Unspoken Verses

He stood there. Naked. Head down, arms on the chest. And waited. For those white icicle shards to tear him, as he knew they would. For aeons, hesitant, he stood. Mustering up his will. And he finally turned the knob, anticipating the chill. And it came, almost as if to kill. Long, thin, sharp, cold and white, straight for the chest. And just one single thought dominated his head. When will the freaking geysers start working? *** The other solution, which most people have used is to stop bathing.

5th September Okay, right now, I'm sitting in an english class, and dying a little inside, as I learn about subject-verb agreement. I've always believed learning rules in a language like english, which as it is doesn't adhere to any logic is rather futile. So we all speak according to what sounds right, right? And doing that, I discovered that I'm wrong in my usage sometimes. So I'm gonna go ahead and post this question to all you guys. The captain as well as the players ___ happy. The players as well as the captain ___ happy. Fill in the blanks with is or are, whatever you deem correct. (Leave a comment)