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Con writes a drabble [completed, 15/05]
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Author:  Nightwing [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:01 am ]
Post subject:  Con writes a drabble [completed, 15/05]

Inspired by Con drabbling in Maeve's "Spammers" fic (which I loved, by the way!). I blame this entirely on it being Friday today.

Con glanced furtively around the room. It wasn't that she was doing anything wrong, per se, it was just that she didn't want anyone else to know what she was doing. Ever since she'd discovered the CBB she had been visiting the site daily - hourly, during the holidays - but she most certainly did not want any of the rest of the family discovering the Board. She told herself it was because she didn't want them to find the often hurtful things that were being written about them; but the truth was, she didn't want any of them to discover her secret life as a CBB drabbler. Her last epic, a serious look at the role of Uncle Jem - Sir James, as she always called him on the CBB - and his TB work, had afforded her serious acclaim. Well, a lot of comments. She didn't want any of her siblings - or worse, her parents - to take that away from her.

Besides, she'd agreed to start off a community drabble tonight, and she was determined that this time she was going to write things exactly the way they should be. She opened a new post and tried to think of a title.
Community Drabble:, she wrote. The Way Things Are Meant To Be. Perfect.

One day while Jack was at the San and Joey was visiting the Emburys, and Anna was visiting someone else that meant she was conveniently out of the house, Len decided to organise everyone to do things that they didn't want to do. Well, Stephen was probably OK about it, he was horrible and responsible like that. And Charles didn't take a lot of convincing either, the little sissy.

Con took a moment to glare at the screen.

But when they had finished sweeping and dusting and beating the carpets and polishing all the silverware, Len suggested they all go out for a picnic. Even though with their combined house-cleaning efforts it had only taken them half an hour and it wasn't even time for morning tea yet. But everyone else latched on to the idea quickly - except for the talented and good-looking Con. She told everyone that she wanted to work on a story, a story which could only be an amazing masterpiece, because she was so incredibly talented. Her brothers and sisters were so awed by her majesty and beauty when she spoke that they all agreed to go out and leave her in peace and quiet. Especially Len, who wished she only had half the looks and talents that Con did.

Con wondered if maybe she wasn't laying it on a bit thick, but quickly dismissed the thought. Even if she was - which surely she wasn't - exaggerating her own abilities, it wasn't as though anyone would know it was actually her who was doing it.


Con had just settled herself down to begin her oeuvre when there came a knock at the door. Wondering who it could be, she went to answer it. To Con's surprise it was Reg. "Oh, hello Reg," she said, in her talented and good-looking voice. "I'm afraid that Len isn't here right now."

"Oh Con," Reg said, and Con noticed a deep yearning in his voice. "Screw Len! It is you I want! I have been dazzled by your amazingly talent-filled writing skills and your deep, soulful beauty. And your inner beauty too!" And before Con could say anything he had taken her in his strong, manly, doctor-like arms and kissed her. She could feel his powerful chest against her body and knew, at that instant, that there was no flood that he wouldn't rescue her from. "Con," he murmured softly against her hair. "Oh, Con, Con, Con, Con -

"Con!" That was Mama's voice. Con glanced at her watch and realised that she'd been writing for the best part of an hour. She hastily finished her sentence, clicked "Submit", shut her laptop lid, and raced out the room to see what her mother wanted.

She hadn't considered that making this
particular story a communal one was rather a bad idea.

Author:  Emma A [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:18 am ]
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

So are we invited to continue? That was super, Nightwing - thank-you very much.

Author:  Cat C [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:24 am ]
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ROFL

I love it!

Author:  Maeve [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:26 pm ]
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I love it, Nightwing!

Quote:
She hadn't considered that making this particular story a communal one was rather a bad idea.


This last sentence is wonderfully ominous :)

Author:  Elle [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:48 pm ]
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Nightwing wrote:
"Oh Con," Reg said, and Con noticed a deep yearning in his voice. "Screw Len! It is you I want! I have been dazzled by your amazingly talent-filled writing skills and your deep, soulful beauty. And your inner beauty too!" And before Con could say anything he had taken her in his strong, manly, doctor-like arms and kissed her. She could feel his powerful chest against her body and knew, at that instant, that there was no flood that he wouldn't rescue her from. "Con," he murmured softly against her hair. "Oh, Con, Con, Con, Con -


Wonderful! Can we have some more please!?!?

Author:  Nightwing [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:18 pm ]
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Thanks for the comments - I'm glad you're enjoying this! :D

Len hummed quietly to herself as she brushed her hair. She had had a busy evening helping Mama mending the little ones' clothes, or letting them out, in Phil's case - that Phil was putting on weight was a great relief to everyone. Mama had eventually said that she could do the rest herself, and Len had reluctantly agreed - but as soon as she had left the room she had decided that she could put her time to some good use. She would get ready for bed and then, before she said her Prayers, she could spend some time browsing the CBB.

It was Reg who had discovered the site, but Len found it infinitely amusing. Just how many stories could there be about her deciding she didn't want to marry him after she'd been to university? Reg's personal favourite was the story where he and Mary-Lou fell in love. "She'd break my fragile heart to pieces," he'd said solemnly.

To her delight, she found two drabbles had been updated and a new one had been added. She read the two updates first, wiping away tears as she read of Auntie Hilda showing mercy to a badly-behaved girl who came from a loveless home - "You always manage to write her just as she should be", she commented - and then giggling at the drabble about a ballet-obsessed girl trying to cope at school. Finally, she clicked through to the St Clare's forum to read the beginning of the new communal drabble. She felt a little wary when she saw who it was by - DreamyMary spent a surprisingly large amount of time codemning Len's actions - but when she read the few paragraphs DreamyMary had written she collapsed in a fit of giggles. Reg's 'powerful chest'? Really? She loved him very much, but even she was ready to admit that he was on the scrawny side. Still - Len didn't think she could let it go unchallenged. After all, it was titled
The Way Things Are Meant To Be.

Just then, the door burst open and Len arrived, panting. "Oh Reg!" she cried, ignoring the prevocative position he was in. "Come quickly! Geoff has fallen down a well!" Reg instantly let go of Con and sprang to his true love's side. Con, unbalanced, fell to the ground with a resounding smack. Unfortunately, she wasn't at all hurt, although she did spend the next five months sleep-walking from the shock of it all.

"Len, my dearest darling honeybun, are you OK?" Reg asked urgently. "Forgive me for my momentary transgression - now that you are here your sister's looks pale in comparison to yours."

"Oi!" came Con's muffled voice from the ground, but Reg ignored it.

"Of course I forgive you, my sweet pumpkin," Len replied. "I know that none of us are perfect."

"But you are, Len!" said Con, sitting up. "I only seduced Reg because I was jealous of how perfect you are!" and she burst into tears. Len forgave her too, of course, and after comforting her went through to the kitchen to make hot milk for them all to calm them down. Even Con drank the milk without a fuss - usually she hated the stuff, but when Len made it, it was perfect.

"She's right," Reg murmured sweetly in Len's ear. "You are completely perfect."

"But so are you," Len whispered back, and planted a sweet kiss on his lips.

Len reread what she had written and nodded to herself. That cleared up the nonsense about Reg being in love with Con, and whoever added to the story next could continue what was clearly a perfectly romantic moment between Reg and herself. She posted her addition, shut down her computer, and went to say her Prayers, little suspecting the direction the story would really go in.

Author:  Maeve [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:38 pm ]
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Reg's personal favourite was the story where he and Mary-Lou fell in love. "She'd break my fragile heart to pieces," he'd said solemnly.


:) That's a whole new drabble idea in itself :) :) I love the idea of them all reading stories about themselves.

Author:  Fiona Mc [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:42 pm ]
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This is fabulous, thank you! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Author:  JennieP [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:53 pm ]
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This rules!

Author:  Torri [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:33 pm ]
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*giggles helplessly*

This is fantastic, thank you, Nightwing! :D

Author:  Abi [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:02 am ]
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

This is hilarious! Can't help wondering who will contribute next!!!

Author:  Cat C [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:20 am ]
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So clever! I wonder if Margot or Joey The Authoress will have a go?

Author:  Cath V-P [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:17 am ]
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I love the idea of them all wrenching the story in the way that they want it to go! I foresee much confusion for them.... :lol:

Author:  Liz K [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:48 am ]
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Echoes all the above, this is brilliant, can't wait to see what happens next.

Author:  Aquabird [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:43 pm ]
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Nightwing wrote:
"Len, my dearest darling honeybun


Nightwing wrote:
my sweet pumpkin


*barfs in between giggles*

This is brilliant, Nightwing! I wonder who else in CS-land has discovered the site? :lol: :lol:

Thank you

Author:  shazwales [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:33 pm ]
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Brilliant :D :D :D

More please :?:

Author:  andi [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:44 pm ]
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I'm still giggling about Con's "talented and good-looking voice" :D

Author:  Nightwing [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:59 pm ]
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Thanks muchly for your comments! :D

Margot rose early, meaning to see if Emmy was still online. Why, oh why couldn't her friend live somewhere with a decent timezone? She could hear Anna moving about in the kitchen, but apart from that no one else seemed to be awake. She made her way quietly downstairs to the family PC and signed into her favourite messaging service, but Emmy wasn't there. Disgruntled, Margot checked her email; and then, since there was nothing else to do, she opened up the CBB.

She was far more interested in the discussion boards than the drabbles. It was there that she'd truly been confronted by the enormity of her bad behaviour - these people may have once been strangers to her, but she had come to respect them, and the realisation that many of them considered her a near-murderess caused her to truly look at her own failings and try to improve. But as there weren't any discussions there that interested her today - who really cared how Mama managed to fit her hat on over her hair? - she decided to see if there was anything worth reading.

The community drabble caught her attention straight away. It was always interesting to see how different people compromised their own ideas to add to a story. This one had only been started the evening before, and already had three replies. Margot read it through quickly, and found herself particularly bemused by the third writer's storyline.


- Mein Gott, said Len. We have made such a big mess in the kitchen from our milk-pouring. We should clean it immediately.
- Yes, agreed Con. We should not leave a thing for Anna to do.
- Ah, Anna, sighed Reg. A perfect specimen of a woman. There is nothing I would not clean for her.

The whole thing was a little on the boring side, as far as Margot was concerned. She was sure no one else would add anything if it continued in this bland manner, so clearly it was up to her to spice things up a little. She began to type.

Just then, there was the sound of glass breaking upstairs. Reg found himself being clutched by Len on one side, and Con on the other.

"Who... could that be?" Len asked nervously. "There's no one home but us?"

"Don't worry," Reg said jovially. "I'm sure it's just a cat; but if you like I'll check it out just the same," and he gently untangled himself from the two scared sisters and quietly made his way upstairs. The moment he was out of sight his face became grim. He knew who it was, and if they had found out what he thought they had found, all his plans would be in ruins.

"Hello, Reg," said a familiar voice. He spun around to see a beautiful, athletic redhead whose intellect was surely superior to his own. "Or should I say... Regovsky?" Reg swore. His identity had been discovered! He went to reach for his gun only to find the barrel of a pistol already pointing at him. "I don't want to have to shoot you, Reg," said Margot, still perfectly calm and not at all close to losing her temper. "If you promise to leave this place, and to leave both my sisters alone for evermore, I can get you out of here. I can give you a new passport, a new identity - you could be halfway around the world tomorrow, and no one any the wiser, not even your own people." After making this generous offer, Margot waited to see what Regovsky would say.

She didn't realise that outside the door, Con and Len were listening in, something that Margot herself would never do. They looked at each other in amazement. Surely, Margot was the most unselfish, generous, wonderful, unselfish sister in the whole wide world.

Light footsteps on the stairs told her Papa was awake. Margot submitted her entry and went to say good morning.

Author:  Liz K [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:39 pm ]
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This is getting better and better!!!!!!!!!!

Author:  andi [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:58 pm ]
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Ooh, do we get to see Jack's entry next?? Enjoying this v much :D :D

Author:  Lesley [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:33 pm ]
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Love Anna's post! :lol:

Author:  Cat C [ Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:59 pm ]
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Quote:
"I don't want to have to shoot you, Reg," said Margot, still perfectly calm and not at all close to losing her temper.


This is so much fun!

Author:  Miss Di [ Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:15 am ]
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Everyone in the office is looking at me as I have hysterics at my desk.

Author:  Emma A [ Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:12 pm ]
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Giggling at Regovsky! :lol: I love this, Nightwing - looking forward to more.

Author:  Maeve [ Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:11 pm ]
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Lesley said:
Quote:
Love Anna's post! :lol:


Me too :D

Author:  Cath V-P [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:19 am ]
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That has cheered my evening! :lol:

Author:  Abi [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:17 pm ]
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Fantastic! Also loved Anna's contribution! Thanks Nightwing!

Author:  Nightwing [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:52 pm ]
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Thanks again for the comments - if anyone has someone they'd especially like to see joining in let me know! Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy Matron's addition to the story :D

Matey snorted loudly, then, remembering that there was no one around to hear her, pursed her lips instead. It was times like this that she wondered why she even bothered. Again and again she had told people that there was no such thing as a completely evil person - in fact, word on the board had spread so much that she was constantly getting PM'd by people who wanted to ask her opinion on whether their antagonist was too badly behaved.

Yet here was someone passing off Len's fiancee not just as someone who would willingly seduce Len's own sister, but who was an international spy, to boot! Matey sniffed - clearly someone who had been visiting the cinema far too often. Reg was a very nice boy, but he was certainly no Sean Connery. Ah, Sean Connery. Now there was a manly man. Not that Matron knew, of course, because she certainly hadn't gone to see
Goldfinger ten times with Hilda and Nell Wilson. Where was she? Oh, yes - this drabble. Someone had clearly forgotten - perhaps even willfully forgotten - to make Reg redeemable. Well, she would just have to remind them.

Matron gasped as she caught sight of Con and Len, both with their ears firmly pressed to a door. She had come over to Freudesheim to drop off some of her delicious homemade jam, that not even the combined efforts of Anna and Karen had ever been able to match for flavour, only to find the two girls shamelessly eavesdropping. Con, hearing the gasp, glanced up, and gave an answering gasp of her own. Matron proceeded to give the two girls a lecture on listening to other people's conversations which made them so ashamed they never did so again.

Matron frowned. She was getting a little off track, but she couldn't let the crime of eavesdropping go unpunished. How badly it would look to readers if she did - it might even encourage them to the same behaviour!

"But we had to know what was going on on!" Con blurted out. "Margot may be in trouble! Our triplet sense was tingling!"

At that moment, the door opened and Margot herself came out giggling, followed by Reg, who was also laughing. "Hello Matey!" Reg said. "Margot and I were just playing that game I used to play with the triplets when they were younger. A bit kiddish of me, I suppose!"

Len and Con looked at each other and burst out laughing. How badly they had misconstrued the situation! After that there was nothing to do but tell everyone the joke, and then they all went downstairs for breadtwists with some of Matron's orgasmic jam.

Matron wasn't very sure about the word "orgasmic", but her jam was very good. She nodded her head at a job well done, pleased that she had saved the readers' morals once again.

Author:  Abi [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:06 pm ]
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Nightwing wrote:
Matron wasn't very sure about the word "orgasmic", but her jam was very good. She nodded her head at a job well done, pleased that she had saved the readers' morals once again.


:lol: :rofl: :lol:

Absolutely fantastic!! Also loved the idea of Matey giving advice on the plausibility of various evil characters!

Thanks Nightwing!

Author:  shazwales [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:09 pm ]
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Nightwing only just caught up with this.Please can we have some more?? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Author:  Cat C [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:08 am ]
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Oh gosh - there are sooo many people I'd like to see contributing to 'set the record straight' about their characters.

Gaudenz? Felicity? Miss Annersley?

Author:  Miss Di [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:36 am ]
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This is great Nightwing.

I'd like to see a post from Dr Jack please. Maybe he could let us know what's really in all those little doses.

Author:  Emma A [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:20 am ]
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Loevly post from Matey! I wonder what she puts in her jam to make it better than Anna's and Karen's... something that isn't just sugar, I'll bet!

Thanks, Nightwing - I'd love to see Reg post, actually, or Ted, or Felicity...

Author:  Elle [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:46 am ]
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Or Miss Bubb!

Author:  JS [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:53 pm ]
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This is sooo funny - a metadrabble, if you like. More please.

Author:  Maeve [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:58 pm ]
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Quote:
...word on the board had spread so much that she was constantly getting PM'd by people who wanted to ask her opinion on whether their antagonist was too badly behaved.


:lol: :lol: Maybe we should have an "Ask Matey" thread :lol: :lol:

Author:  Nightwing [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:14 pm ]
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Thanks for your suggestions! Here's Felicity's contribution - although, for the record, I don't recommend getting twenty-five piercing in each ear.


Felicity made a face as she read about her sisters eating Matey's jam. Gross. Clearly whoever had written it had never had to eat the stuff. She had heard Mama tell Papa once that they had to buy it, or Matron's feelings would get hurt, and Papa had said she could buy as much as she liked so long as none of them had to eat it. Idly, Felicity wondered what "orgasmic" meant. Wasn't an organism a tiny creature? There were definitely plenty of those in Matron's jam. Felicity and Felix had once got stuck into a jar of it before Mama had flushed it down the toilet, and that how Felicity had found she was allergic to eating scorpions.

Aside from the jam, though, there was something else irritating about this drabble. Why did people always write about her triplet sisters? They were so - well - boring. Len was boring and responsible and Con was boring and dreamy and Margot was boring and moody. Ew, and who would want to write about Reg? He was so - so - so ordinary! It was time that people realised that there were other, more interesting people out there. Such as herself.


felicty sttod outside the door listening to her sitsters laigh. Felcity didn't laugh. SHe was so different and alone and no one understood how different and deep she was. She hhad died her here blak and had twenty-five piercing in each ear an a chain going from her nose to her eyebrow. She was so rebellious and so different from everyone else. Sh e was whereing a t-shirt that had My Chemical Romance written on t and blak jeens and a pair of boots with heels that were so high that she was almost as tall as Mama. she wasnyt laughing with her sisters because they were all boring and uninteresting and none of them understands her.

'Wow you sure look so different from everyone else here" siad a voice. Felicity turn around and there was the most handsome boy seh had ever seen.

"whats it too u?" Felicity asked.

"I can sea you hav the sole of a poet" the boy said.

"Haha whatever" Felicity was not impressed

"My name is Edward cullen and I think that together we could become th worlds greatest dancers" said Edward. Felicity looked into his eyes and it was love at first site. You are so beautiful" Edward said.

Felicity sighed dreamily. Edward Cullen was the most amazing boy in the whole wide world; it was such a pity that he wasn't actually real. Lucy Peters said that she was going to marry Mr Darcy, but Mr Darcy had never done anything as dreamy as cutting Elizabeth's car brakes, or watching her sleep when she didn't even know he was there.

"How did u no i was a dancer" said Felicity.

"I can read minds and I know that we're meant to be together" Edward told her.

"OK" said Felicity "but beore we get married you better ask Mama and Papa if we can get married". So they started walking up to the San to find Papa. They went very fast because Edward was a vampyr and he could go fast.

Felicity sighed again. It was so, so romantic. And now everyone would see that Felicity was really a character to admire - which was the way things were supposed to be.

Author:  ChubbyMonkey [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:23 pm ]
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Awwww poor Felicity! *gives a medal just for Jack's expression when he saw the piercings et al, especially if it was over the breakfast and Joey just said something breezy about self expressionism*

Thankyou so much for the drabble! I'm enjoying everything! (psst, could we see Tom come and talk about sentimental, girlish nonsense? Please?)

Author:  abbeybufo [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:25 pm ]
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Really loving this :lol: :lol:

Felicity's spelling is spot on :devil:

Thanks Nightwing :D

Author:  Nightwing [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:33 pm ]
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ChubbyMonkey wrote:
Awwww poor Felicity! *gives a medal just for Jack's expression when he saw the piercings et al, especially if it was over the breakfast and Joey just said something breezy about self expressionism*


Haha, I can just imagine -

"Young lady! You turn yourself around right now and make yourself respectable!"

"Oh Jack, don't be such a fuddy-duddy. Don't you remember the matching Celtic tattoos Frieda and I got when we were her age? Of course, they didn't have any in green so I had to settle for black... Len, dear, won't you pass the coffee?"

Author:  Abi [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:38 pm ]
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Nightwing wrote:
ChubbyMonkey wrote:
Awwww poor Felicity! *gives a medal just for Jack's expression when he saw the piercings et al, especially if it was over the breakfast and Joey just said something breezy about self expressionism*


Haha, I can just imagine -

"Young lady! You turn yourself around right now and make yourself respectable!"

"Oh Jack, don't be such a fuddy-duddy. Don't you remember the matching Celtic tattoos Frieda and I got when we were her age? Of course, they didn't have any in green so I had to settle for black... Len, dear, won't you pass the coffee?"


:shock: Maybe you should write that Nightwing!!

Loved Felicity's contribution!

Author:  ChubbyMonkey [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:42 pm ]
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:lol: Yes! Write it! Do do do! Pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeee?

Author:  Lesley [ Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:36 am ]
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Love it! Reminds me of the girl in the film Betelgeuse. :lol:


Thanks Nightwing

Author:  Cath V-P [ Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:18 am ]
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Quote:
"I can sea you hav the sole of a poet"


There's something oddly Molesworthian about that..... :lol:

Loved the spelling, punctuation and splendidly direct narrative! :lol:

Author:  JS [ Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:16 am ]
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Scorpions in jam :shock:

Would like Reg's point of view at some point, please....... :)

Author:  Cat C [ Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:37 pm ]
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Thanks for Felicity's contribution :lol:

I am really wondering about that jam now!

And as for an 'Ask Matey' agony column... Um, if someone offerred to write it, would other posters like to send in 'problems'?

Author:  snowmaiden [ Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:09 pm ]
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And as for an 'Ask Matey' agony column... Um, if someone offerred to write it, would other posters like to send in 'problems'?[/quote]

Yes! Definitely! That would be hilarious. Loving this drabble, nightwing, thanks.

ETA sorry I am rubbish at doing the quote thing

Author:  ChubbyMonkey [ Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:14 pm ]
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Cat C wrote:
And as for an 'Ask Matey' agony column... Um, if someone offerred to write it, would other posters like to send in 'problems'?


Could you have more than one 'Matey' so that anyone could contribute advice as Matey?

Author:  Cat C [ Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:08 pm ]
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There must be a way of organising that...

Mods?

Or you could have different Agony Aunts offerring different solutions to the same problems - lots of possibilities anyway :D

Author:  ChubbyMonkey [ Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:14 pm ]
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Cat C wrote:
There must be a way of organising that...

Mods?

Or you could have different Agony Aunts offerring different solutions to the same problems - lots of possibilities anyway :D


Ooh, everybody takes a different character and is an agony aunt as them. That would be fun!

Er, sorry, completely off topic :oops:

Author:  Abi [ Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:11 pm ]
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Loving the agony aunt idea :D .

Author:  leahbelle [ Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:14 pm ]
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This is fantastic! Thanks, Nightwing.

Author:  hac61 [ Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:06 pm ]
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More please! More please!


hac

Author:  KatS [ Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:40 pm ]
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You must, must, must do Joey!!! She would ADORE the CBB, I'm sure. I can't decide whether she'd be fabulous or appalling in this scenario...

Author:  Nightwing [ Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:25 pm ]
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Next up: Jack! (probably). And Joey will, of course, be making an appearance at some point, as she does have her finger in every pie... Meanwhile, enjoy the CS's very own answer to Superman :D

"Stop right there!"

Felicity and Edward froze as a powerful voice cried out to them. They turned, and saw behind them a veritable Amazon of a woman, a tall goddess whose long red hair fell past her waist, whose tight black catsuit showed off her perfect figure, and whose face was obscured by a mask. Felicity beamed.

"Why, it's Science Girl, the champion of justice!" she cried. "Science Girl, I'm getting married! Today!"

"Oh no you're not, Felicity," said Science Girl. "Because Edward has not been wholly truthful."

Felicity turned to Edward, aghast. He scowled at Science Girl. "It's true! I only pretended to love Felicity so that she would stray off her path to academic greatness! Science Girl, for foiling my plans, you must die!" But before he could make a move Science Girl turned an icy glare in his direction - a glare so icy that it froze him solid. She then aimed a powerful kick at his chest, and the impact shattered his frozen body into thousands of pieces.

"Oh Science Girl," Felicity sobbed. "I've been so foolish! Never again will I choose a man over my own academic career!"

"That's all right, Felicity," said Science Girl. "Now run along to the San; your father wants you." She watched the young girl leave, happy should could help the daughter of two of her oldest friends.

For, the enigmatic masked warrior was in fact Miss Wilson, who, ever since a freak accident in the chemistry lab involving Evadne Lannis and 370 megawatts of solar radiation, had developed amazing powers. Now she traveled the Alps, righting wrong, promoting justice, and solving complicated metaphysical problems in her head.

Nell smiled complacently. The other CBBers had ignored her discussion question on the place of science in the CS, and she was hoping that this little contribution to the group drabble would get them seriously thinking in that direction. Maybe, too, it would bring Hilda a little light relief - she glanced across the room at were her friend sat, deep in a pile of inquiries about the school from prospective parents. Actually - perhaps Hilda needed a moment's glory, too.

"You've done a good day's work, Science Girl," said a quiet voice from the shadows. Science Girl didn't even turn around, knowing that that kind word came from her own friend and sometime-mentor, the Grammarnatrix - also known as Hilda Annersley, Headmistress.

"I learned from the best," Science Girl replied softly, and smiled.

Author:  Fiona Mc [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:03 am ]
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks, I absolutely loved that :lol:

Author:  Miss Di [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:53 am ]
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Hysterical!! :halo: PLEASE write some more.

Author:  Lesley [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:57 am ]
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Author:  ChubbyMonkey [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:30 am ]
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Awww, it was so nice of her to think of Miss Annersley.

Remind me never to fall foul of the Grammarnatrix.

Thankyou!

Author:  Emma A [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:01 am ]
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Giggling to myself at the picture that conjures up... Go, Science Girl!

Thanks, Nightwing.

Author:  JS [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:09 am ]
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Very funny - good to see this back.

Author:  shazwales [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:30 am ]
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Brilliant :!: more please :?:

Author:  Elbee [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:06 am ]
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Brilliant!

Thanks, Nightwing.

Author:  Aquabird [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:02 pm ]
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Grammarnatrix! :rofl:

*Trying hard not to LOL and convince office mate of self''s insanity*

Author:  abbeybufo [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:43 pm ]
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Brilliant :lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks Nightwing :D

Author:  Abi [ Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:19 am ]
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:lol: :lol: :lol: Great to see this back - loved Science Girl and the Grammarnatrix!! Thanks Nightwing!

Author:  Elle [ Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:42 pm ]
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When are we going to have some more please???

Author:  Nightwing [ Sun May 10, 2009 11:25 pm ]
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Jack, as promised! It got... a little long... and a little crazy... but I hope you enjoy it :D

Jack sank down into his chair with a sigh. At work, his office was his sanctuary; the only place he could get any work done without the constant interruption of "Excuse me, Herr Doktor, but...". Funnily enough, though, even here, his one place of complete peace, quiet, and solitude, he didn't feel as relaxed as he did when he was at home, even on a day where Mike and Felix had flown at each other like a pair of wildcats, Con had been so busy dreaming that she had let the breakfast toast blacken completely before Len had rescued it, and his Jo had fallen headfirst down a flight of stairs (although she had miraculously emerged unscathed).

Of course, even with all that argy-bargying, no one at home was expecting him to read
reports. He glared at the large stack of paper next to him, mentally willing it to grow smaller. He enjoyed his role as the Head of the San, he really did, but oh, how he hated reports! They impinged on his time alone like a- a- a really irritating thing. Hmmm. He'd have to ask Joey for a decent simile.

Still, best to get stuck into it straight away. He picked up the first piece of paper and groaned. Phil Graves really did have the world's worst handwriting. Jack put it down again. Perhaps he'd just check his email first...

Fifty-two minutes later, Jack had checked his email, his Facebook, had updated his Twitter twice and had read all the way through the updates to his favourite drabbles at the CBB. There was one story in particular which he couldn't help returning to, an almost morbid fascination with an 'alternate universe' story where he had died during the war and Jo had been left to bring up the girls on her own. Reading it was always a sobering experience, and yet he seemed unable to stop himself from doing so.

The Community Drabble, on the other hand, inspired an entirely different set of feelings. He could cheerfully throttle whoever had decided what it needed was a crossover with the dam- er, darn Twilight series! He and Joey had decided between them to keep an eye on whatever their most impressionable daughter was reading, and when she had started on that blood- er, unfortunate set of vampire stories Joey had blandly informed him that it was 'his turn' to read them. Actually, thinking about it now, she probably knew beforehand how much he was going to dislike them. He'd have to find a way of paying her back. Maybe if he got Felicity into reading that new book, 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'? Jo did loathe the undead...

That thought cheered him up immensely. It put him in such a good mood, in fact, that he thought he'd contribute something to the drabble himself. After all, it
was called The Way Things Are Meant To Be...

"Papa! Papa!"

Jack looked up from his incredibly important work to see his daughter, Felicity, arrive. She was flushed with excitement, and for a moment he wondered if perhaps she was going to be getting married. But instead she burst out with, "Oh Papa, I've made such a good decision! I'm not going to be a ballerina after all - I'm going to be a doctor, like you!"

"That is a good decision," Jack said thoughtfully. In fact, just that morning two of his sons, Stephen and Charles, had said just the same thing! And Mike, who had his heart set on joining the Navy, had asked how many doctors there usually were aboard a Navy vessel. It was wonderful to be a role model to such a wonderful family such as his.

Jack frowned. There was something wrong with that last sentence, he was sure, but English had never been his strong point! It was a good thing that most of the kids had inherited their mother's grammar skills and not his.

"I hope you're not too over-excited by making this decision," Jack said. "Perhaps you should have a lie down and I'll bring you a little something." Felicity obeyed her father straight away, because he was a very important doctor and he was always right about things like these. Jack got up and brought her a glass of milk, which he had slipped a little something into - the little something being, of course, crack cocaine.

Jack chuckled out loud. In reality, most of the time the 'doses' he gave people actually contained no drugs at all - of any kind. He believed very strongly in the power of suggestion, and for very imaginative people like Joey, all he needed to do was hint that he had given her a dose of something and she'd calm down and fall asleep immediately. But the CBBers were obsessed with wanting to know what it was he gave people, and he enjoyed making outlandish suggestions to see just what they were willing to believe.

Just as Felicity fell asleep, Jack's phone rang. It was Joey.

"Oh, Jack! I'm glad I've found you. I just ran into Con and Len and they are both in a bit of a tizzy. It turns out they both want to become doctors, like you, especially Con! But aren't they too old to start studying sciences now?"

"Not at all," Jack replied, surprised and pleased at this news. "Why, I've even heard of people your age studying to become doctors!"

"That's excellent news!" Joey said. "It's especially excellent as I was just thinking that actually I'm rather bored of being an author and would like to be a doctor too!"

Jack was surprised and pleased at this news, too. Why, this way they'd have a whole family of doctors! And really, wasn't that the way things were meant to be?

Jack chuckled again. He may have had one or two daydreams about Joey joining him at the San as a rather naughty nurse, but he was, in truth, perfectly happy with his life the way it was. Whatever careers their children chose, he and Jo would love them; and as for Jo herself, well, as long as he had her, then life was exactly the way it was meant to be!

He glanced at the pile of reports still sitting on his desk. Well. Maybe it wasn't
exactly the way it was meant to be.

Author:  ChubbyMonkey [ Mon May 11, 2009 10:13 am ]
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Oh Jack... Really, you'd hate having a family of doctors, Joey would forever be dosing you, and Len would never rest until at least one of the children was ill.

:lol: Naughty Nurse Joey!

Thankyou for the update, this is fantastic.

Author:  Fiona Mc [ Mon May 11, 2009 12:19 pm ]
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Quote:
Jack chuckled out loud. In reality, most of the time the 'doses' he gave people actually contained no drugs at all - of any kind. He believed very strongly in the power of suggestion, and for very imaginative people like Joey, all he needed to do was hint that he had given her a dose of something and she'd calm down and fall asleep immediately. But the CBBers were obsessed with wanting to know what it was he gave people, and he enjoyed making outlandish suggestions to see just what they were willing to believe.


:lol: :lol: :lol: Good on you Jack. Loved that response and giving crack cocaine to Felicity!!

Author:  Emma A [ Mon May 11, 2009 1:51 pm ]
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I do love the contrast there between Jack's mundane life and his - seemingly self-aware - drabble update.

Thanks, Nightwing!

Author:  Cat C [ Mon May 11, 2009 1:56 pm ]
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Jack and his (lack of) grammar skills!

And I'm boggling at the thought of Joey training to be a doctor.

Author:  shazwales [ Mon May 11, 2009 5:46 pm ]
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Nightwing this is wicked :D :D :D and Wonderful :lol: :lol: :lol:

Author:  Aquabird [ Tue May 12, 2009 4:48 pm ]
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Absolutely brilliant! :D Love the 'power of suggestion' theory re. the doses. :lol:

Author:  Tara [ Wed May 13, 2009 12:02 am ]
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Love this, Nightwing, especially Science Girl and a very articulate Jack :D .

Author:  Nightwing [ Wed May 13, 2009 10:18 pm ]
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A short update with a mystery drabbler, who is perhaps not so mysterious... *whistles innocently*

The CBBer known only as Lime_Green scowled ferociously. There was only one character worth writing about, and here was a perfectly good Community Drabble and no one writing about her. Well, Lime_Green would fix that, quickly!

"Hello!" Joey called as she entered the house. Her beautiful voice sounded out. Joey could have been a professional singer but instead she had chosen to be a writer. Joey had so many amazing talents and she was so friendly. Everyone loved her.

There was no one home. That was unusual. Just then, two of Joey's children came running up. It was Mike and Felix. They were both quite naughty boys and sometimes Joey had to punish them, but they loved her because she was a perfect mother as well as being the best author in the world.

"Mama, here is a letter for you!" said Mike. They had been to the post office. The letter was from Simone, Jo's best friend who lived in France. Jo thought Simone was the best person in the whole world and Simone thought Jo was the best person in the whole world and Simone was right. Jo read the letter and thought that maybe Simone could have been a writer, too!

The CBBer known only as Lime_Green paused. She must have writer's block - she couldn't think of anything else to say, for the moment. She posted her comment and went off to attend to other affairs, determined to pick up the story again later. People needed to remember that it was all about Joey.

Author:  ChubbyMonkey [ Wed May 13, 2009 10:21 pm ]
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Joey? Writer's block? The only writer's block that Joey gets is having another child.

Thankyou, this is so funny!

Author:  abbeybufo [ Wed May 13, 2009 10:23 pm ]
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Thanks Nightwing - this continues to be great :lol: :lol:

Author:  Nightwing [ Wed May 13, 2009 11:13 pm ]
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Joey rolled over in bed for what felt like the twentieth time, and finally decided that it was no use. That was the worst thing about teething, really - not all the nights she'd stayed up soothing Marie-Claire, but her own body clock getting so out of sync that tonight she was unable to sleep herself.

She got out of bed as quietly as she could, not wanting to disturb Jack. There was no need for both of them to be awake! Besides, she could sleep in in the morning, if she needed to, but he couldn't. She pulled on her slippers and gown and headed for her own office. She could amuse herself online for a little while until she felt sleepy.

Almost automatically she found herself typing in the URL for the CBB. She'd found the site while idly googling her sister's name to see what came up, and had at first been so hurt by some of the things she'd read that she'd felt like - well, crying like a schoolgirl. But her own common sense had reminded her that it was good to see one's self as others saw you, and she'd eventually decided to take on board some of the criticism she read - and to take some of it with large pinch of salt. She'd settled in and was by now an old hand on the board. She especially loved 'meeting' new members and encouraging them to post their drabbles - some of them had real talent, and she wondered if any of them would become professional writers one day.

And then, about two months ago, she'd noticed something familiar in the turn of phrase that the CBBer chestnut_tree used, and suddenly she'd realised that she was none of than her own eldest daughter. Her eyes were open, then, and she made a game of guessing which of her friends and family were also on the board. Some were obvious. geology.rocks was Nell, of course - no one else had her terrible love of puns. GwynKnowsBest was Matey, Angell3 was Margot, and Fel1c1tY was - well, she was going to have to get Jack to have a talk with a certain someone about keeping personal information private on the internet.

She had some time suspected she knew the identity of Lime_Green, and tonight she was certain. Not Mary-Lou, as she had first thought, but a much older friend of hers. Oh dear, perhaps she had rather been neglecting Simone lately.

As she read through the entire drabble, The Way Things Are Meant To Be, she found herself tutting. So many loose ends! Nothing irritated her more, and as an author she tried her best not to leave her readers with any. But here, poor Geoff was still somewhere stuck down a well (and just where were there wells anywhere on the Platz, she'd like to know!) and goodness knew what had happened to that poor Edward boy after Felicity had so unceremoniously left him.

Much worse, though, was that the real Con was undoubtedly going to be very upset when she read what had become of her story. There was one way to fix that - or at least to make the best of a bad job - but doing so went badly against the authorial grain. Still - when it came down to it, her children's happiness was more important than even her own duty to write good stories. So she began to type.


Con woke up with a start. She remembered something about Reg being a spy, and then Flixy was dancing with a vampire and Mama was reading a letter... she'd had such a busy day yesterday...

...but that wasn't right. She'd spent the day yesterday with Aunt Biddy, had come back to Freudesheim for Abendessen and then had read until she fell asleep. So everything else that had happened - it was all a dream!

THE END.

Joey shuddered. She hated 'it was all a dream' as the worst kind of plot-twist by the laziest of authors, but given the circumstances she was prepared to use it - just this once.

She still wasn't tired, though. Perhaps she'd wake up Jack after all. Maybe he'd give her a dose of something to put her to sleep...

Author:  Cat C [ Thu May 14, 2009 1:17 am ]
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Please say that's not THE END?!

Love Lime_Green's contribution, and the Fel1c1ty handle :lol: :lol:

Author:  Miss Di [ Thu May 14, 2009 3:49 am ]
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That was BRILL! Smashing. Wacko. Bully.
(Continues with more words which seem to have changed meanings over the last 80 years or so...)

Author:  Fiona Mc [ Thu May 14, 2009 9:01 am ]
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Thanks this is fabulous. Hope it's not the end either.

Author:  Nightwing [ Fri May 15, 2009 10:08 am ]
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And the thrilling conclusion! :lol:

Con woke up with a start. She remembered starting a drabble about her and Reg... and then Len, of all people, had added to it, and Margot and Felicity, and Mama had written too, and Dad and AUntie Nell and...

...but that wasn't right. She'd leant her laptop to Steve so that he could de-frag it - whatever that meant! - and he'd ended up keeping it for most of the rest of the day. So everything that had happened - it was all a dream!

Well, thank goodness. The CBB was still her own, personal secret. That drabble, though, as far as she could remember it had been
miraculous. Con sat up, and reached around under her bed for where she'd stowed her computer the night before. She flipped it open, quickly surfed to the CBB, and began to type.

Community Drabble:, she wrote. The Way Things Are Meant To Be.

Perfect.







THE END.

Author:  ChubbyMonkey [ Fri May 15, 2009 10:30 am ]
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Aww, go Con! I'd like her to get her own happy ending.

Thankyou, this was a wonderful drabble.

Author:  JS [ Fri May 15, 2009 11:28 am ]
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This has been delicious - nice twist re Lime Green. Thank you.

Author:  abbeybufo [ Fri May 15, 2009 1:35 pm ]
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Thanks Nightwing - really enjoyed that :D

Author:  Fiona Mc [ Sat May 16, 2009 11:22 am ]
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Thanks Nightwing. Am sorry to see this end, as I enjoyed reading it so much

Author:  shazwales [ Sat May 16, 2009 1:46 pm ]
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Thanks Nightwing have really enjoyed reading this. :D

Author:  crystaltips [ Mon May 18, 2009 12:13 am ]
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Have loved this, thank you Nightwing.

Author:  Lisa_T [ Mon May 18, 2009 1:38 am ]
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Oh I loved this! Especially the Felicity contributions - reminds me of some of the poorer efforts in the HP fandom on ff.net.

Also giggling at the 'all a dream' conclusion - and Joey's opinions thereof - not least because I've ended at least one drabble that way myself.

Author:  Elbee [ Mon May 18, 2009 2:33 pm ]
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Thanks Nightwing, I have enjoyed reading this.

Author:  JennieP [ Thu May 21, 2009 8:05 pm ]
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This was a great drabble. Particularly Jack's total wish fulfillment with all his children turning into doctors!

Author:  Loryat [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:31 pm ]
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I love Anna's contribution. :D

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