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I don't even know what that is so ima trust you that it's actually really annoying to write and say no. x) A haiku perhaps? Imaginarians are very into simplicity so would be fitting!
Treadwellia, Thoonia, and Guiness Freaks
I'll write a haiku and attempt a double sestina. If I can manage one, I'll give you the sestina as well.
Your imaginary friend and Guiness Freaks
Time to make chia seed ice cream for everyone I think! :o
I'm back, from outer space, and I am doing art/working with people on their military factbooks.
Time for a beer leader rant. Context: beer leader is 8-14 years older than most of the colleagues in his office. Nearly all of them refer to each other or other staff as "friend." ie. "Go schedule with my friend up front" this means the secretary. Or "next week you are on my friend's schedule" meaning another colleague. What. the. Fuc$ with this language? Why is someone called friend? I can assure you that I am not friends with any of these people. And I mean that more kindly than it sounds. We are colleagues. Why can we not keep it that way? To top it off, as I've discussed this with them, they now think they are being funny by intentionally saying it to people about me. Calling me "friend." I correct them each time and say we are not friends. We are colleagues. I feel like I'm on r/AIMTA.
Doppio Giudici and Thoonia
You are right, they should start calling you 'Comrade' as a fellow member of the working class.
Treadwellia, Cianlandia, and Guiness Freaks
Oh that's beautiful! That will be my new reply. Thank you.
Doppio Giudici and Your imaginary friend
Purgadellhi looked at the dishes and thought, "yeah... that soup was enough for me, I'll be fine with my bombolini rations." and decided against eating any of the vedanian foods. He promptly pulled out a crushed packaged bombolini from his pocket and began eating it.
Edit: woops forgot a quotation mark
If I may offer a bit of insight, from one leader to another
Befriending colleagues isn’t as bad as it sounds. So long as things remain professional during work. I find that relationships naturally evolve on their own, no matter what name you assign to the relationship.
Now if you dislike these people or they are behaving unprofessionally that’s another issue, but referring to someone as friend doesn’t have to be detrimental. It could increase the workplace moral, and can take a lot of stress from the office/place of work.
Frats and jocks and Guiness Freaks
Inhabiting such a rapidly evolving world, the government of Steadfastness finds itself obliged frequently to conduct due diligence on the ever-multiplying crop of new nations. Normally, a state's character is a matter of long-established record, so a government can leave it to the free hand of the market to determine the best mode of engagement. A state with stridently divergent morals and standards will be known to be unacceptable to the sensibilities of the public: they would not puchase products manufactured in co-operation with a regime that made a habit of gunning down protestors, so the private sector would not try to import them in the first place. Likewise, where the government takes an interest in strategic areas of the economy, like critical national infrastructure and armaments exports, the policy of the Steadfastnessian government would have been hammered out long ago, subject to changes in the policies of foreign states. Yet, as new nations are liable to appear at a bewildering rate, it is imperative to ascertain what sort of places they are, in order that the government can authorize seals of approval, called a 'certifications', providing business and the public with confidence in fledgling states.
Noting the dubious but troubling rumours that abound concerning The female amazons, the Steadfastnessian government must satisfy itself: firstly that the country is run on democratic lines, complete with a pluralistic, multi-party system. Secondly, although of secondary importance, and only relating to commercial interests, that the state is largely dissociated from enterprise, operating a recognizeably capitalist or mixed economy. Finally, and most urgently, the people of Steadfastness are anxious about the worryingly brief reports that The Female Amazons has suffered from genocide in recent times.
Responding to urgent questions set before the government in Parliament, the Foreign Secretary made the following remarks to a perturbed audience in the public gallery, and the assembled Members.
"...Turning to the gravest matter - the recent feared genocide - you may rest secure in the knowledge that we make the outcome of the investigation by the Emergent States Integrity Unit and the Stabilization Unit an utterly necessary condition for certification. This is contingent upon how well The female amazons answers the questions: what happened during the genocide? Who were the victims? What was the role of the existing government? Who were the perpetrators? How did the genocide end? Are the victims now safe? Has justice been administered to the perpetrators? What measures are being undertaken to provide stability and ensure immediate safety? What is needed in the medium- and long-terms to supply compensation and restitution and reconciliation? Further, we would like to be reassured as to some basic facts on their governance: does democracy flourish there? Do people enjoy broad, well-protected liberties and rights, and easy access to justice through the courts? To this end, the above agencies and the political division of the Foreign Office have formed a working group. We will employ diplomats, political experts, intelligence experts, and specialists in conflict, stability, and reconstruction to put the question directly to representatives of the The Female Amazons government. If, as discussion in the press has asked, there is a fragile situation in that suffering country, and a pressing need for assistance, the Stabilization Unit is prepared to commence operations to undergird their recovery, according to our duty as responsible actors."
Every Vedanian in the room just stared at Purgadellhi in astonishment. Finally Alice broke the silence "what...what exactly are you doing?"
On the Valkanian island of Soul, a bloody war rages between the rebellion movement known as “Madness” and the ruling director in charge of the island. The Valkanian legion “Black Hand” engages these insurgents on all fronts. With the villages and cities caught in the middle of the fighting, the population of soul suffers as a result.
Imperial high command discusses more brutal methods to use against the Rebellion soldiers.
But I wasn't even discussing the nature of mass or gravity. I was just defining weight as a force represented as the product of the two.
Aigania, Frats and jocks, and Treadwellia
(OOC: SO I don't remember my guy's name so he gets a new one)
Adam Hilt, the diplomat, merely stared in concealed amusement at the Dernelian ambassador. Truly, the Dernelians are an interesting race of people. His tongue poked the capsule in his fake tooth before looking at the dishes. He spoke, "Madam President, which of these delightful dishes would you recommned?"
Post self-deleted by Zapatian workers state.
I was a dam builder. Across a river deep and wide, where steel and water did collide. A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado, I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below. They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound, but I am still around, I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around...I fly a starship, cross the universe divide, and when I reach the other side, I'll find a place to rest my spirit if can; perhaps I may become a highway man again; or I may simply be a single drop of rain, but I will remain, and I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again...
Your imaginary friend and Cossack Peoples
"Oh, yeah I'm gonna shoot you down," Might have to hold my guts in while I do it, but, ya know, Medal of Honor.
Beer leader is always open to other viewpoints so thank you. They're younger than me and I think it's just me being crabby.
If something is chiastic it just means is reads like a mirror. There is a middle point, and the words, meanings, senses, or something repeat backwards after that point, making the second part reflect the first. "I threw down a challenge, so an answer he raised." This goes 'verb' to 'noun', and after the volta (or turning point), 'noun' to 'verb'. President Kennedy's 'Ask not what' line was chiastic. Whole stories can be, although that usually implies a little more is reflected than the common 'ends in the same place as begins' style.
*slips a couple of Benjamin Franklin notes*
e____e a couple of Johnnie Walker Blues thanks... I trust you know Blue label? or have you been pretending all this time to know about alcohol??
Deliver it after midnight. I don't want sneyland to see. He goes nuts and tries to get me off ze whiskey.
That explains alot.
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