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Your Monday Morning MuseMuggers Prompt




Muse Mugger's idea #80


Option 1

Use one or more options:

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer. Farmers' Almanac, 1978

The key is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them. Randy K. Milholland

Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be. Jim_Horning

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. Muhammad Ali (1942 - )

It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to death. Mary Renault


Option 2

Take the following quote:

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)

And make a fictious rumor or urban legend.


Option 3

Use one or more options:

Sentence starters:

In the heart of the azure ...
Bitter did not discribe...
Why do you keep...
No chains could bind me as...
Cold blood, colder ...


Option 4

Use one or more of these options.

"during spring" "promote" "as if I could make a difference" "peculiar" "accelerate" "after the announcement" "unstable" "when the laughter stopped" "rehearse" "priceless" "because of you" "specialize" "whenever I feel happy" "poetic" "instead of laughing" "as I left" "deviant"

Remember, a musemuggers story can range from 100 words to 6,000 words. Also, you can mix and match any portions of any options. You go with the story that is sparked.

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