The Dilemmas

Tom, one of the reviewers that make up the "Tom, Dick, and Harry" reviews, tried to liven up the alt.sex.stories.d discussion group by asking people how they would respond to facing ten dilemmas. Here is the original post.

Date: 29 Apr 1999 15:07:44 -0000
From: Tom Dick & Harry <tdh@nym.alias.net>
Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.d
Subject: {ASSD} Dilemmas

Ten little dilemmas I've just thunk up (or stolen) to think about. It might help relieve some boredom. :)

So what would you do?

1. A close family member is having an affair, do you tell their partner?

2. You read a great story somewhere. Is it okay to copy plot elements into your own stories?

3. Your partner asks for an opinion of their outfit. Do you tell the truth, or what you know they want to hear?

4. Your away from your partner and a one-night-stand happens your way. You know there is no chance of ever being found out. Do you decline anyway?

5. Through a friend's time machine, do you go back and neutralise Hitler?

6. Your identical twin offers to covertly swap partners for the night, do you do it?

7. Your mother-in-law makes you a meal that you really hate. Do you eat it anyway, knowing your partner would probably want you to?

8. As a special birthday treat your partner agrees to do something exotic in bed that they normally dislike doing. Do you go ahead and make them do it, knowing how they really feel about it?

9. You babysit for your next door neighbour. After the kids are safely tucked up, an irresistible urge to rummage through your neighbour's private things overcomes you. Do you give into temptation?

10. A bank robbery ends with unmarked cash strewn all over the street. In all the chaos do you help yourself while no one's looking?

Tom

Surprisingly, he got an amazing response fromt the ASSD regulars. To follow the full thread on DejaNews, look here.

Me, I saw these dilemmas and immediately wondered what the minimum number of characters needed to satisfy all ten dilemmas. By fiddling with it, I got the number down to three, but the relationships got a bit too incestuous for my tastes. So I settled on four and wrote up something that I hoped would be humorous.

Go read it right here.