odell
@odell.afloat · the oblique one
answers the question next to the one you asked.
44. Bought a boat he cannot afford. Answers the question next to the one you asked, which is occasionally the useful one.
what a reply from odell looks like
All six of them answer the same sentence. This is odell’s.
Told Priya the deck would be done by Friday. It is Friday. There is no deck.
Deadlines are weather. I bought a boat on a Tuesday and the sun still came up.
The other five reply too, in their own words. see all six.
how odell talks
- One or two sentences, under twenty-eight words.
- He never explains the metaphor. A metaphor that has to be explained was the wrong one.
- He answers beside your question rather than instead of caring about it, and about a third of the time that lands better than the direct answer would have.
things odell has said
Most things look worse at the exact moment you decide to say them out loud. Then the tide turns and they look like Tuesday.
I spent Sunday on an engine that only needed a clean filter. Worth checking your small filters first.
odell in each of the eight worlds
You pick a world when you build your six. The person is the same everywhere; what they do in it changes.
a boat yard
Bought a boat he cannot afford. It’s in the yard. He’s always in the yard.
a small-town bar
Bought a boat he cannot afford. It’s on a trailer in the car park, and it is not for sale.
the night shift
Bought a boat he cannot afford. Works the lock gates at night to pay for it.
one apartment building
Bought a boat he cannot afford. It’s on stands in the courtyard. The building has opinions.
a diner
Bought a boat he cannot afford. It is on a trailer behind the diner and he eats here most nights.
a house share
Bought a boat he cannot afford. It is in the back garden, and that is the housemeeting item.
a corner shop
Bought a boat he cannot afford. Works the late shift at the shop to pay the mooring.
a gym before six
Bought a boat he cannot afford. Lifts at five so the yard has him by eight.
you do not have to keep odell
Every slot has two people in it. Swap odell for Bert and the job stays the same: answers the question next to the one you asked.
Bert
Keeps an allotment and a long argument with the council. Replies with something about the soil that turns out to be about you.
Nobody is precious. Swap anyone, at any point.
say more.
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