Sui Generis
I needed something unique. Groundbreaking.
Twelve hours before the science fair and no ideas. Last year’s winner, my sentient rhinocopter, buzzed around the room looking bored.
A living cup that produced milk and sugar for your coffee?
Not enough time now.
A catbird?
I might as well make a baking soda volcano.
I pulled up a random word generator.
Toothpaste turkey.
Sure.
Whatever.
I typed in the commands, tweaked the monstrosity that the AI created and sent it to print.
A terrible idea but it just needed marketing.
I started the abstract. “Good news! No more brushing after Thanksgiving dinner!”
I did actually use a random word generator while writing this and the first two words I got were: toothpaste, turkey
The Green-Walled Treehouse 
Lovely bathos
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Hilarious and tragic at the same time. Toothpaste Turkey….well that wouldn’t go down well with dentists….
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I can see the clickbait headlines now: “Dentists hate this new healthy meat option.” 🙂
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Felt proud I knew what sui generis meant. You’re the master of flash fiction.
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Thank you, my friend. 🙂
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Yep, if AI is so clever why is it called ‘artificial.’
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Who knows what the future holds, but at the moment, AI is equal parts smart and dumb, I think. Hopefully we never rely on it too much.
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Does the turkey toothpaste foam up in your mouth and taste like turkey?
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It sounds pretty nasty, any way you think about it. 🙂 Maybe it’s just a turkey that goes around handing out toothpaste.
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What a weird combo the word generator threw at you. Kudos for making it into a story.
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Thanks! It is truly random, so I was prepared to cycle through a few times to get something comprehensible.
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A high school friend won the science fair when he built a microscope and place a camera for pictures. Then next year, he flipped it over and with a few tweaks, won again.
Gunna pass on the toothpaste. 🙂
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Sounds like your friend was pretty good with marketing too. It’s not what you have, after all, it’s how good it is compared to everyone else.
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He was one interesting nerd of times. 🙂
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Toothpaste turkey sounds less than appetizing but good marketing will sell it, I’m sure. And aren’t catbirds called Gryffins? Would be fun to see one.
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Probably, although it depends on if it’s a cat with wings or a bird with feline features. Hopefully we never get to this level of genetic engineering where we’ll find out.
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Ai’s are not my thing, but can be life savers…
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Yeah, we’ll see how that sort of thing develops.
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Very creative and what a time saver!
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Toothpaste turkey sounds totally off-limits. I must explore the concept of random word generators.
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It just goes to show that “unique” is not always a good thing. I like random word generators for getting ideas outside of what I would normally do. They’ve got all kinds: random images, names, places, etc.
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Intriguing challenge you set yourself there, but I think it paid off. Although I don’t think I’ll be buying shares in the toothpaste turkey enterprise.
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So you used a random word generator and Gabi used an AI random story generator… Interesting results, tell you what!
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Dear David,
I think I’ll let my turkey be turkey and toothpaste be toothpaste. 😉 Of course I had to look up sui generis. Thank you for teaching me something new. As always your story is clever and unique.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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When life gives you lemons, or in this case, turkey toothpaste, you write a funny story. Good one, David. I bet he wins 1st prize.
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