WritingPrompts

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[WP] The supervillain presses the button and all landmasses on Earth are destroyed. Unfortunately, the villain's only map was a gag one he bought on the internet that didn't have Canada, Finland, or New Zealand on it.	17
[WP] A Greek scribe in 364 BC makes a rather strange observation. "Wait," he says to himself, "Why are our year numbers counting down? And what does BC stand for?"	15
[WP] Peter Parker got bitten by a radioactive spider and became Spider-Man. You've been bitten by a radioactive accountant.	9
[WP] Throughout the superhero's career, one particular newspaper editor has constantly labelled the hero a 'menace' and a 'scourge on our city'. One day, he's proven completely right.	7
[WP] As contraceptives become better, Cupid decides he needs to ramp up his methods to keep people making babies. The total amount of love in the world skyrockets.	7
[WP] Anthony Windleberg is a minor celebrity. Not anything huge, but big enough to have a Wikipedia article. One day, he decides to check up on that article, and notices that it starts with the phrase "Anthony Windleberg was".	7
[WP] The genie offered you one wish. You wished to unlock ultimate power. Nothing seems to change, until, at your next visit to the doctor, you find out you have three appendixes.	6
[WP] You're visiting a small town for work. Sitting in the pub one evening, you look over and see a pair of disembodied legs sitting at the bar. The bartender tells you "Oh, that's just Jeffrey, don't mind him."	5
[WP] You're a tour guide. You're giving the same tour that you've given a hundred times. As you're covering a particular painting, you glance over the heads of the listening audience and see a statue winking at you.	5
[WP] In the far future, pretty much every electronic device in your home has an advanced AI. One day, your vacuum cleaner has a startling revelation to tell you.	5

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