Harv and Vera's Mexico Vacation - Page 20

montsnmags · 03-17-2009, 07:18 PM

GeoffC · 03-18-2009, 12:47 PM

The small blue frog pulled out a wallet and paid the shipping......

what eager minds wish to know, is, where did he keep the wallet?

pshrynk · 03-18-2009, 12:49 PM

In his pocket, of course.

GeoffC · 03-18-2009, 12:52 PM

ah!!, not a pocket watch, then ?

montsnmags · 03-18-2009, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

ah!!, not a pocket watch, then ?

Exactly! See, while you watch his pocket, he pulls his wallet out of his ear: classic "sleight of hand"...err, or its squodgy analogue anyway.

Cheers,
Marc (Watch me pull a hat out of this rabbit...)

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 01:39 PM

:croak: .....

pshrynk · 03-26-2009, 10:44 AM

"Well," said Vera, "Someone certainly wants us dead!"

"That was very close!" said Bois Aussi, "We barely escaped with our very lives!"

"I'm going to have to get a new taxi," said the Taxi Boss, "It took out my garage, too."

"Man! I had some bacon left in there! This really pisses me off!" said Vivaldi.

The four of them stood on the street corner across from the hole that used to be the headwquarters. An ancient pumper cart with equally ancient firefighters was spraying a desultory stream of water onto the flames that ringed the crater.

"What the Hell?" came a voice low to the ground. "How did this happen?"

Everyone looked down at Slite, who had just wandered up. Vivaldi laid his ears back and put his tail stub as close to between his legs as he could manage. He slunk out of sight.

"Someone thinks we're getting too close to the center of things, apparently," said Vera.

"Man, you step out for one little walkies and this is what happens. Now what?"

"I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to rescue my man! They tried to kill me, they've kidnapped Harv, and now they have me pissed off!"

Vera stamped off down the street.

"Well," said Bois Aussi, "I for one am much more interested in settling up with the Nazis than with preventing a war, right now!" He pushed his gallic chin forward and followed Vera.

"I gotta go get a new car, preferably one that is bomb proof," said the Taxi Boss and walked in the other direction.

"Where'd that mutt go?" said Slite and started sniffing the ground.

badgoodDeb · 03-26-2009, 01:38 PM

Here --- use this and you'll find VR much faster. Got a whole PILE o bacon for him!!

pshrynk · 03-27-2009, 04:36 PM

Vivaldi ran down an alley in a blind panic. The smell on Slite! He's never smelled a dog that had that odor. The engineers on the Army Post back home all smelled that way. But not dogs. What do dogs have to do with TNT, wondered.

And now, a maniac, freelance spy dog the size of Vermont was almost certainly tracking him down! Vivaldi had been in his share of dog fights. Well, be honest, he'd run away from his share of dog fights. He was much more of a lover than a fighter. And dogs were much better at protecting their vulnerable bits than humans. Heck, fighting someone with Harv was just second nature. If there wasn't an unfair advantage to be had, Vivaldi just wasn't interested.

But when a small gray dog was cornered by a hug dog who definitely looked like he worked out, someone was going to get hurt. Usually the small gray dog. He had to get away.

Looking around, he spied a garbage pile and dove in. Anything to disguise his scent was welcome. The fact that it was garbage was just a bonus. He forced himself to get out of the pile and keep running. No time for simple pleasures when being pursued by someone a lot bigger and with all his teeth.

He was beginning to panic. Well, panic more. He didn't know this territory at all and had no safe holes just mapped out for purposes of diving into to avoid a dog fight. This just wasn't Panama City?

He rounded a corner and ran headlong into Bob and George.

"Yo! Dude! Where you going in such a hurry!" said Bob.

"Anywhere but right here!" cried Vivaldi, keeping up his world record pace in the Smallish Dog Avoiding Horrible Death by a Large Dog Event. He figured himself at least a silver, if not gold.

The chihuahuas scurried after him. "Slow... down... we... can't ... keep... up!" Bob was screaming.

Vivaldi made a sudden turn into yet another alley and came to a full stop. The chihuahuas plowed into his butt.

"You don't understand! Slite is going to kill me!"

"The Big Friend? Why? What did you do?" asked George, adoring fan.

"It's not what I did, it's what I know he did! The Taxi Boss' house was blown up and he showed up smelling of TNT! He's a Bad Dog!"

"Dude! That guy was inducted into the Chihuahua Cartel by Little Friend months ago! He can't be bad!"

"You didn't smell what I smelled. I'm lucky I got away as fast as I did. One bite on my neck and that's the end of a great literary career!"

"Oh, man! We gotta tell the Little Friend! Come with us!"

"What about getting away form Slite?"

"We're chihuahuas! Places we can get into a Bernese can't even pee in! Let's go!"

The three dogs ran off down the alley.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 03-27-2009, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

"We're chihuahuas! Places we can get into a Bernese can't even pee in! Let's go!"

Great line

Great installment, too

zelda_pinwheel · 03-28-2009, 10:27 AM

i was wondering why vr reacted so strangely to slite's appearance !!!

crikey, you could cut the suspense with a knife !

Curly · 03-31-2009, 04:26 AM

Hi, sorry to interrupt. pshrynk, I followed your link to the story and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it and can't wait to find out what happens next.

But, where are the elephants?! You said there would be thousands of elephants? Did I miss them? Or is it that pink one in the corner next to the squid?

pshrynk · 03-31-2009, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curly

Hi, sorry to interrupt. pshrynk, I followed your link to the story and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it and can't wait to find out what happens next.

But, where are the elephants?! You said there would be thousands of elephants? Did I miss them? Or is it that pink one in the corner next to the squid?

Well, you have to read Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett to get that reference, which means you have to read pretty much all of the Discworld series.

The short answer is, Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler, entrepeneur extraordinaire and money loser tres ordinaire runs the Disc's first and, thankfully, last movie studio and advertizes every "click" as having "A Thousande Elephants!" I won't spoil things by telling you how the thousand elephants actually materialize. But it is a hilarious book.

pshrynk · 03-31-2009, 09:34 AM

Oh! and you should read Harv and Vera's Adventure in Panama, if you haven't, yet. Here. And here. (Among others. There is a Harv and Vera's Panama Adventure available in every conceivable format.

pshrynk
(shameless self promoter)

Curly · 03-31-2009, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Well, you have to read Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett to get that reference, which means you have to read pretty much all of the Discworld series.

The short answer is, Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler, entrepeneur extraordinaire and money loser tres ordinaire runs the Disc's first and, thankfully, last movie studio and advertizes every "click" as having "A Thousande Elephants!" I won't spoil things by telling you how the thousand elephants actually materialize. But it is a hilarious book.

Thanks! I am most intrigued... off to find out more.

Phew, you weren't kidding Adventure in Panama is available in every conceivable format -- have myself a copy, can't wait to get reading!

03-26-2009, 01:38 PM	#293
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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	The small blue frog pulled out a wallet and paid the shipping...... what eager minds wish to know, is, where did he keep the wallet?

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pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	"Well," said Vera, "Someone certainly wants us dead!" "That was very close!" said Bois Aussi, "We barely escaped with our very lives!" "I'm going to have to get a new taxi," said the Taxi Boss, "It took out my garage, too." "Man! I had some bacon left in there! This really pisses me off!" said Vivaldi. The four of them stood on the street corner across from the hole that used to be the headwquarters. An ancient pumper cart with equally ancient firefighters was spraying a desultory stream of water onto the flames that ringed the crater. "What the Hell?" came a voice low to the ground. "How did this happen?" Everyone looked down at Slite, who had just wandered up. Vivaldi laid his ears back and put his tail stub as close to between his legs as he could manage. He slunk out of sight. "Someone thinks we're getting too close to the center of things, apparently," said Vera. "Man, you step out for one little walkies and this is what happens. Now what?" "I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to rescue my man! They tried to kill me, they've kidnapped Harv, and now they have me pissed off!" Vera stamped off down the street. "Well," said Bois Aussi, "I for one am much more interested in settling up with the Nazis than with preventing a war, right now!" He pushed his gallic chin forward and followed Vera. "I gotta go get a new car, preferably one that is bomb proof," said the Taxi Boss and walked in the other direction. "Where'd that mutt go?" said Slite and started sniffing the ground.

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pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Vivaldi ran down an alley in a blind panic. The smell on Slite! He's never smelled a dog that had that odor. The engineers on the Army Post back home all smelled that way. But not dogs. What do dogs have to do with TNT, wondered. And now, a maniac, freelance spy dog the size of Vermont was almost certainly tracking him down! Vivaldi had been in his share of dog fights. Well, be honest, he'd run away from his share of dog fights. He was much more of a lover than a fighter. And dogs were much better at protecting their vulnerable bits than humans. Heck, fighting someone with Harv was just second nature. If there wasn't an unfair advantage to be had, Vivaldi just wasn't interested. But when a small gray dog was cornered by a hug dog who definitely looked like he worked out, someone was going to get hurt. Usually the small gray dog. He had to get away. Looking around, he spied a garbage pile and dove in. Anything to disguise his scent was welcome. The fact that it was garbage was just a bonus. He forced himself to get out of the pile and keep running. No time for simple pleasures when being pursued by someone a lot bigger and with all his teeth. He was beginning to panic. Well, panic more. He didn't know this territory at all and had no safe holes just mapped out for purposes of diving into to avoid a dog fight. This just wasn't Panama City? He rounded a corner and ran headlong into Bob and George. "Yo! Dude! Where you going in such a hurry!" said Bob. "Anywhere but right here!" cried Vivaldi, keeping up his world record pace in the Smallish Dog Avoiding Horrible Death by a Large Dog Event. He figured himself at least a silver, if not gold. The chihuahuas scurried after him. "Slow... down... we... can't ... keep... up!" Bob was screaming. Vivaldi made a sudden turn into yet another alley and came to a full stop. The chihuahuas plowed into his butt. "You don't understand! Slite is going to kill me!" "The Big Friend? Why? What did you do?" asked George, adoring fan. "It's not what I did, it's what I know he did! The Taxi Boss' house was blown up and he showed up smelling of TNT! He's a Bad Dog!" "Dude! That guy was inducted into the Chihuahua Cartel by Little Friend months ago! He can't be bad!" "You didn't smell what I smelled. I'm lucky I got away as fast as I did. One bite on my neck and that's the end of a great literary career!" "Oh, man! We gotta tell the Little Friend! Come with us!" "What about getting away form Slite?" "We're chihuahuas! Places we can get into a Bernese can't even pee in! Let's go!" The three dogs ran off down the alley.

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i was wondering why vr reacted so strangely to slite's appearance !!! crikey, you could cut the suspense with a knife !

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Curly I need a holiday! Posts: 1,227 Karma: 4622 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: PRS-505, ipod touch	Hi, sorry to interrupt. pshrynk, I followed your link to the story and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it and can't wait to find out what happens next. But, where are the elephants?! You said there would be thousands of elephants? Did I miss them? Or is it that pink one in the corner next to the squid?

03-31-2009, 09:34 AM	#299
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Oh! and you should read Harv and Vera's Adventure in Panama, if you haven't, yet. Here. And here. (Among others. There is a Harv and Vera's Panama Adventure available in every conceivable format. pshrynk (shameless self promoter)