This was inspired by dan de man’s comment on the morality thread.
Dan de man asked me to express my idea in five sentences.
That imposes a natural limit on posts, making it easier for the casual reader.
It also imposes a discipline on the writer.
What interesting ideas can you express in only five sentences?
“God is dead”- Nieztsche 
Mount with your foot at the lowest point. Sit with your back straight. Keep all your weight on the saddle. Look some distance ahead. That’s all you need to know.
There may be some things said in a sentance.
But some other thingss will take a whole book.
Some things expressed in a ‘Your mom’ joke.
Some things expressed in a look.
But don’t let Dan de man determine the length of your prose.
sprung
My Name is David.
I am a Telemark Skier.
This will be my second year on the US national team.
I would consider skiing my life.
Unicycling is my alter-ego’s life.
I will not do it in a plane.
I will not do it on a train
I will not do it in a boat.
I will so do it with a goat.
Wait was that four?
yay i am recognised.
how i am happy.
i cant think of anything more.
i cant think of anything more.
i cant think of anything more.
Five sentences is an interesting but highly divisive restriction.
Some writers will be able, by the judicious use of punctuation, of commas, semi-colons, and such, to make their sentences of such lengths, that the restriction will barely affect their ability to communicate difficult and complex ideas to anyone having sufficient time, interest and patience to read their prose, and yet, they may still feel constrained.
Some won’t.
Some may find those five sentences encompass far more than their usual daily intelligible output, and as such they may pad them out with rubbish or repetition.
But do we need a five sentence restriction in order to demonstrate such divisions, or would any written material suggest the same?
Nao…running away.
Vice
Versa
Vici
Vidi
Veni
Today’s headlines:
Full stop shortage. Sentences rationed heavily by government. Activists protest - succinctly. Book prices fall. Radical factions turn to the semicolon.
The tigress had not eaten well for some weeks.
She was very hungry.
She could clearly see danger in the rope that tied the young goat to the tree.
The succulent flesh was far too much for her to ignore.
Disregarding the possible trap, she pounced, snapping the rope in a moment, and quickly disappeared back into the night, her flames dimming immediately, but in the forest, the embers of her eyes still watched.
Nao…with apologies to R.K.
You know, this could be some kind of poetry.
Very weird poetry though.
I don’t think I’m very good at it though.
But what is good?
I shall go ponder that.
Oh Dear.
I think that’s wrong.
It should be W.B.
Is that a crab?
I’ll put out tentative tentacle or two.
Nao
Awesome alliteration.
I tried to do some of my own.
I gave up, cried, and went home.
Everyone laughed at my poem.
Now I’m really deep down in the doldrums.
So what is the point of this thread?
Is it sorta like MR?
But you can only use five sentances?
Or is there really a point to it?
I don’t really understand.
I cant write a poem to save my life.
Only with a great deal of time.
Thinking of one causes me great strife.
Oh, look, I made a rhyme!
This thread is going nowhere fast, but that’s okay with me, for I belive it will positivly increase my vocabulary and help my spelling, and also some of the other people’s spelling and grammer, for I have noticed a great disregard for legible typing (which I never thought could be unlegible), and as a result, the country has broken out in an epidemic of gang viloence and vandalism (not really), so I have pleged myself to the cause of grammaticly correct typing, and my pledge will end whenever I am caught red handed in the act of incorrect grammer myself, though I’m sure it will be something minimal and my post will still be legible, and if that’s the case then I will not have broken the spirit of my pledge and I will continue to fight against the forces of bad grammer (even though I sure I misuesed the comma plenty of times in the last sentence).
Wait a minute.
You typed something that is overflowing with mistakes.
And this thing you’re typing happens to be about spelling/grammar mistakes?
The word unlegible is unpossible.
No one likes my poem.
I really liked the idea of this thread and wanted to be part of it.
I was hoping that I could come up with a clever idea and express it all in the 5 sentences. Unfortunately, at this time, I’m at a loss for what to write about.
Maybe if I sleep on the idea, I’ll come up with something tomorrow morning.
Until then, good night all.