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Mr. Robot
Robots Contest Entry:
I wanted a new laptop for my seventeenth birthday, but my parents bought me a robot instead.
It’s not that bad, I call it Mr. Robot. I know, it’s not that creative, but the name is fitting for a machine, and it’s become a friend. I programmed Mr. Robot to speak and follow commands. Its square eyes and grey metal body are scary to look at, but hey, it does what I need it to do.
In fact, my parents didn’t consider that it is a computer and can give me the answers to my homework.
A win all around.
From Guest Contributor Lisa M. Scuderi-Burkimsher
Winner
I enjoy winning. I am competitive by nature.
The trouble starts when winning becomes the focus.
To be honest, for me the trouble starts when winning becomes everything. Winning for the sake of winning, I describe as the ultimate step.
Especially when I am in a room full of other people who are winners, or think they are winners.
Damage happens. I know the masochistic irony of what it is like to win, and lose, simultaneously. In private, as I tally the losses, my self-loathing grows.
Yes, in my case it is a sickness. My doctor has diagnosed ‘Auction Fever.’
From Guest Contributor Barry O'Farrell
Barry is an actor living in Brisbane, Australia. Barry's other stories may be found at Cyclamens & Swords, 50 Word Stories, 101 Words, and of course here at A Story In 100 Words.
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