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October 18, 2006

10.18.06

Former Chicago Bears player and coach Mike Ditka turns 67 today. Meanwhile, the Chicago Bears are currently 6-0.

Today's topic is undefeated.

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TAKE TWO

Me arse is bleeding. Three fingers are gone. Never see ‘em again. I’m pretty sure at least one kidney is good and fucked. Bollocks are next, no doubt. Don’t know where I am.

“Do you know what ‘nemesis’ means?” he asks, shitty mock English accent.

I’ve seen that fuckin’ movie, mate, and it weren’t all that.

“Yeah, I do. Do you know what wanker means?”

There go two teeth and lights out for a minute – five? An hour? There are two of them now, sitting, staring, pretending to be hard. They think they’re right chilly.

“Fuck it. Do your worst.”

Posted by: PB McCoy at October 18, 2006 1:38 AM · Permalink

A deep silence fell, smothering sounds that on other days would carry clearly. It seemed impossible that the field – now a baked wasteland – had once been green and inviting.

The bystanders had watched so long they could no longer remember who had fired first, or what interest they had in the outcome. They only hoped it would be over soon.

Ralph's ragged breathing slowed as the end approached – a final moment of desperation.

Breathe. Tense. Fire.

A clean miss – it was all over now. A moment later his opponent added Ralph's lucky agate to the other marbles in his pouch.

Posted by: Keiran Halcyon at October 18, 2006 11:15 AM · Permalink

Donald burst up from his plate like a swimmer breaking surface after being submerged for too long. He inhaled loudly, painfully; cherries and crust falling from his face in chunks. The long, checkered table was strewn with the sticky gore of vanquished pies. A hill of empty tin before Donald made evident his victory for yet another year. "You thought to best me with THESE?" Donald yelled, gesturing to the sick and fallen challengers. "Crawl back to your sad lives knowing that I CANNOT BE BEATEN!" The hollow eyes of the town suffered witness to the monster it had created.

Posted by: ben martini at October 18, 2006 12:12 PM · Permalink