Purple, Monkey Dishwasher: Challenge #1
 

Okay. After a dry run with one sentence, I thought it was a bit limiting. So, to add to the comlexity and possibilities, this Challenge will involve an entire paragraph.

Whisper Down the Thread

Rules: Following the rules will be a paragraph. Subsequent posters will take the most recently posted paragraph and perform X number of actions on it. The number of actions will be assigned and listed above the starting paragraph.

List of actions that can be performed and their costs:


Regardless of which actions are taken, the sentence must follow the rules of proper syntax. The creation of additional sentences is prohibited. Adding articles (a, an, the) and other devices to make changes comply with syntax are free.

If one or more make changes to the same paragraph, it is up to you to decide which to use.

You cannot alter your own works (IOW, you cannot dola post) in the same day.

Please bold your additions/changes. If you don't know how to do that, check the forum help. The easiest way to accomplish this is to highlight, copy (ctrl +c) and paste it into the reply (ctrl + v). And simply add the bold tags around your changes.

MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: Break any or all of these rules as long as your contribution is in the spirit of the challenge.

Any suggestions of more or better rules, please PM me.

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*Roamed the net for the first novel for which I could swipe the first paragraph.*

You have 4 actions per turn.

'The Haunting of Hill House'
by Shirley Jackson

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids ar supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

so one can never afford to remove a word? I'm confused.

I wanted to keep an ongoing rule-set (for future use if needed), and would randomly assign action points being able to limit the actions one could perform. I wanted to start out minus the ability to subtract for this challenge, but I've added to the point total to avoid more confusion.

I thought this had something to do with guessing either purple, monkey or dishwasher...

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, not sane, stood by himself against his hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

:confused:

all right all right. :D that was to spice things up. Rule suspended.

[edit: NB this is something I cooked up spur-of-the-moment style and will be an evolving thing if interest is high]

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, not sane, stood by himself against his hills, holding cockiness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not sane, stood by himself against his hills, holding cockiness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, stood by his trout against his hills, holding cockiness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, yaks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, stood by his trout against his hills, holding cockiness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, stood holding his trout against his cheek, holding cockiness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; He had done so eighty times and might try for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; He had done so eighty times and might try for eighty more. Within his colon walls the trout continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; He had done so eighty times and might try for eighty more. Within his colon walls the trout continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut. Skydog lurked steadily over the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever trolls walked there, walked alone.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; He had done so eighty times and might try for eighty more. Within his colon walls the trout continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut. Skydog lurked steadily over the wood and stone of FOFC House, and whatever trolls posted there, posted not for long.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; He had done so eighty times and might try for eighty more. Within his colon walls the trout continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut. Skydog lurked steadily with a woody and stoned off FOFC House, and whatever trolls posted there, posted not for long.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even rectal trouts and colossal squids are supposed, by some, to dream. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; He had done so eighty times and might try for eighty more. Within his colon walls the trout continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut. Skydog lurked steadily with a shotgun and scared off FOFC pests, and whatever trolls posted there, posted not for long.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even trolls, and Fan boys are rumored, by some, to score. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; He had done so eighty times and might try for eighty more. Within his colon walls the trout continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut. Skydog lurked steadily with a shotgun and scared off FOFC pests, and whatever trolls posted there, posted not for long.

No live organism can continue for long to remain celibate under conditions of absolute reality; even trolls, and Fan boys are rumored, by some, to score. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; He had done so eighty times and might try for eighty more. Within his colon walls the trout continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut. Skydog lurked steadily with an mp3 full of bongo folk music and scared off FOFC pests, and whatever trolls posted there, posted not for long.

No lively orgasm can continue for long under conditions of absolute reality; even trolls, and Fan boys are rumored, by some, to score. Dean Houston, overrated, not funny, was bent over holding his trout against his cheeks, holding cockiness within; He had done so eighty times and might try for eighty more. Within his colon walls the trout continued upright, yaks met neatly, buttocks were firm, and legs were unreasonably shut. Skydog lurked steadily with an mp3 full of bongo folk music and scared off FOFC pests, and whatever trolls posted there, posted not for long.

I was wondering when that change would happen. I'm just surprised it took this long.

SI