- Shortlisted Posts : Week ending 27/1/07
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January 27th, 2007
The next Post Of The Week will be announced on Sunday evening.
Please note that nominations for next week cannot be accepted until then.
In no particular order :
- ASCII with “A SysOp forever“
It’s not every day someone sends me such a complete story about the people behind a BBS, and it’s certainly an even rarer event to have someone send along a vintage photo of the sysop with their BBS in front of them. - Dervala’s “Against Depression“
When we’re talking, he often has to stop and go somewhere else in his mind. That’s when his face takes on a rigid cast, and while I wait for him to come back I can see the lines that suffering has drawn. They’re different from the usual laughing, talking, and frowning lines. These ones come from holding still, not from moving. He can’t stay in one position for long, and sometimes, when it’s very bad, he’s short with the three children whom he adores. - Glitter for Brains with “Windy Cassocks“
To which we have to ask ourselves, why do Christians hate we gays so much? - My Blonde Moment’s “In Which I Don’t Do Things By The Book“
“What?!” Came the defensive retort from the man old enough to know that (sadly) wine may be made from grapes, but it doesn’t contribute towards one’s five-a-day. “I eat out a lot.” - RJ Adams ‘SparrowChat’ with “It really is time to move on“
Five years, and they’re still searching for human remains at the site of the 9/11 attacks in Manhattan.
and finally - Tired Dad’s slightly sweary “Ballet/Twat“
Powering-on said laptop, he begins to earnestly tap away. Occasionally glancing around to make sure everyone can see that he owns an expensive computer, and is a person of such importance that he needs to use it now. There is a whole forty minutes until the end of his daughter’s ballet class. Valuable time. Time a gentleman of his stature cannot waste.

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