I was also going to suggest a drabble, Teppy--how about "famous last words"?

Merci, Madame. Have bookmarked.

Lee, I loved those. I rang and echoed with that last line: not a part of my life for three years, but three years I've my life. Pretty sure damned near all of my drabbles on the subject are all about that.

When catching up on this thread, nearly every word or combination of words suddenly seemed like they could be a topic for a drabble, funnily enough.

There's a show the BBC does, called Junkyard Wars, in which two teams are turned loose in a junkyard and compete to see who can build the assigment out of scrap. I love it with an unholy passion. And every time Nic and I are out and see something like an abandoned rusty tractor, or an abandoned rowboat, one of us certain to say "that could be part of the wind-driven coffee grinder!" or something like that...

When catching up on this thread, nearly every word or combination of words suddenly seemed like they could be a topic for a drabble, funnily enough.

There's a show the BBC does, called Junkyard Wars, in which two teams are turned loose in a junkyard and compete to see who can build the assigment out of scrap. I love it with an unholy passion. And every time Nic and I are out and see something like an abandoned rusty tractor, or an abandoned rowboat, one of us certain to say "that could be part of the wind-driven coffee grinder!" or something like that...

Remember the drabble where I asked you all to give me 1 word, and then I posted the list and said write a drabble using at least 3 of these words? That was like a Junkyard Wars drabble!

Hee hee hee, Kristin.

Seriously. That rates up there with my biggest "d'oh!" memories.

Anyway, being a bit of a fatalist, I love this topic. I keep a kind of mental list of all of the odd, innocuous moments that turned out to be life-changing, so I have some more ideas. I loved the Buffistas discovery one earlier! I may have to do my own, too. Hmmm...

t ponders

The room is full of eager freshmen, bursting to impress, convinced they're the funniest we've ever seen.

Mostly they run the usual gamut, from appalling to amusing. But there's one bright light, coalescing the humour, and spreading it across the stage.

We're transfixed. I turn to Molly and say "Him. All the way."

She nods without looking away from the scene.

Years later, I hear he's told strangers I taught him everything he knew. I know this is a lie, and I wonder if he does too.

The truth of it doesn't matter, as I look up at his billboard.

Thing about the "fateful encounters" is that, as broad-ranging as the category is, I've already done many of my moments in earlier drabbles. Not sure it's kosher to do that again.

Wow, ita. That's fantastic.

ita! Who?

Um...P-C, I think I read more into it that I was supposed to. Or maybe I was just tired. But I actually truly think it's weightier than you're making it out to be.

Well...good, then! Because they always turn out less weighty than I intend.

And damn, ita, as usual.

Colin.

I'm not much for the fateful, but it was certainly quite the moment.