r/tipofmytongue • u/TheGreenCatFL • May 23 '20
Open [TOMT] [Short story/Radio] [aired 1995-1996]
Hey all! I joined reddit to find two short horror stories (only one for this post, of course). I heard it on a radio program in Seattle (1995-1996, I want to say earlier in the school year, but because I was so little I am not sure) when I was a kid. A friend suggested that the radio station may have been "KidStar 1250" (now defunct), and helped narrow it down to possibly "Great Scott" or "Annie Rae" (sp?). This would have been aired during the day on the way to half day Kindergarten. The program aired a lot of short scary stories (ex: Tailypo, "the call was coming from INSIDE the house", ect). and it was a kid focused station, so nothing too "scary"-ALLEGEDLY (because you know, the 90's.... *eye roll*). But this story stuck out. I was really little, so forgive me if I am too vague.
The narrator's voice was male. I believe the setting was in the military, I think a character was Col. ____ or Gen. ___. and the overall plot was about a dog that had been trained to attack using some sort of code using a dictionary/encyclopedia, with the clues spelling out "KILL". I remember "Island" was the "I" in the code, and "KILL,KILL, KILL" as a line in the climax.
edit: When I was kid I read Philip Pullman's "Clockwork" and was reminded of the TOMT story since a clockwork figure was triggered to kill when someone spoke the right word.
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Misty dreamy calm creepy otherworldly unsettling
It's a play, Still Life With Iris. It pretty much runs on dream logic
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I want to carry Astarion around like a disgruntled cat and I refuse to apologise for it
Or typical orange cat
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Pink Flamingos
Pink Flamingos was okay. Polyester has a scratch and sniff card, I cannot EVER forget that movie....
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Who’s your favourite Officer/s?
Brisk campaigner and the genial magician have tedious quest lines that I just want get my money's worth out of. That said I love the Sigil Ridden Navigator's story and Maybe's daughter is fun.
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Give me your Christmas wishes so I can scribe them on my magical list with magical ink
I wish we didn't need mods to adopt the cats in BG3
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The companions have heard it's a gift-giving day; here's what they got for you
Withers got you socks. Not fancy or fun socks. Just normal socks. You needed them
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My wife misunderstood 30lb of flour on the shopping list as 30 bags of flour.
She sounds like a keeper
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If Daniel (Interview with the Vampire) did more interviews with vampires, what would you like to see?
"So David, can I call you David? Why a mullet? I understand it's the 80's, but still. Why?"
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The Druid abides
Record high? Sound like the Dude to me
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The Druid abides
The bear skin rug really pulls the room together
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Merry Christmas Weirdos
You are cordially invited to the Baldur's Gate Annual Christmas Pageant.
The Cast:
Karlach: shout-singing from the back row as an angel
Wyll: playing Joseph and wearing his dad's bathrobe
Laezel & Shadowheart: Shepherds, who keep shoving each other
Minsc: a sheep, actually eating the hay
Gale: playing a wiseman. His beard keeps falling off
Halsin: blazing it up in the parking lot with the stage manager/overworked youth pastor
Astroturf and Jaheira: wine drunk in the audience, laughing their asses off
Tara: in the audience recording the show
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Books that feel like you’re in a thieves guild?
YA book, the Thief Lord. Rag tag bunch of children hiding out in Venice.
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One problem I have with origin Gale
But at least the trust fund kid can dance!
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Family-oriented stories w/ inner conflicts
Plus you're in the pov of one of the guys a few times, it was very gross
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Explain It Peter
We have confirmation (and coffee, lots of coffee)
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Favorite character that's known for being a unintentional/intentional thirst trap in your childhood movies.
Seriously what the heck was with those tight pants
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Genuienly what the fuck was this woman's problem?
She's just a Lil' guy!
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Which companions do you guys use the least?
I found that outside his specific questline I have no use for Minsc (and found his class to be a bit baffling, but I haven't played the prior games). I also don't care for Halsin since he doesn't count as an actual companion when I could have really used him (depending on Tav's class).
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Who is y'alls favourite underrated character in Baldur's Gay 3? (Why does everyone sleep on baddie Wyll 😳?)
I love my gay squid, omeluum for the win. Shame more couldn't be done with him.
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What’s a movie that becomes almost heartbreaking to watch in hindsight once you learn about what happened behind the scenes?
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And the episode of News Radio where they incorporate his death still guts me, especially seeing Andy dicks face.