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Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:26 am
by Jplus
The whispering game but in writing.
- Open the spoiler from the previous post, read the contents once, close again immediately.
- Type out the text from memory, trying hard to include all details.
- If you made a perfect copy, you may start a new text with at least 25 words.
- If you produced less than 20 words, take some creative liberty to bring the total number of words back between 20 and 24.
- Submit your result from steps 2-4 in a spoiler.
- Wait at least one day before taking another turn. No double posting unless separated by at least a week.
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When my mother told me she painted her greenhouse, I was a little bit confused at first. Any paint on the glass would stop the greenhouse from transmitting light, which is its main purpose. Then, I figured she might have painted the woodwork between the glass panels. Then, I remembered she had a green house. And she didn't even tell me the new color!
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:40 am
by ratammer
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When my mother told me she painted the greenhouse, I was a little bit confused at first. There would be no way for the light to get through. Then I figured that she must have painted the wood panelling between the panes. Finally I remembered that she had a green house. And she didn't even tell me the new colour!
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:48 am
by Freddino18
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When my mother told me she had painted the greenhouse, I was confused. Light wouldn't be able to get through. I thought she might have painted the wood, then I remembered she had a green house. She didn't even tell me what color!
This was rough.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 3:20 am
by The Snide Sniper
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When I saw that my mom had a greenhouse, I remember being confused. I thought she had a green house! Then I remembered, it was just a greenhouse.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:23 pm
by LingEarth
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When I saw my mom had a greenhouse, I was confused. I thought she had a green house! Then I remembered it was a greenhouse.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:30 am
by Jplus
I thought I was going to nail this, but then I realized I had already forgotten the last part.
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When I saw my mom had a greenhouse, I was confused. I thought she had a green house! Now I know that she had a greenhouse.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 5:36 pm
by phillip1882
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I thought my mom had a greenhouse, but now I'm confused, she doesn't have a green house. I thought she had a green house!
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 10:46 pm
by ratammer
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I thought my mom had a green house, but she doesn't have a green house. Now I'm confused. I thought she had a green house!
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:41 am
by somitomi
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I thought my mom had a green house, but she doesn't have a green house. Why did I think she had a green house?
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:30 am
by Jplus
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I thought my mom had a green house, but she doesn't have a green house. Why did I think she had a green house?
100%! If the next player also gets a perfect copy, maybe start a new text and update the limits in the rules?
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:16 pm
by ratammer
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I thought my mum had a green house, but she doesn't have a green house. Why did I think she had a green house?
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:38 pm
by Jplus
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I thought my mum had a green house, but she didn't have a green house. Why did I think she had a green house?
ratammer, I see you also had a perfect copy on your last turn. Feel free to start a new text if you feel like it.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:51 pm
by ratammer
OK, here goes!
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I wouldn't have referred to him as a pirate, technically, because all of his thefts occurred on dry land. However, he always dressed the part - he had the tricorn hat and the eyepatch, and he even had a parrot on his shoulder!
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:51 am
by Freddino18
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I wouldn't refer to him as a pirate, technically, because all his thefts occurred on dry land. But he always dressed the part - Tricorn hat, eyepatch, he even had a parrot on his shoulder!
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 9:50 am
by somitomi
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I wouldn't refer to him technically as a pirate, but he dressed the part - tricorn hat, eyepatch, he even had a parrot on his shoulder!
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:43 pm
by LingEarth
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I won't refer to him technically as a pirate, but he looked the part--tricorn hat, eyepatch, he even had a parrot on his shoulder!
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:11 pm
by ratammer
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I won't refer to him technically as a pirate, but he looked the part--eyepatch, tricorn hat, he even had a parrot on his shoulder!
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 1:22 am
by Jplus
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I would not technically classify him as a pirate, but he looked the part - eyepatch, hand prosthesis, parrot on the shoulder and all.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:54 pm
by somitomi
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I would not technically qualify him as a pirate, but he looked the part - eyepatch, hand prothesis, parrot on the shoulder and all.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:24 pm
by The Snide Sniper
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I would not qualify him as a pirate, but he certainly looks the part - eyepatch, hand prosthesis, parrot on the shoulder and all.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 5:58 pm
by Jplus
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I would not qualify him as a pirate, but he certainly looks the part - eyepatch, prosthesis, parrot on the shoulder and all.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 9:32 pm
by LingEarth
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I wouldn't qualify him as a pirate, but he certainly looks the part--eyepatch, prosthesis, parrot on his shoulder and all.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:29 am
by Freddino18
Jplus wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 1:22 amSpoiler (Show/Hide)
I would not technically classify him as a pirate, but he looked the part - eyepatch, hand prosthesis, parrot on the shoulder and all.
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Hand prosthesis? Really?
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:03 pm
by ratammer
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I wouldn't qualify him as a pirate, but he certainly looks the part - eyepatch, prosthesis, parrot on his shoulder and all.
OK, looks like I've done a perfect duplicate, but I started the latest chain so I don't want to do the next - someone else want to start?
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:43 am
by somitomi
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There could be no doubt now, the fate of the world rested on a coordinated, collective effort from millions. Jormundall considered that to be terrible news, finding and training the mightiest hero of all time would've been a lot easier than getting just a thousand people to all work together. "Like herding cats" he grumbled.