Tasha Quatro’s head was ready to burst. She’d spent the last few hours trying to find something unambiguous to write about, but every attempt brought only further disappointment. Pineapples weren’t fruits. Tomatoes weren’t vegetables. And now she wasn’t even sure if she was Tasha or a big, fat potato-head.
This homework was killing her. Botany was her least favourite subject, and it hung above her head like the sword of Damocles. She looked over at the nearest table where students from the law faculty worked casually on their own homework. They were laughing like crazy, discussing Nix v. Hedden and sharing sips from a flask of what she imagined was alcohol. Tasha felt a bad attack of envy.
The next day, Tasha went to the Dean’s office and handed in an application to change faculties. Botany was too vague a science for her taste. The world of law seemed much more exciting, more stable and reliable with its facts. It couldn’t be misinterpreted or distorted.
[Though this has 165 words, the case of T&T v. Common Sense decrees that it must be classified as a 100 Word Story. The court records cannot be shown because much of their contents have been redacted, but you can bet your sweet bippy that our arguments were watertight and completely valid. Ergo, this is a 100 Word Story. We’re the ones with the big wigs, fancy gowns and gavel, so what we say goes! Dixi.]
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2019
unbolt me 
The note adds to the story actually, about distortion and misinterpretation of law! 😛
That’s what I loved most about this.
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Yes, you totally got it! Thank you, Agyani!
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Surprising she graduated from some ersatz U.S. “high school” Or maybe she is a 13-year-old prodigy who secretly puzzles other members of Mensa with the Koans she proposes through an alias. “Ah grasshopper, what is certain, hard, and firm can bear fruit, or vegetables sometimes”
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We wondered if anyone would notice that. 😉
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Becoming a lawyer sounds lucrative and bizarre vs. botany, a one-way ticket to a hole in academia. Even bad reasoning can yield benefits. BTW: Does she have any family or support? Sounds like her real problem is student loans. I doubt that the records cannot show one botanist who did not eventually default.
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We’ll have to take a look at her financials…
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I counted only 100 words Your Honour!
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Hee hee hee. We wondered if anyone was paying attention. 😉
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This was fun to read! Great job!
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Thank you muchly!
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tasha should be a lawyer, even at this early stage, she cannot keep her words at a minimum.
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And, as we all know, wordiness is a prerequisite for being a lawyer! 😛
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Wow. I’m losing against the whole work. Vivid. Vivid.
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Thank you, Watt! 🙂
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Bahahahaha! !!♡
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Hee hee hee. 😛
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..good job broo..
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Ta muchly! 🙂
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😅✌🏾👍
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😀
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Hey Tony.
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this tiny story make monkey remember someting. what remember monkey. this. the law is an ass. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-law-is-an-ass.html
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I never knew the history of that phrase until now. Thank you, Mr Sock Monkey! You rock! 😛
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