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Posted By : Gustavo - 3/26/2008 12:37 PM
My story "Trained Monkeys" is today's story at EDF.
 
 
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Posted By : Lyn - 3/26/2008 1:06 PM
Gustavo - posted this at EDF as well...
Good writing - always enjoy your style. And interesting premise, for a flash piece. Hoping for more of a complete story - and the potential is there for a longer take on this theme. Still, it kept me reading! :-)

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Posted By : Nicholas - 3/26/2008 1:18 PM

Congrats, Gustavo! Read the piece this morning and enjoyed it.

Like Lyn, I was wondering where you could take it if you expanded it beyond flash length. Would the chimps defy expectation and somehow strike? Hmmm...

Btw, having worked on such production lines, I can tell you that after a while one starts to feel like a chimp. smilewinkgrin

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Posted By : Gustavo - 3/26/2008 1:26 PM
Hmmm... I think I see a novel coming on.

Actually, the idea came from a comment made by an ex line worker who said that a monkey could have done that job, and that he'd hated every minute...

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Posted By : Firlefanz - 3/26/2008 1:39 PM
Fun story, indeed. It does feel as if there could be a bigger tale lurking behind it, so good luck if you decide to write it down.

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Posted By : RHFay - 3/26/2008 2:25 PM
Read it. Found it interesting. Congrats!

I worked in a health lab that was set up almost like a factory. It was supposed to be "smart work", but it ended up being monotonous drudgery. Yes, they could have had monkeys doing the same thing, especially with the initial preparation work (load a tray, place sample underneath machine's cutting head, pull lever to punch dots and load onto tray, repeat until tray is full, replace full tray with empty tray).

Come to think of it, some of my coworkers were awfully hairy...

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Posted By : C.L. - 3/26/2008 5:07 PM
Congrats!

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Posted By : John M. Whalen - 3/26/2008 9:18 PM
Congratulations.

Posted By : darkbow - 3/26/2008 10:01 PM
Congrats!

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Posted By : DAWaverly - 3/27/2008 9:36 AM
Fun story, Gustavo. Congrats!

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Posted By : HTKuehl - 3/28/2008 8:19 AM
Congrats!

 
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