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Fortunately Unfortunately
Oh, Ashley...you little minx....Ok..I'm game...Fortunately, it seemed to focus on Artemis and her connections..her facebook, myspace, twitter, etc. you know..her inbound links...
You see, Artemis was an amazingly powerful young witch..but of course she didn't want anyone knowing that..Good Grief!! They'd put her in a cage..so somehow she had to mask this...hmmmmmm
Unfortunately, Artemis had a follower who had knowledge of her little secret and he had plans for her.
Fortunately, Artemis, being true to her mythological name...was a female warrior and was determined to find out what he knew....(going to let this percolate for a while before I jump in again...what fun!)
Unfortunately, she had mislaid her magical weapons with which to threaten him
Fortunately, her percolator was gurgling its promise of strong coffee. She needed an edge.
She offered him a cup of her fresh strong coffee but unfortunately when she passed it to him he dropped it and it blasted a huge hole in the floor, and he ran out the door.
Artemis frowned, but fortunately it did not detract from her beauty, which stemmed from deep within.
Unfortunately, it was so deeply within, it was difficult to find,
Fortunately, nobody was aware of that because, being a witch, Artemis was also a mistress of disguise, beguiling all with her fake profile pictures. Pulling herself out of her daydream, she clicked Refresh one more time.
Unfortunately her wifi connection had been messing up a lot recently so she did not understand the severity of the situation.
Artemis sensed the presence of a powerful magic nearby...and the scent of coffee. Since her own brew had spilled, she used her witchy powers to locate the nearest Starbucks, where the wifi was up and running and the coffee...
...at least, Artemis expected it to be up and running, she had no reason to suspect otherwise. It was always up and running in Starbucks. Unfortunately, the internet WAS broken. All of it. Every last connection. Even the fat pipe to Starbucks. But she didn't know it yet.
Fortunately Artemis arrived at Starbucks to find her old friend Mauve Maddie sitting with her crystal ball at a corner table, sipping a large cappuccino. Mauve Maddie waved to Artemis. Artemis ordered a caramel latte and joined her. Mauve Maddie looked into the ball in rapt fascination.
Mauve was in the middle of predicting a very good month for Artemis, all would go well, when unfortunately a heavy green mist blanketed her vision in the crystal ball and she quickly covered it up with a stricken look on her face.
Fortunately Artemis didn't notice, as she had just spilled coffee on her jacket and was busy mopping it up with a paper napkin. "So, should I buy a lottery ticket?" she asked.
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Fortunately, Mauve Maddie had seen enough to make her prediction: "Beware the ideas of Mark. Your boyfriend is Mark, right?" Artemis nodded. "Well, when he recommends an investment, don't go for it." Artemis just turned out her empty pocket and smiled. "No problem."
Unfortunately, that's when Mark, who was secretly dating Mauve Maddie and Artemis, walked into the by then empty Starbucks Cafe.
Fortunately, Starbucks was empty so no one else was injured when a free-for-all broke out.
Unfortunately, the crystal ball perished in the melee.
Fortunately, Mauve Maddie discovered that the crystal ball was superfluous; she could use her powers without it.
Unfortunately, Maddie's powers would not prevail in her attempt to change Artemis's fate.
It didn't matter really, though, because fortunately, just as things were turning for the worst, Hugh Jackman walked in and Maddie promptly forgot all about Artemis and Mark. ;)
Unfortunately Hugh didn't know Maddie existed, which she would have known if she looked at the crystal ball.
No one has touched this for a couple of days - restart time? Here's a sentence to go off of if anyone is interested. We woke up one morning to find 17 wild turkeys roaming around in our back yard.
Unfortunately it looked like it was going to rain and grandma always told us that turkeys are so stupid that during a rain storm they look up at the sky and drown.
Fortunately, the rain blew over quickly, before any of the tasty but stupid birds could meet their maker.
Unfortunately, they didn't vacate; they had difficulty slogging through the mud and sludge after the storm.
Fortunately, the storks had an empty load on route for their next baby boy pick up which gave them time to pick up the wild turkeys to locate them back to dry land.
Unfortunately, they were hit by hailstones, the bag burst from the weight and the turkeys fell into the river with a plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, plop.
17 wild turkeys bouncing across the top of the water was such a site to see. The beautiful, white swan swooped up the turkeys pulling them in her breast as she glided across the
meadow to gently place the turkeys to safety.
Unfortunately, a hunter spied the turkeys from behind a thicket of trees and took aim; putting his finger on the trigger of his rifle slowly .
Fortunately, the turkeys were way to quick. They ran around his legs and pecked his toes. The gun went off and the hunter shot himself in the arm and fell to the ground with a thud.
The bullet ricocheted through the turkey's breast and killed him instantly. Which was fortuitous for the lead turkey's nephew, who had been plotting to kill his uncle in order to take over the lucrative, illegal chicken feed trade on the farm.
Unfortunately, the nephew's dastardly nemesis, Darth Squirrel, wanted the chicken feed trade for his own evil schemes.
Fortunately, nephew knew Darth Squirrel was up to no good and chained him in the basement.
Unfortunately for the nephew, Dark Squirrel had iron teeth and was able to chew through the chains and make his way back to the coop where the nephew was asleep and unaware of his nemesis's daring escape.
Unfortunately, he wasn't to know that Darth Squirrel was on a post-Christmas diet and was trying to avoid chocolate.
Fortunately, Darth Squirrel had no will power whatsoever and stocked up on the acorns laced with chocolate. An hour later, in a chocolate-induced state of ecstasy, Darth Squirrel forgot all about his original intent and logged onto an Internet dating site.
Unfortunately he spelled his own name incorrectly because of his foggy brain and he wrote Darla Spirel and started getting emails from other males.
Fortunately none of the emails went through because - - the internet was still broke!
Unfortunately, Darth Squirrel's resistance was lowered and he got the 'flu which laid him up for almost a week.
Fortunately, he had a very nurturing mother who fed him chicken soup from a few of the chickens that ate the feed and he was back on his feet at the end of the week.(this is fun)
Unfortunately his mother had poor cooking skills and the latest chicken soup resulted into food poisoning just as he was recovering from the flu.
Fortunately he was in the toilet when the ceiling collapsed on his bed.
Unfortunately his very worried mother who was sleeping on the rocking chair next to his bed wasn't so lucky and we lost her instantly.
Fortunately the collapsing walls revealed a hidden treasure trove, making Darth Squirrel filthy rich.
Unfortunately as Darth was counting his riches four FBI men kicked the door and stormed inside.
Fortunately they had eaten bad tacos for lunch and were only looking for the bathroom.
Name of the game: Fortunately Unfortunately
Gameplay:
-One person begins with a sentence (e.g., One day Little Johnny walked to the local shoe shop).
-The next person tells of something unfortunate that happens (e.g., Unfortunately, Little Johnny was hit by a refrigerator.).
-The following person contributes a fortunate event (e.g., Fortunately, the refrigerator was made entirely of marshmallows), and the process is repeated.
-There is no end to the game...although if a subject gets stale we can always start a new story.
-Try to keep it short, but if you have a good one you can always make it longer
This should be fun. I'll start!
One day the internet broke.