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A Puzzler for a Fun Post and a Little Labor Day Link Love

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How-cool-is-this!!!

Here’s some fun for a Holiday Weekend.

  1. Copy the unfinished story below into your post box.

  2. Fill in the blanks to finish the story. For most of the blanks use a blogger’s name, a trait, a post title, a blog title — get creative. Finish each sentence in an unexpected way. You can find plenty of links to spark your imagination at the A-Z directory.

  3. Link the text you added back to the blog or blogger you’re referencing.

  4. Be creative. Change the words or storyline as you wish in order to fit in the links you like.

  5. When you’re done, leave a link with the title to your version of the story in the comment box below.

I’ll do something creative with the links you leave. I’ll collect the links to your titles at 2pm CST on Saturday, September 7, 2007, that way folks who are traveling can have a chance to play.

My version of the story follows the blank one.

Title: _______________________________

_____ was _____ , when out of the blue _____ . You might think this is strange,

but in _____ such things happen all of the time. Our brave and quirky hero knew

exactly what to do — _____ , but our brave and quirky hero had no _____ .

Seeking help for this dilemma, our hero headed down the road to _____ .

The road passed three creatures — each of them was more interesting than the

next. The first was _____ . The second was

_____ . The third was _____ . Our brave and quirky hero ran the rest of the way,

and when _she_ got there, she got another surprise!

“_____ !” our hero exclaimed.

“_____ ,” _____ answered.

“I was _____ , when out of the blue _____ .” our brave and quirky hero said, knees

shaking. “Could you spare _____ ?”

And so it passed that _____ gave our brave and quirky hero _____ AND _____

and all was well.

You might think this is strange, but in _____ such things happen all of the time.

Conversation Agent “ was practicing Essential Keystrokes, when out of the blue a Geek With Laptop appeared. You might think this is strange, but in the thinking blog such things happen all of the time. Our brave and quirky hero knew exactly what to do — She had to Manage to Change, but our brave and quirky hero had no Random Good Stuff.

Seeking help for this dilemma, our hero headed down the road to Polliwog’s Pond. The road passed three creatures — each of them was more interesting than the next. The first was Just Thinkin’. The second had been Sippin’ Whisky and frankly, he seemed long gone from this world. The third was Juggling Frogs. Our brave and quirky hero ran the rest of the way. When she got there she got another surprise!

“A Miracle Man!” our hero exclaimed.

“That’s me,” Dawud answered.

“I was practicing Essential Keystrokes, when out of the blue a Geek With Laptop appeared.” our brave and quirky hero said, knees shaking. “Could you spare 45 Things?”

And so it passed that Smart Wealthy Rich Dawud gave our brave and quirky hero 45 Things AND Six Degrees of Inspiration and all was well.

You might think this is strange, but in the thinking blog such things happen all of the time.

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  5. Edward Mills says

    What a great, fun way to spend Labor Day Weekend. Forget going to the beach! No, seriously, this is a great idea, Liz. And thanks to Rick for including me in his version and turning me on to this adventure! Look for my version early next week after I’m back from the beach. 😉

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  10. Sean says

    “out of the blue a Geek With Laptop appeared”

    This is so cool. I’m looking forward to doing this as well.

    Looks like it will take a bit of time but with the long weekend, it will be a fun project.

    Thanks for the mention Liz.

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  12. Char says

    Oh Liz – this is like MadLibs for bloggers! How fun. I just printed it out so I can play “old style” – complete with a pencil.

    I’ll get mine posted this weekend.

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  14. Kirk M says

    Oh man! This is great stuff! And a rather unique idea. Requires thinking though. You know how much thinking hurts me. Alright, I’ll give it a go but it may take to Monday evening and a dozen aspirin or so.

    Or perhaps I doth protest too much. 😀

    Great idea Liz!

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  36. Juggling Frogs says

    This is such a clever idea! Thank you for including me. It may be a while before I can respond with a blog post because this is our holiday/very, very busy season… but I’m looking forward to playing Bloggy Mad Libs, too!

    All the best,
    CLKL

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