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I hope everybody doesn't mind that this is way skimpy on screenshots and not skimpy enough on text. I don't actually play the sims, I just build their dwellings and I thought a bit of sim history behind my latest commercial lot would be interesting to try.

Thanks - Enjoy!

I hope everybody doesn't mind that this is way skimpy on screenshots and not skimpy enough on text. I don't actually play the sims, I just build their dwellings and I thought a bit of sim history behind my latest commercial lot would be interesting to try.

Thanks - Enjoy!
 To say that Dundercliffe had the tastiest sausage meat that ever graced a bun or plate of mash is an understatement to any sim in all of simdom. Where I am from we have our “Gianelli in the Belly”, and our Zweigle Hots which are a cut above the rest but these names draw little more than the cock of the head or a pursed eyebrow outside the region.
When one stumbles upon a concoction that becomes wildly lucrative, one holds the cards to that concoction very closely to the chest, as did Dundercliffe with his recipe. And it is precisely because of this secret recipe, its frenzied commercial success, and the envy of it, that made for an atmosphere ripe with scandalous accusations.

You guessed it, it all started practically overnight, the grainy photos, the neighborhood children posting missing pet posters, the “disgruntled employee confesses all” articles flowing from the Daily Disturber and every other press dripping with claims of questionable authenticity. Yet strangely, Dundercliffe never made an effort to defend himself. You see, anybody with a scrap of business savvy, like our good man Dundercliffe, understands that talent alone does not sell itself. If that were true every other talented bloke armed with a secret recipe would be dizzily successful. While speaking at the Donut Masters Convention in Belledonna Cove, Dundercliffe wittingly summed up this point by saying that his banger recipe is just like his good looks. “I go down to Julian Cooke’s Squat & Gobble Café with my good looks and 3 simoleons and that lucky combination buys me a great cup of joe.” …Everybody chuckled.

He saw all this clap-trap as simoleons being dropped on the street for him to just pick up, add to his “good looks” and enjoy more good coffee. And drank of the success he certainly did. Stock soared and demand nearly doubled in the ensuing weeks. Many sims bought the stuff just to see if it would actually start to twitch when you whistled at it as one scandal sheet quoted a young girl as saying. In point of fact we at this date in time may well have never known of the Dundercliffe machine had it not been for the very stories that were created in an attempt to keep us from ever hearing of it to begin with.

The accusations were slowly reduced to a silly boysprout campfire song but alas the end of the conveyor belt came for Dundercliffe, as prophetic as it sounds, right when the company’s stock index seemed to be defying gravity. The Finnegan Masonry Co. built the original plant and did such a spanking job that Dundercliffe called Tim Finnegan back to deal with the plant’s diminishing ability to handle the increase in production. They added a fourth chimney section to the rendering house and also a fifth and sixth floor to the main building for the marketing and administration offices. Having finished the project ahead of schedule and under budget …and on Friday, Tim decided to celebrate through the weekend in an exceptionally robust manner. Monday morning Tim’s wife woke him to remind him that he told Dundercliffe that he would be back on Monday to give the place a final one-over. Short story long - Finnegan, with head pounding, falls from a scaffold located directly over the front end of the production line where Dundercliffe happened to be standing and both of them go right into the machine.
 We all know when sims die, a body does not remain, as with humankind. Some sims like to place a bed with a lid on it somewhere in the house, which is a nice alternative to putting a perfectly good piece of furniture in the ground. They open the lid based on how often they are in need of a visit from a memory spirit. In the case of the Dundercliffe Family, they decided to leave the thing open all the time so his memory spirits could waft through the entire plant, not unlike the pleasant aroma of whatever kind of ingredients were, or were not, in the sausage.

Oh yes, I forgot to say that they shut down the plant and made it a memorial to their father by creating an atmosphere for all to enjoy, an atmosphere which also would have also made him feel quite at his leisure

Dundercliffe's Wake

Mar 3, 2009 by gissence
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    6 Comment(s) posted so far

    On Mar 4, 2009 Derbywood wrote:

    Screen shots are nice to look at but...that was A LOT of writing! Awesome!!!

    On Mar 4, 2009 Earcat wrote:

      Your story is making me hungry.  You put a lot of work and care into the story and building your restaurant.

    On Mar 5, 2009 S.Cains wrote:

    While there wasn't much to be told, considering it was just a bit of background on your new lot, it was intriguing and your writing was truly exceptional. I cannot deny that I would have found it boring had it not been written so well. You have a nice way with words and I truly enjoyed this very little story more than anything else I usually find \:D

    On Mar 5, 2009 jarlet wrote:

    It was short but I realy enjoyed it very much!it was a refreshing break among all these long usual stories!good job!\:D

    On Mar 5, 2009 jennnnnie02 wrote:

    I loved this. I would've never thought I would like a story about a lot, but this proved me way wrong. You're AMAZING!

    On Apr 11, 2009 shady411 wrote:

    Loved it! Great job\:rah\:

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