Six Sentence Story: The Doctors Of Nescience

Philip decided to start a company that would produce deceptively engaging nonsense for video channels. He hired his colleagues from the University of Noital each a renowned Doctor of Nescience to build the content. Being congenitally unemployable they were surprised to find themselves suddenly working.

The company was so successful that after many years of faithfully rigging the books, Philip’s CFO reported that profits exceeded expectations for the tenth quarter in a row. However, when the CFO demanded a bigger cut of the faked profits Philip, who failed himself to get a degree in nescience, took the company to the next level by firing the entire board of directors.

That was when Philip realized that he had acquired enough expertise twisting stuff to pitch it all and trash the books himself.

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Denise offers the prompt word “pitch” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

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23 thoughts on “Six Sentence Story: The Doctors Of Nescience”

  8. I’d be interested in tour definition of congenitally unemployable- does that mean I need a penis to do the job? I know Noital is a made-up word, so this could be the nonsensical content of which you speak. I just wanna know for sure.

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    1. I don’t know what “congenitally unemployable” means. It is an intentional part of the nonsense.

      However, I did look up the word “congenitally” when it popped into my head writing this over a week ago. It seems to mean “existing at or dating from birth” which I felt was good enough for the story.

      Regarding if there are any female Doctors of Nescience, I have no doubt that there are as many females holding that degree from the University of Noital as there are males.

      Regarding that university, I am glad you noticed that Noital itself was part of the nonsense.

      Blessings, Violet!

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