They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

by The Dod

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It was a very small planet. A classical army post from the times of the second empire, with one building big enough to defend the entire planet, and 2 landing areas: front for VIP ships and back for army and cargo.
Such planets became hot property once the war has ended. The main building was converted into a leisure dwelling, and in most cases – one of the landing areas was converted into a park or even a lake (if the owner could afford the water).
It was dangerous to land in such places uninvited. Not that anybody would attack physically, but those bastards had lawyers who could sue you for anything you had if you gave them a reason, and trespassing was a good enough reason.
But we’ve had a malfunction and we did try our best to contact the inhabitants, scanning all seven ethers known to man for two standard hours. The engineers said we had no choice, so we landed.
The hippies there were nice, but the metal-eating termites (developed by their ancestors during some forgotten revolution) were mighty hungry.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Fantasy's Buddy Icon Fantasy

    Posted 2 months ago

    freaky….but in a good way!!

  2. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Jenunique's Buddy Icon Jenunique

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Funny. And I have to say the title definitely caught my attention and made me click! ;D

  3. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I’m with Jenunique – the title drew me in, and happily the story didn’t disappoint. That’s one neat pic.

  4. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 2 months ago

    I love that picture! And you’ve created a unique history to this snobbish planet!
    (Would they be terminator-mites? ha ha, bad joke, I know)

  5. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    .:band baby:.'s Buddy Icon .:band baby:.

    Posted 2 months ago

    I ditto the above comments! =) nice story.

  6. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Mighty-Joe Young's Buddy Icon Mighty-Joe Young

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    dod this is really good

  7. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    RainDance's Buddy Icon RainDance

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    but they have lawyers… I’m a little confused.
    But I liked it a lot!

  8. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Punkin's Buddy Icon Punkin

    Posted 2 months ago

    The title drew me in, and the story was just as interesting as I expected. Good Job!

  9. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    chakatreatmentson!(LoA)'s Buddy Icon chakatreatmentson!(LoA)

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    O.k. so i wanted to move there until I realized there was probably some patchouli and b.o. involved-still love the idea of metal eating termites and no lawyers…great story

  10. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Eckhouse's Buddy Icon Eckhouse

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    It’s perversely comforting to know that real estate developers survive the future in addition to the lawyers. Very cool ficlet.

  11. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    The Dod's Buddy Icon The Dod

    Posted 2 months ago

    Thanks y’all. Anyone care to sequel it?
    RainDance: The lawyers disappeared after the termite-assisted revolution. They had no computers or fountain pens. Some joined the hippies, others tried to create a yuppie community that failed miserably because cocaine is harder to produce than weed, and lawyers don’t work unless they can bill someone for it.
    Sad story.

  12. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Lone Writer's Buddy Icon Lone Writer

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Wow. Is all I have to say about Eckhouse’s comment.
    Anyway…
    I found the metal eating termites funny, nice Ficlet, interesting planet.

  13. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 2 months ago

    Great use of the picture, and I think it had a neat voice/style/tone to it.

  14. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Krulltar's Buddy Icon Krulltar

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Average story with amazing title = 5star ficlet. I’ve done it a time or two myself.

  15. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Fantasy's Buddy Icon Fantasy

    Posted 2 months ago

    i’m trying to come up with a sequel for this…..I got nothin’

    sorry!

    but it’s still very interesting…..

  16. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Oy's Buddy Icon Oy

    Posted 2 months ago

    Awesome title, awesome story!

  17. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Oy's Buddy Icon Oy

    Posted 2 months ago

    Awesome title, awesome story!

  18. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    Cobweb's Buddy Icon Cobweb

    Posted 2 months ago

    This is great. When I get some time I’m going to come back and sequel it, or something

  19. They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

    OrangeOreos' Buddy Icon OrangeOreos

    Posted 2 months ago

    I’ve wanted to write a story about that picture forever!

    Glad you beat me to it, because your’s is way better than mine would have been!

    Its a strange thought to think of real estate dealing with planets instead of patches of ground…

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