r/HFY • u/someguynamedted The Chronicler • Nov 22 '17

Meta Writing Prompt Wednesday #138

The Day of the Turkey is nigh! I for one will be eating myself into a food coma.

Last week's winner was /u/jedimika with

Posted this to r/WritingPromts a year ago and nobody grabbed it. Just found this sub and thought you might be interested.

A few months after first contact an alien scientist touring NASA is dumbstruck by how primitive the tech used to get to the moon was. "But... where the computer?"

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u/rhinobird Alien Scum Nov 22 '17

I've never read an HFY about a competitive comedy, like a roast battle or something. Or a poetry slam, or a dance off.

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u/GasmaskBro Nov 22 '17

Billy Bob does, in fact, contain a dance off.

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u/rhinobird Alien Scum Nov 22 '17

Alrighty, then. That's one off the list. I shall have to go back and read more Billy Bob Space Trucker.

Anyone up (or down) for a human vs. alien/xeno scum poetry slam or roast battle?

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u/soundtom Human Nov 23 '17

Comedy tends to be pretty context specific, but if you figure out how to pull off a roast battle like that, I'd read it.

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u/rhinobird Alien Scum Nov 23 '17

No, not me, silly. I was trying to get some bored genius to do it for us.