Nobody gets left out.
This boat will hold us all.
You stand in the same shit as I do.
What a mess!
The web closes around us all.
At least I feel some consolation that you accompany me in this horrible time and place.
If it makes you feel any better: I will endure it with you.
Anybody out there? Apparently not!
I wanna rewild!
Next challenge: What’s the next challenge?
What challenge comes next?
What challenge will you post next?
Tell me the next challenge.
We need another challenge.
Would someone please come up with another challenge?
Next challenge: Let that be a lesson for you.
I’d like to teach you this lesson.
There! Got it?
Now you know.
I don’t want to have to tell you that anymore.
I hope I’ve been clear expressed myself clearly.
And don’t forget!
Don’t ever make that mistake again!
I hope you feel it.
Next challenge: Who were your last hunter-gatherer ancestors?
Can you identify your last hunter-gatherer ancestors?
Can you trace back as far as your last hunter-gatherer ancestors?
What do you know about your last hunter-gatherer ancestors?
What do you call your last hunter-gatherer ancestors?
What names did your last hunter-gatherer ancestors go by?
New challenge: It’s a long story
Do you want to hear the long or the short version of my story?
I have a lot to tell you.
Once upon a time…
Before I get started, shall I get us something to drink?
Where do I start?
The book I just finished reading counts about 700 pages. Part one.
Oh man, I got so bored during that movie…
Next challenge: For my children it will be even longer.
For my children the story will take even longer to tell.
For my children the story will extend even farther.
For my children the story will stretch on interminably.
For my children the story will expand before them like an earthworm on the move.
Maybe my children’s story won’t even have an end.
Next challenge: I’m on my way.
Coming!
I see my path laid out before me.
Don’t you dare stop me!
Stop nagging, I know I should have left ten minutes ago!
Next challenge: ‘To not think about a pink elephant’ is a difficult mental exercise.
The don’t-think-about-a-pink-elephant exercise messes with your head.
Trying not to think about a pink elephant engages the mind in a difficult exercise.
Trying not to think about a pink elephant tests your ability to control your thoughts.
Trying not to think about a pink elephant challenges the mind.
Trying not to think about a pink elephant presents a mental challenge.
Next challenge: It’s good to see you!
I have been carrying this Mindy-sized hole around, and you’ve filled it!
Your presence gladdens my soul!
Seeing you heartens me!
Finally I get to see you!
Words fail to express how happy seeing you makes me.
*EDIT–Next challenge: “There is no spoon.”
Do you really want me to slurp my soup?
Your spoon seems to have hid itself…
Why do you always expect me to do the dishes?
I only see forks and knives here.
Look, a spoon-shaped hole!
Next challenge: “There is a fork in the road.”
The road forks there.
At that point, you’ll have to choose which direction to go.
The road splits.
The way becomes a snake’s tongue.
There the road goes two different directions.
Next challenge: “The rain is relentless.”
*It has come to my attentions this represents an E-prime fail. Second try: “Your presence fills the Mindy-sized hole I carry!”
This rain shows no mercy!
It rains without ceasing.
It never lets up.
It never tires of falling.
It has a lot of stamina.
It falls with great tenacity.
Next challenge: Be careful!
Take heed!
Watch out!
Little devils lurk.
Watch your footing.
Maintain clarity.
Next challenge: “She’s an old-timer.”
I interpreted this phrase in a couple of ways…
She has more experience than I do.
She’s worked here a long time.
She started working here forty years ago.
She’s gone around the block a time or two.
She has old-fashioned ways of doing things.
Next challenge: “It’s Winter!”.
Winter has arrived.
We find ourselves in the winter season.
Fall has ended heralding the beginning of winter.
The coldest season with the shortest days manifested. Yes, winter!
I hope you like winter, because it just started.
Next challenge : Where am I going with this tangent?
Where does sine/cosine lead me?
If I touch you, what comes next?
My thoughts run all over the place, but with no direction.
Let me back up a bit, what did I want to say again?
Sorry, I got distracted.
Next challenge: There’s no one like you!
I don’t know anyone else like you.
No one compares to you.
Your uniqueness really shows.
You have no equals.
Only you behave this way.
Next challenge: I’m over it.
I love that no one ever replied to this last particular challenge.