A Short Story

Ode to a Shadair Flight

Off into the sun it roared on full afterburner, looking like something once owned by Ted Turner.

With its speed exceeding mach 4, one
nervous operative hoped, please no one open the door.

As the movie played on, the bird made its way,
two weeks in America they were here to stay.

Endless shockwaves and booms did abide..it was
evident, those inside were enjoying the ride.

Lt.Ellis sat draped beside Colonel Paul,
finally these two had made the right call.

Up front was our pilot, the proud Alec Freeman,
of hot Vegas nights and those leggy strippers he
was a dreamin'

When back in coach came a bloke of a suspicious
notion, he right away caused quite a commotion.
Foster jumped on the case, making short work out of one mans' face. Beaten and torn he was thrown to the
floor, as a weak voice begged, "Please Mr.Paul, I can't
take anymore." After a shot to the ribs, his face turned bright red, as Paul locked him steadfast in the 3rd class head.

He turned back to Gay and proclaimed, "No worries, love, I'll take care of this zero." Foster pulled up his guitar and sang, "Let Me Be Your Hero."

The SST landed in Vegas with a three-pointer so
brilliantly mastered, as police came aboard to collect
the basta*d. Cuffed and chained this dude was a mess,
as he blurted out, "I must confess! It's the end for
me I'm just a faker, am I going meet my maker?"

"No such luck" replied the undertaker, "You're spending the weekend with Commander Ed Straker!" :)


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>[hidden email]
wrote:
> Ode to a Shadair Flight

Honestly, who writes this stuff???

>[hidden email]

>Can we keep the snide comments about which fan writers have talent and
>which don't off the list?

Look. I think I made it clear enough that I was not attacking *people*, I
was asking, merely asking, for the poet to make sure his work was fit to be
read before submitting it to the group. If he couldn't handle the feedback,
he should have sent it to the SHADO Library, where there is no feedback. Or
shared it with The Write Mice, who always pat you on the head. If you're
going to put your work of art on an e-group website not geared for that kind
of thing, you should be big enough to take a critical review. I don't think
it was my fault that he wasn't big enough to take it and got nasty.
Seriously.
Denise

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Sounds like an attack to me. I don't recall that we elected you talent
Sheriff for the group, but maybe I was out eating a ham sammitch when
that happened. :D
I would think that you as a "writer" yourself would be a bit less
discouraging of others efforts, whether you care for them or not. And
the only one here who seems to be "not big enough to take it and get
nasty" so far is you. If you should be big enough to take a critical
review, may I say that I have read a few of your efforts and remain
totally unimpressed?
Not trying to start a flame war, just discouraging the discouragement.
AT

Denise Felt wrote:

[hidden email] wrote:
> Sounds like an attack to me. I don't recall that we elected you
> talent Sheriff for the group, but maybe I was out eating a ham
> sammitch when that happened. :D

Come on, Anthony - anyone has an implicit right to offer sincere
criticism of something that is posted to a mailing list. Indeed,
it's rude not to .. and I don't remember Denise claiming to speak
for the entire group.

And while I'm typing to you could you please decline from
encouraging people to support copyright theft, as you did earlier
today. Speaking just for myself of course.

James

James Gibbon wrote:
>
> And while I'm typing to you could you please decline from
> encouraging people to support copyright theft, as you did earlier
> today. Speaking just for myself of course.

Sorry James, I did apologize for that. Didn't mean to offend anyone.
Thanks
A

Hi all,

<sign> it appears that this "a short story" thread refuses to die, so I've now put
SHADO into moderation mode to kill it myself. So until I take the list out of
moderation mode, don't be surprised if all posts take up to 10 hours to be
approved and show up the list... after all, I'm not losing any sleep over this...

Marc