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Rabrrrrrr

(58,347 posts)
Sun May 5, 2013, 03:46 PM May 2013

Match Game Story: "Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling _____ by the suitcase."

Back to two rules this week:

1) Fill the blank space with ten or more words to make a story that ends with '" by the suitcase."'

2) Have fun!

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Match Game Story: "Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling _____ by the suitcase." (Original Post) Rabrrrrrr May 2013 OP
Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #1
that's the spirit! Excellent! Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #2
perhaps - Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #5
It really needs no commas. One could argue for one in the last sentence, Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #6
good to know - because I am all about the Style albeit, do not want to go with it over Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #7
ah, free flow it. seabeyond May 2013 #8
heh. My English teacher in freshman year called it Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #9
"Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling Paulie May 2013 #3
As an allergy sufferer, I totally like this one! Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #4
Match Game Story: Mon May 6, 2013, 04:59 AM In_The_Wind May 2013 #10
Like your story: Jeff R May 2013 #18
topical and with a good message! Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #21
Thank you In_The_Wind May 2013 #22
Let's do this thing. Dr. Strange May 2013 #11
You are an amazing writer! In_The_Wind May 2013 #12
brilliant as always, good sir!! Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #13
Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling copies of Sarah Palin's books, UrbScotty May 2013 #14
lol. Perfectly terse, and to the point. Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #15
Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling porn. Lots and lots of porn. Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #16
Felix must feel rich. In_The_Wind May 2013 #17
filthy rich! Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #19
filthpeddly despicable In_The_Wind May 2013 #20
Dear Mr. Rabrrrrrr, Dr. Strange May 2013 #23
His motivation is that he really likes selling porn. Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #24
Your arrogance, sir, knows no bounds. Dr. Strange May 2013 #25
Fine. You may insert the enclosed sentence in a place of your own choosing. Rabrrrrrr May 2013 #26

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
1. Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling
Sun May 5, 2013, 03:58 PM
May 2013

cheap and tawdry glittery biker art posters with cutsey little sayings.

He is fooling people left and right and making money by the suitcase.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
5. perhaps -
Sun May 5, 2013, 04:56 PM
May 2013

however, my lack of commas horrifies the pedantic in me

that I submitted a rough draft to this most time honored and prestigious DU version of Match Game is not to be borne, I say

thanks for the high praise. I shall treasure it, always

Rabrrrrrr

(58,347 posts)
6. It really needs no commas. One could argue for one in the last sentence,
Sun May 5, 2013, 05:12 PM
May 2013

before the "and making money by...", but not necessarily - and stylistically, the lack of a comma keeps the pace moving very quickly.

And I see it as

He is (fooling people left and right) and (making money by the suitcase)

so that "left and right" is really just one term that is followed by the second; not a series of three terms separated by two ands.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
7. good to know - because I am all about the Style albeit, do not want to go with it over
Sun May 5, 2013, 05:15 PM
May 2013

substance by any means.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
9. heh. My English teacher in freshman year called it
Sun May 5, 2013, 05:51 PM
May 2013

stream of consciousness writing .... made us keep a journal.

Little did she know what havoc I would wreak on the Innertubes

Paulie

(8,462 posts)
3. "Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling
Sun May 5, 2013, 04:08 PM
May 2013

industrial weight tissue as of all the pollen this season made it seem like an alien invasion of snot coming out of noses by the suitcase."

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
10. Match Game Story: Mon May 6, 2013, 04:59 AM
Mon May 6, 2013, 04:59 AM
May 2013

Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling assault weapons to unorganized militia all able bodied persons over 17 years of age. You can purchase your handy dandy shotgun or Ruger pistol or whatever. His wife Helen counts out your change. She's a large woman. Don't look too friendly. Don't turn your back on Felix or Helen! Those two are packin' heat by the suitcase.

Ah yep! Them Filthpeddlers don't give a shit just as long as their money grows by the suitcase.

Jeff R

(322 posts)
18. Like your story:
Tue May 7, 2013, 11:36 PM
May 2013

Sounds a lot like many folks in this world. As long as they are making a buck, albeit the consequences.

Dr. Strange

(25,917 posts)
11. Let's do this thing.
Tue May 7, 2013, 11:44 AM
May 2013

Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling his filthy wares, just as he did every Friday afternoon. The Vegas crowds always loaded his pockets.

"Thirty-four! Thirty-four! Step right up ladies and gentlemen, come experience the awe and wonder that is thirty-four!"

A couple glanced at Felix as they were walking along the sidewalk. Eye contact! I have them now! thought Felix.

"You two make a fine couple! You, sir, what's sixteen plus eighteen?"

The man grinned, and answered, "Uh, thirty-four?"

"Yes!" Felix answered. "Now, let me show you the wonder of 34! You, ma'am, what was your favorite show as a child?"

"Scooby-Doo," she answered, giggling slightly.

"And you, sir, who is your favorite actor/actress?"

"Ah, Angelina Jolie, I suppose."

"Well then," Felix said, as he started rummaging through his suitcase. He pulled out several pictures and passed them to the unsuspecting couple.

They looked at the first picture: it showed a nude Angelina Jolie making love to an equally nude, albeit furry, Scooby-Doo. "Oh my God," the woman screamed, her hands shooting up to her mouth, trying to hold back the contents of her lunch.

"This is...," the man said, "this is sick!" His face was contorted in confusion, as he made sure to go through every picture.

"You sick freak!" the woman screamed.

The couple huffed off.

"Rule thirty-four!" Felix yelled. "Come explore the wonders of thirty-four!"

A minute later, three men came by.

"You sir," Felix said to the man closest to him, "what's two times seventeen?"

"Thirty-four!" he announced, proud of his math skills.

"Yes!" Felix replied Marv Albertly. "Now, let's see what thirty-four has in store! You!" Felix pointed to the man on the left, "what's your favorite TV show?"

"How I Met Your Mother," he replied.

"And you," Felix pointed to the man in the middle, "who's your favorite musician?"

"Dude! Bruce Springsteen!"

"Excellent! And finally, you," now pointing to the final man, "who is your congressional representative?"

Being an American, of course, he didn't know, so he responded with, "Hillary Clinton."

"And thirty-four says...," Felix dug around his suitcase, and pulled out several photos, handing them to the three men.

The photos showed Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, and Hillary Clinton participating in an orgy, with Bruce Springsteen standing by, watching and eating a sandwich. It was hard to tell with the lighting in the pictures, but there also may have been a cat dressed up as Ronald McDonald in the background.

"Aw, shit!" the men cried, as they each took turns vomiting on the sidewalk.

Felix decided to move to a different corner. Tough crowd today he thought.

"Who wants to experience the wonder of thirty-four?" he announced.

Two elderly women approached him. "What's thirty-four?" they asked.

"Well, let me show you. First, what's your favorite restaurant?" he asked one of them.

"Oh, I love the Olive Garden."

"And you, ma'am," he indicated to the other, "what is your favorite sports team?"

"Well, I'm a long time Dallas Cowboys fan."

"In that case," Felix once again went through his suitcase and pulled out some pictures, "may I present the Dallas Cowboys Garden!"

The two women looked at the pictures. They showed several members of the Cowboys team performing what can only be described as obscene acts on various Italian dishes. Acts which were almost certainly illegal in most Texas counties.

"Well, not bad," one of the ladies replied. "This reminds me of that picture of Jerry Jones humping that Marzolino."

Felix gasped. "You've seen the fabled Marzolino humping of Jerry Jones?"

"Of course," she replied, reaching into her purse, and pulling out the very picture.

Felix drooled. "I'll pay you $25,000 for this!"

"Sure, why not," she answered. "There's several more of these at home."

Felix exhaled a blissful sigh. "Just put it by the suitcase."

UrbScotty

(23,980 posts)
14. Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling copies of Sarah Palin's books,
Tue May 7, 2013, 01:28 PM
May 2013

filled with all of their wisdom and insight, by the suitcase.

Rabrrrrrr

(58,347 posts)
16. Felix Filthpeddler stands at the corner selling porn. Lots and lots of porn.
Tue May 7, 2013, 05:59 PM
May 2013

Magazines, DVDs, video cassettes. He even has porn on Betamax! Just lots and lots of porn. The dude sells it by the suitcase.

Dr. Strange

(25,917 posts)
23. Dear Mr. Rabrrrrrr,
Wed May 8, 2013, 09:53 AM
May 2013

We have received your manuscript, "Felix Filthpeddler and his porny suitcase," and after a quick read have decided not to publish it.

While we here at the Lounge Journal of Fiction and Other Forms of Creative Writing normally love a good porn story, yours left us empty. It started out very promising: lots of porn, in magazine form, in DVD form, etc. Very exciting! Lots of potential! We were entranced.

And then the story ended. What titles does he carry? What kind of porn is his bestseller? Is he secretly a Mentat assassin who moonlights as a clown for kids' birthday parties? So many unanswered questions. We felt empty inside.

For future submissions, you should explore the characters more. Find out who they are, what makes them tick. And then convey this information to the reader. After doing this, you can resubmit your story to our prestigious journal.

Good luck in your future endeavors!

Sincerely,

Dr. Strange
Editor, Lounge Journal of Fiction and Other Forms of Creative Writing

P.S. While we appreciate the enclosed picture of you in your bikini briefs, contrary to what ohiosmith says, this does NOT influence our decision to publish. (At least not in a positive way.) Our lawyers have advised us to return this picture to you (see enclosed). More accurately, three of our in-house lawyers advised us to return it. One wanted to frame it and hang it in his office. He no longer works here.

Rabrrrrrr

(58,347 posts)
24. His motivation is that he really likes selling porn.
Wed May 8, 2013, 11:49 AM
May 2013

He gets off on it. To him, selling the porn is the pornographic act that gets him off. Not the porn itself.

Obviously, this is an allegory. That the idiots at your scumbum publishing house are too damned ignorant to understand it only convinces me more and more that I do not wish to have any further relationship with you fools. You are like the Titanic that slowly turns to face the sun with every dewdrop as it asks for a horse, a horse, and takes over all planets of the solar federation.

Dr. Strange

(25,917 posts)
25. Your arrogance, sir, knows no bounds.
Wed May 8, 2013, 12:00 PM
May 2013

We will be forwarding your response to our lawyers, as soon as they wake up from their nap.

As a side note, this reply, despite its obvious lacking of correctness regarding the value of your earlier submitted writing, does in fact meet the high standards of the Lounge Journal of Fiction and Other Forms of Creative Writing. As such, we would like to publish it in the next edition, provided you make one change: namely, add in a scene with gratuitous nudity, preferably a scene which involves pudding in some way. Such an addition would clearly rise to the level of true literature, in the vein of Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Ed Wood, Jr.

Govern yourself accordingly.

Rabrrrrrr

(58,347 posts)
26. Fine. You may insert the enclosed sentence in a place of your own choosing.
Wed May 8, 2013, 12:18 PM
May 2013

"A naked bepuddinged Natalie Portman sometimes stood by him."

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