Peculiar Prelude

Hi Jake, you are too funny. Your stories are always comical and I am always intrigue to what your going to write about. This was a good story. Take care, it was fun!!!

funny, but I'd like your wife's side of this story!

Very nice Jake. I was wondering where you were going with this one. Nice Deus ex machina if I"ve ever seen one!

A fun story but I'm confused:

"They were tons-o-fun, no disrespect intended to the fat chick, but had the unfortunate lineage of heralding from Minnesota. Not a bad thing in and of itself, but I'd had my fill of hot little blondies from Minnesota."

It sounds like the fat chick is from MN but you were tired of "hot little blonds from MN"

The last sentence leads me to believe that your wife was the "fat chick." If that's right, I agree with Faith. As the fat guy the hunks hung out with, I'd like to hear your wife's side the story.

It was entertaining in any case.

Oh Jake,
How clever, you devil!
GREAT: Grab the suckers and dazzle them, delude them, lead us astray.
Finish by emptyingthat bucket of ice water down our back.
Fun!

I'd like to hear your roommate's side of the story. Those law school lotharios were once so easy to amuse.

Thanks everyone.

Edward, what's a "deux ex machina?" Whatever it is, I'm glad I have a nice one!

For what it's worth, I don't think anyone involved has a very different version of this story.

A fun read!

Magi

My take is that you and blondie hooked up after the roomy thing (i base this partially on that cute off-spring pictured) .. but i admit to sharing Carl's confusion. that's ok, i'm very easily confused a lot of the time. Lots of fun and on behalf of other fat chicks may i thank you for taking the time to be intrigued. Good one Jake!

yeah, I'm the fat chick and Hannah's the blonde hottie!!!

LOL...Great story Jake!

I'm with Faith Gee thanks Hannah...I thought you were with ME! Some loyalty you are showing! ( ;

And Faith....you are NOT!

Whew, I feel better now! : D

*sniff*

You Ladies seem to be commenting about Nothing.

against the RULES again, are we?

Not the ruleS, Faith, THE RULE.

That's the thing called "woman's prerogative", right girls? Hey Jake, aren't you glad...your story seems to be inspiring dialogue!

he's always inspiring something.

Yes, I am highly inspirational! Here are some suggested comments for this Article:

Wow, Jake. That was great. You're the best!

Jake, your wife is one lucky lady!

Jake, you've inspired me to buy mini-coronas and carry them around in a bucket!

Jake, you've inspired me to buy mini-coronas and carry them around in a bucket!

And yes....your wife IS one lucky lady!

Now if she's also open-minded, I might be able to comment about the first one...."Wow, Jake. That was great. You're the best!" ( ;

Oh God now Hannah, Faith and Bonnie in a threesome. Is there no hope for OLFrtes anymore?

I prefer buckets of pacificos meself

No wonder no one's reading my stuff, youre all here

I read your article about the walk! Way to go, Stephen.

I'm still confused, whats a deux machina? Who's hot? Who's from Brown? Who's not?

The walk was so yesterday Jake. But thanks for reading

Jake, you have inspired me to stick with Bonnie and Hannah on this one.

Nice story, Jake, and thumbs up on the Corona :-).

I think deux machina is the French version of the Macareena but I'm not sure.

I have no idea who the chick from Brown was. She left me holding an empty corona bucket, most likely for some lacrosse player.

I learned it in high school lit class but looked it up for you: "Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that refers to an unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot. The phrase has been extended to refer to any resolution to a story which does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and is so unlikely it challenges suspension of disbelief; allowing the author to conclude the story with an unlikely, but more palatable ending. In modern terms the Deus ex machina has also come to describe a person or thing that suddenly arrives and solves a seemingly insoluble difficulty. While in storytelling this might seem unfulfilling, in real life this type of figure might be welcome and heroic.

The notion of Deus ex machina can also be applied to a revelation within a story experienced by a character which involves the individual realizing that the complicated, sometimes perilous or mundane and perhaps seemingly unrelated sequence of events leading up to this point in the story are joined together by some profound concept. Thus the unexpected and timely intervention is aimed at the meaning of the story rather than a physical event in the plot."
Cute story Jake.

Thanks, Jan! Mostly for the explanation -- but compliments are nice, too.

Does that mean that you really can tell a great story? hmmm, rethinking my opinion of you.

nah, I still like you, no matter what those other people say.

What "other people" Faith?

Didn't you see my compliments to Jake? I think he was blushing so badly he couldn't respond and thank me properly!

I told him I'd carry around buckets of 'Coronitas', and that his wife is a lucky woman...

I just couldn't tell him "Wow Jake that was great, you're the best"...I think we will just have to take his word on that one!

...perhaps that is WHY she's such a "lucky" woman!!! ( ;

Faith -- I do think it's a great story, not sure if I tell it well or not. Seems ok to me although I still can't tell if it's really deuxing any machinas or not.

Bonnie -- you got it! I was blushing.

Is that like a duex cheaveau? that was a really tiny french car with folding doors.
Jake, I've never seen a lawyer blush. You are probably the lucky guy, and she's just putting up with you...!!

perceptive as always, Faith.

So was your wife the fat girl? Perhaps the hot chicks hung out with the fat girls because they actually saw something special inside of them and weren't viewing the outside appearance.

Dawn, I ignore PC for effect. I hate PC. If I offended you, I apologize.

you should have entitiled this

MY WIFE HIT ME WITH A FRYING PAN

if she didn't she will... This is my wife the less hot brunette.... ouch

Mandy, you need to read the story again.

I'm with Faith, love to hear the wife's side!

why does everyone think I'm making this up?

I swear, nobody ever takes me seriously around here.

Wow, where does Ed come up with these phrases? Much ado about nothing.

Oh, that sounded harsh. The article was about something. I liked it. Deus ex machina got me riled. Sounds like two cars to me.