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Tell Me Anything, what do you need to get off of your shoulders?
What do you need to get off of your shoulders?
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AndyBetz in Nonfiction
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I am a Null-Set Annoyer

I am a null-set annoyer. I have been one all of my life. I annoy people by not talking to them. I annoy people by not looking at them. I annoy people simply by not even knowing they exist.

I am a null-set annoyer and I am very good at what I do not do.

Just the other day, I did not meet someone who did not meet me. Neither of us were anywhere near the other and neither of us know anything about the other. This simple set of facts was enough for the party-of-the-first-part to find me annoying.

I am a null-set annoyer and I shouldn’t complain.

The party-of-the-first-part must have worked so much harder at not knowing anything about me than I even bothered to work at not knowing anything about him. This relationship (or lack thereof) might never have never bloomed into nothing as easily as it never did if the party-of-the-first-part had never recognized that I never recognized what he failed to know about nothing about the nothing there was nothing to know about.

I am a null-set annoyer and I should be used to this by now.

I have been accused of not delivering on promises I never promised, not agreeing with words never spoken, and never (and I really do mean never) caring about those that believe I should never care about.

I can understand the reluctance of others to never understand what can never be understood.

Should you be annoyed at me when you have never met me, never seen me, never spoke to me, never knew anything about me and mostly never will?

Of course you should!

For I am a null-set annoyer who has the power to make such a person cry and whine at will.

Whenever I want.

For as often as I want.

Simply by doing nothing.

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The best possible case for Trump's impeachment.
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AndyBetz in Politics
566 reads

Impeach IF

Impeach the President IF

he agreed to sell 20% of American uranium stockpiles to the Russians

he had his own unsecured computer server hiding classified emails

he obstructed justice by stating all of the emails were about a wedding a yoga

he expected anyone to believe him about a wedding and yoga

he asked Dmitry Medvedev to tell Putin he could be more flexible after re-election

he ran a charitable foundation to shake down foreign governments

he used this foundation to steal Haitian relief monies

he used this foundation as a gateway to pay-for-play government access

he used this foundation to launder monies and avoid paying taxes

he gave Mexican drug gangs US taxpayer paid firearms to kill people

he named this operation after a movie hoping to appear cool to the low informed voter

he thought anyone would believe this lie

he thought he could pass a tax, he said wasn't a tax, then suddenly, it is a tax

he thought he could bypass Congress with just a threat of having a pen

he thought he could open the borders to anyone who wanted to enter

he thought we should just accept it

Or,

Just follow the US Constituition, Article 2, section 4 and cease with the whining and complaining. If you want to impeach a sitting US President, then FOLLOW THE US CONSTITUTION and do it legally. Otherwise, sit in your parent's basement, fit your head for an aluminum foil hat, troll the internet for someone who will listen, and dream of what might have been. I for one, have real work to do with the business of living my life well, working for my future, and being the well-respected citizen I have always wanted to be.

Thanks - Andy Betz.

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You can say 1 sentence, and EVERYONE on Earth will be able to hear you say it. What is that sentence?
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AndyBetz in Words
297 reads

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

You are an individual, when you refuse to be herded, you cannot be led to slaughter.

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Challenge
Write something confusing, that still makes a lot of sense - or even just a bit of sense.
short example: Love hates me just enough to like me.
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AndyBetz
306 reads

As heard in my physics class

My grandmother is dead and she could have solved that problem by now.

You move at the speed of smell.

It is exactly the same, except completely different.

It is just a Fig Newton of your imagination.

Don’t confuse the issues with facts.

Wherever you go, there you are.

This is matata hakuna, the life of a circle.

It is vuja de all over again.

Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.

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Challenge
I dare you to.....
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AndyBetz in Fiction
215 reads

I Dare You To

I dare you to,

Remove all obstacles from your future success

Shoulder the responsibilities for that position

Change the dynamic of required elements

Not to make it easier for others to acquire the position

But to make it easier to find candidates qualified for the position

Provide each with the essential tools for success

Then step back in amazement witnessing what does evolve

And wonder why no one ever thought of this before.

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Challenge
What are the words you most want to hear someone say?
That's it. Just the one thing no one has ever said to you but you wish someone would.
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AndyBetz in Journal
371 reads

Why yes,

You are right, I did give you insufficient change.

I am sorry about having only one teller available during the lunch rush.

Why yes, there are 12 other employees goofing off here at the post office.

Why yes, size does matter to me for I am superficial and in it just for the money.

My child really isn't as smart as I previously thought.

Socialism really is slavery.

No, it really does not happen to every guy.

I know my butt is fat so I will not ask you how I look in these pants.

I agree, my baby is a very ugly baby.

Welcome to McDonalds. I will get your order wrong and make you wait forever for it.

Why yes, I am buying votes with your social security taxes.

Why yes, I am buying votes giving away stuff paid by your taxes.

Why yes, I do believe you, the voter, are an idiot.

Why yes, I am a congressman and above the law.

Why yes, even though we had a legal election, I will work to overturn the results.

Why yes, I ran for congress, just for the perks.

Why yes, I suddenly remembered he touched my rear 40 years ago.

Why yes, I waited until he was important or rich to file a lawsuit.

Why yes, I demand you believe in global warming.

Why yes, I did not study science so I do not know that science does not require a vote.

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Challenge
This is the Sci-Fi Portal's 50th challenge. See if you can write up a cool & creative science fiction story with only 50 words total.
This science fiction story can range from anything. Any type of science fiction you can come up with ranging from cyberpunk, apocalyptic, military science fiction, social science fiction, space opera, horror science fiction, time travel, etc. Make it very sci-fi and fun!
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AndyBetz in Sci-Fi
332 reads

My Tribute to Mr. Roddenberry

Should have known better.

I tried to transport into a parallel universe.

My evil twin, with a great looking goatee, tried doing the same thing, at the same time.

Unfortunately, both of us were caught in a temporal-causation loop.

And all people wearing red shirts on the planet's surface died.

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Challenge
There is a conspiracy theory that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is really the late comedian Andy Kaufman in disguise. Write a story about this.
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AndyBetz in Comedy
232 reads

The Real Conspiracy Theory

I heard a conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump is actually the late Andy Kaufman in disguise. I was in my parent's basement, in my underwear, eating a bowl of Cheetos, and moving my buff warrior avatar across the street (all by himself).

My parents are always complaining to me that I should get out and get a job (like a 32 year old can find a job) because their Social Security money won't feed a family of three anymore.

But Donald Trump is really Elvis (or some other guy) in disguise.

My friends always complain about their mortgages, or kids, or how much their college tuition will costs, or how difficult it is to travel overseas. I can't deal with them anymore. They are like, so, like, into their, like money and everything, like, they are missing out on binge watching, like, Netflix, and like, that Trump guy, like, I hate him, like, yeah.

My doctor always complains about my weight, high blood-pressure, and something he calls, diabetes. I found that word on the new Call of Duty game that my parents won't buy for me. I blame it all on Trump and the crony capitalism of the last 8 years of his presidency. My friend, when he gets out on parole, me and him will figure out stuff because the President promised to get us out of Irack and I-Ran. He promised.

If the President is this Andy Kaufman guy, I mean, he should be impeached and stuff.

They should have another election because if the President is so unpopular, he should be kicked out. I heard that's in the Constitution right next to free stuff we all should get but the rich have all of the money and I ain't got none.

At least that's what my shrink tells me.

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AndyBetz
131 reads

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

We honor those who took up the sword in the cause of freedom.

I quote George Santayana for this reason.

But, I wonder why others do not.

For if they had,

Why do these happen?

1898-1901 Boxer Rebellion

1899-1902 Boer War

1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War

1910-1920 Mexican Revolution

1912-1913 First and Second Balkan Wars

1914-1918 World War I

1915-1918 Armenian Genocide

1917 Russian Revolution

1918-1921 Russian Civil War

1919-1921 Irish War of Independence

1927-1937 Chinese Civil War

1933-1945 Holocaust

1935-1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War (aka Second Italo-Ethiopian War)

1936-1939 Spanish Civil War

1939-1945 World War II

1945-1990 Cold War

1946-1949 Chinese Civil War resumes

1946-1954 First Indochina War (aka French Indochina War)

1948 Israel War of Independence (aka Arab-Israeli War)

1950-1953 Korean War

1954-1962 French-Algerian War

1955-1972 First Sudanese Civil War

1956 Suez Crisis

1959 Cuban Revolution

1959-1973 Vietnam War

1967 Six-Day War

1979-1989 Soviet-Afghan War

1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War

1990-1991 Persian Gulf War

1991-1995 Third Balkan War

1994 Rwandan Genocide

(Obviously, not an exhaustive list)

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Challenge
Your most important political opinion(s)...
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AndyBetz in Politics
206 reads

Put your skin in the game

Your most important political opinion is the one that never changes, never waivers, and you would sacrifice all you owned to defend.

The signers of the Declaration of Independence mutually pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. Many died or lost all of their fortunes.

Today's politicians pledge nothing. They promise much. They talk much. They take all.

Patrick Henry never flipped-flopped on independence.

Nathan Hale regretted he had only one life to lose for his country.

John Kerry said he was for it just before he voted against it.

Barack Obama's position on gay marriage "evolved" just before election day.

Look up the phrase, "Hold your feet to the fire".

Ask how it applies here.

Nuff said.

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