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Okay. So I have had this plot running through my head for a while however I am going through writer’s block again, so I asked Chatbot to write a short story given this framework. I asked it to write a short humorous story with less than 1500 words.
Okay. There is a guy sipping beers in a pub, the Pigs Arms. His name is Sandy. Sandy is feeling reflective about life when another man called Gordon approaches him to state that the toilet is broken. The barman is Merv. Merv cannot find a toilet fixer in the phone book, so they decide to form a committee. The committee recommends a Royal Commission. The Royal Commission concludes that they need a plumber. The time frame is around 2 years.
This is the result.
Sandy was sitting in the Pigs Arms pub, sipping on a cold beer and feeling a little bit reflective about life. He was pondering the choices he had made and the paths that he had taken.
Just as he was getting lost in thought, a man approached him and interrupted his solitude. The man introduced himself as Gordon and stated that there was a problem with the toilet in the pub.
Sandy was momentarily taken aback. He had never considered the possibility that the toilet in the pub could be broken. He looked around the bar and saw that no one else seemed to be too concerned, so he decided to take matters into his own hands.
He walked over to the barman, Merv, and asked if there was anything that could be done about the broken toilet. Merv looked at Sandy as if he were crazy and explained that he couldn’t just wave a magic wand and make the toilet work again.
Sandy suggested that they form a committee to address the problem, and Merv reluctantly agreed. They gathered a group of patrons from the bar and formed a committee to discuss the best course of action.
After much discussion, the committee came to the conclusion that a Royal Commission was needed to address the broken toilet issue. Merv was skeptical, but the rest of the patrons seemed to think it was a good idea, so he agreed.
The Royal Commission was formed and meetings were held on a weekly basis to discuss the progress of the investigation. After several months of meetings, the Commission finally came to a conclusion: they needed to find a plumber.
Merv tried to find a plumber in the phone book but to no avail. He tried searching online, but all of the plumbers seemed to be fully booked. The Commission was at a loss.
Just when they thought all hope was lost, a plumber walked into the pub and offered his services. He had heard about the Royal Commission and wanted to help.
The plumber fixed the toilet in a matter of minutes, and everyone in the pub was overjoyed. Merv breathed a sigh of relief and Sandy felt like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
The Commission disbanded, and everyone went back to their regular lives. Sandy continued to sip on his beer, but now he was feeling a little bit more content with life. He had been part of something bigger than himself, and it felt good.
Two years later, Sandy was back in the Pigs Arms, sipping on a beer and feeling reflective once again. He looked around the bar and saw that the toilet was still working, and he couldn’t help but smile. He had been part of a team that had solved a problem and brought happiness to the community. And that was a feeling that he would never forget.
Thoughts?

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Could Granny’s wedges have been the problem?
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Now you mention it…
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The chatbot missed the toilet fixer in the plotline. Probably correcting your error of confusing her with the plumber?
It seems to think that after several months Sandy was sipping the same beer. Is that the humour of the story or aother flaw in linking events?
The uplifting ending reeks of corporate-gung-ho-morality that the bot was trained on. As an ‘extend this outline to 9999 words, it is much better than me at churning out unimaginative dross for my masters.
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Harsh, but fair, Norm – quote of Stig O’Tracey – a John Cleese character 🙂
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Thanks Norm. In my plot line, I had Merv looking in the phone book for a toilet fixer so the error may have occurred when giving my framework instructions. I didn’t think that Sandy’s beer sipping was much of an issue. I didn’t find it very humorous, just a few smiles.
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