The Social Studies Fuhrer

by Stovohobo

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“And can any of you ingrates possibly tell me the capital of Turkey, of Old Earth?” she said, thwipping her thin rod against the map, steel heels clicking.

“The capital of Turkey was Ankara, Fuhrer Einkorn,” intoned the students, glazed stares penetrating the palpable, almost milky air of the classroom.

“Correct, you filthy mongrels,” Einkorn snarled. “Now, beep to Overview 19 in your holotexts.”

Small glimmers of light erupted around the class, flickering into life at each desk.

“Now, if we look here,” she snarled, whirling her rod, “we will find that the only country to have remained from Old Earth is…?”

“Djibouti, Fuhrer.”

“Capital of Djibouti?”

“Djibouti, Fuhrer.”

“Correct. Scant rainfall made it so Djibouti could only support fruits and vegetables…”

“Fuhrer, may I have gum?” The unthinkable.

She howled. “Gum is a vile substance of Old Earth, not to be tolerated in our society! If you ever…”

The rest of her crazed rantings filled the School for the next hour.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. The Social Studies Fuhrer

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 10 months ago

    1,024 characters dreadfully shortened my ficlet by about 264 characters or so. Anyway:
    Turkey = meat
    Einkorn = wheat
    Fruits…fruits
    Vegetables…likewise
    Milky = dairy
    Gum = fats/oils

  2. The Social Studies Fuhrer

    Yeah Write!'s Buddy Icon Yeah Write!

    Posted 10 months ago

    yay! i shall now rethink my entire plan! haha!

  3. The Social Studies Fuhrer

    Yeah Write!'s Buddy Icon Yeah Write!

    Posted 10 months ago

    cool ideas!!

  4. The Social Studies Fuhrer

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 10 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Hmm, I’m gonna’ dock you points for just going generic fruits and vegetables, but definitely a fun idea with one heck of an image to go with it.

  5. The Social Studies Fuhrer

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 10 months ago

    But einkorn makes up for it….right? Right? Eh? Pleeaaase?

  6. The Social Studies Fuhrer

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 10 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    funny as usual Stovo. einkorn lol

  7. The Social Studies Fuhrer

    artistsrunwild's Buddy Icon artistsrunwild

    Posted 10 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    i like this
    funny yet descriptive and you still manage to create characters and a solid plot minus the 264 characters

    i hate having to cut out MASSIVE chunks in my writing

    but ive hit ficlet nirvana (1024) about 3 times now so im getting pro at it

    sorry to be a bother but can we please add the ü on Führer – if you’re going to use it, use it right!
    and dw i speak german, so i would know lol

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    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted 10 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    This was so well-written that I didn’t realize it was part of the food challenge – just thought you were starting a new Ficlet series combining elements of Joss Whedon & Phillip K. Dick.
    ~
    As part of the challenge, though, I have to say that saying “fruits and vegetables” is a bit of a cheat.

  9. The Social Studies Fuhrer

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 10 months ago

    Oh, I’m soooorry, Mr[s]. fanschy-schmancy pants! Okay, I knew it too, I just didn’t feel like going to the trouble to get an online translator to give me the little dot things…I think there’s a way to do it on the computer, but I don’t know it. =/

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    Fyora Cartagan's Buddy Icon Fyora Cartagan

    Posted 10 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    run charmap. Very good. I was sadly disappointed because I expect a lot when I see the word “Führer” anywhere. It was good though, I loled at Djibouti. Haha!

  11. The Social Studies Fuhrer

    artistsrunwild's Buddy Icon artistsrunwild

    Posted 10 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    ok to add the ¨ [and their called umlauts]

    you press option + u and then the letter

    so ü would be option + u + u
    thats on a mac

    on a windows
    its control + u + letter

    its easy trust me

    and its miss fanschy-schmancy pants just to clear that up
    :)

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    One Time, One Chance's Buddy Icon One Time, One Chance

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    lol! fanschy-schmancy pants? i haven’t heard that kind of rhyming since i was six :-/
    neway, lovely story – seems to me this takes place in the future?
    OMG i learned about Djibouti last year in S.S. and it was my favorite word to say!
    Ja Booty =]
    lol!

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