Comments on 'The Oldest Profession (The Ronco Genre Blender Challenge)'"Two shots of whiskey, barkeep." The old, grizzled cowboy with the gruff voice thought for a moment, then requested, "And a room for the night with company, if you catch my drift."
"Carla," Sam Malone called. "You've got a customer."
Carla spun around. She may not have been a looker, but she was the best-kept secret in four counties. She was Heidi Fleiss before there was a Heidi Fleiss, the Hollywood Madame before there was Hollywood.
"Male or female?" she asked.
"What d' you take me for?"
"Diane, Rebecca - front and center."
The stranger observed them with a certain disinterested glare. "Reckon I can have 'em both?"
"How much gold you got, partner?"
"Enough," he slammed his gold on the bar.
"Right this way," Carla smiled. Both women in his arms, the cowboy walked upstairs for some afternoon delight.
"You know Sammie," Cliff, the know-it-all Pony Express rider, said. "They say prostitution is the oldest profession in the world."
A fat man walked in the door.
"Norm!" everyone yelled.2008-04-06T20:18:13Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/24887Comment on The Oldest Profession (The Ronco Genre Blender Challenge)<p>Now that was really excellent. A good challenge idea, and taken to the next level by a very good piece of writing.</p>
<p>Wonderful!</p>
<p>LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24887?basename=546912008-04-06T20:18:13ZRidcully Calverthttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_joonComment on The Oldest Profession (The Ronco Genre Blender Challenge)<p>This was a perfectly seamless blend. You just made my entry look like crap, but I’m not mad. (OK, maybe a little bit mad… :D).<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24887?basename=510072008-03-23T16:41:53ZAna Cristinahttp://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78Comment on The Oldest Profession (The Ronco Genre Blender Challenge)<p>Oh, gods, that was great! I love it!<br />“Cliff, the know-it-all Pony Express rider” <- <em>that</em> was pure genius!<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24887?basename=506402008-03-22T01:57:43ZCapital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus)http://ficlets.com/authors/capital_w_writerComment on The Oldest Profession (The Ronco Genre Blender Challenge)<p>Yeah, tell me about it. It took me several days to come up with a coherent blend for this story.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24887?basename=492782008-03-17T20:20:30Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on The Oldest Profession (The Ronco Genre Blender Challenge)<p>Cheers as a western. Frigging brilliant. I sat and stewed over this challenge for an hour and couldn’t think of a darn thing. Great idea and well done. Carla would have made a good madame, I’ll give you that.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24887?basename=491922008-03-17T16:49:53ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477