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Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-25-2009, 04:00 PM

...UMPH!

"SURR-PRIIIIIISSSSE!"

Ah! Omigod... what--

"Here, let me help you up! Welcome to your surprise appreciation party!

Surprise party? Hold on... where am I now?

"In the basement of the National Air and Space Museum, silly!"

"You've been here all along!"

"Ever since you started playing with the MQRBDTMOT!"

Whu... you mean... this thing never took me to another universe?

"..."

"Uh, of course not."

"Duh."

"Go see if you can find that doctor..."

"Hi, there! Remember me?"

Hey, the little guy! What is all this?

"It's something we worked together for ya! See, every time ya used the key fob, it gave with an odorless, colorless knock-out spray and put ya out. Then we'd move ya to a set designed to make ya think ya were in another dimension. And boy, did ya play it up!"

But... why would you do this?

"To give you perspective, of course!"

Carolyn? I mean, Rainy. Perspective of what?

"Of what it means to create characters that start to take on a life of their own. When that happens, readers really identify with them, and want to know they'll be all right. It makes it important to be able to write for characters like that, and keep your readers happy and yearning for more. It's a special ability that not every writer has."

Are you saying... I have that abilty?

"Well... you're close."

"Real close!"

"Almost there!"

"I feel real! On most days, anyway."

"But keep working on it! Yer doing great!"

Gee, thanks! I guess...

"Here, let me take that off your hands."

The MQRBDTMOT? Aw, can I at least keep the key fob?

"Oh, sure... that's how we knew you'd go for the gag. it served to distract you from looking too closely at the MQRBDTMOT."

Huh?

"See, if you had turned it upside-down, you might have recognized it--"

A Sharper Image combination stapler, sonic grill cleaner and ionic air freshener?!? I might have guessed... those guys always did have cool designers!

"We hope you've learned something from all this."

Other than 'don't do drugs'?

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This silliness has been brought to you on behalf of SteveJordanBooks.com, the Not Ready for Big Bang Players, and the Free Electrons Movement (FEM), now celebrating its 5,000,000,000,000 nanosecond anniversary!

(Oop-- anniversary's over! Back to work, boys!)

02-25-2009, 04:00 PM	#37
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	...UMPH! *"SURR-PRIIIIIISSSSE!"* Ah! Omigod... what-- "Here, let me help you up! Welcome to your surprise appreciation party! Surprise party? Hold on... where am I now? "In the basement of the National Air and Space Museum, silly!" "You've been here all along!" "Ever since you started playing with the MQRBDTMOT!" Whu... you mean... this thing never took me to another universe? "..." "Uh, of course not." "Duh." "Go see if you can find that doctor..." "Hi, there! Remember me?" Hey, the little guy! What is all this? "It's something we worked together for ya! See, every time ya used the key fob, it gave with an odorless, colorless knock-out spray and put ya out. Then we'd move ya to a set designed to make ya think ya were in another dimension. And boy, did ya play it up!" But... why would you do this? "To give you perspective, of course!" Carolyn? I mean, Rainy. Perspective of what? "Of what it means to create characters that start to take on a life of their own. When that happens, readers really identify with them, and want to know they'll be all right. It makes it important to be able to write for characters like that, and keep your readers happy and yearning for more. It's a special ability that not every writer has." Are you saying... I have that abilty? "Well... you're close." "Real close!" "Almost there!" "I feel real! On most days, anyway." "But keep working on it! Yer doing great!" Gee, thanks! I guess... "Here, let me take that off your hands." The MQRBDTMOT? Aw, can I at least keep the key fob? "Oh, sure... that's how we knew you'd go for the gag. it served to distract you from looking too closely at the MQRBDTMOT." Huh? "See, if you had turned it upside-down, you might have recognized it--" A Sharper Image combination stapler, sonic grill cleaner and ionic air freshener?!? I might have guessed... those guys always did have cool designers! "We hope you've learned something from all this." Other than 'don't do drugs'? -------------------------------- This silliness has been brought to you on behalf of SteveJordanBooks.com, the Not Ready for Big Bang Players, and the Free Electrons Movement (FEM), now celebrating its 5,000,000,000,000 nanosecond anniversary! (Oop-- anniversary's over! Back to work, boys!)