So last week I idly wondered how many more words from the Rare Words book we’d have that were repeats of last year’s #15tt words, and lo and behold, this week we had two of them back-to-back! On 7/13 the word was supposed to be epistemic, which we had way back in the early days of 15 Minute Tweet Tales; and then on 7/14 the word was supposed to be adumbrate, which we had almost exactly a year before. The odds of this happening seem like they’d be pretty out there, but I guess there are only so many words that are considered rare.  

 

Now here are my tales for the week:

 

7/10 – The cop thinks it's a routine traffic stop, but a maenad jumps out, shrieking about spiders in her car. He faints when he peers inside.

 

7/11 – The church bills her as a true angel, her singing a diapason never heard on earth. She wears a veil to hide her ridged brow and goat eyes.

 

7/12 – He tried an aleatory approach to dating by asking out every 6th woman who walked through the door. Too bad Cupid deemed his match #29.

 

7/13 – Bob had ontological debates with his roommate, convincing him he didn't exist. He was right. He was the only person in that rubber room.

 

7/14 – She says she's going to limn their love for their anniversary. She unveils the painting and he sees only a blobby mess. It explains a lot.

 

7/15 – He needs something fistulous to help her breathe: grabs a pen and jabs it in her throat. She bleeds out. It looked so much easier on TV.

 

7/16 – "It wasn't unpleasant." Her lack of inflection when delivering her litotes destroys his confidence, so he never tries to kiss her again. #15tt

 

Play along and write tweet tales for the above words. If you’re willing to share, post them on twitter with the hashtag #15tt or add them below in the comments because I’d love to read them. Any thoughts about this week's tweet tales or #15tt words?

So last week I idly wondered how many more words from the Rare Words book we’d have that were repeats of last year’s #15tt words, and lo and behold, this week we had two of them back-to-back! On 7/13 the word was supposed to be epistemic, which we had way back in the early days of 15 Minute Tweet Tales; and then on 7/14 the word was supposed to be adumbrate, which we had almost exactly a year before. The odds of this happening seem like they’d be pretty out there, but I guess there are only so many words that are considered rare.  

 

Now here are my tales for the week:

 

7/10 – The cop thinks it's a routine traffic stop, but a maenad jumps out, shrieking about spiders in her car. He faints when he peers inside.

 

7/11 – The church bills her as a true angel, her singing a diapason never heard on earth. She wears a veil to hide her ridged brow and goat eyes.

 

7/12 – He tried an aleatory approach to dating by asking out every 6th woman who walked through the door. Too bad Cupid deemed his match #29.

 

7/13 – Bob had ontological debates with his roommate, convincing him he didn't exist. He was right. He was the only person in that rubber room.

 

7/14 – She says she's going to limn their love for their anniversary. She unveils the painting and he sees only a blobby mess. It explains a lot.

 

7/15 – He needs something fistulous to help her breathe: grabs a pen and jabs it in her throat. She bleeds out. It looked so much easier on TV.

 

7/16 – "It wasn't unpleasant." Her lack of inflection when delivering her litotes destroys his confidence, so he never tries to kiss her again. #15tt

 

Play along and write tweet tales for the above words. If you’re willing to share, post them on twitter with the hashtag #15tt or add them below in the comments because I’d love to read them. Any thoughts about this week's tweet tales or #15tt words?