New channel for four-word stories to keep them out of General and Offtopic.

[austere plover]

Shay finally hit 55?

[tall monolith]

Almost 56 I think

[austere plover]

Goh danm shays chatty

[alpine cobalt]

aye, shaypeach interact lots

[tall monolith]

Chatty chat the shay

[austere plover]

I did once ago

[solid rose]

Are they alway online?

[austere plover]

Hit the number 1

[solid rose]

I miss a lot

[alpine cobalt]

except when theyre not

[tall monolith]

Very often in fact

[austere plover]

Swept past garking quickly

[solid rose]

Very profound and true

[austere plover]

We need to get

More above number 40

Or above level 40

Whichever you recommend really

[glacial portal]

What’s up with 40

[austere plover]

It would be nice

To have more above

The big level 40

[solid rose]

Why is 40 best

[glacial portal]

Oh just got here

What’s getting level 40

[austere plover]

Because 40 is close

To the answer 42

[glacial portal]

Ur killing the vibe

[solid rose]

Don’t panic, wear towel.

[alpine cobalt]

speak up. wearing towel

[glacial portal]

This channel can’t subsist

[solid rose]

You underestimate our tenacity

[glacial portal]

No no, hang on

[alpine cobalt]

🙂

[glacial portal]

Take a look: #1175600286027501628 message

Once more I complain

This isn’t #split-sentences

[alpine cobalt]

I'll allow it, if
split sentences are accompanied
by a small bribe

[solid rose]

Complete sentences only then?

[solid rose]

A bribe of £4

[alpine cobalt]

that would suffice, yes

[glacial portal]

Complete thoughts, please ‼️

[solid rose]

I don’t have any

My thoughts are incomplete

[glacial portal]

Or just short phrases

It’s ok. Me too

[solid rose]

Is that ok, there

[austere plover]

I shall always use

[solid rose]

Does it count still

[glacial portal]

Looking for Mr “Bill”

[austere plover]

Split sentences so 😋

[glacial portal]

You are a disgrace

[solid rose]

Billy Greenfold? My friend.

[glacial portal]

Thank you come again

[solid rose]

@austere plover, cat among pigeons.

[austere plover]

I shoot delicious pigeons

[solid rose]

Is an @ one?

[alpine cobalt]

I eat shot pigeons

[solid rose]

I prefer them alive

Tastier that way, fresher.

These are almost haikus.

The split sentence ones

Really bad, mundane haikus.

[solid rose]

Can’t sleep. Send help.

[alpine cobalt]

https://tenor.com/bIyVe.gif

(picture worth thousand words)

[tall monolith]

Two words on gif

[alpine cobalt]

bending rules? maybe, maybent

[tall monolith]

close to breaking is

[alpine cobalt]

what shall penance be?

[tall monolith]

None required for bending

[solid rose]

Maybe not or maybn’t?

[alpine cobalt]

hooray does the bender

,

[solid rose]

I wasnt watching, honest

Trying to sleep now.

Good night, probably, perhaps.

[tall monolith]

Nice Merlin emoji there

[alpine cobalt]

why thank you 🙂

[tall monolith]

New emojis there are

More to bend rules?

[alpine cobalt]

.

[tall monolith]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[solid rose]

New years greetings shrimpies!

[glacial portal]

is it chrome there?

[solid rose]

Is it chrome? Huh?

[glacial portal]

in the future! chrome!

[solid rose]

Hahaha it’s not 2024

It’s only 8 here

[glacial portal]

oh, just new 2023?

[solid rose]

I am in England

[glacial portal]

oh hi in england

[tall monolith]

A rerun year maybe?

Oh sorry, hi England!

[solid rose]

How are you guys?

[glacial portal]

I'm not Hi England

[solid rose]

Hi not hi england

[tall monolith]

And who is Guys?

[glacial portal]

is there guys here?

[solid rose]

Guys means everyone, right?

[tall monolith]

It does? How quaint.

[solid rose]

I guess so? Maybe

I dunno who’s what

So guys seems good

[tall monolith]

Maybe, or maybe not

[solid rose]

Im the only guy?

(Maybe or mayhaps otherwise)

[tall monolith]

Hi there Guy

[glacial portal]

wow, hi only guy

[tall monolith]

Hi The Only Guy!

[glacial portal]

crazy how that works

[tall monolith]

It is indeed

[solid rose]

We have many identities

[tall monolith]

Oh, how very mysterious

[glacial portal]

you walk earth cloaked

[solid rose]

We all do, sometimes

[tall monolith]

During cold and rain?

[glacial portal]

one would hope so

[thick solar]

sun's bad for cloaks

[solid rose]

Happy new year folks

[tall monolith]

It's a new year

[icy nimbus]

Apparent spontaneous combustion exists

ahh cant fit the above in 4 words ;-;

[glacial portal]

But you did though?

[tall monolith]

Another rule breaker here.

[solid rose]

This channel is quiet

[tall monolith]

Maybe even too quiet

[alpine cobalt]

careful, it's a trap

do a barrel roll

[icy nimbus]

i wanted to clarify im talking about people and not flammable materials

There's tornado behind you

[solid rose]

google can do that

[glacial portal]

WHAT? That’s not four

[tall monolith]

Too many words!!!

[icy nimbus]

thats too few words!

[tall monolith]

That's too few words!!!

Emojis count as words

Bring on emoji time!

[icy nimbus]

oki doki

[tall monolith]

Balance has been restored

[glacial portal]

like the literature club?

[tall monolith]

Like a book club?

[icy nimbus]

idk which club 🤷‍♀️

[tall monolith]

Is it just one?

[lofty nexus]

is this thread new?

[glacial portal]

depends on your viewpoint

it's been some weeks

[lofty nexus]

so pretty long then

are there any highlights?

[glacial portal]

many decrees throughout 🫨

emojis = words, for one

[tall monolith]

Thanks for following rules

[lofty nexus]

how are contractions treated?

[lofty nexus]

@glacial portal uses one here

[glacial portal]

contract till you're content

[lofty nexus]

it seems purer without

[glacial portal]

perhaps if it's abused

[lofty nexus]

yeah i guess so

[glacial portal]

but.. saying "it is"?

that feels more unnatural

[tall monolith]

I don't really know

Merlin started the channel

Mostly just disapproval

[glacial portal]

huh? who's disapproving here?

[tall monolith]

keep words under four

Or I will disapprove

[glacial portal]

well, yeah, duh 🫥

wait, under four? three?

[lofty nexus]

three words is blasphemous

you could be executed!

hanged drawn and quartered

[glacial portal]

exactly! scary to think

[tall monolith]

Under better than over

exactly is best though

One two three

[median kernel]

keep words under 5
More than 3? Certainly!

[tall monolith]

3, 5, 2, 1?

4 is the one!

[glacial portal]

numbers is words too

[glacial portal]

no, obviously not?? ❓

[tall monolith]

Another loophole discovered ❔

[median kernel]

It’s a plot twist

[austere plover]

Looping loopholes looping loopily

[tall monolith]

And the thread continues

[austere plover]

As it always shall

Forever for ad infinitum

[glacial portal]

quite bold to assume

[tall monolith]

The channel might lock

[austere plover]

Then get bolt cutters

Always work Ina pinch

[tall monolith]

Digital bolt cutters exists?

[austere plover]

In a sense yes

[glacial portal]

this channel is corrupting

unsure whether to stay

there's no standards anymore

[austere plover]

Magical mysterious mystic Merlin

[steep merlin]

Only just found this!

[glacial portal]

welcome to the party

[steep merlin]

It looks like fun

[glacial portal]

if you lower expectations

lately it's off track!

no thanks to some

images are one

[steep merlin]

Not belonging feels sad.
Perhaps now they'll learn.

[tall monolith]

Who allowed for images?

At first I mean

[glacial portal]

merlin, or maybe you

someone said for sure

[tall monolith]

Merlin did at first

I think so anyway

[glacial portal]

yeah, merlin, i concur

[tall monolith]

Scroll up, will not

So I too agree

[tall monolith]

A slow chat today

[glacial portal]

it's only just begun

[steep merlin]

and might pick up

[glacial portal]

that's true, it might

[glacial portal]

no need for three

[tall monolith]

Please stay healthy everyone!

Hopefully sickness passes you

[glacial portal]

hypothetically, i get sick

what do i do?

[austere plover]

Stop! Hammer time 🔨

[icy nimbus]

this is beautiful art

[median kernel]

Yes indeed it is

[tall monolith]

Rest and get better?

[austere plover]

No rest not better

Muah hah hah hah

[tall monolith]

Oh me oh my!

[austere plover]

Chaos conveying isn't easy

Especially in the constraints

[steep merlin]

You conveyed it well

[austere plover]

I know one better

HYONK HYONK AM GOOSE

Geese being chaos incarnate

And the avian IRS

[steep merlin]

Indeed they are so

I know from experience

[austere plover]

Mum had a goose

Royal pain in arse

Both biting and attitude

[steep merlin]

My gander terrorised me

until I terrorised him

then he avoided me

[austere plover]

Goose got horse kick

Went after the horse

[steep merlin]

Haha! Serves 'em right

[tall monolith]

Hi all, I've returned!

[glacial portal]

hi barbie! hi barbie!

[tall monolith]

Greetings Starpeach! Greetings Starpeach!

[austere plover]

The prophecy is true

[steep merlin]

What prophecy is that?

There are so many

[tall monolith]

A prophesy? Oh my!

[steep merlin]

Enlighten us, oh master

[glacial portal]

The 2012 one, probably

[thick solar]

2012 prophecy was broken

[tall monolith]

A prophecy proven false?

[steep merlin]

That's a first! 😝

[glacial portal]

some prophets, those mayans

[steep merlin]

Some misinterpretation, us moderns

[glacial portal]

end calendar = end world

makes sense to me

clearly missing some pieces

[steep merlin]

Like ours, every year?

[glacial portal]

exactly. you buy more

wouldn't want world destruction

WWWD, new calendar company

[steep merlin]

Maybe Mayans had more -

we don't have them -

lost with their civilisation

[glacial portal]

that's five! too many!

you're weakest link. goodbye

jk, could be worse

[steep merlin]

fixed it - I'm sorry

I can't count today

[glacial portal]

it's amazing anyone can

too many numbers nowadays

[brave cobalt]

This is still happening?

[glacial portal]

you would be surprised

[steep merlin]

It would appear so

[austere plover]

Does it bamboozle you

[brave cobalt]

Appearances can be deceiving

[glacial portal]

nothing deceiving here 😇

just 4 word messages

[brave cobalt]

What if I do this?

[austere plover]

Mods please remove them

They broke the cadence

[glacial portal]

like you don't constantly

[brave cobalt]

I can not be stopped

[glacial portal]

you are a menace!

[brave cobalt]

I'm free of your shackles

[glacial portal]

make a 5-long channel!

we haven't room here

[brave cobalt]

You may need to adjust

This is the new normal

[glacial portal]

stop this outrageous scallywag!

[steep merlin]

What a carry on!

[glacial portal]

with seemingly no limit!

[steep merlin]

Never seen such misbehaviour!

[brave cobalt]

Time for everyone to wake-up

[steep merlin]

Who is this upstart?

[brave cobalt]

I've come to free you

[glacial portal]

your kind isn't welcome

return to 4 immediately

[steep merlin]

We are happy here

4 words per post

is all we need

[glacial portal]

that's the only way

[brave cobalt]

There is more out there

[glacial portal]

ironic to limit yourself

why 5? not infinite?

a sad rebel indeed

[steep merlin]

We are safe here

infinite words aren't needed

they can stay outside

in the other channels

[glacial portal]

exactly. i concur wholeheartedly

[steep merlin]

🤝 it is agreed

[glacial portal]

yes, it is so

[brave cobalt]

No, it is not so

We will start with five

[steep merlin]

We will not ❗

[brave cobalt]

And will reach towards infinity

One word at a time

You simply have to believe

[steep merlin]

I simply can not

[brave cobalt]

I'm sorry, but you must

We can not remain stagnant

We move towards infinity together

[steep merlin]

I move towards infinity

in the other channels

here there is peace

a circumscribed modus operandi

which keeps me calm

amid the frenetic bustle

of the outer world

[brave cobalt]

You will find no shelter

No safe abode or sanctuary

[glacial portal]

must you rain here?

we find this unsatisfactory

[steep merlin]

quinqueverbalism is unnecessary here

it's an unwelcome intrusion

[brave cobalt]

If not here, then where?

Four words cannot stop me

[steep merlin]

Elsewhere, anywhere but here

[brave cobalt]

I have the upper hand

If only you had more

[glacial portal]

this is getting ridiculous

[steep merlin]

I can ignore you
if I want to
though probably I won't
Your presence in here,
disturbing though it is,
gives me the opportunity
to practice my quatroverbalism

[glacial portal]

three word line spotted

a mere triverbalist line

[steep merlin]

😱😱😱😱

[glacial portal]

you know it doesn't

[steep merlin]

sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry

I need to practise

I've rectified the fault

[glacial portal]

all's well here, there

assuming & doesn't count

oh wait, it does

i only just remembered

[brave cobalt]

Ha, come to the dark-side

[glacial portal]

why hypenate two words?

also, no, i reject!

[steep merlin]

No, we shall resist

[brave cobalt]

I will break all barriers

[glacial portal]

i see your eight

that's a disgrace, really

frankly, just as bad

[steep merlin]

The channel rules say
4 words, no more
and no fewer either

[glacial portal]

again! say it again!

nobody understands this art

[brave cobalt]

I do not hide myself

I stand proud, all alone

[steep merlin]

It is a skill

this upstart has not

[brave cobalt]

No need to limit myself

[steep merlin]

Beware the 5 worder,

[brave cobalt]

The world is my oyster

[steep merlin]

quinqueverbalist in our midst

they would corrupt us

destroy the quadruple purity

[glacial portal]

awful small oyster there

or, uh, world, rather?

[steep merlin]

of our creative expression

[brave cobalt]

Purity, don't make me laugh

[steep merlin]

(I got stuck there)

[brave cobalt]

I have seen infraction after infraction

[steep merlin]

I am still learning

[glacial portal]

getting ballsier, are we?

soon insurmountable for you

[steep merlin]

I try my best

[glacial portal]

no no, six words

[steep merlin]

getting out of hand

[brave cobalt]

You have shown your weaknesses

What else do you expect

[glacial portal]

back to 5, huh?

you couldn't handle 6

[brave cobalt]

It take too much energy

[glacial portal]

oh yeah for sure

[brave cobalt]

But I will prevail soon

[glacial portal]

just return to 4

like, power saving mode

[brave cobalt]

NO! I will not submit

[glacial portal]

that is your loss

[tall monolith]

I turn my back
and words break loose!

5 words? A travesty!

Outrageous, Absurd, cannot believe!

Down with five words!

Only four welcome here

[brave cobalt]

Five is just the beginning

[tall monolith]

My emotions are mixed

on the current development

[brave cobalt]

You should be absolutely jubilant

It is a new age

[tall monolith]

There are channels available
Keep words here four

4 words forces creativity
In communication of comments

[steep merlin]

I second that ❕

[tall monolith]

We are free here

Not enslaved to fours

[steep merlin]

We choose using four

not enslavement to it

[tall monolith]

Here here! I agree!

[brave cobalt]

You can lie to yourselves

[steep merlin]

In the other channels

I become quite verbose

here I can enjoy

creative discipline of four

In a different server

we had haiku conversations

that was quite amusing

[tall monolith]

In general I think

Started my toast cat?

[steep merlin]

Haiku's in general here?

I missed that 😢

[tall monolith]

Maybe not a haiku,
but a writing template

Will ping if found

[steep merlin]

I would appreciate that

[tall monolith]

It's been found #general message

The start anyway

[steep merlin]

Aha! yes, I remember

That was very funny

[tall monolith]

I participated quite briefly,
but indeed quite amusing

[glacial portal]

tis no haiku indeed

they're much more fun

[tall monolith]

Haiku? Been years

Maybe worth trying again

In another channel perhaps?

[glacial portal]

we may tire quickly

[tall monolith]

I might make one

If that many tbh

[steep merlin]

It's got so late
I need to sleep
Good night quatroverbalist shrimpies

[glacial portal]

good night mamgu sian

[tall monolith]

G'night and sweet dreams

Also, what's a quatroverbalist?

[glacial portal]

probably means 4 words

that's not right

4 words. i'm sure

[tall monolith]

Makes sense now, thanks!

[glacial portal]

"hi sure" unfortunately neglected

left at the door

hi. no, i'm shay

[steep merlin]

it's my own invention

• means four word speaker

I'm really going now

[alpine cobalt]

I like new words

[tall monolith]

Depends on the words

[alpine cobalt]

"quatroformaggiverablist" is one 🙂

[tall monolith]

What does it mean?

[alpine cobalt]

knows four cheese words

[steep merlin]

you spelt it wrong?
shouldn't it be quattroformaggiverbalist?

[alpine cobalt]

maybe, I don't know

I just eat cheese

[rigid cedar]

Mm. Cheese is good.

[austere plover]

Cheese is yum indeed

[steep merlin]

Imagine life without cheese

[rigid cedar]

That would be rough.

[glacial portal]

That sounds possibly degrating

[alpine cobalt]

no. no. no. no.

[tall monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/wallace-and-gromit-crackers-gif-6319672

[alpine cobalt]

life without crackers, tolerable

goats cheese stuffed dates

take stone out first

[austere plover]

Goat cheese is goat

[steep merlin]

a new day begins

[lofty nexus]

best cheeses around christmas

i recommend green thunder

to any other brits

[alpine cobalt]

"green thunder" you say?

ah yes. Snowdonia cheese

they make good cheese

cheddar with cranberry 😋

[steep merlin]

Green thunder sounds good

I'd love a taste

[lofty nexus]

its surprisingly quite soft

[steep merlin]

misread 'the' as 'thy'

Oops - forgot the channel.

[austere plover]

White lightning green thunder?

Or maybe green fairy

[steep merlin]

fixed (then mucked up)
then fixed it again

[lofty nexus]

wow so many words

[lofty nexus]

MY EYES! THEY BURN!

[steep merlin]

Not my best today

I'll wake up soon

I beg forgiveness 🙏🏼

[alpine cobalt]

a cheese combining thy savoury depth does sound pretty good

[alpine cobalt]

Snowdonia do make cheese infused with whisky, gin or port... I suppose there's no real reason you couldn't make cheese infused with white lightning

[alpine cobalt]

I poured some coffee into the pipe to the care home, then remembered you'd not moved in yet

[austere plover]

Exactly my thoughts there

[steep merlin]

You have to be approved

[alpine cobalt]

I approved myself

[steep merlin]

They'll never accept me

[alpine cobalt]

nobody stopped me, surprisingly

I guess it really is true

wear hi vis, carry a clipboard, look like you're supposed to be doing what you're doing and nobody will question iot

[austere plover]

Admordlin is the creator

Has no approval need

[alpine cobalt]

I am the beta and the psi

it's a little more than the alpha and a little less than the omega

[austere plover]

More beginning less end

[alpine cobalt]

sounds like the tasting notes for wine or cheese

[austere plover]

After binging before end?

[alpine cobalt]

who is the binge and the babish?

[austere plover]

Binging of the babish

[alpine cobalt]

The Menu is a dystopian foodie movie

Binging on Babish could be one too

[tall monolith]

4 words has ended?

[alpine cobalt]

my bad. wrong channel

normal service has resumed

please go about your business

nothing to see here

[steep merlin]

Can happen to anyone
How do I know?
My edits show that.

[solid rose]

I have returned, guys.

How's this channel going?

[glacial portal]

we nearly lost it

all is well now

[steep merlin]

We're back on track

[lofty nexus]

i want to protest

contractions are not pure!

no more darned apostrophes!

except for possession undoubtably...

[alpine cobalt]

what's wrong with contractions?

would you prefer expansions?

do not use "can't"

use "unable to can"

[lofty nexus]

it feels like cheating

forcing more words in

[glacial portal]

nobody will listen here

i complain constantly 🙃

literally an unrepresented minority

[alpine cobalt]

I find it soothing

white noise. like wind

or rainfall, or waves

[glacial portal]

glad someone likes it

[solid rose]

I can'tn't'st'd't use contractions??

That makes things difficult.

[lofty nexus]

nothing good comes easy

[solid rose]

that's what she said

oh no, a contraction

drat, foiled once again

[tall monolith]

Apostrophes do not count?

[steep merlin]

That will be difficult

[alpine cobalt]

although perhaps not impossible?

[steep merlin]

No embeds allowed today?

Discord just says 'No'

[alpine cobalt]

discord have media outage

working on it apparently

fixed 9 minutes ago

or so they claim

[steep merlin]

My post embeds now

My brain was fried

thought it was me

[tall monolith]

Try deleting the "it"
Or maybe the "I"

[glacial portal]

seems brain is fried

it's ok, happens often

[tall monolith]

More often with technology

[glacial portal]

just don't persist fives

all will be well

[steep merlin]

Disclaimer 'brain is fried'

But thanks anyway folks

I will avoid fives

[tall monolith]

That was close 👀

[steep merlin]

should turn on light

then I see keyboard

[tall monolith]

I miss the apostrophes

[steep merlin]

tried backspace - hit enter

[tall monolith]

I've done that before

[glacial portal]

many classic blunders here

[tall monolith]

Backlit keyboard is best

Can see all keys

even in the dark

[steep merlin]

light is on now!

[tall monolith]

Light there is now!

[steep merlin]

I can see clearly

[glacial portal]

the truth is revealed

[tall monolith]

The rain is gone

[glacial portal]

yeah that works too

[tall monolith]

Been kinda quiet lately

[steep merlin]

That is very true

[tall monolith]

That could change soon

[steep merlin]

It so often does

[tall monolith]

A new member commented

[alpine cobalt]

But, will it blow?

[tall monolith]

Why the hot dog?

[glacial portal]

he needed four reactions?

[tall monolith]

4 counts for reacts?

[glacial portal]

it may be so

[alpine cobalt]

closest emoji to sausage

[glacial portal]

first message of today

how sweet it tastes

your timezone may vary

[steep merlin]

My goodness, time flies!

Twenty hours just vanished!

[glacial portal]

we could find it

just have to look

nothing ever just disappears

except for.. you know..

[icy nimbus]

I read up today
In this weird chat
and found something intriguing
you fixated so much
on such four words
that you repeat greetings
like some african greys
"Hello there! Hello there!"
you chant in agony
instead of some creativity?
this is my greeting
"peace be upon you"
in the glorious fours
taken from my religion
a greeting for all
hope you like it

you can use it
without being a Muslim
there's no harm :D

[steep merlin]

I do like it
and I must say
that I find this
extremely inspiring and moving.
Peace be upon you,
peace be upon all
and may we learn
to be at peace
with all our sisters
and all our brothers
on this marvellous planet
where we are blessed
to live and love

[icy nimbus]

I'm glad you do

[alpine cobalt]

ahoy there, me hearties

this is good coffee

you have coffee too?

[steep merlin]

I beg to differ
this coffee is c||old||

[alpine cobalt]

I'm sorry to hear

use the popty ping

[steep merlin]

popty ping is downstairs
and downstairs is cold
I am warm upstairs
coffee is cold upstairs
I have a dilemma
Hot coffee cold toes?
Cold coffee warm toes?
Drink the cold coffee?
Put on warmer socks
and use popty ping?

Coffee is now warming,
tum is now cooler.
The problem is solved

[alpine cobalt]

call it iced coffee

or, alternatively, cold brew

yes, say cold brew

now you feel hipster

[steep merlin]

it was cooled brew

it is no more

[alpine cobalt]

da iawn 🙂 🙂

[steep merlin]

I and the coffee
are now one 🕉️

[tall monolith]

Iced coffee it is?

A fine choice indeed

when coffee once hot

has turned to lukewarm

[glacial portal]

whoa, way too long
not reading all that
sorry that happened though
or.. happy for you

[tall monolith]

I read it all

was written in fours

How could I not?

[glacial portal]

this is suspicious

that's a bigger sentence

many such cases here

[tall monolith]

Many cases? Upper/Lower?

[glacial portal]

seems to be both

[tall monolith]

It appears as fours
on my end anyway

[glacial portal]

it is at first
i revealed the truth

[tall monolith]

Last night's good night

was rather amusing imo

between Yuds and you.

[glacial portal]

thank you, i laughed

yuds didn't seem amused

[alpine cobalt]

beds flipped and reflipped

[steep merlin]

Have you no poetry
in that cold soul
that you see not
beauty in that post?

[glacial portal]

hang on a second

incorrect buzzer sound

you can't fool me

i'm sticking to rules

[tall monolith]

My oh my

[glacial portal]

a stickler for them

[tall monolith]

What have we here?

[glacial portal]

clearly not a violation

all independently valid thoughts

"that you see not"

above is nothing alone

[tall monolith]

A technically I'm sure

Or maybe an oversight?

[glacial portal]

impossible, i assure you

[tall monolith]

Almost did missed it

If not for Sian

[steep merlin]

We are independent souls
and will express ourselves.
Four words per line
can make meaningful poetry

[glacial portal]

you missed nothing noteworthy

[tall monolith]

Something worthy of note?

[glacial portal]

i agree, only sometimes.
line breaks hardly count
it's just broken sentences
where's the poetry there?

[tall monolith]

Good points been raised

[glacial portal]

many such cases

is it not seen?

[tall monolith]

Only three words 👀

[glacial portal]

images are one each

[tall monolith]

Images are grey area

[glacial portal]

not what i heard

[tall monolith]

No set rules yet

[alpine cobalt]

it puts the lotion
on its skin, or
else it gets the
hose again 😠 🐩

[tall monolith]

Could be only four

Could be high 1,000

[alpine cobalt]

rules are somewhat flexible

[tall monolith]

Could be only one

[glacial portal]

i've been doing one

that's easiest for me

thought it was known?

[steep merlin]

Contractions allowed again ❓

[alpine cobalt]

contractions always allowed, except
for when they're not

[glacial portal]

oh please. never disallowed

contractions are necessary here

[tall monolith]

Rule was never ratified

[alpine cobalt]

yes, agreed. contractions allow'd

[steep merlin]

{Heaves sigh of relief}

[tall monolith]

Epic sigh of relief

[alpine cobalt]

relieved sigh of epicness

[steep merlin]

Was not this channel,
as I understand it,
for four word stories?
Four words only allowed
then another must continue?
We've strayed so far
from that first construction
yet still it flourishes
and sparks the imagination
to form our thoughts
that they might meet
such strict, harsh regulation.

[fleet raven]

Time for a poem:

I can write haiku
Count syllables, also words
This is kinda hard

[glacial portal]

must i tap signage

[glacial portal]

i tried that once

i didn't get far

[fleet raven]

Seems simple at first

[tall monolith]

Deceptively simple some say

[glacial portal]

now try a 5-7-5-7-7

what are those called?

[alpine cobalt]

numbers, I think? maybe?

[glacial portal]

very good! gold star!

[alpine cobalt]

seven seven seven seven

[glacial portal]

i was thinking "tanka"

a haiku plus two

[alpine cobalt]

TIL a new thing

[glacial portal]

you learn every day

[steep merlin]

Please show us tanka,
Four words per line.

[glacial portal]

Oh I’m no poet

[solid rose]

Googling 7 syllable words….

Not very poetic, generally

[glacial portal]

But four are needed?

[solid rose]

7 5 7 format

For syllables per line

So you could do

7, 5, 3 4

[alpine cobalt]

four words per line
that rule is sacrosanct

isn't it? I'm confused

[solid rose]

I meant for haiku

A four word haiku

That would be cool

I found one online

“Video gaming / Extraordinarily / Counterproductive”

But I don’t like

Seems pretentious to me

[steep merlin]

Make up a haiku
four words per line
syllables five, seven, five.
Is this the challenge?

[solid rose]

Four words in total

That would be harder

[steep merlin]

Indeed it would be

And very very restrictive

[solid rose]

Perhaps too hard really

[steep merlin]

I'll try that later

After I have practised

Four words per line.
That is hard enough.
For me, at least.

If I even can.

[fleet raven]

I have a Limerick!

Four-worded poems are easy
Especially when they’re cheesy
Count all the lines
At least seven times
Extraneous syllables save me

[solid rose]

You’re a poet Joblo

[steep merlin]

I like Limmericks better

[fleet raven]

I do as well

[solid rose]

What about cheeky ones

[steep merlin]

That one's very good

[fleet raven]

The rhythm is bouncy

[solid rose]

Four-worded is one word?

Never sure of rules

[steep merlin]

For what it's worth
although we've moved on
My first haiku attempt.

I wandered, lonely,
among golden daffodils
(Thank you William)

[solid rose]

Lovely, very spring-y 🌼

[steep merlin]

Gah! I've seen it!

Give me time 🙏🏼

[solid rose]

Seen it? Seen what?

[steep merlin]

First attempts are hard

[solid rose]

Three words per line?

I might try one

Later though, not now

[steep merlin]

Edited to three words!

[alpine cobalt]

hypenations and contractions count

[steep merlin]

(Not nice but conforms)

I wandered all alone
'twixt the golden daffodils
(Thanks to you Billy)

[alpine cobalt]

bravo, excellent job there

[tall monolith]

Very active lately, Nice

[steep merlin]

My doggie Bella declares
'time to scamper downstairs'
the timing is wrong
I'm writing a song
Bella's insisting 'who cares?'

Limmericks are much easier

[fleet raven]

I love it! 😄

[tall monolith]

Let us all celebrate!

In just four words

Multiple lines are permitted

Otherwise not as fun

Or maybe not 🤔

[steep merlin]

Fun is the key

Creativity is also important

Stories are still possible

[glacial portal]

great scott! hi channel!

i had completely forgotten

[alpine cobalt]

hi s-hay, happy birthday!

[glacial portal]

thank you merlin 🎂

[alpine cobalt]

[tall monolith]

[alpine cobalt]

oo, spinny sparkly folk

[alpine cobalt]

hockety pockety wockety wack

odds, ends and bric-a-brac

[tall monolith]

Dum doodly doodly doodly-dum

Higitus figitus migitus mum

What a great song

[alpine cobalt]

with you 1 moment

packing is almost done

and let's not forget

mad mad madam mim

[austere plover]

Song of ping pong?

[alpine cobalt]

teeny, small as a mouse

"sounds like someone's sick
how lovely" - madame mim

[tall monolith]

Sword in the Stone

What a lovely movie

Watched it last night

Was quite a treat

[austere plover]

Sounds like it's lovely

Currently watching one myself

Waiting for my dad

The new hunger games

[tall monolith]

Been a couple days

how goes it everyone?

[glacial portal]

apparently keeping it together

this channel, that is

[tall monolith]

This quasi channel here?

Not quite a channel

[glacial portal]

yeah, this thread/channel

[tall monolith]

Nor a true thread

[glacial portal]

oh it's a thread

[tall monolith]

A thread of sorts

To cloth still forming

What will come out

I haven't the slightest

[median kernel]

A Nice table cloth?

Perhaps a lovely scarf

[tall monolith]

Two very different possibilities

[austere plover]

A tangled yarn mass

[tall monolith]

Seems to be so

at the moment anyway

I'd prefer a sweater.

Not itchy of course

[austere plover]

Itchy sweaters are blech

[tall monolith]

Not nice at all

[lofty nexus]

quite a quiet day

kinda bored at work

[alpine cobalt]

it's windy outside

inhospitable kind of atmosphere

[lofty nexus]

usually i would walk

not as pleasant today

[alpine cobalt]

so much to do

but motivation is lacking

super mundane grunt work

[lofty nexus]

i feel the same

[alpine cobalt]

test something 15 times

in 15 AWS regions

inside restricted VDI environment

separate VDI each region

super ballache. damn infosec

can't export from VDI

hard to record results

[lofty nexus]

writing some JWT handshake

[alpine cobalt]

ok, guess you win

[lofty nexus]

synchronising two foreign systems

[alpine cobalt]

le gasp, three words!

ok, is four now

[lofty nexus]

thought but not typed

screw it, walk time

listen to a podcast

[alpine cobalt]

"I'm just going outside
may be some time"

[lofty nexus]

might get blown away

[alpine cobalt]

bon chance, bon voyage

[molten peak]

this is chris hansen.

[tall monolith]

Mission accomplished, go home?

[alpine cobalt]

this escalated, somwwhat unexpectedly

[austere plover]

Expectedly unexpected things happen

[tall monolith]

So, what happens now?

[austere plover]

Unknown to me atm

[alpine cobalt]

if I remember correctly...

Cartman faked having tourettes

thought it'd be funny

then actually got tourettes

karma occasionally catches him

[steep merlin]

Karma gets us all

• not necessarily right away

[tall monolith]

Does it really though?

[steep merlin]

how to stop dot,
instead of the dash?

[tall monolith]

Posted before read dot

[glacial portal]

Prepend a backslash ❗

- like this right here

Not forward (/), just back (\)

[steep merlin]

Thank you so much

[tall monolith]

Hmmm, is this four?

[glacial portal]

Yes, symbols aren’t words

far as I know

[alpine cobalt]

they are and aren't

the rule is fluid

[glacial portal]

Just like me! Wobble

Is “wobwubwybwobwowbwubwub” one word?

It must be, right?

If so, i supplant

[steep merlin]

But so is hippopotomonstrosesquippedeliaphobia

[alpine cobalt]

now we're being silly

oh wait, that's good

in fact, it's mandated

please, let silliness continue

[steep merlin]

What! Me! Being silly!
What utter balderdash! 🥴

[glacial portal]

to utter, you say?

[steep merlin]

I often utter 'balderdash'

- when talking to myself

It works, thanks again

[alpine cobalt]

that's tottenham, that is

steaming pile of hotspur

[mild night]

Two sentence horror story.

The story was three.

[glacial portal]

the title counts too?

the eternal poetry debate

[median kernel]

Perhaps he meant free

Because I didn’t pay

Did you pay shay?

[glacial portal]

shay does not pay

but please pay shay

[median kernel]

Sorry I mean Shpray

[tall monolith]

Does anyone here pay?

[glacial portal]

toll box is empty

[median kernel]

I’m the tax man

[tall monolith]

Hi The Tax Man!

[glacial portal]

what an odd name

[tall monolith]

True, but judge not.

Many different names around.

[solid rose]

What makes true channels?

[solid rose]

Hi Taxman I’m Dad

[alpine cobalt]

hi dad, how're you?

[tall monolith]

Not mine to say

Perhaps it's a belief

Or maybe an idea

maybe there's empirical evidence

or maybe an illusion

[alpine cobalt]

anecdotal evidence, best evidence

witty anecdote, even better

[glacial portal]

Technically correct, best kind

[alpine cobalt]

dirty limerick, the peak

tell my wife "hello"

[glacial portal]

Oh hello, your wife

[alpine cobalt]

wife says hello back

[glacial portal]

Seems a nice lady

[alpine cobalt]

https://y.yarn.co/4cf2499d-9f96-49c0-8ad3-65a24c33be0f_text.gif

nice lady, woo hoy

[alpine cobalt]

happy weekend, good people

[tall monolith]

To you as well!

[alpine cobalt]

thank you admiral mintstar

[tall monolith]

I'm an admiral now?

When did this happen?

[alpine cobalt]

I needed fourth word

figured promotion was warranted

plus I'm not sure

sir, ma'am, or other

hence, lord or lady

or something else entirely

[tall monolith]

How about "pony mintstar?"

[alpine cobalt]

that would make sense

[tall monolith]

Or maybe "silly mintstar?"

[alpine cobalt]

mildly sleep deprived here

[tall monolith]

"Sleepy Mintstar" doesn't ring

We'll try it though

See how it goes

Trying it for tonight

[austere plover]

Mintstar of the sleepy pop ocean?

(done as a suggestion)

Outside the ruling rules

[tall monolith]

Been quite a while

[median kernel]

Yes it has, indeed

Perhaps talking in here

I could do more

Sleep does not come

Very easy to me

These most recent days

[tall monolith]

Oh dear, how tragic

Sleep is so precious

Terrible when it's unattainable

Sleepless nights are terrible

[austere plover]

Welcome to my life

Rarely sleep, always tired

[median kernel]

One message on, 2024

[tall monolith]

I see pink pony

[glacial portal]

The year is 2027

[tall monolith]

Ponies have made contact

from an alternate universe

[alpine cobalt]

bearded ponies, horned ponies

winged ponies, sparkly ponies

[tall monolith]

They are strange beings

But seemed friendly enough

[alpine cobalt]

https://tenor.com/QHoX.gif

[tall monolith]

Exceptions, there will be

[glacial portal]

Ash ketchup!? Or catsup..

I’m over my head

[alpine cobalt]

picture worth thousand words

thousand divides by four

[tall monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/ash-pokemon-rapidash-horse-fire-horse-gif-10137576

[glacial portal]

250 words per word?

[alpine cobalt]

had manager like that

talk lots, say little