that sees a car lose a hubcap while taking the traffic circle to quickly. The traffic warden tries to return it, but every morning and evening the driver isn't paying attention and drives past them (it's the passenger rear side hubcap so they never notice it's missing).

     Another person notices the traffic warden trying to return it every day and falls in love with their dedication. They stop one day and ask the traffic warden out for dinner. Eventually they get married and settle down, the hubcap hung proudly on the mantle as a sign of what brought them together. Then a few years later they get divorced and an ugly fight over the hubcap ensues. The original driver who lost the hubcap never notices and sells their car, none the wiser.