Refrigerators vs. Checkers: How to Write a Solid Essay By Drew & Josh E-mail us: ncaahoops@aol.com joshneedelman@yahoo.com Chapter 1 How an Evil Dynasty was Overthrown Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang knew it was time. Before the ship docked, he jumped off, and swam to the shore and joyously rejoiced joyfully. The refugee had made a successful trip from North Korea, where had prospered as the country's only professional snake ass wiper. Immediately, Lou the camera guy walked up to Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang and asked him if he wanted his picture taken, but ChingXiao Zo Ping Wang Wang politely refused. He knew he must immediately find a job, and he figured that professional snake ass wipers would be in high demand in New York City. He tried to ask the Statue of Liberty where he could grab a bite to eat, but the statue rudely did not respond. Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang went and slept in the zoo that night with the baboons. The next morning, he went downtown for a job interview, and he first stepped into... a large pile of snake feces. Now, Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang thought that was good luck. I mean after all, it seemed like a good omen. So, at this point, Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang got confi- dent— perhaps even a little cocky. He thought, "Hey, the gods wouldn't put that snake shit on the sidewalk for me to step on if they didn't want me to get the job." In fact, not only did he think that, but he actually said it out loud, prompting a seven-fingered homeless man curled up in a ball on the street corner to proclaim that "Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang, you're one crazy bastard. That wasn't an act of the gods. You just stepped in a large pile of crap. That's it. Get your head out of your ass." It was interesting that the homeless man knew Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang's name, because Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang didn't think he knew anyone in America. The homeless man also must have been blind, because Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang didn't actually have his head up his ass. However, we have no confirmation on this theory. It is also quite interesting that the homeless man could recognize Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang without having seen him, if he is in fact blind. He must be good with recognizing voices. However, to this day, opponents of the "homeless man is blind" theory will protest that the homeless man could not have recognized Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang if he was in fact blind. With that being said, Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang was lucky to find a building with a job opening that looked as though it might suit him. There was a sign on the door that proclaimed, “WANTED!!! PROFESSIONAL SNAKE ASS WIPER!!!” Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang couldn't believe his luck. He had to walk in and inquire about this job. So, Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang entered the building and immediately spoke to the secretary about the job opening. She responded that she was sorry, but "Mr. Clownpenis isn't in right now. He is currently... renting albino zebras and letting them loose in the basements of any homes that might be contaminated with lion eggs. However, may I take your name and phone number? I will have Mr. Clownpenis call you as soon as he gets back.” How wonderful, thought Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang! “My name is Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang, and I don’t have a home phone number.” The secretary fell out of her chair and had a heart attack. Evidently she had laughed so hard because Wang Wang had no phone number that her heart gave up. Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang, wishing to hide evidence, thought quick- ly. Obviously, she had laughed very hard, finding it difficult to believe that the information he had given her was correct. So, using his North Korean wits, Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang crawled around the decaying corpse and wrote his name on the appropriate “WANTED!!! PROFESSIONAL SNAKE ASS WIPER FORM.” But, Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang, being the clever guy that he was, wrote down the random name “Jeffrey Dahmer.” Ha! They would never suspect him of murdering the secretary now! No, they would undoubtedly go after Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang and not some random guy named “Jeffrey Dahmer.” Plus, Mr. Clownpenis could still contact him about the job now! So, Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang decided that he would assume this new identity for the remainder of his life. He also wrote a phone number down: (QQQ) QQQ-ZZZZ. Just as the cops pulled up to the building, “Jeffrey Dahmer,” as we will now call him, was whistling to himself along the streets if New York. He had been in the United States less than 24 hours, and he already gotten away with murder. Hahaha, he thought to himself. As he was walking along, Lou the camera guy showed up again out of nowhere, and asked him out to lunch. Jeffrey agreed, and they decided to go to... "Cannibal Jorge's House of Hunan." Lou ordered sushi with coffee without cream. The waitress unfortunately had to break the news to Lou that they didn't have cream at "Cannibal Jorge's House of Hunan," so he would have to order his coffee without milk instead. Lou reluctantly accepted his misfortune. Jeffrey was in the mood for food from his native North Korea, so he ordered two hard tacos and a jumbo chicken burrito, and he wished to wash it down with an orange fruit punch flavored mango strawberry citrus fruit juice. Jeffrey really enjoyed his meal, except for the tacos, the burrito, and the orange fruit punch flavored mango strawberry citrus fruit juice. As Jeffrey finished his last bite of cheesy baked ziti, a thought occurred to him. The secretary had said Mr. Clownpenis was "renting albino zebras and letting them loose in the basements of any homes that might be contaminated with lion eggs." Jeffrey found this to smell kind of fishy; however, upon further examination, the situation didn't so much have a fishy smell as did Lou's sushi. Nonetheless, to Jeffrey, this just didn't sound quite right. Everyone knows that you don't let albino zebras loose in the basements of homes that might be contaminated with lion eggs. I mean, that's just foolish. Lion eggs are good luck. Everyone knows that. In a home that may contain lion eggs, one should let loose a score of hyperactive schizophrenic ducks. Even a neophyte in that field would know that. Jeffrey found this to be a bit odd. He sensed a scam! Not only that, but he also sensed that his burrito began to hit him, and he had to go to the can. One may find it interesting that although he is a professional when it comes to wiping snake asses, he is only an amateur at wiping his own ass. Anyway, Jeffrey realized that he wanted to get to the bottom of this whole Clownpenis scandal. To do this, he decided to head to... North Korea again, because Jeffrey suddenly remembered that Jeffrey’s mother’s maiden’s name had been Clownpenis, which in fact is the third most common last name in North Korea, a country in which all turtles, both tall and deaf, are discriminated against. Jeffrey sat down with Jeffrey’s mother and she told Jeffrey that the Clownpenis Dynasty had ruled North Korea for thousands of years until last Thursday. That was when the former emperor Copernicus Clownpenis had escaped to the United States to open up his own Professional Snake Ass Wiper business. Jeffrey now realized Jeffrey was in the middle of an international debacle. Jeffrey also realized that Jeffrey was a complete moron for not knowing that Jeffrey’s Uncle Copernicus had headed the communist regime in North Korea for the last 25 years. Oh well. Anyways, it turns out that Copernicus Clownpenis had sent Jeffrey subliminal messages via Jeffrey’s favorite cereal in order to lure Jeffrey to the United States. Now that Jeffrey was on top of all this, Jeffrey had a plan. Jeffrey wanted to frame Jeffrey’s Uncle Copernicus for the murder of the secretary, so as to get back at Jeffrey’s evil uncle for trying to make Jeffrey leave Jeffrey’s family. Second, Jeffrey planned to take back Jeffrey’s real name by going to the local witch farm, and then after that, claim Jeffrey’s stake in the royal family and take control of North Korea and turn it into a democracy. Jeffrey’s mother encouraged Jeffrey in Jeffrey’s plan, and in order to aid Jeffrey in Jeffrey’s quest, gave Jeffrey a... box containing three items. A shovel, a can of Pringles, and a broom. She gave him the shovel with the sincere intentions of helping him in his quest to help spread democracy to her homeland. Little did she know that she was an idiot, and that wouldn't help Jeffrey in the least. Now, Jeffrey's mother intended to give him the Pringles for nourishment. However, she had never had Pringles before. She felt the obligation to test them out before she gave them to Jeffrey. Unfortunately, due to the fact that she had never had Pringles, she was not aware of the fact that once you pop, you can't stop, so she ate all the Pringles. Not only that, but the Pringles were so delicious that she ate them in such a hurry that she left a mess, and had to clean up with the broom. She felt awful after eating the gift she was to give to her son Jeffrey, so she decided to include the empty can of Pringles and the broom in with her gift. When Jeffrey opened the box, he meant to say, "Thank you mother for your thoughtful gifts. They are greatly appreciated and will assist me on my quest." Although it was meant to be said like that, it accidentally came out as, "Mother, why are you so freaking stupid? How the hell are a shovel, an empty can of Pringles, and a broom going to help me on my quest to bring democracy to North Korea? I swear you are so incredibly feeble-minded, I must have been adopted." Oh how the tongue can play tricks on us and make us say things we do not mean! At this point Jeffrey's mother got quite upset due to Jeffrey's mistake, and she ordered him out of the house. Jeffrey realized that at this point, he not only needed to bring democracy to his native land to help North Korea, but it would also help smooth things out between him and his mother. To do this, he quickly jumped on the first plane to... New York. After stepping off the plane, Lou the camera guy showed up again, and asked Jeffrey if he wanted his picture taken. But Jeffrey said he had a more important task for Lou to complete. He told Lou to artificially produce a photo of his uncle, Copernicus Clownpenis, that would link the former emperor of North Korea to the death of the secretary. Lou completed the job in no time, and Jeffrey promised Lou that he would remember him as soon as he became president of a democratic North Korea. With the newly released photo all over the New York papers, a manhunt for Copernicus Clownpenis ensued. Before being tracked down, the former emperor of North Korea located his nephew, Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang. He looked as mad as a deck of cards without blinker fluid to match. But Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang, who had reclaimed his real name from the local witch farm, utilized his mother’s gifts. He cut up the evil emperor/uncle/owner of the Professional Snake Ass Wiper Building with his shovel. But oh no! Wang Wang had created a mess! He quickly got out the broom and swept the pieces of the body together. Then he put all the pieces into the all too fitting empty Pringles can. His mother was a genius. Wang Wang threw away the Pringles can, and that was the end of his American adventure. Flying back to North Korea on a rented drum set, Wang Wang set out to overthrow the still communist government, which of course was now in a mess because it lacked its true leader Copernicus Clownpenis, who had vanished for the United States only last week. This would be somewhat more difficult though, because the North Korean Toothpaste Communist Base was sealed off by no less than 8,793 guards as well as several particularly aggressive Korean midgets that were among the most well trained Ninjas in the world. To create a diversion, Wang Wang... had to think quite hard. After all, he had to find a way to get past all the guards, and he had to get past the Korean midgets. Wang Wang, as always, was up to the challenge. The guards were actually fairly easy to deceive. Wang Wang hired five men to enter the North Korean Toothpaste Communist Base disguised as teeth riddled with gingivitis. The guards saw these giant teeth and immediately went to clean them with Fluorine and floss— the two F's, if you will. The teeth were quite dirty and large, so it kept the guards busy for a long time. The midgets required a different diversion altogether. Wang Wang thought long and hard, and eventually he was able to recall a helpful piece of advice that was given to him by his father while Wang Wang was laying down to go to bed as a young lad: “Ching-Xiao Zo Ping Wang Wang, if you ever are in a situation and you are trying to install a democratic government in North Korea, but you need to create a diversion to fight off a large group of aggressive Korean midgets that are well trained Ninjas, the answer to your solution is actually quite simple. Walk right through the group of them on your knees. You should be short enough to appear as though you fit in. However, if anyone discovers your true identity, simply shoot those bitches dead. As a matter of fact, scratch that whole walking on your knees thing. Being a well trained Ninja may be one thing, but being able to use sophisticated weapons is another thing altogether. So, yeah, anyway, just shoot them.” Now, although this advice sounded odd at the time, and Wang Wang's father went to the nut house because of it, it actually fit in pretty well with the situation at hand. So, Wang Wang successfully found a way to get past the guards and the midgets. Now it was time to overthrow the Communist government, and to do this, Wang Wang... decided that a huge flash of light would do the trick— blind the seething communist leaders forever. Wang Wang, true to his name, decided to use the “Ladies’ Man Wang trick,” whereby one drops his pants, and if his “wang” is big enough, a blinding light permeates the entire room. Unfortunately, Wang Wang’s wang was a bit on the pathetic side, so the trick didn’t work, and Wang Wang felt like a complete tool. There he was in the middle of the room with his pants down and he was about to be laughed at, not to mention brutally murdered. But suddenly out of the blue, Lou the camera guy showed up and took a picture with a flash whose power has never been seen before and never will again. During the brilliant flash, Lou and Wang Wang covered their eyes, but all the North Korean communists didn’t, so they were all instantly blinded. Wang Wang thought it ironic that in the end, indeed an incredible flash blinding all the communists happened anyway. Then, he thought, “WHO THE HELL IS THIS DAMN LOU THE CAMERA GUY?” But this time, unlike when he was rude to his mother, he got his words right. “Wow, Lou, you always show up at the right time, how do you do it? Thank you so much— again! Now that I am the head of democratic North Korea, tell me: what can I do for you?” Lou had a strange smile on his face, as if his father was a gay armadillo, but he responded: “Wang Wang, I have something to tell you first. I am not really Lou the camera guy.” Lou removed his mask, and revealed... Chapter 2 The Unprecedented Democratic Election in North Korea that he was actually Lou the lighting technician. Unfortunately for Wang Wang, this meant he was in for a long, tedious story about why Lou had pretended to be the camera guy when he was in fact the lighting technician. It all happened when Lou, the only child of a camera man from East Harlem and a three nippled whore from Baghdad, was a mere tot of seven years. You see, Lou was born and raised to be a camera man. Lou's father was so proud of his work that he wanted Lou to be just like him. Lou wanted to be just like his father, until Lou turned seven. At this poor age, Lou learned that his father was cheating on his wife with a woman from North Korea named Mary Wang Wang, who just so happened to be Wang Wang's mother! It turns out that Lou is Wang Wang's brother! But, anyway, that's just a side note. At this point, Lou got angry at his father, and decided to be a lighting technician. However, he later wanted to meet his brother, Wang Wang, and to do this, he realized that he couldn't continue to be a lighting technician. He had to be a camera man. It's easy to start a conversation by asking to take someone's picture. What can you do as a lighting technician? Flash a flashlight in his face? No, that would just be weird. So, he decided to be a camera man to meet his brother. At this point, Wang Wang was in shock. He thought it was odd that this crazy camera man kept coming into his life randomly. So, at this point Lou decided to take up Wang Wang on his offer to do something for him. He asked Wang Wang to... come with him to the future. You see, Lou the lighting technician in the future became a mad scientist and invented the first successful time machine. Suddenly, Lou the lighting technician from 2025 had come back to 2000 in search of himself. He wanted to take the 2000 version of Lou to the future, but 2000 Lou was worried that he would get lonely. So he now asked Wang Wang to accompany him for one week in the year 2025. When Wang Wang refused, a chain reaction occurred. Lou 2000 was upset because Wang Wang was not carrying his part of the deal. Also, Lou 2025 became incredibly mad and cut off Lou 2000’s right pinkie finger. The funny thing was, was that Lou 2025 instantly lost his right pinkie finger as well. If you think about it, since Lou 2025 is actually a later version of Lou 2000, his body would have to be the same, so when Lou 2025 cut off Lou 2000’s pinkie, he lost his too. You can read more about this in Lou Wang Wang’s reference manual, “Things to consider when you make a Time Machine Volume I.” The book is usually blue with a live bee hive on page 206. At length, Wang Wang, true to his word and promise to Lou, reconsidered and agreed to go to the future for one week with Lou 2000 and of course, Lou 2025. Lou 2025 said that they had a mission, and that Wang Wang 2000 and Lou 2000 were the only ones that could do it. Lou 2025 explained that... he wanted Lou 2000 and Wang Wang 2000 to travel to 2025 to make him a grilled ham and cheese sandwich, because Lou 2025 was freaking starving, and he never learned how to make a grilled ham and cheese sandwich. Wang Wang, Lou 2000 and Lou 2025 went to the future to make some sandwiches. And make sandwiches they did. Luckily for the hunger of Lou 2025, he had an International Sandwich Maker Extraordinaire, but he did not know how to use it. It made the baddest grilled ham and cheese on this side of the Yangtze River. Lou 2025 was quite impressed when the 2000 guys got it to work. In fact, he was so pleased, that he wanted to move in with his brother of 25 years ago. However, problems began to form. First off, it was getting boring to call one Lou "Lou 2000" and the other Lou "Lou 2025." Therefore, Wang Wang decided that Lou 2025 would now be named after Alberto, Wang Wang's deceased pet koala. Naturally, if Lou 2025 were to be named after Alberto the Koala, Wang Wang decided to call him Pierre. So, the next crucial question to be answered was whether, for that week in 2025, Pierre or Lou would get to sleep on the couch and which one would be forced to sleep on the floor. To solve this dilemma, Wang Wang came up with the most fair solution, and also a quite obvious one: they would play rock, paper, scissors. It would be best of 5. The first round, Pierre had rock and Lou had scissors. The second round, Pierre had paper and Lou had rock. The third round Pierre had paper again, and Lou had also had paper. It was a draw. Oh, these silly guys. But, on the rematch of the third round, Pierre took scissors and Lou took paper. It was a clean sweep, although this was to be expected, because it is a well known fact that Frenchmen are the best rock, paper, scissors players world-wide. Pierre was not a gracious winner, and he believed in kicking a man while he's down, so at this point he kicked Lou straight in the derriere. This again proved that Pierre was not too smart, because although Lou was greatly hurt, Pierre as well couldn't sit down for three days because he kicked "himself" so hard. At this point, they kissed and made up, which was also kind of ironic, because in effect they were kissing themselves. Now Wang Wang said he wanted to meet Wang Wang 2025. The trio... went to the North Korean Toothpaste Democratic Base, and Wang Wang 2025 came up and greeted himself (Wang Wang 2000), and said “Damn, you are a sexy man.” Wang Wang 2000 took the compliment from himself and immediately told Pierre that this whole thing was getting confusing and annoying. In essence, Wang Wang was dissing himself by not wanting to be with himself. Pierre agreed, and thanked Lou and Wang Wang 2000 for helping him make the sandwiches. He sent them back to 2000 so their lives would be normal again— at least that is what they were hoping for. But an error in the time machine left Lou and Wang Wang about 30 minutes behind schedule. It turned out that they had just gotten past the midgets, and they would now have to overtake the communists in the board room again. Wang Wang referred to the “Things to consider when you make a Time Machine Volume I” but it was no help. It would be impossible for them to go 30 minutes into the future, which was really the present. Unfortunately, the whole “blinding light” technique wouldn’t work this time, because we all know now that Wang Wang’s wang just wasn’t up to par. Plus, Lou the lighting technician now only had his trademark flashlight and not his camera. However, as in all time machines, there was a box of live boa constrictors in the trunk. So, Wang Wang had a plan. He took the box and offered it to the communists as a gift. Now, because Wang Wang was world-renowned for his snake ass wiping abilities, he told the communists that these snakes had just been ass wiped personally by himself, and of course that meant that the snakes weren’t poisonous. The communists were greatly appreciative of the gift and Wang Wang and Lou smiled hesitantly. But in actuality, the boa constrictors had dirty asses, so they were pissed and poisonous. After a few minutes, all the communists died from the bites, and democracy has been restored again. Now Wang Wang and Lou were afraid that Lou 2025 would come back again, starting the whole process over again. Wang Wang knew that he couldn’t overthrow the government for a third time. So he quickly referred to the “Things to consider when you make a Time Machine Volume I.” Luckily, 17 pages after the beehive was Section M, Rule 15B: “If you ever use the time machine and go into the future and help a guy make sandwiches, and then you go back to where you were, only you accidentally go 15 minutes before where you originally were, don’t worry about the guy coming back to ask you for sandwich help again. He is in the future making sandwiches to his heart’s delight.” Wang Wang let out a huge sigh, and Lou was relieved as well. But the guards outside were almost done cleaning the five teeth, and there was no way that Wang Wang and Lou could fend all 8,793 of them off. So, Wang Wang created another diversion that would keep the guards busy for eternity. He handed the leader guard, Ricardo, the “Things to consider when you make a Time Machine Volume I.” The guards were fascinated by the reference book, and they would discuss it the rest of their lives over a cozy campfire and overcooked smores. Finally, North Korea was democratic as proclaimed by Wang Wang, and there were no more bad guys. But suddenly, Lou became jealous and said that he had just as much right to be North Korea’s President as Wang Wang did. Then North Korea’s political adviser, Stromile Soap, told them that they were defeating the whole purpose of a democracy, and that they would have to start up their own campaigns. Lou and Wang Wang realized that Stromile was right, so they started up their campaigns. But they were not the only candidates for the election. By the time the debates started, they were facing... a very strong third party candidate: former White Sox great Shoeless Joe Jackson. Some people have asked Shoeless Joe how he can be running for President when he died in 1951. This is a subject Shoeless Joe didn't like to talk about, so no one knows how he was alive to run for President. Another question was whether it was fair for a man who was born and died in the United States, and for all we know never left the United States, to be running for President in North Korea. Shoeless Joe didn't like to talk about that either. In fact, Shoeless Joe's reasons for running for President were somewhat odd, and two-fold. First off, he wanted to get his name cleared in the whole Black Sox scandal of 1919 and get into the Hall of Fame. He figured, what better way to clear his name than become the President of North Korea. Little did he know that Bud Selig is quite anal, and will never allow Shoeless Joe in the Hall, even if he did something even greater than become President of North Korea. So, for this first goal, Shoeless Joe would fail. His other goal was quite different. Shoeless Joe wanted his flippin' shoes back. He lost them long, long ago, and wants them back. This actually would be very difficult to accomplish. Shoeless Joe couldn't remember exactly when he lost his shoes, but he had that nickname for a long time, prior to the 1919 World Series, so let's just be kind to Shoeless Joe and pretend he had no shoes for 80 years, even though it was actually longer than that. Have you ever tried to find something you lost 80 years ago? Well, it can be tough to find. Naturally, when in this situation one would assume that you'd be able to find them if they became the President of a country recently converted to a democracy. But, that's such a naive thought. Things just aren't that easy. Sometimes you just gotta get off your ass and look for it. There's no such thing as a simple solution, like becoming President of North Korea. However, Shoeless Joe genuinely thought this way. Many people in North Korea sympathized with his story. Going into the first and only debate, Shoeless Joe was actually doing very well in the polls. Shoeless Joe had 43% of the vote, Wang Wang had 22% and Lou was in a close third with 20%. Now, that only adds up to 85%. In quite a surprise, Mighty Mouse was in fourth with 10% of the vote. The final 5% of the vote were either asleep or flying a winged dingo with hydrophobia to the southwest corner of Pakistan to meet their hero, Goldilocks. Anyway, the day of the big debate came around. There was an incredible turnaround in the debate, as... the moderator made them all shut up and select their Vice Presidential candidates. Shoeless Joe, in an effort to get the antigun support, selected Charlton Heston. Wang Wang, trying to appease those in favor of moral integrity, picked Bill Clinton. Lou selected his his dad’s mistress, Mary, citing that “if ever there was a person who could truly identify the number ∏, Pi, or 3.14, she would get to the bottom of it.” Mighty Mouse selected himself as Vice President, because he felt that “If I die, I would make a great replacement for myself.” The crowd suddenly swayed to Wang Wang, but Shoeless Joe blurted out, “I will hold a worldwide search for my shoes.” Suddenly, the crowd “ooh’d” and “aah’d” and Shoeless Joe took a substantial lead in the polls. Lou chimed in with “I am against communism and terrorism, yet at the same time, I support education. Finally, unlike my opponents, I know how to use a camera and operate light fixtures, should our country need such services.” Such a momentous and meaningful statement swung Lou into the lead by the narrowest of margins. The three major candidates were set to duke it out during the last week of the campaign, and each emphasized goals of “bringing North Korea to the forefront of the technology industry, while also eliminating North Korea’s ever growing wart on Mount Kalakipakibaki.” The candidates differed, however, in their methods of removing the wart, and this proved to be the main issue as the election countdown ensued. The big news finally came on the Ides of Octember, with Mishi Akoobu reporting live on the “No One Really Cares About What’s Going On In North Korea Newscast,” commonly referred to in the local TV guides as NORCAWGOINKN. Mishi Akoobu announced that the winner, by a margin of 34 percent to 33 percent to 33 percent, was... Chapter 3 The Return of Communism a huge surprise. The day before the election there was a remarkable situation. It all started when Shoeless Joe found his shoes. It turns out that he left them in a dugout at a baseball field in Cleveland. Naturally, he was very excited, and he told Wang Wang the good news. Wang Wang was happy to hear about this, and said "Well, ya know, they're always in the last place you look!" At this point, Joe got agitated. He responded, "Of course they're always in the last place you look, jackass. Once I find them I'm not going to keep looking for them." Such a crude statement cost Joe any chance of winning the election, and he lost all of his support. However, Wang Wang responded to that statement by Joe by saying, "Well, technically that's not true. Let's say, for example, that you never found your shoes. Then, in that case, they wouldn't be in the last place you look, because if they were in the last place you looked you would have found your shoes. So, actually, they're only in the last place you look if you find them." Had Wang Wang not said this, there is little to no doubt he would have won the election. However, the people of North Korea are smart. They realized that although what Wang Wang had just said was true, it contradicted his earlier statement of "Well, ya know, they're always in the last place you look!" Some people thought at this point Wang Wang was just a big hypocrite. Because of this, Wang Wang did not win the election, and he only got 33% of the vote. Lou also lost his chance at winning the election because he refused to congratulate Joe on his finding his shoes. People thought Lou was just a mean, cold-hearted man. Lou also only got 33%. The public of North Korea got frustrated with the three main candidates, and decided to vote Mighty Mouse in as President. Joe really wasn't too upset by this. He got his shoes, after all, so he just went back to his grave. Wang Wang and Lou were very angry, though. How could they get beat out by a mouse? They decided it was time to revolt, and the best way to revolt would be by working together. So, Wang Wang and Lou decided to join forces against Mighty Mouse. They had to now determine which one of them would be President if they were successful, and which one would be the Vice President. Wang Wang figured they should play rock, paper, scissors, but, Lou, remembering his massive failures in that game earlier, vetoed that idea. Instead, they agreed to play that "Eenie meenie, minie, moe, Catch the tiger by the toe, if he hollers make him pay, fifty dollars every day, and you are not it." Wang Wang found himself pointing at Lou when he said the final word, "it." However, at this point, they got confused. Wang Wang thought by that it meant that the "it" referred to being Vice President, and therefore, Wang Wang would be President. Lou, on the other hand, thought it meant President, and he thought he would be the President. So, at this point, they were both frustrated and decided to duke it out. Wang Wang destroyed Lou, so Wang Wang would be President if the revolution would be successful. However, Wang Wang beat him so bad, Lou needed some time for convalescence. So, three months later, it was time to begin the revolution. To begin, Wang Wang and Lou... made a nationwide television commercial criticizing Mighty Mouse’s lack of efforts in removing the ever growing wart on Mount Kalakipakibaki. Of course, the fickle public turned against Mighty Mouse. But the first Democratic President had no intentions of giving up his position so easy. No, he directly challenged Wang Wang and Lou to a wart removal contest. Mighty Mouse said that whoever removed the mountain’s wart first would be President. This seemed like a fair enough offer, and the public bought it, reaffirming their faith in Mighty Mouse. But Wang Wang and Lou knew better— climbing Mount Kalakipakibaki was like trying to defy the Pringles’ motto of “once you pop, you can’t stop”— both were impossible. But Mighty Mouse, in an effort to stake his claim in history and keep his presidential position at the same time, announced that he would climb to the top of Mount Kalakipakibaki and remove the wart. Sadly, Mighty Mouse died in his quest, and Wang Wang and Lou had the presidency in their grasps. But little did they know that Mighty Mouse had a backup plan. True to his word, he DID appoint himself as Vice President, and that Mighty Mouse the VP now ascended to President. Appropriately, Mighty Mouse again named himself as VP. Wang Wang and Lou were dumbfounded, realizing that their was no way to unseat the current President. After all, they could not kill Mighty Mouse and even if he ever died, Mighty Mouse the VP would just always be there. So, Wang Wang and Lou had to convince North Korea it was under communistic rule again. Would democracy ever be fully restored in this country? Wang Wang and Lou were determined to install a permanent Democratic government, so they... had to find a way to get past this predicament in which they couldn't unseat the current President because he was dead. They decided to propose an amendment to North Korea's nonexistent constitution. In this amendment, they propose that every President of North Korea must be a human. If this were the case, a mouse couldn't be President, and there could be a new President. However, just to be sure nothing like this could happen again, they decided to add an additional clause to the amendment that would prohibit a candidate from naming himself as his own vice president. Now it was time to try to get this passed by Congress. All was going well, and it appeared as though the amendment would pass with flying colors. However, at this time, one of the congressmen was about to stand up and give an overwhelming speech as to why this amendment would be incredibly detrimental to society. However, just as he was about to open his mouth, Joe entered the room and threw both of his shoes at that congressman. The congressman immediately died. The amendment passed without opposition because of Shoeless Joe's intervention. At this point, North Korea needed another election. One would immediately think there would be three candidates: Wang Wang, Lou, and Shoeless Joe. However, Shoeless Joe was not a viable candidate because the North Korea public didn't want a man as President that killed one of their congressmen. So, it all came down to Wang Wang and Lou. Wang Wang believed that it should all be simple, and he should be voted in as President because he beat up Lou earlier. However, the North Korean public didn't like this story and they voted in Lou as President unanimously. Lou now became President and Wang Wang was the vice president. Lou, however, true to his word, decided to let Wang Wang be the "unofficial" President. In other words, although officially Lou was President and Wang Wang was vice-president, they would actually serve the opposite roles. Unfortunately for both, two weeks after they gained their positions word broke out about the scandal and the people of North Korea had to do something about it. As a result of this... the public was fed up with how Wang Wang and Lou seemed to always wanting to be taking control of their country. Everything had gone insane over the last few months, and the country’s leader had gone from Copernicus Clownpenis to Wang Wang to Mighty Mouse to Lou to Wang Wang. That’s what everyone thought, but no one really knew for sure. The public had grown tired of this “democratic” society, and they desperately wanted an evil dictator who would command every aspect of their lives. So, the public vetoed their non-existent Constitution, and they also abolished the non-existent Congress. Petie the Raccoon was then named dictator. He was able to assume this position despite the “every President of North Korea must be a human” clause. After all, he was Dictator, not President. Plus, the non-existent Constitution had been vetoed anyway, so it didn’t matter at all. Petie the raccoon ordered Wang Wang and Lou out of the country, and the two finally gave up on their democratic hopes. They then paid their final respects to their homeland by laying 16 googolplex screws around the country’s border. It was known as the “Screw You Project.” Petie the raccoon was happy about this, because now there was a wall around his country and no one could get out. I mean, no one has the guts to jump over a screw. You could fall on it and scratch your clothes. That would be terrible. So, North Koreans were hopelessly locked in a large cage of screws. So Wang Wang and Lou now had to decide what to do with their lives. Wang Wang suggested that they open up a “Professional Electrical Snake Ass Wiping Store,” and Lou the lighting technician agreed, because he was great at working with battery powered snakes. So, the brothers opened their store in... Chapter 4 Anarchy Gum! Baghdad. Lou was quite insistent that he get back to his roots, and open the store in the city where his mother was from. Wang Wang really couldn't care less where they opened the store. He just wanted to get back to his true calling: wiping the dirty asses of snakes. So, they decided to go to Baghdad, but, they were caught in a large dilemma. They accidentally stayed inside North Korea as they proceeded with the "Screw You Project." They were clueless as to how to leave the country and get to Baghdad. At this point, Wang Wang and Lou decided to go speak to Petie the raccoon for advice on what to do. Petie said that he really needed Wang Wang and Lou to leave the country immediately, and he had a plan. He was one hell of a large raccoon. Also, he felt quite confident in his ability to jump over the screws. He offered to let Wang Wang and Lou ride on his back as he jumped over the screws to get them out of the country. This sounded like a good idea to Wang Wang and Lou, so they agreed. They got to the border, and Wang Wang and Lou jumped on Petie's back. Petie then attempted to jump over the screws. Unfortunately, Petie just barely failed on his quest, but fail he did. He tripped over some screws and sent Wang Wang and Lou flying over the border into South Korea. Petie wasn't so fortunate, however. In falling over the screw, he broke his leg and landed on the main South Korean highway, which was curiously close to the border. As he lay there screaming in pain, a South Korean roadside worker found him. The roadside worker thought he was just any other raccoon unfortunate enough to be roadkill. After all, South Korean drivers have the reputation of running over raccoons at an alarming rate. Also, in addition to that fact, most raccoons killed on the South Korean roads are not the dictators of North Korea. So, with all these facts in mind, the South Korean roadside worker decided to put Petie out of his misery, and did so by shooting him repeatedly in the genitals with a rifle. Needless to say, Petie died. Wang Wang and Lou had a pretty natural reaction to this occurrence. They laughed hysterically. The country that they attempted to help was now in a total state of anarchy. They laughed all the way to the airport, and they were going to jump on a plane to Baghdad to open their store. When they got to the airport... it was closed. It was always closed on Wednesdays so the clean-up crew could clean up all the plane wrecks from that week. Wang Wang then turned to Lou after a long moment of pondering, and said: “What do you know, another big change in the political system of North Korea. I mean, this is like the first change in the last few weeks.” Moments later Enrique the delivery boy was yelling “Get your paper! Read all about it! North Korea officially declared in anarchy! Country’s stock market soars!” Wang Wang and Lou purchased North Korean Gazette, and it seemed that other prominent countries around the world were turning to anarchy as well. Most notable were Russia and France. It seemed to be a most beneficial system. As in the movie “Airplane” when everyone knows the plane is going down and going insane, these countries were wild drunken orgies— perfect for peace and prosperity! Wang Wang and Lou decided that they might as well just escape back into North Korea, where there was that missing screw that hurt Petie. It was a large enough hole for them to crawl back through. However, they didn’t feel like opening their store anymore. Instead, they opened the “Anarchy Gum Factory” to commemorate the world’s fresh approach to anarchy. They needed workers, and workers they got. However, how were they going to transport the gum worldwide with the “Screw Wall?” Lou had a solution. First, he elected to... open a store. He figured, they might as well get a store up and running so they could do some business in North Korea. Granted, they wanted to get to the point where they would be the leading international distributors of gum, but they assumed with a name like "Anarchy Gum," getting people hooked would not be the problem. (Obviously, they have not heard the saying about how when you "assume," you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me." It's weird that they had not heard of it, because it's so well known, and most people learn it first when they are quite young.) Later they would concern themselves with how they would distribute their supplies. So, they opened their factory in downtown North Korea City. After they opened their factory, they realized they had a problem: they had no clue how to make gum, and even if they did know how to make gum, they didn't know how to make it "Anarchy Gum." They then called up Johnno Floblowinstine, the world's first most authority on gum. He explained how to make gum and all the machinery that Wang Wang and Lou would need. However, this whole process would take time, which was too bad, because they had gotten workers long ago. At this point, the workers would just meet in the empty factory at 8 in the morning, play hopscotch and dodge ball until 5 and then go home. It was also quite unfortunate that Wang Wang and Lou had no money to pay these workers, so they were actually doing all their hard work for nothing. Upon further inspection, Wang Wang and Lou decided it was probably too early to hire all their workers, but they didn't have the heart to tell the workers that they had no money for them. So, until the factory was ready to go, they... went over to Grandpa Magoo’s house and stole his Monopoly game. They would use the Monopoly money for the time being until they could get some gum machinery for their empty factory. Johnno Floblowinstine realized Wang Wang and Lou’s plight so he donated his gum machinery to them for six months. If they had it longer than that, he said he would have to give Wang Wang of them a “punch in the stomach.” Lou was in the back playing hopscotch with the workers, so Wang Wang conveniently told Johnno Floblowinstine that Lou would be the one to punch, because he was in charge of everything. Johnno Floblowinstine nodded his head. The workers were then informed that recess time would start tomorrow with the making of gum, and that their excruciating work of playing hopscotch and dodge ball would now be over. The workers all sighed, knowing that they could now safely disband their union and not have to worry about suing Wang Wang for violating labor laws. Then the Nebraska football team came in and said hi to everyone and told them their field trip this year was to North Korea. They left immediately and all the workers went home, too. Wang Wang, Lou, and Johnno were the only ones left in the factory, and Johnno Floblowinstine said, “If you build it they will come.” Wang Wang and Lou embraced each other in this moment of passion and brotherly love and made an oath to each other to be true to themselves and their workers, while producing the world’s best gum. The whole situation got way too corny and it seemed to much like an Oscar scene for Johnno Floblowinstine, and he laughed hysterically. Any ways, they all left. The next day, the workers filed in for their first day of “recess.” Everything went great that first day, except... for the chronic hostage situation. You see, an angry mob of two men entered the factory with big, heavy guns and explosives, and threatened to kill everyone and blow up the building, because they were upset over something. They were furious with the advertising campaign of DiGiorno's frozen pizzas. In DiGiorno's commercials, they claim "It's not delivery, it's DiGiorno!" as if someone might confuse DiGiorno's frozen pizzas with delivered pizza. Well, both these men decided to test this on their wives. They pretended to order pizza as a nice, elegant dinner for their 25th anniversaries. They both married their wives on the same day. Anyway, they assumed they could get away with it. However, in each case, as soon as the wife bit into the pizza, she proclaimed "It's not delivery, it's DiGiorno!" With this both women became furious with their husbands, demanded a divorce, and walked out on them forever. The men figured that there would be no better way to show the world what had happened to them then to take everyone at the "Anarchy Gum" plant hostage. So, they did. Naturally, Wang Wang and Lou became quite distressed, but as always, Wang Wang had a plan. He quickly snuck into the kitchen and cooked up a DiGiorno's frozen pizza while Lou was attempting to negotiate with the terrorists. As soon as the pizza was finished, Wang Wang brought it out, offered it to the terrorists, explaining "Hey, I just cooked up a some pizza. Would you like some?" All this terrorizing had got the men hungry, and they gladly accepted. However, the two terrorists couldn't believe it was a frozen pizza. They were convinced it had been delivered. One of the men proclaimed "a pizza boy just waltzed on in here?" They both became quite distressed and ran out of the factory frantically searching for the pizza boy. Everyone remained quite in the factory for a few moments, and then Wang Wang proclaimed to everyone "It wasn't delivery, it's DiGiorno! They've been had!" With this, everyone began to laugh. The second day at the "Anarchy Gum" plant wasn't quite so boring, as an incredible change in events occurred. On the second day... the Tooth Fairy came. Apparently, her name was really Mathilde. She had a sack load of cash in order to reimburse all the workers, Wang Wang, and Lou for all the teeth that they had lost over their lives but had never been legally compensated. Mathilde said that going to North Korea was a big hassle for her, so she hadn’t stopped by in nearly a century. Wang Wang saw that Mathilde was tired from her endless journeys, so he offered her a piece of Anarchy Gum. She accepted and immediately realized the healing quality of the gum. “Good heavens! With this gum’s monumental advancements, people will never lose teeth again! I can retire and become Santa Claus’s whore! Finally!” Wang Wang and Lou instantly seized their opportunity to shoot a commercial before Mathilde went off to the North Pole to bang good ol’ Santa Claus. With Mathilde’s endorsement, Anarchy Gum boomed and skyrocketed throughout the world. I mean, who can forget Mathilde the Tooth Fairy’s infamous punch line of Anarchy Gum’s worldwide debut commercial?... "Chew this gum, bitch, or Santa Claus's whore... is gonna beat ya til ya hurt no more." With an endorsement like that, how could you not want the gum? I mean, it even rhymed. With this brilliant jingle and the endorsement of Mathilde, Anarchy Gum really took off. At this point, Lou and Wang Wang finally had enough money to pay their workers; however, now a new problem arose. The popularity of Anarchy Gum had risen so much to the point they needed more workers. However, there was no one left in North Korea willing to work for Anarchy Gum. Lou and Wang Wang decided the only possible solution would be to open another plant elsewhere. As they had discussed earlier, they decided to open a plant in Baghdad. However, if they did do that, Lou and Wang Wang would have to be separated, and that was not acceptable. So, after much discussion, they decided to call up Mathilde and asked if she would like to run a second plant on the North Pole. She instantly accepted, realizing that there is only so much whorring one can do. So, Lou and Wang Wang spent all their extra money building another factory on the North Pole. Unfortunately, due to lack of preparation for this, they were unaware that the North Pole was not inhabited, and there was no one to work there. At this point, Anarchy Gum was just about completely bankrupt. Lou was sure they'd have to end their business. However, Wang Wang had an idea. Wang Wang, as always, had connections. He knew just the guy to call to help him overcome this dreadful situation. Wang Wang picked up the phone and called... Wang Wang 2025. Wang Wang 2000 said he desperately needed some money to shut down the North Pole factory before its capital gains losses exceeded the net profits by a percentage larger than that of the stockholder’s municipal bonds which would clearly inflate at a rate unacceptable to the economy’s ever changing demands for a high ratio of cash flow dividend to yield sales in the appropriate equity fund in order to alleviate the gross margin of the inventory revenue on each share’s earnings per capita flow of assets. Wang Wang 2025 said that he knew all about this kind of thing— everyone did in 2025. “But it doesn’t matter. You see, minimum wage these days is a little over $630,000 per hour. So I will give you $5 million tomorrow so as to save your little project.” Wang Wang 2000 was ecstatic and shared the news with Lou. Unfortunately, the two had to then tell Mathilde the Tooth Fairy that the North Pole factory had to be shut down and that she would have to go back to being Santa Claus’s whore. She begged them to save her from going back to Santa, because, well, she didn’t want to get into it. So Wang Wang and Lou, still needing to open another factory, decided to relocate their North Pole Factory to Des Moines, Iowa, often considered the center of “Gum Country.” They elected not to build one in Baghdad because of the country’s rampant use of the harmonica in order to cure psychological plant jealousy. So, the Tooth Fairy, now residing in Iowa, was having the time of her life. Anarchy Gum was prospering, and Wang Wang and Lou were the most famous people on the planet. But, as usual, a conflict from out of nowhere arose. The 8,793 guards from the North Korean Toothpaste Communist Base had gotten bored with Lou’s reference manual, “Things to consider when you make a Time Machine Volume I.” The five “Best Buy mascot” teeth quickly realized this and rushed back to Anarchy Gum’s world headquarters in North Korea City so they could inform Wang Wang and Lou of the impending danger. Wang Wang and Lou’s five friends who disguised as giant, dirty teeth, since we didn’t feel like telling you who they were before, are really... Chapter 5 The Guards Threaten the Factories the Village People. Granted, there are actually six Village People (the Indian, the G.I., the biker, the cowboy, the cop, and the construction worker) but the Indian, as we all know, was the lone Communist of the group and therefore refused to assist the others in their attempt to overthrow Communism. Anyway, the cowboy ran into the factory ahead of the rest of the gang to quickly inform Wang Wang and Lou of the potential problem they may encounter soon. Wang Wang and Lou thanked the Village People for the information, and asked if, before they leave if they would put on a little concert for the happy workers of Anarchy Gum. The Village People immediately said yes, because they were pumped that people would still want to hear their music. First off, they all sang "Y.M.C.A." because, you know, it's a classic. Next, they sang "Macho Man." As they were singing this song, the 8,793 guards from the North Korean Toothpaste Communist Base entered the factory. However, when there heard everyone singing "Macho Man," they became frightened. There were lots of workers in that factory, and if they were all, in fact, macho men, they figured they didn't stand a chance. So, this time, Wang Wang and Lou didn't actually have a plan to drive off their potential danger. They just got lucky. However, they had been dealt their fair share of bad luck, so it was about freaking time. But, although they did have good luck in this instance, there was also some bad luck involved. You see, Wang Wang, Lou, and all the workers of Anarchy Gum never noticed that the guards came and left. Because of this, they still thought the guards were after them. So, Wang Wang and Lou still came up with a plan. It was their most amazing plan yet. It is unbelievable that they could come up with a plan such as this. It's such an unreal plan that no one could have ever made it up. The plan looked like it would be flawless. Only one flukish thing could go wrong that would ruin the plan. And guess what: that flukish thing did go wrong. And now it is time to explain the plan that Wang Wang and Lou came up with and the fluke that caused everything to go wrong:... Wang Wang and Lou decided to take “Invisible Potion 257” and they gave all of the workers some, too. They potion’s spell said that they would remain invisible until they defeated the guards. Wang Wang said that the only thing that could make the whole ingenious plan go terribly wrong would be if that the guards never showed up. Everyone thought this was hilarious, and that such a fluke would never happen. Everyone was looking forward to the moment when the guards would enter, because they would be getting beat senseless by invisible guys everywhere! But when the guards did not show up, the workers started to turn on the Village People. They said they were traitors and spies. The workers screamed: “The Village People lied to us! The guards were never really coming! It’s a scam!” The Village People tried to get the truth out and that the guards were in fact coming. But the workers wouldn’t believe it. The workers threatened to kick the crap out of the Village People, and the band members became very scared, until they realized that invisible guys can’t see other invisible guys. So while the workers tried to catch The Village People that they couldn’t see, the comedic Village People were yelling “Marco!” and “Polo!” and it was getting really annoying. Then the group realized they had a bigger problem. Wang Wang addressed Lou, the workers, and The Village People: “Fellow invisible people. I know in my heart that The Village People were not lying. They are on our side. However, my friends, we have a bigger problem than simply defeating the guards. We have to find them! Even if they are looking for us, they can’t find us, because we stay invisible until we beat them up. But I don’t think they are looking for us anyway because they aren’t here. So we need to find the guards and beat them up. Does anyone know where the guards could be?” Luckily, the construction worker did. “They are... playing the banjo with Cletus in a swamp in southern Arkansas. At this point, the cop explained to everyone that the construction worker has been freakishly delusional since his pet raccoon named Petie was killed in a freakish genital shooting incident in South Korea. So, the cop explained, most likely, what he said about the location of the guards was not true. They sure were stumped. At this point, there was a loud banging on the door of the factory. Everyone quickly looked over towards the door to see who it was. Unfortunately, everyone was disappointed when they realized the door was closed. After further examination of the situation, everyone determined that, in fact, it wouldn’t make sense for the person to knock on the door if it were open. If that were the case, they’d probably just walk in. Anyway, Wang Wang walked over to the door to let the person in. As he opened the door, the Indian walked in the other door that was right next to it, and it was open. He explained that he did actually knock on the door, but when no one responded, he just walked through the other door. Although at first this situation was filled with confusion because he thought the factory was empty because everyone was invisible, when everyone explained to him that they were there, but they were just invisible, this was quite a joyous occasion. The Village People were reunited! This called for a celebration! They decided to put on another concert, and started by playing “Y.M.C.A.” again, and when they finished that they played “Macho Man” again. After playing “Macho Man,” they started to play something else, but all the workers began to boo because those two songs are the only two songs anyone likes by the Village People, and most people that like those songs only like them because they like to make fun of them. For example, there was that commercial about the “Nacho Man” by some nacho cheese product or something like that. And, “Y.M.C.A.” is just ridiculous. I mean, half the people mess up when they do that and make their “C” the wrong way. But, at this point they needed to get to figure out where the guards went. Before they were to do this, the biker had a suggestion. He suggested that the Indian take a shower, because he smelled really bad. This was interesting, because his olfactory system was destroyed when he was just a baby because his doctor was trying to build a fort out of tooth picks. At the same time as this was happening, a fat nurse was running because she was being chased by a weasel from Guadeloupe because its ass was on fire because it was building a fort out of matches, when one caught on fire and struck the gasoline leaking out of his car. The leaking gasoline happened to lead right to where the weasel was sitting and his arse happened to catch on fire. Anyway, the breeze that was caused when the fat nurse ran by the fort of tooth picks caused two of the tooth picks to go flying, and they ricocheted off the bikers helmet, went straight through his gloves, bounced off his leather jacket, somehow got over the cradle, and then one flew into each of nostrils. He hadn’t been able to smell since then. When the Biker made this suggestion, the Indian explained that he smelled so bad because he had been hiding out in the dumpster outside the factory. You see, he was going to meet his buddies, now that they decided they didn’t want to take down Communism. As he was going to see them, he saw the guards. From the dumpster, he also saw them leave and go to... the Anarchy Gum’s second factory in Des Moines, where Mathilde the Tooth Fairy was just starting to hire workers. Since the old Communism guards couldn’t find the workers in Anarchy Gum’s world headquarters in NKC, they decided to sabotage the factory in Des Moines. Mathilde saw all 8,793 of them coming, and she had a plan. She took out her Official Tooth Fairy Purse and unleashed a monumental piece of string. It was so long that she could run around the Earth five times and she would still have enough string to— well, you know. That whole cricket/cowboy/calculator thing. Please don’t make me explain. Any ways, so she cut the string into 8,793 evenly divided pieces, and gave each of the guards his equal piece of string. She said if they all did as they were told, she would show them what she and Santa Claus had done many a time during all those boring summer nights in the North Pole. She also said that they could destroy the plant and get their revenge on Wang Wang. Mathilde then led the guards into the Magic Room of Doors, and she said her magic spell words and there were of course 8,793 doors. She then snapped her fingers and 8,793 bandanas instantly blindfolded all of the guards. Then, another magic snapperoo by Mathilde and the guards obeyed her command: they tied their piece of string in between all their teeth and attached it to the doors. A final wave of the magic wand by Mathilde and all the 8,793 doors slammed. What happened next was the biggest, saddest, most tragic, disgusting, and hilarious yelp of pain that anyone has ever heard. Every single guard lost all of his teeth, and Mathilde could not stop laughing. She had duped them into a cruel yet hysteri- cal trick. Mr. Guinness stopped by shortly thereafter and put the event in the record books: over 200,000 teeth had been lost in the same room in the same minute. It was a unanimous winner. Mr. Richter later paid the Des Moines factory a visit, asking if he had felt an earthquake or the shrieking cries of 8,793 men who had just lost all of their teeth. The screams recorded a 4.7 on the scale, but oh well. It wasn’t a real earthquake. Wang Wang, Lou, and the gang arrived at about this time, and they still had their dilemma: they had to beat up the guards before they could become visible again, not to mention become contributing members of society again. But they all felt so bad for the guards, how could they fight them now? I mean every single one of the guards was crying like a little kid, and none of them could talk. Wang Wang saw this tragedy, and elected to... beat the crap out of them anyway. After all, there were a lot of guards, and not quite so many workers. Even if the workers were invisible, they would probably still at least hurt some of the guards mildly. So, anyway, this actually seemed like another stroke of good luck for good ol' Wang Wang and Lou. I mean, it really wouldn't take too much effort to beat up the guards. Just give them all a good kick, and they would be pretty much beat up, as most of their work had already been done for them. So, Lou and Wang Wang ordered their workers to kick all the guards so they could once again become visible. So, they walked around the Magic Room of Doors and began kicking all the guards. As soon as the last guard had been kicked, they all became visible again, and there was much rejoicing. As a reward for doing their job so well, Mathilde approached Wang Wang and Lou and... never mind. Now, as happens about every 350 words or so in this story, without fail, Wang Wang and Lou had another dilemma. They realized that they were in the Magic Room of Doors. There were 8,793 doors in the Magic Room of Doors, and no one knew how to get out. I mean, considering the room was magic, those doors could lead to just about anywhere. So, Wang Wang and Lou together formulated an idea. They decided to ask one of their workers to, at random, choose a door and enter through it. He enthusiastically agreed to this seemingly harmless task and chose a door to enter. He opened the door, and walked right into the middle of the Great Barrier Reef. At first he thought that was great, because it was pretty, but in five seconds he was viciously eaten by a shark. Wang Wang and Lou decided they better not all follow him through that door. They asked another worker to open a door, and he did, and ended up falling into the fiery depths of Hell. At this point, they decided that their plan was a bad one. I mean, if the last door went to Hell, where would the next door lead? Texas? It was a risk they simply weren't willing to take. They refused to run the possibility of forcibly, albeit accidentally, forcing one of their beloved workers into Texas. So, their problem was not yet solved, and they needed to hurry. The guards were beginning to regain consciousness following their ass kicking. Wang Wang and Lou weren't sure if they'd react angrily or have respect for the people that put them in their current state. But, they didn't want to risk the chance that they might want revenge, so they had to come up with a plan in a hurry. Lou finally decided that the best way to successfully leave the Magic Room of Doors would be to... first finally rid the world of those freaking 8,793 guards— forever. No more giving them a book to read and no more pulling their teeth. It was time to let these communist bastards rot in hell for eternity. So Wang Wang and Lou got a team together in an assembly line. They basically picked up the bodies, handed them down the line, and scooped them into the door to Hell. Satan thanked Wang Wang and Lou for his new 8,793 prisoners, and in exchange, Satan gave back Wang Wang his two suffering workers. Satan refused to tell Wang Wang how to get out of the room, but he did say the way out was either between the Red Door or the Blue Door. Satan said one door led to an endless maze and labyrinth, while the other led to North Korea. Mathilde was drunk off her ass, so she wasn’t any help. Wang Wang turned around and then saw the Blue and Red Gods of the Magic Room of Doors. According to Lou, who had studied them in college, one always told the truth, and the other always told a lie. Lou said that they both knew which door was the right one to enter. Unfortunately, Lou didn’t know how to decipher if the Red one was the truth teller or the liar, and he didn’t know how to decipher if the Blue one was the truth teller or the liar. Wang Wang thought for a while, and then he said he had the answer. All his workers were relieved, because they didn’t want to go to Texas. Wang Wang went up to the Blue One and said “Hey! I want to live. Since that is the case, which door would the Red guy say to enter?” The Blue God replied: “He would say enter the Red One!” Wang Wang went into the Blue Door immediately. Everyone was afraid— what if he had entered the wrong door? There was no way to tell, so everyone put their faith into Wang Wang and they all followed him into the Blue door. He was right! They were back in North Korea! “How did you know to enter the Blue door?” Wang Wang had everyone sit down. “Okay. Thanks to Satan we all knew that the only way to get home was through either the Red Door or Blue Door. One led to an eternal maze, the other on was home. Who knows where all the other doors led? Any ways, I still don’t know which door is the Truth teller and which is the Liar. Yes, it is true! But here’s my explanation. Let’s assume that the Blue God is the Truth Teller. If so, he was telling the truth when he told me that the Red God (the liar) would say ‘Enter Me.’ So, since Red would be lying, naturally, I would enter the Blue Door. However, let’s say that the Blue God is the Liar. If so, he was telling a lie when he told me that the Red God (the truth teller) would say ‘Enter Me.’ So, since Blue would be lying about what Red would say, naturally, I would enter the Blue Door. It is a foolproof plan.” Everyone was stunned by Wang Wang’s superior intelligence. Then Enrique the delivery boy came and gave Wang Wang his daily paper. The leading headline read: “ANARCHY NO LONGER GOOD.” On the stock market page, Anarchy Gum had lost all of its value, and Wang Wang and Lou became very worried. Democracy was being restored everywhere, and anarchy and communism were no longer found anywhere in the world. Even in North Korea, democratic elections had again been held and Dick Vitale was very successfully leading the country. All of this, of course, marked the end of the Anarchy Gum factories. But Wang Wang and Lou, the inseparable brotherly duo, had a loyal working crew of 36 men plus Mathilde the Tooth Fairy. The gang decided to take their entrepeneurshipal qualities and relocate in New Orleans, Louisiana. The gang opened up... a new Democracy Gum factory. They realized that there really wasn't anything about their gum that made it "anarchic." Hey, you know, it was just fancy gum that kept your teeth in. Anyway, they figured that they would take advantage of the popularity of democracy by opening their new Democracy Gum factory. Another reason that they could do this is that they already knew how to make the gum. They would simply need different packaging. Also, they already had a factory. Wang Wang just called those people that can move houses on those trucks that have the big yellow "wide load" signs on the back, and asked if they could transport the factory from Des Moines to New Orleans for them. The response on the other line filled Lou and Wang Wang and the gang with joy. Wang Wang was their 500th customer! He got the factory moved for free! To this, Lou began to do a dance that he liked to call the "Yay! We got our factory moved for free!" dance. It was the first time it had ever been performed. Unfortunately, due to the fact that he was just a mere rookie when it comes to that dance, he accidentally messed it up. The "Yay! We got our factory moved for free!" dance is actually incredibly similar to the "Hey, I got an idea! Let's invite Satan to come up from Hell and let him join us in our quest to make Democracy Gum" dance. So, instead of doing the "Yay! We got our factory moved for free!" dance, he did the "Hey, I got an idea! Let's invite Satan to come up from Hell and let him join us in our quest to make Democracy Gum" dance. Obviously, because Lou is a natural lighting technician, the eventual goal of his dance came through. The earth began to shake and the ground opened up, and Satan came through the crack. He grabbed the factory as well as Wang Wang and his merry men and flew them all to New Orleans. It was about time to get to work on the gum, but first, because it was Mardi Gras, Satan decided to hit up New Orleans and try to get some hot women to flash him. He was successful, and when he was done, he decided to return to the factory, which Wang Wang and Lou had already got running. But, Satan had an idea. He decided to add a special spice that would force anyone who chewed the gum to sell their soul to Satan. Now, Wang Wang and Lou and the gang didn't like this idea so much, but who's going to argue with Satan? So, Satan went along with his plan, and added the spice to the gum. As the gum went out on the market, everyone that chewed it immediately died and went to Hell. But, Satan underestimated the popularity of this gum. So many people died from it and went to Hell, Satan was forced to immediately return to Hell to torture them all. At this point, Wang Wang stopped making the gum, and decided maybe, after such a poor experience, to quit the gum making industry. So, the Democracy Gum factory was now closed. But, they still had a big factory. There was plenty they could do with a factory and a gang of workers. And don't forget the tooth fairy! The options were plentiful, but in the end they decided to be somewhat scandalous, so they opened a store, just for adults and minors with fake IDs called... Chapter 6 Tom Green emerges Fight Club. The first rule about Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule about Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club. If you forgot the first rule, it is that you do not talk about Fight Club. The second, if you recall, is that you do not talk about Fight Club. Wang Wang and Lou cooked up some DiGiorno's frozen pizza for the inaugural meeting. Two of the workers volunteered and went at it. They beat each other up, and things were going great, until a stamp suddenly fell from the ceiling. The stamp, which had a rhino in a pink tutu on it, suddenly came alive. The rhino, although miniature, was vicious, and he threatened Mathilde as well as everyone participating in Fight Club. Wang Wang would not stand for this, and he and Lou decided to take on the 10 inch rhino in an epic Fight Club battle. The fight to the death would forever change the history of the world, if you define the world as being confined to the basement of the New Orleans factory. Other than that, the fight wasn’t really that important. Any ways, the rhino seemed to be outmatched, but he was quite a fighter. Wang Wang and Lou were prepared to defend Fight Club with all their might, especially since they were sick of trying new businesses and governments. For once, they wished that something or someone wouldn’t come along and threaten things. But this rhino from the far off land of Stampopolis had come to Fight Club via his magic stamp powers, and was now threatening Wang Wang and Lou’s underground factory. Apparently, the rhino, named Etiquette Gringo, was offended by Wang Wang and Lou’s plan to turn the factory into an Amish pizza making factory on the main floor, while maintaining Fight Club in the basement. But back to the fight. It just so happened that... although Etiquette Gringo was an incredible fighter for his size, he just was unable to overcome the incredible size advantage that Wang Wang and Lou had. So, Wang Wang and Lou had very little trouble killing Etiquette Gringo. They walked over to the mini rhino, and stepped on him. So, he's dead. Wang Wang decided to celebrate their victory by making another three DiGiorno's frozen pizzas and a few bottles of Yoo-Hoo. Little did Wang Wang and Lou know that Yoo-Hoo is quite possibly the world’s most disgusting drink, so after they both tried it, they decided to just get a couple of glasses of ice water. As they sat down to enjoy their delicious pizza, Enrique the delivery boy just waltzed on in there. As it turns out, Enrique delivered more than just newspapers. He also delivered all sorts of other goods, such as prostitutes, Liquid Drano, crack, and, of course, pizza! Well, Enrique was furious. He immediately yelled at Wang Wang and Lou. "Hey guys. What's up with DiGiorno? Huh? After all the updates I gave you about the economy of the world, you won't even order a pizza from me? Is my pizza not good enough for you? What's up with that? Okay, okay, I can understand you not wanting me to bring you whores. I mean, Lou, I know your background, with your mom and all. Plus, those girls are really ugly. And, I can even understand you not wanting my crack. But..." At this point, Mathilde, having a dirty mind due to her former career as prostitute, chuckled, because she thought it was funny that Enrique said "I can even understand you not wanting my crack," thinking Enrique meant something else. So, Enrique gave her an evil look and continued. "But, for you not to order my pizza? That's incorrigible." When he finished his bantering, Wang Wang tried to settle him down. "Sorry Enrique. Actually, we have no idea who you are. Now, looking back, I guess I recognize you from before, but how were we supposed to know that you delivered all that other stuff?" At this point, Enrique's face got quite red, as he said, "Boy, is my face red. I'm sorry guys. I didn't mean to lay a diatribe down on you fine blokes. Hey, I'll tell you what; here's my card. Let me know next time you want a pizza, or anything, and I'll charge you double." It seemed like a good deal to Wang Wang and Lou, so they gladly accepted. Before Enrique left, Lou asked if he'd like to have a quick go at having a fight. After all, he had entered the Fight Club. Wang Wang added that he could fight anyone he wanted. The choice was entirely his. So, Enrique readily accepted, and chose to fight... his alternate personality Tom Green. It was a great fight, because it looked like only one guy was fighting. But in fact there were two, and occasionally, Enrique would just topple over. Everyone was laughing because it looked like Enrique was losing to the so-called “Mr. Air.” But eventually, Tom got the best of Enrique and the famous jokester took over Enrique’s body for good. No longer would either man be troubled by his multiple personality problem. Tom now claimed that he could do his TV show 24/7 since he didn’t have to be Enrique anymore, so this was good. In fact, Tom Green asked Wang Wang and Lou to be his sidekicks in his new “Non-stop Everyday 24/7 You Can’t Get Enough of Tom Green Show.” They agreed, but the workers and Mathilde weren’t really up for it, so they all just decided to stay in New Orleans and have sex for a few years. Mathilde, a veteran in the profession, was excited about returning to it. But enough of the dirty talk. So, the new trio of comedic geniuses signed a deal with PBS, since PBS was trying to promote “educational humor.” But little did PBS know what Tom, Wang Wang, and Lou had planned for their first national live broadcast. It was such a hilarious, yet cruel prank, that PBS had to consider whether they wanted to sacrifice their reputation for ratings. I mean, this prank that the trio pulled was really humiliating to the station, but it got ratings through the roof. So many people were watching by the end of the show that its ratings exceeded those of the last five Super Bowls combined! Their ultimate hysterical plan of course succeeded, and the best part of it was... the money. After they performed their prank, they got a new, big money contract to continue their show, under one condition: they decided that he couldn’t have his show on 24/7. I mean, face it. That’s just too much. It can’t stay funny all the time. Instead, they decided to pay Tom, Wang Wang, and Lou $500,000,000 a show, which was actually below the poverty line in 2025. Anyway, PBS had learned from CBS about the best way to have a show. They remembered that over the summer of 2000, CBS had tremendous success with their show, “Survivor,” but no success with their show “Big Brother.” The reason for this, PBS guessed, was that “Big Brother” was on way too much, and no one cared. “Survivor,” on the other hand, was on just once a week and had people quite excited to watch every week. At first, Tom was disappointed. He had finally taken over Enrique’s body, and he couldn’t wait to be on TV more often than that tool Regis from “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” But, that wasn’t to be. As the saying goes, money talks, but $500,000,000 shouts. Tom decided to give in. Besides, this would give him more time to come up with other great pranks and have them on the show every week. Tom also realized that some of his every day life just isn’t that funny. For example, there’s nothing funny about Tom sleeping, or Tom in the shower. No one wants to watch either one of those. So, if they had a two hour show every week, that would give Tom the time to put on just the best stuff. Wang Wang and Lou were also quite happy about this development. You see, although they have both done quite a lot since they met, they both considered themselves incredibly lazy. So, they’d rather work just a little bit, rather than 24 hours a day. But, the best news for Lou was that now that he was on a TV show, he could go back to his true calling— he could once again become Lou the Lighting Technician. Wang Wang would spend more time actually up on the stage with Tom on the TV show, while Lou would do more behind the scenes work, although every once in a while, Lou would be involved with the show in a more direct way. You see, Lou is an amazing actor, and his brilliant acting skills should not be wasted. Lou acquired his amazing acting skills while performing in plays on Broadway such as “Cats,” “Rent,” and “Lou, the Starving Three Toed Frenchmen, and his 40 Tailless, Homophobic Rats,” where Lou played Tuksberkercainaslan, the King of the tailless, homophobic rats, which happened to be an African hummingbird. Wang Wang, interestingly enough, also had some previous acting experience. Wang Wang did more exotic, pornographic films than Lou, however. Back in North Korea, before he started this whole journey, Wang Wang did porno flicks that were associated with his occupation as a snake ass wiper, that catered to the people of North Korea with dirty assed snake fetishes. So, anyway, Wang Wang also had experience behind the camera, and definitely was not shy. Both Wang Wang and Lou used their previous experiences to their advantages as they did their first prank that earned them their enormous contract. Their hilarious and cruel prank included... a trip to the closest high school near PBS’ main station, which was in Seattle, Washington. Tom’s idea was to have him and Wang Wang do a “special live TV report” that would inform the nation on the results of the presidential election. Now, since we all know that everyone expects Bush to win, Tom and Wang Wang were going to report that Gore won by four votes, and that Bush, in humiliation, was just spotted at Best Buy accepting a job. Apparently, he had a craving to dress up as that stupid blue box on the commercials, so the Best Buy managers were taking his waist size and stuff. Meanwhile, Gore was making his trip to the White House and getting down to business. But anyway, all that didn’t matter because PBS wouldn’t allow Tom to do that. Oh well. So, by now, you’re really wondering what the prank was, aren’t you? Here goes. Back to that high school. Well, it was Bacon Sweeney High School, located about 3 miles west of the PBS building. Bacon Sweeney was a football hero at the school back in the 1960’s when it used to balled Bitch High. But the officials thought the name of the school should change, so after Bacon set a school rushing record of 18 yards in 4 years, the officials changed the name in honor of the Seattle football legend that is Bacon Sweeney. So, Tom and Wang Wang went into a class and kicked the teacher out. The kids had all read the book by Maya Angelou, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” So, Tom told Wang Wang to distribute the test papers while the students wrote their essays on the book. After 45 minutes, the students turned their papers in, and Tom took over. “Kids, I am not impressed by what I am reading. Did you even read this book you little whores? I see phrases about ‘growing up,’ ‘bicycles,’ and ‘learning values,’ but where is the caged bird? Do any of you really know why the caged bird sings? Why does he sing? Why does he cry out in agony? What did Maya find out? Maya? Maya? Tell us!” A student named Equality Robinson raised his hand. Tom called on him and said, “Equality. Hi. In your paper, you failed to mention the caged bird. What’s the deal?” Three girls were crying at this point, knowing they had miserably failed. Equality tried to justify his paper. “Well, sir, the caged bird sings because—” Tom butted in. “No that’s not right. You think you are so smart and stuff. The truth is, none of you know why the caged bird sings! The whole book is a waste of time because it doesn’t tell you why the caged bird sings. The caged bird isn’t even a character in the book, so all of you are stupid.” Tom left, Wang Wang gave them all a mean look, and Lou followed with his camera. All the students were crying, and it had been a smash hit with viewers nationwide. It was great to see Tom scolding those arrogant kids. And everyone, while laughing really hard, agreed with Tom. I mean, the book doesn’t even pay any attention to a bird. So anyway, for the second part of the show, the trio... decided that they could do something a little more mean. So, to do this, they crossed the street and grabbed something to eat at “Sloppy Pete’s House of Sloppy Joe’s” where they all thoroughly enjoyed their fried bean and pepper, spicy American beef flavored dolphin casserole with artificial egg whites. Nothing funny happened while they were eating, and this was part of the reason that PBS didn’t want them on TV all the time. That simply would not be necessary. So, at the end of their meal, they had a big discussion as to what the tip should be. Tom thought they should tip the waitress, Mildred, $40 for their $20 meal. To explain why Tom believed this, he said, “I think we should definitely tip her no less than 200%. Mildred was an outstanding waitress. She always had a smile on her face and she was just so pleasant. She brought all our food out fairly quickly, and was here just enough for us to know that she was thinking about us, but not too much to make it seem like we had a table for four. And it was great when she offered all of us sex for no extra charge. Honestly, if I wasn’t so busy doing my television show right now, I would take her up on that offer. Not only that, but she was just really hot. I mean, look at those breasts! Finally, the final and last final reason I think we should tip her that amount would be that I feel bad that we kept calling her Mildred, even though her name is really Kathy.” Tom truly did make some valid points. But, Wang Wang and Lou saw it differently, and after conferring with each other for five minutes, they came to a joint decision that Wang Wang would give the reasoning as to why Wang Wang and Lou thought she deserved a tip of only $2. “Tom, you make some valid points, but on the whole, I think we tend to believe that you are a jackass. You see, Tom, long long ago, my brother Lou and I...” At this point, Tom interrupted Wang Wang and said “Wait! You mean, you two are brothers?” To this Wang Wang responded, “Yeah, it’s a long story.” And Lou added, “My dad boned his mom.” Wang Wang realized that his comment of ‘Yeah, it’s a long story’ wasn’t really true. So, he acknowledged that by saying “Okay, it’s a short story. But, we digress. As I was saying... long, long ago, my brother Lou and I went to eat at Cannibal Jorge’s House of Hunan. Now, I was unable to convince Lou to try an orange fruit punch flavored mango strawberry citrus fruit juice. It’s a delicious drink, although I didn’t like it at CJHH. But, today, I was able to convince him to try the great drink. He thought it was the greatest drink he had ever tasted. However, it kept him thirsting for more. He never got enough orange fruit punch flavored mango strawberry citrus fruit juice. But, Mildred never ever offered to get Lou more! That’s intolerable! How could she do that to him? Oh, it was awful. So, Mildred did an unsatisfactory job refilling Lou’s drink. Therefore, she only deserves a $2 tip, instead of the $40 that you earlier so eloquently proposed.” At this point, they decided to split the difference and just tip her $21. Now they all sat there staring at each other in a moment of awkward silence. It turns out that none of them had actually brought any money, and they all assumed someone else was planning to pay for their meal. A moment of panic immediately set in. They needed to come up with a way to sneak out of the restaurant without paying the bill. Tom, Wang Wang, and Lou put their heads together and thought of many brilliant plans. Unfortunately, the plans were too complicated as they would have included props that they did not have with them, such as a 25 pound sack of potatoes, a thesaurus, a Rolls Royce, a box of live worms, a headless mule, and an authentic cannon used at the Battle of Gettysburg. Eventually, after three and a half hours of discussion, fate smiled at Tom, Wang Wang and Lou, as an old acquaintance walked into the restaurant. It was Johnno Floblowinstine! Wang Wang and Lou immediately got very excited and hugged each other emphatically, before realizing that that was awkward. Wang Wang then called Johnno over to their table. He asked Johnno if he could borrow the $41 to pay for their meal. Johnno, remembering the good times they had in the past, said no. But, after thinking about it more, Johnno changed his mind and said yes. So, Tom, Wang Wang, and Lou were off the hook this time. They got up to leave and pay. As soon as they got outside Lou looked in his pocket and realized that he actually had $41 all along. Tom and Wang Wang got very upset with Lou and decided to go tag team on him and give him an atomic wedgie. Lou then became upset, and was about to attack them back, before he realized that if he was in their shoes, he would have done the same thing. But, now it was time to perform the second half of their show. To do this, our fabulous trio went to the local elementary school, which happened to be by an old folks home, which happened to be by an old abandoned warehouse where they used to make treadless tires for Ford Model T’s, which happened to be close to a small cemetery, which happened to be right next to “Angry Muhammad And His 25 Happy, Yet Brutally Smelling, Mechanics,” all of which happened to lie on an ancient Indian burial ground. All of these places had something very important to do with their terrific prank, although this one was a tad more offensive. In the prank, the trio... kidnapped a third grade student named Horatio. They took him to the old folks home across the street and told him that “This lady is your grandmother. Your other grandmother was just a fake. She was really a dragon that served Satan and she was going to breathe fire on you and kill you.” Horatio graciously thanked the trio for informing him about his fire breathing “grandmother” and for introducing him to his new grandmother. This old lady was known as Bessie, even though she really liked Cheerios and not Lucky Charms. Bessie was so old and senile that she actually thought Horatio was her grandson. So, the trio’s plan was going perfect. They knew what would happen next as they kept filming. Bessie took her new “grandson” on an emotional walk to the Model T Tire Plant across the street and explained to Horatio how she had once stolen her dad’s Model T to run away and become a professional snake ass wiper. At this point, Wang Wang could not believe his ears. Not only was their prank taking a sensational and very non-humorous turn, but Wang Wang sensed that he had a connection with this woman, and it wasn’t just that they shared a passion for wiping snake asses. It was something more, like that feeling you get when you are swimming and you feel like a frog even though you just had some Dorito chips and you know that the Chance card you just drew in Monopoly didn’t really say “Go to Boardwalk.” Nevertheless, Wang Wang patiently waited to see if he could unearth some more facts about Bessie before he came to a conclusion on what was really going on. So Bessie went on, telling Horatio that she had indeed abandoned her father. “Your great grandfather was so upset when I left that he died of sadness a few weeks later.” Of course, the trio knew all of this about Bessie, and now she had led Horatio to the cemetery where Horatio’s “great grandfather” was buried. How did the trio know everything about Bessie (so that the prank would work), yet they had overlooked her snake ass wiping days? This puzzled Wang Wang. Nevertheless, the show was getting great ratings, because a Mexican kid believed that this was his grandmother, and this senile old lady was just wonderful and sweet. Then, Bessie introduced Horatio to his new father. “This is my son Kimani. He is the best mechanic in all of Seattle. He is your real father.” Now, Horatio, Kimani, and Bessie were all caught up in the lie. Or was it a lie after all? Wang Wang had a strong suspicion that Satan, whom they had encountered in the Magic Room of Doors in Des Moines, actually did have dealings with Horatio’s original grandmother. Maybe fate had been leading Wang Wang to do this entire “prank” in order to learn something about himself. Maybe, as he suspected, Tom was Satan’s left horn. And maybe Lou was an escaped alligator convict who had raped flamingos before turning into a human. It just so happened that since this was all on a sacred and ancient Indian burial ground, Wang Wang could find all of these answers to his life’s mysteries by going to the special praying wall. So, Wang Wang excused himself from the live taping of the show, and went to the very northwestern edge of Seattle, which was of course, the Indian Praying Wall. As Wang Wang seemed to go into a deep sleep, he discovered within himself the power to release Chief Buffalo Sunday, the holiest of all Indian Gods. Buffalo told Wang Wang all he needed to know... Chapter 7 Party at the Magic Room of Doors! and it was a test to Wang Wang’s belief in fate as to whether he’d believe the amazing story that was about to be told to him. Luckily for fate, Wang Wang enjoyed living life on the edge. In fact, he liked the edge so much, that he actually went into his deep sleep on top of the Indian Praying Wall, and while above the wall, he fell off. Metaphorically, I suppose, this was a message to Wang Wang that he should settle down and discontinue living his life on the edge. But, as we all know from Wang Wang’s numerous adventures, he would never back down from his style of life, because it was the only style of life he knew. So, Wang Wang listened well to Chief Buffalo Sunday, and the good Chief told him all he needed to know. It turns out that Wang Wang’s mother was actually a lesbian. She was having a “relationship” with Bessie. Well, Bessie, as it was earlier mentioned, was a professional snake ass wiper. Bessie was the dominant figure in her relationship with Mary. Mary was just a simple mistress. She would sleep with married men and and then have babies and then collect the child support money. So, obviously, Bessie had the more respected occupation, which was quite sad, considering that she was just a snake ass wiper. So, due to the fact that Bessie had this coveted gig, Bessie and Mary both pushed Mary’s legitimate son, Wang Wang, towards the field of professional snake ass wiping. Mary planned on telling Wang Wang of this, but, well, she just forgot. You have to understand, however, that she was busy looking for rich married men to seduce. Anyway, by the time that Wang Wang was born, Bessie returned back to Seattle to live in a retirement home, because, as it is well known, professional snake ass wipers have the shortest life span of all the professional animal ass wiping fields. However, miraculously, because she entered the retirement home at the young age of 30, she managed to live far past her expected life span. Every day when she wakes up, she gets so surprised that she’s actually alive that she soils herself. But, that’s just gross. Anyway though, when Bessie was going through her experimental heterosexual stage, she had crazy, wild sex with her assistant at her snake ass wiping store and had a son. Her son she named SirLancealot and SirLancealot had a son with a Canadian documentary film director named Eva and they named their son Horatio. When Horatio was born, SirLancealot and Eva decided to move with their son to Seattle, because of Seattle’s reputation of having the best gyros in the world, first class crack houses, and very little rain. Now, if you noticed earlier (and I know that you did), it said that Bessie claimed that Horatio’s father was actually Kimani. That is true, and quite complicated. Well, it’s really not that complicated. Basically, what happened was that Bessie didn’t think that SirLancealot was capable of successfully raising Horatio, so she, being the kleptomaniac that she is, stole Horatio from her son SirLancealot and gave Horatio to an orphanage. Bessie would have taken care of Horatio, but she was sure she’d die soon, as has already been discussed, and she didn’t want to burden Horatio with that. So, Horatio went to the orphanage. But, when Bessie saw Horatio once again when Wang Wang, Lou, and Tom brought Horatio to her, she felt bad about her decision. So, she grabbed the nicest looking man off the street, and told Horatio that that man would be his father. This man happened to be Kimani. He didn’t really want to be Horatio’s father, but Bessie threatened to turn the Mafia on him if he refused, so he said he’d follow through on it. When the whole prank was over, Horatio was going home with Kimani. But, when Kimani got out of sight from the retirement home, he violently kicked Horatio out of the car, and Horatio went flying and landed somewhere in Pullman, Washington. Kimani thought he had gotten away with it, but one can never escape the omnipresent figure that is the Prince of Darkness. Now, granted, according to Christianity, Lucifer isn’t really omnipresent, but Christianity is wrong in some aspects, and this happens to be one of them. So, Satan got very upset, and went to tell Bessie what happened. Bessie immediately became furious, and called upon the ghosts of the Indian burial ground to get their revenge on Kimani. To do this, they... pretty much just killed Kimani. So he died and went to hell. Tom Green then tried to sell his soul to the devil in exchange for eternal power over all dan- delions and beetles, but Satan cast a spell on him that would make Tom think he was destined to become Pygmalion, ruler of a pact of land in Saudi Arabia that measured no more then five square feet. Needless to say, Tom went off to his new country and seemingly prosperous life. So, to much surprise, Wang Wang and Lou were out of a job again. No more TV show on PBS. They still had a lot of money from Anarchy Gum and the short-lived but very popular show with Tom. Wang Wang, in a very uncharacteristic move, came up with an idea. He would throw a wild party with all of his friends from his long journey of life. Not that his life was even near over, but Wang Wang felt he needed to acknowledge all of those who had helped him along his way before moving on with his life. Only two people declined Wang Wang’s invitation to the party: the Statue of Liberty and the International Sandwich Maker Extraordinaire. But everyone else came. The party was held in The Magic Room of Doors in Des Moines. Even some dead people came: Petie the Raccoon, Etiquette Gringo the rhino, Kimani, the 8,793 guards, Wang Wang’s uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, and Shoeless Joe Jackson. Wang Wang also invited the blind seven fingered homeless man, of course his brother Lou, the 36 faithful workers, the two restaurant owners Cannibal Jorge and Sloppy Pete, the lesbian lovers Mary Wang Wang and Bessie, from the future Pierre and Wang Wang 2025, North Korea’s political adviser Stromile Soap, Mighty Mouse, Mishi Akoobu the newscaster, the South Korean roadside worker, Enrique the delivery boy who was actually Tom Green, Johnno Floblowinstine, Wang Wang’s very special Grandpa Magoo, the angry mob of two men, Mathilde the Tooth Fairy, the Village People, Mr. Guinness and Mr. Richter, the Blue and Red Gods (who were pissed because they went all the way to Seattle to call Wang Wang without long distance charges that they would come to his party, only to return to their home where the party was in the first place*), North Korean President Dick Vitale, Satan the Prince of Darkness (who turned out to be a party maniac— he brought tons of chips and Coke), Equality Robinson the student from Bacon Sweeney HS, Kathy the waitress, Horatio, Chief Buffalo Sunday, and last but not least, SirLancealot. *The asterisk denotes that Wang Wang heard on the phone from the Red God or the Blue God that they would attend the party. The trouble was, Wang Wang didn’t know if it was the liar or the truth teller. But, since they were both at the party, it was the truth teller, whichever color that guy was. Any ways, the party started off with some groovy songs such as “Magic Carpet Ride.” Then the Village People came on and played their two hits before retiring into submission. After the music died down, everyone was mingling and having a great time. It was at about this time that Wang Wang again sensed something remarkable within his inner self. Needless to say, Wang Wang felt... a vibrating in his chest that seemed to come and go every couple seconds. It happened for about three minutes until Wang Wang began to feel very worried. At this point, Wang Wang went to the corner to examine himself, and try to determine what was wrong. He took off his jacket, and immediately heard something thump on the ground. He looked down and saw that it was just his cell phone. At first, this kind of scared Wang Wang, because he remembered that he didn’t have a cell phone. But, he picked up the cell phone anyway, and saw that, sure enough, it was on vibrator. It turns out that the phone was really Mathilde’s, because she really enjoyed having things vibra... nevermind. But, at this point, the phone had been ringing for over five minutes, and Wang Wang thought it would be best if he would just answer it already. So, he did. On the other line was Tom. Wang Wang got confused, because he thought that when he invited Enrique he was in effect inviting Enrique and Tom. But, this was not the case. Only Enrique was officially invited, and Tom is quite a shy guy, and doesn’t like to be at parties for which he did not receive a formal invitation to. So, Tom decided to stay in Saudi Arabia and miss the party. Wang Wang immediately felt bad. He said that he’d invite Tom to come too, but he didn’t know for sure how long the party would last, and Des Moines is a hell of a ways away from Saudi Arabia. But, Tom had an answer. He loved parties, and was hurt that he wasn’t invited to this one, until now. He knew just the way to get to the party. He asked Wang Wang to open all the doors in the room. One of them led straight to his bedroom in Saudi Arabia. So, Wang Wang wasn’t thrilled with this, because there were a helluva a lot of doors, but he decided that for his good friend Tom, he would do it. But, he needed some help. He asked Shoeless Joe to help him open the doors. When they had opened the last door, it was finally the right one. At this point, Wang Wang said “You know, it’s always the last door you open.” Shoeless Joe didn’t want to get into that conversation again. So, they both just greeted good ol’ Tom. Tom entered the party, and, oddly, the party immediately died. There was something about Tom that didn’t equate to fun. For some odd reason, Tom just wasn’t really a fun guy. Tom actually had a good explanation for this, and his explanation was... was that all the 8,793 doors were still open, and Tom just got nervous when he was around a lot of open doors. So they closed them all, and the party resumed. But things just weren’t the same. They were all in a secluded room in Des Moines and it was just really lame. So they decided to play a massive game of Truth or Dare. Satan by now was drunk, and he elected to go first. He asked Cannibal Jorge, “Truth or Dare?” Cannibal, also drunk, regrettedly said “Dare!” Satan let out a huge laugh, and immediately informed Cannibal that because of his decision, everyone would have to walk through a door that Satan himself would choose in no more than two minutes. Cannibal tensed up and told everyone the tragic news. They all thought they were doomed to hell, and that Satan would indeed send them through that door. But what if Satan was really the nice guy that he had seemed to be earlier? Maybe he would have mercy on all the guests and send them to Texas. But that wouldn’t be that good either. Wang Wang tried to reason with Satan, but to no avail. Satan then closed his eyes, spun around with his finger pointed out, and then he stopped, and said “Go through that door! The one I’m pointing at!” So everyone did. When they got to the other side, things weren’t as bad as they could have been. But they were no longer in a familiar dimension, and they were no longer bound by the laws of physics. Each guest to Wang Wang’s party now discovered he had a superpower that he could use. But did that matter now that Earth was in a different dimension? The crowd gathered, once again looking to Wang Wang for leadership. Now they were really in a plight. How could they get back to Earth? Where were they? Or maybe they didn’t want to return to Earth, so they could just stay here, use their superpowers, and have dirty sex with Mathilde in order to procreate. Among the other strange things that were associated with the “place” they were now in were... a dirty old French Nazi attempting to kiss his own ass and also a door, that seemingly went to no where, with a sign posted on it that said “Hey! This is for Wang Wang and his many party guests. Please enter this door. Nothing but tons of fun is inside!” Grandpa Magoo was skeptical. He didn’t really enjoy having fun. He’d rather sit at home and watch his feet bleed. But, everyone else thought it was a smashing idea! So, before they all entered the door, Johnno Floblowinstine realized that Satan never entered into this crazy dimension. He began to wonder if that would be the best idea. But, on second thought, he realized that he couldn’t resist a sign that included the phrase “tons of fun,” so he decided to keep his mouth shut. Interestingly, had he said anything, fate would have had them become scared, and collectively as a group, they would not have entered the door. If this were to happen, they would have formed their own secret society, with Lou as the official president, and Wang Wang as the official vice president, although Wang Wang would actually serve the president’s duties while Lou would actually serve the vice president’s duties. The group would have created a utopia and lived in peaceful bliss forever, never to face any conflict again. But, Johnno kept his mouth shut, so, fortunately, none of that actually happened, and our story can continue. So, the group entered the door. On the other side of the door was The Magic Room of Doors. Satan was sitting on a mini refrigerator filled with ecto-cooler in the middle of the room. Satan was laughing hysterically. It was all just a big prank. However, no one found the prank funny. As had been previously discussed, the reason they started playing “Truth or Dare” was because the party had become so lame. But, what had just transpired was not fun, and they all decided to stop playing “Truth or Dare” at this point. Everyone just looked angry for a while. Satan began to feel bad about what he had done to everyone, so he went to one of the many corners of the giant room to think about what he had done. Satan never really likes to hurt people’s feelings. When he saw that he had made so many people unhappy, by his thoughtless game, he was crushed, and decided to punish himself. When he did this, that gave everyone else the opportunity to talk together, without Satan hearing. As they got to talking, they all decided that they would have to do something to get Satan back for his cruel prank. After careful and long deliberation, they realized that Satan was leaving his corner, so they would need to hurry. At this point, Wang Wang realized he needed to take charge. He said, “Okay, okay. I have an idea. Let’s force Satan to go to Texas. I know, I know. I never thought anyone could ever do anything bad enough to merit that type of vicious punishment, but I really think Satan crossed the line big time here, and I’m drawing a blank as to another punishment we can deal him. So, I think we should force him to go to Texas.” At first, everyone seemed hesitant to agree to this idea. After all, Texas is the worst place anyone could ever go. No one has ever deserved to have to go to Texas, but they were running low on ideas here, and they had to do something. So, in a unanimous vote, they decided to make Satan go to Texas. They knew one of the doors led to Texas, but they weren’t quite sure which one it was. So, they were faced with the dilemma of how to figure out which door led to Texas, and in a hurry. Not only that, but once they found the door, they had to think of a way to get Satan to enter the door. It seemed like a difficult task, and they were running out of time. Luckily, Petie the dead Raccoon, who was formerly the Dictator of North Korea before getting shot in the genitals repeatedly by a South Korean roadside worker, had a brilliant plan. Petie the Raccoon’s plan was to... lure Satan to Texas by telling him all about the cleverly named NFL expansion team, the Houston Texans. Clearly, Satan was captivated by this new team and its creative name, but he asked everyone, “Why should I really go Texas other than this awesome football team?” Poor Satan seemed somewhat tired and sad as he was truly seeking his friends’ advice. Some of them felt bad for punishing Satan, especially the 36 loyal workers. So they volunteered to go with Satan if they could comprise the expansion football team. Satan agreed. After all, he would need some players. “But why should I take over this team?” Wang Wang stepped forward, putting his arm around Satan. “Satan, walk with me buddy.” So they strolled along, with Satan looking like a sad puppy trying to understand such a wise man as Wang Wang. “Do you realize that the last powerful man to own a Texas professional sports team is now in the running for President of the United States of America?” Satan did not realize this, but he found it very enticing. With the 36 extremely talented workers turned football stars, he could build up a dominant NFL team and then use that popularity to become the President of the United States. Then he could take over the U.S. and continue with other countries. Soon enough, the universe would be his. In thanking his compadres for their suggestion of Texas, Satan granted renewed life to Petie the Raccoon, Etiquette Gringo the rhino, Kimani, the 8,793 guards, Wang Wang’s uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, and Shoeless Joe Jackson. So, he and the workers went on their way to Texas. Only time will tell if Satan’s conquest would truly formulate to his wishes. But for now, let us go back to our other smorgasbord of characters, still in the Magic Room of Doors. With Satan gone, the Red and Blue Gods decided to use their powers to play another prank on everyone. They summoned all the doors to disappear, and then they became doors themselves— the only two. Again, one led to hell, the other led to the Des Moines International Subway. Wang Wang sighed, and pulled out his old tricks. He went up to the Blue One and said “Hey! I want to live. Since that is the case, which door would the Red guy say to enter?” The gods were pissed and dumbfounded. Wang Wang had outwitted them again. So, the gang found themselves in the subway. Copernicus Clownpenis, ecstatic about his second chance in life, told everyone exactly where he wanted to go via the subway. “In my life, I never got the chance, but I always wanted to... Chapter 8 The South Dakota Period go to the Corn Palace, in Mitchell, South Dakota.” The Corn Palace at times holds sporting events in its arena (according to http://www.cornpalace.org/cornpalace.html, from the official web page for The Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce). Not only had Copernicus Clownpenis always wanted to go to the Corn Palace, but he also had a great love for basketball, and nothing would have made him happier than to have the opportunity to see the Harlem Globetrotters play Les Aigles de Meyrin, which is a wheelchair basketball team from Switzerland. So, the whole lot of them took the Des Moines International Subway from one of the main international subway hubs in Des Moines to the only larger subway hub in the world in Mitchell. Obviously, none of Wang Wang and Co. could get a seat on the subway, because the trip from Des Moines to Mitchell is the most popular subway trip in history. They were lucky they even all got to get on! They were packed ridiculously tight in the car, and Etiquette Gringo’s horns continually poked the many passengers in the ass. Actually, he poked Shoeless Joe so hard that he died. But, Satan felt all the way from Texas what had happened, and decided that Shoeless Joe hadn’t yet had the opportunity to take advantage of his second life, so he decided to give him a third, and brought him back yet again. Finally, after a grueling journey, they arrived at beautiful Mitchell, South Dakota, and went to the Corn Palace to see what was going on. As they arrived at the amazingly breathtaking facility they saw a sign that said, in just two hours, the Harlem Globetrotters would, in fact, be playing Les Aigles de Meyrin in the Corn Palace! Copernicus Clownpenis couldn’t believe his luck, and he immediately started jumping up and down merrily. However, as he was doing this, he tripped on the curb at the side of the road, fell into the street, and was immediately killed by a speeding taxi. So, that was a shame, but no one really liked that senile, grizzled, feeble-minded, old gent anyway. Everyone got over it pretty quickly. But, although no one liked Copernicus Clownpenis, everyone did agree that going to the bas- ketball game was an extraordinary idea. So, it took about an hour and a half to clean the mess made by Copernicus Clownpenis when he was killed. When they were done, they went to the ticket window and asked for enough tickets to get them all into the Corn Palace. But, uh oh! There was a problem! The event was already sold out. They would have to take it to the streets and find some scalpers. Everyone went off in pairs, because they realized that they would probably have a problem finding one guy selling enough tickets for everyone to sit together. But, if everyone went off in search of tickets with a partner, then at least no one would be alone. Everyone got into the game with their partner just fine, except for one group. This one group was Wang Wang and Lou. While everyone else had enough luck to be able to buy their tickets, at face value no less, Wang Wang and Lou had problems. You see, Wang Wang and Lou had the misfortune of running into some undercover female cops. Obviously, at an event as momentous as a game between the Harlem Globetrotters and Les Aigles de Meyrin in the Corn Palace, there is going to be some scalping going on. So, when Wang Wang and Lou agreed to buy to tickets from these undercover cops at $150 a piece, they were in trouble with the law. The face value was only $15 each. If it were only for that, Wang Wang and Lou probably would have gotten out of their legal difficulties with nothing more than the figurative slap on the wrist. However, unfortunately, the cops were incredibly attractive. Wang Wang and Lou discussed this as soon as they saw them, and they decided that if they did get the tickets, and all seemed to go well, they would also ask if they would like to play the role as their prostitutes after the game. They were willing to give a lot of money. Well, that’s illegal too. So, as soon as they explained that they were cops, Wang Wang and Lou decided to flee the scene, which was kind of a bad thing to do, considering they were supposed to meet their friends in the Corn Palace “Lobby of Corn.” But, they had to get out of there. So, Wang Wang and Lou sprinted to the subway, and quickly decided that the best place to flee would be to... the local cartography store. In order to get out of Mitchell quickly so as to avoid the women cops, Wang Wang would flip a quarter 100 times, and Lou would do the same. Whoever got more heads would then pick a globe in the store. Then, the loser would spin the globe, while the winner would point until the globe stopped. Then, the brothers would go there. Clearly, this intelligent plan was the quickest way for them to avoid getting arrested for not only scalping, but whorring themselves and resisting arrest as well. In the heated battle, Wang Wang took a quick lead at 39-27, but he faltered in the end as Lou went on amazing streak, landing 14 heads in a row at one point. Even though he was crushed by his defeat, Wang Wang reluctantly spun the globe of Lou’s choice, and as it stopped, Lou was pointing straight at, you guessed it— Pierre, South Dakota. Luckily, the international subway had one more train set to go out in precisely 18 minutes. So the brothers got on that train, and they began to talk about what they could do once they arrived in Pierre. Not only did they have to reunite with their friends, but they also had to find out who won the basketball game. Wang Wang then pointed out that they should probably clear their names while they were at it. Being wanted by the law wasn’t good. Lou agreed, and then Lou saw it. It was a sign. As we know, all subway trains have those ads everywhere inside. Well, next to an old Anarchy Gum advertisement, Lou spotted a WANTED sign. It read: “WANTED: Two white females, approximately 20-30 years old, roughly 5’3” to 5’8” in height, for disguising themselves as fake cops.” Lou and Wang Wang were off the hook! But they felt obligated to turn in these real two crooks, no matter how attractive they were. So Wang Wang got a phone book when they arrived in Pierre, and found the local police station’s telephone number. “Deputy Larson speaking. How may I help you?” Wang Wang replied, “Hello. Real cops? I have some very important information for you about two wanted criminals...” “they are 5’3” to 5’8” in height, and they have been disguising themselves as fake cops.” To this, Deputy Larson replied that that didn’t help them at all because that’s what was already on the sign. Wang Wang realized his gaff, and added that the women were “outside the Corn Palace pretending to be undercover cops and they were trying to catch scalpers.” Deputy Larson thought this was a little odd that Wang Wang would know that, and he asked how Wang Wang knew about that. Wang Wang, in a clever attempt to avoid incriminating himself, decided to come up with a story. His story was very elaborate, and would have worked to perfection. However, when it came time to tell the story, he got very nervous, and accidentally just told the truth. So, at this point, Wang Wang and Lou once again had the cops coming after them. Once Wang Wang realized this second mistake, he decided that they needed to make a run for it. Unfortunately, they had no idea what “it” was. They decided to go to check into a hotel and hide out until they discovered a better plan. When they entered the lobby of the hotel called “The Greatest Hotel in the Pierre, South Dakota Metropolitan Area,” (or TGHITPSDMA, for short), they looked at the TV and saw the highlights from the Harlem Globetrotters Les Aigles de Meyrin game on SportsCenter. Les Aigles de Meyrin won the game 104-61 on a last second dunk by Eduardo Eigleshofferentow. E-E is the Michael Jordan of basketball. Well, wheelchair basketball anyway. They also saw two people in the bar fighting viciously over the game. One had on a Globetrotters shirt, and the other did too, so, they were somewhat confused as to what they were fighting over. They were tempted to go and ask, but they decided that they better not, because entering a bar fight would be a bad idea, considering they were, at the moment, trying to avoid the cops. As they got to the counter, they asked to reserve a room, and they realized they would have to give their name. At this point, Wang Wang thought back to long ago when he first came to America, and how he first avoided the law. He decided to give the worker the name, “Jeffrey Dahmer.” It worked before, and Wang Wang figured it would work again. So, all was looking up and rosy at this point and Wang Wang and Lou went to their room; number 666. That was kind of ironic, they thought, considering their associations with the Devil, but they just laughed it off. When Wang Wang and Lou entered the room, they were shocked by what they saw. It scared them incredibly. But, it had nothing to do with Satan. A painting on the wall was just very crooked. It was almost sideways, for crying out loud. So, Wang Wang fixed that, and they both sat on the bed, trying to figure out what to do, but Lou got uncomfortable sitting so closely to Wang Wang, so he got up and sat on the chair. Unfortunately, the chair broke, and Lou went crashing to the ground. Being a resilient young man, Lou got up, and sat on the table. However, that also broke, and Lou fell again. But, Lou wouldn’t be phased by his mammoth misfortune. He got back up, and decided to sit on the ground. At this point, Wang Wang was laughing, and Lou decided to join in. After all, it was pretty funny. But, then the phone rang. Wang Wang answered it, and realized that it was actually one of the women that pretended to be cops. She explained that her name was Madeline, and her partner was named Sunshine. Remarkably, Sunshine was actually the one that always seemed pissed off. Oh, irony! Anyway, Wang Wang got very excited, because they were beautiful young ladies. Immediately, he asked them what they were wearing. Madeline replied that they were both wearing their pajamas. Wang Wang then asked if they just woke up, or if they were going to sleep now. Madeline replied by saying that they weren’t, but they just loved their pajamas and they were in fact addicted to them. At this point, Wang Wang pulled out his trusty dictionary, and realized that pajamas were defined as “Clothing worn for sleeping.” If this was in fact the case, what they were wearing weren’t technically pajamas. They were clothes that they normally wear when they go to bed, and in those cases, they would be pajamas, but in this particular instance, they were not in fact their pajamas, but just clothes. So, they were wearing what normally happens to be pajamas, in this particular instance. Actually, if it was the other way around, and they were wearing normal everyday clothes, and they went to sleep, then those clothes that are normally everyday clothes would become pajamas, albeit temporarily. Furthermore, Wang Wang objected to the fact that they claimed that they were “addicted to pajamas.” Wang Wang believed that you could not become addicted to pajamas. Pajamas aren’t something you choose to wear. Whatever clothes you wear when you go to sleep become pajamas, even if that is not their primary function. So, because you have no control of when you wear pajamas, you really can’t become “addicted” to them. That would be similar to saying that you are addicted to gravity. You can’t be addicted to gravity. Gravity just is. The same is true about pajamas. You can’t be addicted to gravity just like you can’t be addicted to pajamas. Madeline was flabbergasted by Wang Wang and his amazing pleasure he derives from discussions about pajamas. She didn’t have the energy to argue Wang Wang about this point, so she just agreed, although she disagreed with Wang Wang’s pajama theory. Anyway, Madeline told Wang Wang that she and Sunshine would like to come visit Wang Wang and Lou at the hotel. Wang Wang was questioning how they knew their phone number at the hotel, and how they knew when to call, because they called so quickly after Wang Wang and Lou arrived, but you just can’t pass up the opportunity to allow two beautiful women to join you in your hotel room. It’s impossible to do. So, they both hung up the phone, and Wang Wang and Lou got very excited at their opportunity that was coming. At this point, someone knocked on the door. Although Wang Wang had just hung up the phone 35 seconds ago, they for some reason thought their bitches magically appeared at their door that quickly. So, they quickly answered the door, only to find that on the other side of the door was... their group from the basketball game plus Madeline and Sunshine! Wang Wang and Lou were delighted to be reunited with their friends. Mathilde spoke up and told the inseparable duo that Madeline and Sunshine, after talking with the brothers, called Mathilde. See, those three had been in Grandpa Magoo’s prostitute business some 25 years ago. So, Sunshine and Madeline, both aged 25, had been whores since birth. But anyway, the point of all this is that Madeline and Sunshine called Wang Wang and Lou seeking a place to hide, because the real cops were hot on their trail. So after they called Wang Wang and Lou, Madeline and Sunshine called their old friend Mathilde to ask for further protection. So Mathilde got her group, and they all went down to where Wang Wang and Lou were staying. However, the real cops from both Mitchell and Pierre were now chasing after the whole gang. Charges included prostitution, impersonating an officer, resisting arrest from fake cops, scalping, and aiding and embedding wanted criminals. By now, the room was overflowing with people, and Lou knew what was about to happen. After sitting on that chair and that table, both of which broke, Lou was lucky to sit on the ground and not have it break. But now, with well over 20 people in the room, the ground broke. So now they were in room 566, and the ceiling was way high. It was kind of cool. Then the cops came, but to Room 666, and they yelled “Open up!” Everyone held their breath because what was about to happen would be extremely hysterical. The cops gave their final warning and then hey all busted through the door, but fell twelve feet! Hahaha! Quickly, before the cops recovered from their fall and arrested the whole bunch, Petie the Raccoon came to the rescue. Everyone crawled on his back as he summoned up his flying powers, and they flew out of the hotel. The cops stood up and watched in awe as an insanely large raccoon flew out of The Greatest Hotel in the Pierre, South Dakota Metropolitan Area with a gang that included former North Korea dictators, a miniature rhino, a baseball legend that had been dead for over 25 years, and the Tooth Fairy among others. Nevertheless, the cops had their duties, and they summoned up the FBI in their nationwide quest. All they had to do was catch a giant flying raccoon and his gang. How hard could that be? Actually, it turned out to be more difficult than it seemed. For the first week as Wang Wang and company hid from the cops, they established a hideout in... Chapter 9 The Chase the O.J. Simpson Fan Club Headquarters in Ottowa, Ontario. Wang Wang realized that O.J. Simpson no longer has any fans, ever since that whole double murder fiasco. Also, if when he did have fans, he still had no fans in Ottowa, Ontario. No one up there cared about him. But, especially now, it was not a problem. Another reason for picking this location was that it was actually a very nice building. There were indoor and outdoor pools, a miniature golf course, a large casino with loose slots, a spa, a great weight room, a delicious all you can eat buffet, cable TV, and a large scale bomb shelter. Anyway, they were there for a while, but then O.J. got sad because he accidentally killed his dog, and he wanted to go to get his confidence boosted by his rabid fans, so he went to Ottowa. When he entered the O.J. Simpson Fan Club Headquarters, everyone panicked, because in a weird coincidence, O.J. had some reason that he might actually want revenge on every person there, so they all assumed that O.J. had come for vengeance against them. So, it was time to leave, and O.J. got sad. Everyone hopped back on Petie, and Wang Wang and Lou decided that it was time to fess up. They had to go to the police and turn themselves in. It was no fun continually running from the cops. So, they returned first to Mitchell. They were hoping that if they were to explain their entire story of how they got where they now were, they could get away with their crimes. After all, they believed it wasn’t really their fault. If all else failed, they decided they would blame it all on Satan, but Satan heard of this plan and decided to come from Texas to tell them that that was unacceptable. If they were to carry this out, Satan would be forced to take them all to Hell. Satan saw the pickle this put them all in though, and decided to help the group out. To help them out, he... visited Deputy Larson in a dream, taking the form of a demonic clown. “I will eat you if you harm my friends,” said the clown. Deputy Larson woke up in a cold sweat, vowing that he would never touch Satan’s gang. However, Deputy Larson couldn’t take living with the memory of that demonic clown staring at him. So he ceased being human, and just ran around for a few days crying, “Lost souls unite— tribally we can feed our spirits the blood that they yearn for. Join me people of Mitchell!” Everyone was really scared of him and avoided him on the street. On the third day, Deputy Larson was typically spinning around and walking aimlessly along the downtown strip, until he tripped and fell into the road. Then a truck smacked him. Unfortunately, Deputy Larson had not told the other police officers about his dream, so they were still chasing Wang Wang and the gang. Petie saw the other proud Mitchell police officers chasing them, and so he quickly called his group, and they flew off again. Seeking to exit the United States, Wang Wang told Petie that they should go back to their homeland of North Korea. Emperor Dick Vitale warmly welcomed them, except he was horrified that Petie the Raccoon was back. Petie said not to worry, because he didn’t want to take his position back. Petie told Dick that he was enjoying his life abroad, especially getting to watch hot women like Mathilde and Kathy, and also the lesbians Mary and Bessie. Dick thought that that was just great. But nevertheless, Dick showed Wang Wang and Lou a tour of his mansion, and he explained that North Korea was in good hands. In fact, it had been prospering for practically the entire year that Wang Wang had been gone. Wang Wang found this to be excellent news, and in order to celebrate this as well as their successful escape from the cops, Wang Wang proposed to Dick a wild party. But Dick knew all too well about Wang Wang’s party at the Magic Room of Doors, so he politely declined. But Wang Wang said he would let Dick do all the planning. So, Dick reconsidered— after all, some of North Korea’s heroes had returned home! It was indeed time for a party. To kick things off, Dick turned to the gang, and said “I want you guys to look at this, baby!” Dick pointed at a very sophisticated looking screen that was showing a missile heading for— “Mitchell, South Dakota!” yelled Wang Wang. “But why?” Dick responded, “Listen, I am so happy you guys are back in North Korea. I figured why not get the cops off your back? I mean, it’s about time we use our weapons too. Plus, no one will know it ever happened, I mean who’s ever heard of Mitchell, South Dakota?” Dick brought up some fine points, but unfortunately, the cops had already left Mitchell and were hot on the gang’s trail again. Then came a knock on the door, and a chill went down Wang Wang’s spine. Dick “shh’d” everyone and slyly opened the door while everyone else hid behind Petie, who posed as a really big damn raccoon that Dick had shot on a gaming trip. At the door... was Copernicus Clownpenis. The gang was shocked that Copernicus Clownpenis stood before them, alive, and apparently in good shape. Although they didn’t really like Copernicus Clownpenis, they were fairly happy to see him doing all right. He explained that he was never actually killed, and actually, when he got hit, he tried to get back up, but Pierre whacked him repeatedly in the kneecaps, and taped his mouth shut so he couldn’t scream. Then, they all just assumed he was dead, even though there was no blood, he was moving about, and no one checked his pulse. His face wasn’t really red, but at this point, everyone looked at Pierre with an evil eye, and Pierre responded by saying “Whoops. Whoa, my mistake. I apologize. That was quite a mistake. Boy is my face red.” That got everyone to chuckle. Even Copernicus Clownpenis joined in. He could see how that could simply be an honest mistake. When everyone had calmed down a little, Copernicus Clownpenis said “My favorite season of the year is winter, because I like to make forts and snow angels. In fact, when it snows a lot I like to make myself a Denver omelette and pink lemonade, and when I’m done I go to the pharmacy to buy myself nasal decongestant, laundry detergent, and a king size box of Junior Mints. They’re delicious! Then, when I return home, I go outside and read out of War and Peace’ while chewing Big League Chew. When I finish the book, I’ll run to the park and play on the swings, until I see Charlie Brown. When I see Charlie, we go to a different park to play football. I’m a great running back. Then, when we get tired, we go back to my house, where I treat everyone to beef tenderloin and twice baked potatoes, to be washed down with some exquisite red wine. After dinner, they gather around the fireplace to drink tea and play ‘Risk: The Game of World Conquest.’ And that’s why you should never go swimming before going to the zoo to see the kangaroos.” That confused Stromile Soap, and he then asked Copernicus Clownpenis why he said that. But, Wang Wang wasn’t fooled. He had a pretty good idea what was going on. Wang Wang threw Copernicus Clownpenis on the table, and stripped him until he was completely butt naked. Everyone else got grossed out, and looked away, because he’s one ugly bastard and he’s got this thing on his geni... whoa, let’s not go there. Anyway, Wang Wang knew what he was looking for. He realized that what Copernicus Clownpenis said earlier had to be some kind of key word. He was looking for a wire, assuming that the Mitchell police sent him in there to see if they were really there. And, in fact, Wang Wang found what he was looking for. It was on Copernicus Clownpenis’s chest, so, once Wang Wang unbuttoned his shirt, he really didn’t need to continue, but he did anyway. So, there was Copernicus Clownpenis, laying completely naked on the table with a wire on his chest. Everyone once again became amazed by Wang Wang and his extraordinary intellect. But, now they had another problem. The Mitchell, South Dakota Police must be close. Actually, while they were thinking about that, the police entered the mansion. Assistant Deputy Luchityloo (who was the Assistant Deputy to Deputy Larson, and was actually anxiously awaiting promotion) yelled “Emperor Vitale and Wang Wang!” Assistant Deputy Luchityloo forgot what he was going to say, because, after all, he is new to this job. Anyway, they all knew what he was getting at, except for the fact that they didn’t know why he just wanted Wang Wang and Dick, and why they didn’t want the rest of the gang. Dick decided to take charge and ask. “Hey, baby!!! I know you are struggling a little with your new job, baby, but that’s just because you’re still only a Diaper Dandy, baby!!! PTPer!!! Why do you just want Wang Wang and I?!?! It’s unbelievable, baby!!! But, what’s the problem?!?!? Dipsy Doo Dunkaroo!!!?” That kind of confused Assistant Deputy Luchityloo, but he got the gist of it. So, he explained, “Well, first of all, the reason we want Emperor Vitale is because he wanted to blow up Mitchell. That’s not acceptable. And, on a side note, you said, ‘no one will know it ever happened, I mean who’s ever heard of Mitchell, South Dakota?’ Well, Emperor Vitale, I think you forgot that Mitchell is the home of the Corn Palace and the biggest subway hub in the world. So, losing Mitchell would not only be a detriment to the United States, but to the entire world as well. As for you, Wang Wang, we just don’t like you. We kind of like everyone else, so we decided to just have you take the blame for everyone. You can go to jail, and everyone else can be free.” Everyone was cool with this, except for Lou. Wang Wang was willing to go through with this, because, as we all know at this time, Wang Wang is a great guy. Everyone else was okay with this (other than Lou) because it meant they got away with it all. Lou was not okay with this, because he wouldn’t let this happen to his brother, without letting it happen to him. The police were fine with that, and decided to take Lou as well. So, as the police took Dick, Wang Wang, and Lou away, the rest of the gang chilled at the mansion. This was even nicer than the O.J. Simpson Fan Club Headquarters that they visited earlier. So, they were all very happy. At this time, however, Dick, Wang Wang, and Lou were... being dragged and tortured behind the cop car. The cops were so pissed at the three felons that they refused to let them ride in the car. So, they handcuffed the three together and tied them to the back of the car. Also, because Emperor Vitale had wisely canceled all flights in and out of North Korea (he was afraid the cops would fly in), the cops were having to drive all the way back to Mitchell. This was going to be one hell of a long drive for Dick, Wang Wang, and Lou. But Lou came to the rescue with his James Bond watch. “Echo four, red code six to Petie. Come in.” Petie picked up and said he would rescue them immediately. Wang Wang wondered where the hell his brother had gotten such a cool watch as this, and Lou said Pierre had given it to him as a token of gratitude. So, in came Petie, who located them with his automatic locator button finder gadget thingamajig. The flying raccoon again scared the hell out of the Mitchell Police Force as he came flying in and bit into the ropes that the three heroes were bound to. Since the car had been traveling for a few days, they were almost at the Bering Strait, about to make the great cross into North America. So anyways, the cops slammed on the brakes, but the ice made them skid for a good mile and a half. Petie picked up his friends, and then flew over the cops and yelled “Watch this!” Petie, who by the way if you didn’t know, is a really big raccoon, took a really big raccoon crap right onto the cop car. “Shit!” yelled Deputy Luchityloo. “Yep. That’s exactly what that is. And a lot of it, too,” remarked the comedic Sergeant Hammerbastard. So, the cops were once again defeated and looked like losers. But what do you expect of cops from South Dakota? Wang Wang, Lou, and Dick decided that during their flight back, it would be best to leave out the rest of the group for their own safety. Petie vowed to stay by their side and to protect them as long as he could. So, as they landed in North Korea, Dick appointed Shoeless Joe President, and then he named some other people cabinet members, and some others Senators and some other stuff. It’s not really important. The point is, they all became the head of the North Korean government, and they did a fine job. We’ll get back to them (Etiquette Gringo the rhino, Kimani, the 8,793 guards, Wang Wang’s uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, Shoeless Joe Jackson, the blind seven-fingered homeless man, the two restaurant owners Cannibal Jorge and Sloppy Pete, the lesbian lovers Mary Wang Wang and Bessie, Pierre and Wang Wang 2025, North Korea’s political adviser Stromile Soap, Mighty Mouse, Mishi Akoobu the newscaster, the South Korean roadside worker, Enrique the delivery boy who was actually Tom Green, Johnno Floblowinstine, Wang Wang’s very special but unrelated Grandpa Magoo, the angry mob of two men, Mathilde the Tooth Fairy, the Village People, Mr. Guinness and Mr. Richter, the Blue and Red Gods, Equality Robinson the student from Bacon Sweeney HS, Kathy the waitress, Horatio, Chief Buffalo Sunday, Madeline, Sunshine, and last but not least, SirLancealot) later. So, now Deputy Luchityloo and Sergeant Hammerbastard were combing the Asian landscape in search of the four wanted criminals. And in case you were wondering, they were traveling by foot, because there was no way in hell they were ever getting back in that “shitty” car. First, the two cops foolishly went back to the North Korean mansion that now held the country’s government representatives. But President Shoeless informed Deputy Luchityloo and Sergeant Hammerbastard that they had no idea where Dick, Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie were. A disheartened Deputy Luchityloo said: “Okay. Well it’s not like if you did know where they were that you’d tell us anyway. But just so you know, all of you are acquitted of any wrongdoings.” Shoeless Joe thought, “Big deal ass wipes. None of us ever did anything wrong. Quit chasing us.” But since the cops were letting them all off the hook, they didn’t say anything. So the chase continued. Deputy Luchityloo and Sergeant Hammerbastard decided to report back to Mitchell, South Dakota in order to get some better transportation. A car wouldn’t do, not if they were going to try to catch a flying raccoon. The only thing that they could use and feasibly catch the criminals would, without a doubt, be... a mammoth dirty garbage can. As it is well known, raccoons love garbage cans. So, giant ass raccoons should love giant ass garbage cans. However, Wang Wang is smarter than the cops. He anticipated this. There was no doubt in his mind whatsoever that the police would start to travel in a leviathan-sized magic dirty garbage can, so as usual, Wang Wang had an idea, although his idea had tragic implications. He realized that Petie would be helpless against the garbage can. He would be naturally drawn to it. Had Wang Wang not seen this plan coming, it really would have been a good idea by the police. But, because Wang Wang saw it coming, he had a plan. His plan was quite natural. He decided that the only way to avoid his fate of being caught by the evil Mitchell, South Dakota, police would be to ditch Petie. But, Wang Wang couldn’t just tell Petie that it was time for him to go. Wang Wang decided that he must kill Petie the Raccoon. Granted, Wang Wang didn’t feel good about this, but if he, Lou, and Dick were to survive, they had to kill that raccoon. Naturally, Wang Wang decided that the best way to kill Petie would be to shoot him with a rifle repeatedly in the genitals. So, he pointed his rifle where Petie’s genitals would be, but— whoops!!! Wang Wang had forgotten that Petie’s genitals had already been shot repeatedly with a rifle by the South Korean roadside worker. So, Petie no longer had genitals. Wang Wang had to think of another way to kill Petie. Wang Wang refused to shoot Petie if he couldn’t shoot him in the genitals. He thought it would be too cruel a death to shoot him anywhere else. So, Wang Wang had to use his immense creativity. All he had on him was a toothbrush, a stocking hat, a paper clip, and a large slab of meat. Wang Wang had an idea, but he needed help to complete his task. So, as they were flying around randomly, they were in Siberia. So, Wang Wang, Lou, and Dick got off of Petie, and worked their plan. First, Lou explained to Petie that he found a big slab of meat. Petie got excited. After all, he was hungry from all that flying. Then, Dick jumped back on Petie, and blinded him with the stocking hat. That frightened Petie, and he began to backpedal. At this point, Wang Wang straightened the paper clip and stabbed Petie in his ass. Petie yelped in pain, and jumped forward, and then Lou stabbed Petie in the throat with the toothbrush. So, Petie was once again dead. Now Lou, Wang Wang, and Dick had a different problem. They had no transportation. They looked at each other for a while in silence, realizing they had a problem. Then, Lou tried to say something, but neither Wang Wang or Dick could hear him. All they heard was this loud buzzing sound from the helicopter sitting behind them. But, wait! A helicopter? And no one was in it. It just had the keys in and the engine was running. And, luckily, as we all know, Dick was a professional helicopter pilot before he got into college basketball and running countries. So, they all jumped into the helicopter, and Dick got them to fly away. They didn’t know for sure where they wanted to go, until Lou got a great idea. He has wanted to go to Baghdad for a long time now, to get back to his roots and everything. So, Wang Wang and Dick, out of ideas, decided to go with that. So, finally, after a long trip, they landed in Baghdad. But, during the landing, the gang realized why Dick no longer flew helicopters. He didn’t know how to land the damn things. He accidentally landed in the big market in the middle of downtown and ruined three merchant stands and killed seven people. But, it was Emperor Vitale, so they didn’t do anything about it. They were feeling bad, however, so they decided to make a purchase from someone at the market, just to smooth things over. But, if they were going to get something, they might as well get something nice. So, Lou was on a quest. He wanted something really nice. Finally, after searching for three hours, and maneuvering around the ambulances, hearses, fires, and other random panicking Baghdadians caused by Dick’s poor landing, Lou found what he was looking for. He found a shirt that said, “My girlfriend went to Baghdad and all she gave me was this dirty T-shirt. Oh yeah. And gonorrhea too. She got gonorrhea when she was in Baghdad, and that leads me to believe that she was cheating on me when she was in Baghdad.” That was on the front. On the back, it said, “So, all my girlfriend gave me was this t-shirt and after we had sex, she gave me the gonorrhea that she obtained while here. That was unacceptable. Due to this fact, I’m considering breaking up with her. But, on the other hand, I think it’s partially my fault that I got her gonorrhea. After all, she did give me the shirt before we had sex. I should have known, when I looked at the shirt, that she had gonorrhea. Had I known that, I would not have had sex with her, and then it wouldn’t hurt so bad when I try to pee. But, overall, I’m still not happy with her, so I’m going to break up with her.” Lou wanted to buy it, because he loved the picture of the flying raccoon on the front. But, Wang Wang explained to him that he couldn’t buy that shirt, because what it says on it isn’t true. Lou has never had a girlfriend. None of that stuff actually happened to him. Lou realized that that was indeed true, and eventually decided against purchasing that shirt. Instead he just decided to get the “Hard Rock Cafe: Baghdad” shirt. It was kind of boring, but he had to get it. As he went to pay for the shirt, the merchant began to talk to him. “Lou,” she said. “You must help me.” Lou was taken aback. He couldn’t believe this old lady knew who he was, so he asked her about that, and she responded. “Lou, I am your grandmother Sesha. Your grandfather Milo is in trouble. Come with me. You may have your t-shirt for free, if you come with me.” Lou, always looking for a good deal, decided to go with her, provided that Dick and Wang Wang could come along. They could, and they did. So, Lou, Wang Wang, and Dick followed Sesha to her home, across the street from the market. What is normally a three minute walk took over two hours due to all the commotion from Dick’s helicopter crisis. As they got to her luxurious apartment, Sesha brought them out milk and cookies, and they prepared to hear a story. “Your grandfather Milo,” Sesha explained, “is in jail. However, there is no reason that he should be in jail. The government has wrongly placed this great man in jail. That’s really scary, don’t you think? I mean, if you can’t trust the government of Iraq, who can you trust? Anyway, Milo was put in jail because he refused to pay his taxes, and then he wanted to leave Iraq to visit you, Lou, in America. Iraq said no, and they claimed that there must be a dark side to this story, so they put Milo in jail. I have been trying to get a hold of you for a long time, with help from my friend Ramla Ramla, the psychic. Yes, her first name is the same as her last name. Anyway, Ramla Ramla told me to just be patient. She knew that you would all be coming soon. I didn’t recognize you at first, but she claimed that you would all make a grand entrance. I was sure you were Lou because of that entrance. Of course, I was also sure that the guys that entered town bare ass naked riding saddleless donkeys were you. I was also sure that the guys that entered town in a giant drill, right out of the ground followed by a pot of gold were you. And I was sure that the guys that entered town in a towering garbage can were you. I made an ass out of myself talking to all those other people. But, finally, I was right. And, now, here you are. And I desperately need your help. Your grandfather is locked in a minimum security prison on the outskirts of town. Actually, he isn’t even locked in. He’s just sitting in the middle of a big field with a sign reminding him not to leave. But, he’s too old and decrepit to leave and I’m too old and decrepit to help him leave. Anyway, I need you fine gentlemen to help him escape.” Lou responded that he believed they would be up to the task. He actually had a great plan this time, beating Wang Wang to the punch. He was just about to explain his plan to Wang Wang when the doorbell rang. They all quickly glanced towards the door to see who it was. Unfortunately, the door was closed. Lou got up to answer the door. Just as his hand hit the knob, he heard a voice from the outside. A voice that none of the gang could remember ever hearing, at least recently, since our story began. It was a new voice. This voice yelled to the inhabitants. The voice said, “Open the door!!! You guys stole my helicopter and left a giant dead raccoon in its place!!! Do you think I can’t tell the difference between a dead raccoon and a helicopter?!? Do you think I’m stupid?!? Please. I saw what was happening. I saw you stole my helicopter, and you crashed it. Now it is time to pay!!! What kind of world do we live in if you can’t land your helicopter temporarily in Siberia and leave it running without getting it stolen? I’ll tell you what kind of world. It’s a sad, sad world. But, you crashed the helicopter, and now you must pay. It is kind of funny that had you not crashed the helicopter, I wouldn’t have seen it on the news, and then I wouldn’t know where you are. But, you did crash the helicopter, and I did find out, so now it’s time to pay the fiddler!!! Open the door for crying out loud!!! Oh, okay. I see how it is. You won’t open the door because you’re so curious. You want to find out how I got to Baghdad so fast without my helicopter don’t you? Well, I’ll tell you the whole story when you let me in. Before I kill you that is. Okay, okay. You want a hint. I’ll give you a hint. When you kill a giant raccoon, you better make sure it’s dead. But, you crashed my helicopter, and you must pay!!!” The reason that they hadn’t opened the door yet wasn’t because they were afraid. It was because when Lou got to the door, he realized that it was locked, and the lock was really complicated, and he didn’t know how to unlock it. He asked for help from his grandmother, and she went to help him, but she fell. Dick and Wang Wang went to assist Sesha. Finally, they got her back on her feet, and she went to assist Lou. But, then she fell again. Dick and Wang Wang helped her to her feet, only to see her fall again. Finally, she got back up, and fell again, but got back up again and helped Lou unlock the door. Then, Lou opened the door, and standing on the other side was... Petie and Copernicus Clownpenis. Everyone was puzzled. But Sesha calmed everyone down by offering them squid with milk. This appeased everyone, and they sat down for a peaceful talk at the table amidst the adobe clay apartment buildings. Copernicus first took off his Darth Vader mask and then addressed the group. “The reason you didn’t recognize my voice is because I stole that Vader mask from Pierre. You see Lou, in 25 years, you become this psycho Star Wars fan. It’s really sad. So anyways, here’s what’s going on. The South Dakota Police had me go into the North Korea and Vitale’s mansion to find you guys. But after they took you three, I bailed because I knew everyone in there was pissed at me. So they left me that helicopter. Then I found out that you guys had escaped, but had killed Petie. So I went and looked for Petie in order to give him a proper burial. See, Petie and I have a connection. Not only have we both been dictator of North Korea, but we have also been mistakenly dead several times. But it was little surprise when I found him alive. So needless to say, I was after you guys for the sweet reward I will get from the South Dakota Police Force, and Petie is after you guys because he is extremely pissed.” Wang Wang, Lou, and Dick were in several dilemmas now. But bad luck continued to come. Deputy Luchityloo and Sergeant Hammerbastard arrived in their magic flying garbage can, and in fact, they arrived holding Lou and Wang Wang’s grandfather Milo hostage. According to Deputy Luchityloo and Sergeant Hammerbastard, the deal was that Milo would be returned to Sesha if the three fugitives would turn themselves in. But Wang Wang asked to see his lawyer first so that they could draw up a fair contract. Meanwhile, Copernicus Clownpenis and Petie were striking up a game of Yahtzee. Upon Mighty Mouse’s arrival (he was now a lawyer), a detailed contract was drawn up, and all the witnesses present signed it. But just as the three were about to be bound and tied and shipped back to South Dakota in the garbage can, Satan showed up. He said he had been watching all of them in his magic hand-held mirror of fire, and he had a lot of explaining to do. First of all, he damned Copernicus Clownpenis to Hell for being a traitor. So that was really the end of him. Petie was sad and wanted to tell Satan to screw off, but Satan calmly explained to Petie that Dick, Wang Wang, and Lou had every intention of bringing Petie back to life. This was in fact true. Wang Wang would later strike a deal with Satan (again using Mighty Mouse as the lawyer to draw up a contract): in exchange for renewed life (again) to Petie, Wang Wang, Lou, and Dick would allow Satan to rule North Korea. So, Petie turned away from the dark side again and went back over to Wang Wang’s side. This is interesting to note, because Copernicus Clownpenis really was on the dark side, and he especially affirmed this by getting that Darth Vader mask in order to hide his voice from his ex-friends. Anyways, where do we put Satan? Is he on the dark side of this whole story or is he really inherently good? It was difficult to tell. But at any rate, Satan came to the rescue with the cops too. He picked up Assistant Deputy Luchityloo and Sergeant Hammerbastard and put them in their magic flying garbage can, damning them to be trapped in it until they died. Finally, everyone could stop running. “Wow, thanks Satan. You are such a great guy. We’ve been through a lot— is there anything we can do for you?” asked Wang Wang. Dick agreed, but he said that all this traveling was getting to be too much for him. “I’m going to retire in my beloved country of North Korea, baby. Sayanara!” But at any rate, Satan said there was one thing that they could do for him. Apparently, his Houston Texans football team wasn’t up to championship caliber yet. So Wang Wang, Lou, and Satan discussed some possible ideas to improve the team. In the meantime, the good-hearted and forgiving Petie flew Dick from Baghdad to North Korea, and Petie asked if any- one wanted to come back with him so they could help Satan. Everyone pretty much loved it where they were (North Korea), but Mathilde, Johnno Floblowinstine, and Grandpa Magoo decided they wanted a change of scenery. When Petie and those three got back to Baghdad, the group of Satan, Lou, and Wang Wang were eager to get back to Texas. Grandpa Magoo said he would retire and count rocks with the other Grandpa of Wang Wang and Lou— Milo. So, those two Grandpas and Sesha lived happily ever after in Baghdad. But now our story shifts to America once again. It was all up to Satan, Petie, Wang Wang, Lou, Mathilde the Tooth Fairy, and Johnno Floblowinstine to save the Houston Texans from utter destruction. Their first move, before making any trades or implementing any rigorous practice sessions, was to... Chapter 10 Building Up the Houston Texans figure out what they had to work from. They figured that as of now, they had a 2-14 ball club. Next, they decided to have Johnno Floblowinstine make the team some magic gum. This gum would obviously give the team another 3 wins. So, at this point Satan owned a 5-11 football team. But, 5-11 isn’t good enough. Granted, they are better than the Bears, Cardinals, and Chargers at this point, but Satan had dreams of a Super Bowl. He decided to tinker with the club a little more. Next Mathilde had an idea. She decided to give everyone on the team sexual favors. This wouldn’t really help the team at all on the field per say, but both parties would like it. Although this alone didn’t do anything, it did convince Wang Wang to join the team as the new star running back and Lou joined the team as the new middle linebacker in the Texans’ base 4-3 defensive set. Randy Moss heard from Minnesota about the new sexual favors agreement in Houston so he decided to be the new go to receiver. The news of Mathilde’s deal with the devil carried all the way to Blacksburg, Virginia and Michael Vick. Vick thought that sounded like a smashing good time, so he decided to leave school early, so now the Texans had a great quarterback as well. Looking at this team anyone could see that they would win exactly 12 games, regardless of who they played. Satan saw only one more problem. The Texans’ coach was less than stellar. Satan had previously hired Richard Simmons to coach the team, because he heard that he was in great shape. Little did he know that Richard was just a fruity, short tight shorts wearing freak with poofy ass hair that had exercise videos in which he worked out to crazy old songs with weird lights. Richard Simmons had actually never ever seen a football game before. Perhaps Satan should have been more cautious as to who he chose to coach the team. Anyway, he needed to get a better coach. At this point, Satan decided to bring Vince Lombardi out of Hell and give him a second chance at life. You see, Vince Lombardi was sent to Hell after a short stint in Heaven. You see, when Vince was in Heaven, he got a hold of a whoopy cushion, a long pointy stick, three pieces of cherry cheese steak, a pink old-style yet empty piggy bank, a pair of size 18 1970 red Converse shoes, a giant straw sombrero, a big white pillowcase, and a key chain with a little doll of Woodrow Wilson riding a pig in a barn full of ostriches through the infamous “Black Market of Heaven.” He was also able to find George Washington Carver, who was busy making a jet airliner out of peanuts. Needless to say, Vince was kicked out of Heaven, and demoted to Hell. But, now he was given a second chance. If he were to succeed in coaching Satan’s team, the Houston Texas, to the Super Bowl, God would absolutely have to let him back into Heaven. At this point, Satan hoped to have a team that would go undefeated through the regular season. However, something was missing. Something was only getting them to 15-1. Something had to be done to get them that extra win. Petie stood up now, and had an idea. He realized that the only game they lost was due to a missed field goal as time expired. You see, their field goal kicker was Lieutenant Dan from Forrest Gump. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Dan has no legs. But, with Petie the giant raccoon that was formerly the dictator of North Korea as the new place kicker, they could go 16-0! But, during the first game of the year, something unforeseen happened. Something that changed around the fate of the Houston Texans. You see... the incredibly sly other new expansion team outsmarted Satan’s group. They even outsmarted Wang Wang! The NFL’s other new expansion team had also been hit by the “Creative NFL Team Name Craze,” so naturally they called themselves the Des Moines People. The name that this barely beat out was the Iowa Iowans. Anyways, the chief culprit of this dirty deed was none other than the People’s quarterback, Justice McCloud. Now, Justice knew that Satan’s team did not know what their uniforms looked like— after all, they were a new expansion team, and they had never seen their own uniforms. So before the game, Justice switched all the uniforms from the locker rooms, so that his Des Moines People team would wear the Houston Texans’ jerseys. Well, the tricked worked like a charm. And the Des Moines People (wearing the Houston Texans uniforms) threw the game, losing 84-3. So, SportsCenter reported that night that “Michael Vick, Wang Wang, Randy Moss, and company played terrible as the Houston Texans’ much anticipated debut went like garbage.” Satan leaped out of his owner’s chair and called all of his players and employers in the room. They had been had! Following the commercial, SportsCenter’s Dan Patrick was interviewing quarterback Justice McCloud. “Dan, we just played great today. All the ingredients came together, and our defense was just outstanding. And my teammates were superb too. It’s too bad the Texas didn’t give us more of a challenge.” Satan was furious, and by this time, the whole team was watching. Wang Wang clenched his fists, and he knew his adversary, his enemy, his reason for hate, was now no other than Justice McCloud. As the NFL season progressed... Satan decided to use his supernatural powers to get his revenge on Justice McCloud. McCloud was your typical, old school, white boy, drop back, Marino-esque quarterback. He had less mobility than your average light pole. Now, The People had a young, but talented offensive line. All starters actually were in their rookie year, straight out of college. Satan decided that nothing would be better than to injure each and every starting member of the offensive line (which the People’s fans affectionally called “The Big, Strong People”) in a quite unusual way that was somewhat related to their name. First Satan went after the the middle of the line. The center of the offensive line was Zeb Landers from Southern Miss. Satan thought Zeb Landers had a name surprisingly similar to Ned Flanders from the Simpson’s, so Satan brought Ned to life, and had him go find Zeb in the locker room to get his autograph. Ned asked for Zeb’s autograph and when Zeb said he was too busy, Ned said “okily dokily” and Zeb got frightened. He had never heard that before. In fact, he got so scared that he jumped back and his head crashed into an open locker. Naturally, Zeb got a major concussion and his ear fell off. He was out for the year. Next Satan went after the tackles, just as a change of pace. Satan decided to first work on Pork Chop Womack, the rookie tackle from Mississippi State. With a name like Pork Chop, Satan realized that Pork Chop’s favorite food absolutely had to be escargot. So, Satan poisoned Pork Chop’s escargot, and he had excruciating stom- ach pains and was forced to miss the year when it was discovered he had an ulcer the size of a piece of paper cut into the shape of a circle with a diameter of 15 inches. The other guard was Hoot Stahl from Navy. Satan thought “Hoot” kind of reminded him of owls. So, one night, at 7 p.m., when Hoot was returning with his pet toucan (who looked surprisingly similar to Toucan Sam from Fruit Loops, and coincidentally, was also named Toucan Sam) from a poetry reading at the local Gold’s Gym when from a tree along the path to Stahl’s house, an owl flew out and chased Stahl off the beaten path and towards the road. When they got to the road, there were 50 policemen and some FBI agents there to arrest Stahl for stealing Toucan Sam from Kellogg's. Stahl was thrown in jail for 10 to 15 years, and therefore, his NFL career was over. Finally, Satan could concentrate on the guards. He decided to take on Joe O’Shaughnessy from Louisville. O’Shaughnessy was nicknamed O’ShagNasty by all that knew him well, if you know what I mean. Satan introduced O’ShagNasty to Mathilde, and you can imagine what happened from there. Lastly, Satan had to work with Enoch DeMar from Indiana. This was more difficult, because Enoch DeMar didn’t have anything special about his name. It was just interesting because it made him sound like a really tough guy. So, Satan got lazy and just decided to have the earlier mentioned angry mob of two men attack him with a wrench and herring. DeMar was done for the year. So, now it was just a matter of having the People take the field and Justice McCloud would get smacked. Unfortunately, their next game was against the Bears, and as we all know, the Bears haven’t had a good team since 1985, and therefore Justice McCloud only played a quarter before being able to sit as the People had a comfortable 38-0 lead. Justice McCloud got through that game with no problem. But, their next game was against the Buffalo Bills. The Bills, sure enough, hit Justice McCloud hard and repeatedly. Actually, by the time the game was over, Justice McCloud was dead and went to Hell for what he did against the Texans. When Justice McCloud got to Hell, Satan brought him back to life temporarily so he could have a quick meeting with Justice McCloud in his office in Houston. At this meeting, Satan explained to Justice McCloud that he was actually very impressed with his vile deeds that he performed against the Texans in their debut game. He would give Justice McCloud another chance to live if he would be Satan’s right hand man now in the front office with the Texans. Justice McCloud had always respected Satan, and therefore eagerly jumped at this great opportunity. So, Justice McCloud was now “Executive in Charge of Evil Deeds and Schemes” for the Texans. Justice McCloud wasn’t needed right away. The Texans made it through the regular season 15-1, so they had a bye during the first round of the playoffs. During the bye week, Justice McCloud got his first assignment, although it wasn’t directly related to football. Satan was having problems back home. Justice McCloud was required to go to Hell and... bring back Beelzebub. You see, Satan sensed that the world might be coming to an end. He knew that by being on earth, he was really pissing off God, especially since God was a big football fan. I mean, God really was pissed that the whole NFL season had been a scam, and his only choice now was to interfere. Naturally, Satan sensed this, so he sent Justice McCloud to Hell in order to get some more help from the little devil Beelzebub. Now, while Satan sensed an epic battle between him and God, he sensed a little bit wrong. You see, there are two sides to every Schwartz, and Satan of course had the down side, and God had the upside. So God’s Schwartz was a little more powerful. Anyways, by the time Justice returned with Beelzebub, it was Super Bowl time. Sure enough, the Houston Texans were in it and they were going to play God’s favorite team, the San Diego Chargers. Now, God’s plan was not to destroy the world, nor to end it. He merely wanted to embarrass Satan, and what better way to do that than on the world’s biggest game— the Super Bowl!? Plus, God was not going to let his Chargers lose. So, he could do both at the same time, and the whole world would be watching. Really, there was nothing Satan could do. After Vince Lombardi’s pre-game pep talk to his heavily favored Texans (the line was Houston by 42), Satan told everyone to “Use the Schwartz!” Randy Moss, Michael Vick, Wang Wang, and Petie were confused, but went on to play anyways. As the game started, God started to feel a little bad. After all, he wasn’t really mad at Wang Wang, Randy Moss, Michael Vick, Petie the Raccoon, Johnno Floblowinstine (the offensive coordinator), or Mathilde the Tooth Fairy (the defensive coordinator). But still, God really wanted to embarrass Satan, Justice McCloud, and Beelzebub, and then send them back to Hell. Plus, he really wanted the Chargers to win. So, in the end, God decided to... pretty much stay out of it. First, he had to call Satan to see if they could come to a gentlemen’s agreement. He recommended that both teams just play football, and there would be no funny business. God and Satan would both be allowed to give pre-game pep talks to their teams, but after that, no supernatural powers would be allowed. It would just be straight up football. Satan agreed to do this. After all, he thought, his team was favored by 42 points. They shouldn’t have a problem winning the game if it were played straight up. Before the game, Satan walked into the locker room and started his speech. Then he quickly ended it as well because his entire speech was only, “Okay guys. Go out there and kick ass for the Underworld.” God’s speech was much more elaborate. God went to talk to his team and he said, “Okay guys. Go out there and kick ass for Heaven.” Okay, so it wasn’t any more elaborate. He just substituted “Heaven” for “the Underworld.” Anyway, it was time for the game. Houston quickly jumped ahead 31-0 at the end of the first quarter. It was remarkable how much better they were than the Chargers. Yet, even God knew that the lead was built only because of football, and it had nothing to do with anything Satan did to break the gentlemen’s agreement because, well... he didn’t. But, God is a sore loser. He didn’t like the fact that his team was losing the Super Bowl to Satan’s team. At this point, his only option was to break the agreement. The question now was how to successfully get the Chargers back from this seemingly insurmountable deficit. It seemed like with the players the Texans had on the field, the Chargers didn’t stand a chance. God’s sidekick, Michael Richards, better known as Kramer from Seinfeld, expressed this concern to God. “God,” Kramer said, “I don’t think we stand much of a chance, regardless of what we do. There’s no way the Chargers can beat the Texans when the Texans have those talented players on the field.” Then God got an idea, and he responded to Kramer. “I think you just answered your own question.” This confused Kramer because he technically didn’t ask a question. But, God continued to announce his plan. “The only logical thing to do would be to kill Wang Wang, Randy Moss, Michael Vick, and Petie the Raccoon. Without them on the team, they wouldn’t stand a chance.” That was a very creative plan. God couldn’t come up with a fun way to kill Wang Wang, Randy Moss, Michael Vick, and Petie the Raccoon. Eventually, he just gave Kramer a sledgehammer and told him to go to the sideline and off all those guys. So he did. The game then tightened up before the Chargers won on a last second field goal, 34-31. The Chargers went into a crazed state of jubilation, and Satan became enraged. He knew God broke the agreement. Satan is a man of his word, and never would have broken such an agreement. Satan had to come up with a way to get God back for this. First of all, he was lucky that all the players killed could join the team again, because they were all in Hell (they couldn’t get into Heaven because they played for Satan’s NFL team) and Satan could bring them back to Earth and play football. But, that revenge wasn’t enough. He had to do something additional to get back at God. Satan decided to... change his efforts to basketball. Once again, Satan built his team’s core around Petie, Wang Wang, Lou, Mathilde the Tooth Fairy, and Johnno Floblowinstine. However, there was a slight problem. You see, Wang Wang, ever since the Super Bowl, had been pretty depressed. In fact, he had been reflecting on the past few years of his life. Although he had gone through many amazing travels and journeys, it was as if they had all added up to nothing. Every time he found a new opportunity or a new friend, it was only a matter of time before a massive change would take place in his life. Wang Wang indeed felt sad and troubled. All of his journeys had kept taking him back to square one. However, the always positive Lou tried to cheer Wang Wang up, but it was no use. Wang Wang was so troubled that he had gone into hibernation. There would be no way possible for him to recover in time for the NBA Playoffs. You see, Satan made the NFL to NBA transition very quick, acquiring the Chicago Bulls a little after the beginning of February. He promised to bring the Bulls back into national prominence, but once word leaked out that Wang Wang was in hibernation, the public became skeptical. Satan suddenly also began reflecting on his recent adventures, and he asked himself why in the hell had he ever left Hell. He was no football owner or basketball coach. He had no more business being in professional sports than a blindfolded goat had in a dictionary reading contest. So, Satan sold the franchise soon after, and he realized that he needed to go back to Hell in order to come up with an ingenious plan to get back at God. Meanwhile, Wang Wang and his ever faithful gang of Petie, Lou, Mathilde the Tooth Fairy, and Johnno Floblowinstine decided that their next endeavor should be to form a rock and roll band. According to Petie, The Beatles had also started off by trying to take over a country (George Harrison’s backyard monkey cage was then defined as a country), forming their own gum company (John Lennon and Ringo Starr had a secret underground plant that eventually failed, but it was a good try), and attempting to be professional athletes (rumor has it that Paul McCartney has one hell of a forkball). So, if the Beatles could do it, so could they! But what would their band name be? The creative group certainly came up with a lot of creative names. Some included: the Groovy Peruvians, Lou the Lighting Technician and the Amateur Washing Machines, Mr. Miyagi, Donkey-Hotee, and the runner-up name, Petrified Shit. But in the end, the name that won was Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang. They signed a quick record deal, and the lineup was: Wang Wang on lead guitar, his brother Lou on rhythm guitar, Petie the Raccoon on drums, Mathilde the Tooth Fairy with lead vocals, and Johnno Floblowinstine on bass. Soon after inking their record deal, the band went on tour, and radios all over the United States were releasing some of their hit songs, including... Chapter 11 Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang “That Damned Monkey Keeps Trying To Steal My Magic Bag,” “I Think The Leprechaun Stuck His Thumb Up My Ass,” “Why We Decided Not To Be Called ‘Petrified Shit,’” and their most popular song of all “Isn’t It Unbelievable When The Postman Eats The Shoe And Then Goes To The Basement To Milk His Cats Before Taking His Daughter To A Broadway Play.” One day, Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang were performing in Remote, Oregon, and Wang Wang got to thinking. He missed Satan. This is the first time in a while they have been without Satan’s influence. Anyway, all that thinking got Wang Wang tired, and he decided to take a nap before the big show. In Wang Wang’s dream, Satan appeared to him in the form of the biggest emerald on the crown of the late King Josiquias XVI of Transbeliton. As we surely all know, King Josiquias XVI of Transbeliton was tragically killed when he was farming and got ran over by a tractor. Granted, the tractor didn’t kill him, but he was badly injured. He was so badly injured, in fact, that when the tribe of rabid lemurs attacked him, he couldn’t move. Now, they crushed his skull and punctured his brain, but King Josiquias XVI of Transbeliton wasn’t dead yet. However, when the plane crashed and the black box conveniently landed right on his head, he was dead. So, anyway, Satan appeared to Wang Wang. “Wang Wang,” Satan said. “I have some news for you that very well may startle you. First of all, I’ve been away from Hell for a long time, and there are many things that I need to fix. In my absence, it has become a kind of paradise. The temperature has been turned down to 80, there are now beaches, a huge theme park has been added, and everyone is having fun. I think that’s Walt Disney’s doing. He’s turning my home into Walt Disney Hell, and it’s quite popular. So, it’s going to take some work to fix all that. But, that’s not really important right now. What’s important involves your friend Johnno Floblowinstine. Remember why you first called Johnno? He was going to help you with your gum factory. You met him originally in a club and you told him about your gum idea and he gave you his business card. Look at it now. See where it says Gum Expert? Did you ever wonder why that part was written in pencil and the phrase “Attorney At Law” was lightly crossed out in pencil as well? Well, you see, what I’m trying to tell you is that Johnno Floblowinstine has a secret that he needs to tell you. I can’t tell you, because he made me promise I’d keep it a secret. As you know, when I give someone my word, that means something. If he wants to tell you, that’s his job. So, I recommend you wake up and find Johnno right now.” Wang Wang then woke up. He wasn’t sure if that was really Satan in his dream, but he decided it was worth it to go find Johnno. After four hours of searching, he finally found Johnno standing bare assed in the janitor’s closet kissing a mop. Wang Wang was so focused on his question, he didn’t even comment on the weird situation he was currently witnessing. So, Wang Wang explained everything that happened in his dream to Johnno, realizing that it sounded kind of silly. But, to Wang Wang’s surprise, Johnno didn’t make fun of him. Instead he took a deep breath, dropped the mop carefully on the ground and began to speak. “Wang Wang, that was Satan in your dream. He’s right. I really can’t believe I hid this from you for this long. You see Wang Wang, I’m not who you think I am. I feel so bad that I hid this from you for so long, but I never had the heart to tell you. Wang, Wang, I am actually... a wizard from medieval times. I was sent to come to this time dimension by the great Emperor Copernicus Clownpenis the First. He is your uncle’s great great great great great grandfather’s great great great great great grandfather, Wang Wang. Actually, you have to say that phrase about five more times to actually get the right number of who Emperor Copernicus Clownpenis the First is in relation to you, but I really just don’t feel like saying the words ‘great’ and ‘grandfather’ that many more times. So you can just figure it out on your own, Wang Wang. But at any rate, Clownpenis I sent me into the future for two purposes. Reason number one that I was sent to the future (your present) was this: if you remember correctly Wang Wang, a little after I arrived to help you with Anarchy Gum, you called up Wang Wang 2025 to help you with monetary problems so that you could close your North Pole factory in time and open up a new one in Des Moines. Coincidence Wang Wang? I don’t think so! Your brilliant great great great times a million Uncle Clownpenis I knew that Wang Wang 2025 was attempting to void the rifts of time in order to take over the universe. Once such a rift is broken, the universe is doomed. So, Clownpenis I sent me to offset this trend. You see, every time someone comes from the future to the past, as Wang Wang 2025 did, another person must come from the past to the future, as I did. Had it not been for me, the universe would be gamook.” “Gamook? What the hell is that?” asked Wang Wang. “Oh no!” Johnno Floblowinstine yelled. “That’s the keyword. Once I say that word, I automatically enter the portal back to my native land- North Korea when it was ruled by your great great great times a million uncle, Emperor Clownpenis I! Good-bye Wang Wang. You are a very special friend. Please tell the other band members that I will miss them greatly, but I will be watching over all of you!” Wang Wang began to cry, but as Johnno “The Wizard” Floblowinstine began to dissolve, Wang Wang yelled: “Wait Johnno! What was the second reason!? You said there were two reasons why you were sent here! I must know!” But it was too late. Johnno Floblowinstine had already gone back to his homeland. Wang Wang was dumbfounded. What could have been the second reason why Johnno was sent? And also, Wang Wang was troubled by the fact that he himself, granted in 25 years, had tried to take over the universe by breaking a rift, as Johnno had explained. “I am a real jerk,” thought Wang Wang. But he put that thought in the back of his head, and he suddenly sensed something! He thought that if he could determine Johnno’s second reason for being sent to present day that Wang Wang would then be able to change himself. He would change himself so much that in 25 years, he wouldn’t have the desire to break a time rift and thus destroy the universe! As Wang Wang saw he had a new mission at hand, he knew it was the perfect moment to write a song for his band. Of course, the lineup was now just a quartet since Johnno was gone: Wang Wang on guitar, his brother Lou on bass now, Petie the Raccoon on drums, and Mathilde the Tooth Fairy with lead vocals. As Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang finished up their first world tour in New York City, Wang Wang knew exactly what he needed to do in order to find out Johnno’s second reason for being sent. With the help of his three other bandmates, Wang Wang... developed a special potion that would do one of three things. You see, Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang were not yet accomplished enough in the field of potion making to make a potion that would be guaranteed to do exactly what you want. So, Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang made a potion that could do one of three things, as they were capable of doing that. Their number one goal would be to get Johnno to simply return to their present time. The second goal would be to have the four of them go into the future. The third goal would be to have the Iron Chef come to them with Martha Stewart so they could play a little bit of three on three flag football. So, they concocted the potion. The problem was, none of them really knew what to do with the potion once they had made it. Were they supposed to bathe in it? Together? Were they supposed to drink it? If so, who was supposed to drink it? Would they all feel its effects if only one of them drank it? Were they supposed to take it to the top of a tower and throw it on random people as they walked by? Were they supposed to wait until it got really cold and toss it on the sidewalk in an area of town heavily used by pedestrians and hide inside a nearby building and drink hot chocolate while laughing hysterically as they watched helpless victims slip and fall on the frozen puddle? Well, after much deliberation, they decided to use the last idea because, well, even if it wasn’t what they were supposed to do, it would be pretty damned funny and they could get a good chuckle. So, they went to the corner of Main Street and Ahelluvalotofpeoplewalkaroundhere Street and waited until no one was looking and then they threw the potion on the ground and quickly entered the office building owned by the law firm specializing in suing people who intentionally throw liquid on the sidewalk simply to have it freeze and watch people slip and fall on it. They rented out a ground level office directly by the intersection. They brought in four lounge chairs and their hot chocolate as they sat down and began to enjoy the spectacle that is people falling on their asses. The second they sat down, they saw someone fall. She was a fairly attractive 22-year old student at the nearby university and she, quite embarrassed, simply got up, looked around, figured no one noticed, brushed herself off, and limped away. She was not the last person to fall. Oh no. Not even close. In fact, over 75 people fell in that first hour of observation. However, at the one hour, nine minute mark, something dreadful happened. A 29 year old married man named Junnany Inklebopper was hurrying from his job to make his lunch appointment with his sexy, 19 year old mistress. Well, considering how good looking his mistress was, he was running to get to see her a little earlier. Little did he know that there was a big puddle of frozen potion on the ground. Junnany slid about 12 feet and got racked by a fire hydrant. Also, in the process, he broke his leg. Now, Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang found this development to be nothing short of hilarious. In fact, Lou laughed so hard he spilled his hot chocolate all over his arm and his shirt. His arm was fairly badly burned and his shirt had a stain that looked strikingly similar to Elmer from Sesame Street. Anyway, Junnany was furious. He immediately crawled into the very law firm that Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang were currently situated. Junnany gave the gang an evil look as he crawled past the window, indicating that he knew it was them who had done this. Junnany announced as he entered the law firm that he wanted to sue Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang! Oh, what awful news for our heroes. Not only had their potion seemingly failed on every account, but now they had a lawsuit coming. But, don’t worry too quickly. You see, that was exactly what was needed to actually get Johnno to come back. Remember how Johnno was actually an “Attorney at Law” according to his business card? The threat of a lawsuit was just what Johnno needed to get him to return to the present. So, Johnno suddenly appeared in the room with Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang, and Wang Wang gave him a big hug and immediately asked him the question on everyone’s mind: is it really that abnormal to be sexually attracted to your brother if you didn’t know him until recently? In response to this question, Johnno said yes, and Lou ran out of the room crying. Whether Lou was crying at Wang Wang’s question or Johnno’s response is not yet known. After this, Johnno was prepared to tell the gang the other reason Clownpenis originally sent him to the future. “You see Wang Wang, this has to do with your family and particularly your homeland. Wang Wang: the other reason Clownpenis sent me to the future was because... he wanted to know if anyone had recently written an essay on the topic of the word ‘recovery.’” Wang Wang seemed very puzzled by this, and he asked for an explanation. Johnno the Wizard complied. “Well, Wang Wang, you see many thousands of years ago, Clownpenis I sent out scores of men out into the fertile land of North Korea to see if there were any precious minerals or fossil fuels of some sorts. You see, Clownpenis I was getting into some pretty bad debt just before he sent me to the future to ensure the safety of the universe. But as you know, there was a second reason as well. Well, as a matter of fact, the men found enormous amounts of copper just under North Korea’s soil. They all came back to him, reporting: ‘Sir, we have recovered vast amounts of copper.’ Clownpenis I was furious because he though that his workers had basically found copper laying on top of the earth and his workers had ‘recovered’ it. You see, Wang Wang, ‘recover’ is a curious word. If you take it apart, it literally means ‘cover again.’ So why do we often say that we have ‘recovered precious minerals’ or what not? This is exactly what caused Clownpenis I’s frustration and confusion. His workers tried to explain the word, but to no avail. So Clownpenis I, standing by his theory that ‘recover’ meant to ‘cover again,’ sent me into the future to collect some essays. Well, I found numerous essays about the word ‘recover’ in the Mitchell, South Dakota Public Library while we were meandering around town. Now I’m going to have to break the news to Clownpenis I that ‘recover’ is just a weird word, and that in fact, he should be happy because copper is everywhere! His debt problems will be solved!” Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang got giddy, but Lou got jealous. He liked playing bass now, and he didn’t like having Johnno around. After all, Johnno was the old bass player. So, the jealous Lou then yelled “Gamook!” and Johnno went back to where he belonged, even though he was rudely forced to exit. Then, Wang Wang died. Petie the Raccoon blurted out, “Wow! This reminds me so much of John D. Rockefeller!” “What the hell are you talking about, Petie?” yelled Mathilde. “Wang Wang is dead! What does that have to do with John D. Rockefeller?” Petie sighed at Mathilde’s slow intellect. “Okay. Think about it for a second. John D. Rockefeller had an oil monopoly right? Okay then!” Mathilde still didn’t get it, so Petie went on. “Oil monopoly reminded me of Monopoly the game, which got me thinking about Dominos, another cool game. Well the thought of Dominos triggered a thought about Domino’s pizza. And whenever I think of pizza, i think of Mike Piazza. Well, he played for the local New York Mets. And one of their managers has been Bobby Valentine, and then Bobby reminded me of the song ‘Me and Bobby McGhee’ by Janis Joplin. She reminds me of the whole hippie peace movement, and that reminded me of the peace sign you make with your hands, which is kind of like the thing that Dr. Spock did from Star Trek. Well, Dr. Spock once died also, but his crew saved him. I think we can save Wang Wang, too.” “How do you plan on doing that?” asked Lou. Everyone told Lou to shut up, because he was still not off the hook for being rude. But Petie told everyone his logic: “Well, it’s obvious that once Johnno went back to his time a few seconds ago, he told Clownpenis I how he was wrong about the word ‘recover.’ I don’t care if Clownpenis I realized he had all this copper or not. He would be depressed since he was wrong. So, he killed himself. And without ancestors, Wang Wang of course died right here and now. Now, here is how we save him... First, we must kick Lou’s ass for sending Johnno back, which ultimately resulted in Wang Wang’s death. Not only did Lou essentially kill Wang Wang, but he screwed us with our whole situation of getting sued by Junnany for injuring him.” So Petie and Mathilde kicked Lou’s ass. Next, they had to figure out how to get Wang Wang to live again. As they were devising a plan that absolutely never would have worked, Wang Wang suddenly sat up. Petie and Mathilde were shocked, yet quite pleased. But, Wang Wang’s death and subsequent resurrection made him hungry. So, the gang (minus Lou, who was still unconscious from his beating) went outside to try to find something to eat. They were able to find a street vendor named Ali Alouhopalou. Ali made the greatest hot dogs and other assorted dirty foods of any street vendor in the continental United States. Or, at least that’s what it said on his cart. So, Wang Wang got a hot dog, a hot pretzel, and a hot tamale with a glass of hot cocoa. He was cold. Petie got ice cream and iced tea. He was hot. Mathilde got... wait a second! Mathilde wasn’t there!!! On their way to Ali’s stand, the three walked by their puddle of frozen potion. Mathilde fell and broke her leg, but Wang Wang and Petie didn’t notice. So, Wang Wang and Petie saw her flailing all over the ground grabbing her leg. They finished their snacks and then went to help Mathilde. When they got there, they noticed that Johnno was there. They were shocked to see Johnno back in the present. They didn’t understand why he was there. Next, Wang Wang said, “Hey, Johnno, what are you doing here?” Johnno explained that anytime someone hurts themselves he just appears because he’s a money grubbing whore. So, Johnno was there, but he couldn’t have Mathlide sue herself and her friends. Another question immediately popped into Wang Wang’s head. Why was he alive? That led him to ask Johnno: “Hey Johnno, why am I alive again?” Johnno explained that the advanced medical techniques of his time helped bring Clownpenis I back to life. So, when he came back alive, so did Wang Wang. So, now the five members of Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang were back together again. However, Lou was still unconscious, so they decided to go back to wake him up. In the meantime, however, Johnno decided it would be best to begin working on a defense in their case against Junnany. Eventually, what they decided they would use as their defense was... Satan himself. All of the sudden, as Junnany approached the group he wanted to sue, Satan reappeared! The gang decided to just let Satan deal with Junnany. And so he did. Satan simply gave Junnany “the look,” and the man who was eager to sue the world’s best rock and roll band instantly melted into a banana tree. Kids, this is why your world-famous Junnany Bananas come from New York City and not Jamaica. So stop asking your mothers this question. Once the Junnany problem has been disposed of, the gang asked Satan what he was doing back! Satan explained to them that Mathilde’s enchanting Satanworshipping lyrics had inspired a vast group of teenagers as well as Satan himself to form a cult group that was simply in love with Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang. But the gang didn’t want to be known as a Satan-worshipping band, even though they were all friends with Satan and really liked the guy. Nevertheless, they put this notion in the back of their minds and asked Satan what he had been doing. “Well, as you know, after I went back to Hell a few months ago, it had been turned into a paradise. Well, I’ve been fixing that lately, and I turned Walt Disney into Pinocchio for trying to pull that ‘Hell is Paradise’ stunt. See, I even tricked Walt. Get this! Every time Walt tells a lie now, his nose grows an inch. So anyways, I asked him how long his nose was. He had no idea, but made a valiant effort and guessed 12 inches. Unfortunately, his nose was only 11 inches, and because he lied, his nose then grew an inch! Now it was 12 inches! But then his nose realized he hadn’t lied, so his nose went back to 11 inches. Then it was like, ‘Hey you lied! I’m going to grow another inch to 12 inches!’ So now, his nose is in an endless cycle and it is just great. But yeah, anyways, Hell is back to normal, and now I’m up here attending all of your concerts!” The gang saw that Satan was doing pretty well, but they were eager to shred their image as a Satan-worshipping band, they asked Satan to go back to Hell. Satan refused, and the band decided to come out with their second album. Straying away from songs that had “hidden Satanic” meanings, they wrote a handful of songs. Their biggest hits off their second album included “God’s Lipstick” and “Rainbows Don’t Come from Hell.” Needless to say, Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang lost their cult following and gained a new crowd of rock and roll lovers. The band was still on top of the world, and the frustrated Satan went back down to Hell to play more cruel yet hilarious tricks on his captives. With fame and fortune, the five-man band decided to be the main act of Woodstock 2009. The event would have a major consequence on not only the world, but on all of the members in the Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang... If there’s five things Woodstock is known for, it’s music, sex, drugs, advertising, and, of course the quest to raise money to assist NASA in their quest to send a couple of rabid coyotes to Mars to begin a crazy new breed of hydrophobic, sex crazed, crack addict, Martian coyotes on the red planet. All the members of Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang were personally effected by Woodstock because they all got laid, high, and lots of money by tattooing various products’ logos all over their bodies. The world was changed due to the final thing mentioned that Woodstock is known for. Woodstock 2009 was far and away the most successful Woodstock ever. Millions of people came to see Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang alone. There was a fascination with this group. There were those that loved the band when they were still portrayed their Satan worshipping qualities. Those people were interested to see how the new, more God friendly group would do. Then there were the people that had disliked Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang as they worshipped Satan, but then changed their views on the group as they abandoned their Satan worshipping tendencies. So, regardless of why people were there, they all helped raise money for NASA and helped them reach their goals. Yes, by early 2010 NASA had sent a male and female coyote, both stricken with rabies, to Mars. Well, it turns out that this backfired mightily. Immediately, the coyotes began having lots of sex, and lots of baby coyotes. These baby coyotes started having sex and creating their own baby coyotes, and frankly it was a ugly, vicious, endless cycle. There was really no benefit whatsoever to this experiment conducted by NASA. The thing that really ended up biting NASA in the ass was that they completely underestimated the intelligence levels of these coyotes. These coyotes were genius coyotes. They could do no wrong. Before long, they had begun to reproduce at such an alarming rate that they were out of room on Mars. All the large metropolitan areas were overloaded. They had only one option left. They had to create the technology to return to Earth and take over Earth, making all humans their slaves. So, by April of 2010 the coyotes had the technology to return to Earth, and they began to return to take over. The human race had only one hope remaining. Without a doubt, that one hope was Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang. But what could Wang Wang and his band do? After all, they were just musicians, who had lived a relatively boring, normal life. They knew nothing about how to protect the earth from rabid martian coyotes. But, Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang had to do something. They decided to... bring back their old friend “Invisible Potion 257,” and combine it with Petie the Raccoon's flying abilities. Wang Wang and Lou hopped on Petie and told him to fly around the world, and Wang Wang told Mathilde and Johnno to arm the Calcium bomb in case the coyotes starting coming into the atmosphere. But luckily, the coyotes were running behind schedule because Fidel Castro had emigrated to Mars, trying to make it Communist. But the coyotes ate him, and then they were ready to get in their big spaceship and go back to Earth. However, when they got there, Earth was gone! It had disappeared! Little did they know that Wang Wang and the gang had accomplished their biggest feat ever, this time truly saving the entire world from certain destruction. They spread so much Invisible Potion 257 over the Earth that the coyotes really thought that Earth had disappeared. So, the coyotes turned back to Mars and kept eating away at the remains of Castro. This didn’t last long, and starvation was about to set in. But a coyote in the midst gave out a bellowing howl, instantly demanding that all the other hydrophobic, sex crazed, crack addict, Martian coyotes bow before him. His name was Johnny Gorbachev. He had a big red spot on his head. People often associate red spots with Mars, but they also associate red spots with the old Russian leader named Gorbachev. I guess this was all a big coincidence, because Johnny’s favorite color was red, and he liked phrases that rhymed, so he wanted to give himself a “red head.” The local coyote newspaper covered it, but they did a bad job of reporting, because they said that Johnny’s red spot on his head was due to rabies, which is just total bullshit. I mean, every coyote on the planet had rabies, and Johnny was the only one with a big damn red spot on his head. If you were wondering just how many coyotes there were, you can pick up a copy in your local library of the Martian Coyote Census 2010. They do their census every month, while we generally do ours only every purple. I really think this is sad, because November is always going to be bigger than Waterfall Andy, with or without the God of Commas. I am the narrator of this story now. I am neither coyote nor clay. But back to our census habits— that’s how we run things around here on Earth, ever since our atmosphere turned invisible. I mean things have just been weird. The affects of Invisible Potion 257 have been like bad acid rain. People really don’t speak fluidly any more because yogurt or yogurt officer? Doorbells and waffles we can voted rarer a tennis. Anyways, in order to get rid of this crazy narrator who just introduced himself and also to reduce the awful pollution affects of Invisible Potion 257, Wang Wang and the gang had to step up again. First, to save the story, they got rid of the narrator by... kicking the crap out of him. This proved to be much more difficult than necessary. Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang made a gross error in judgment. They first looked back to what they had just done by making the Earth invisible. It was such an impressive idea they decided to attempt a similar feat on the narrator. They started by simply throwing the Invisible Potion 257 all over the narrator. Immediately, he disappeared. However, this made him harder to catch, and the narrator started interrupting the story again with his incoherent babbling. Like right now! Here I am again! Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang can try to get rid of me, but I shall only return. I don’t understand why people think I’m not sense making person that talks with cookies to the blood bank to take out a loan to buy stocks in balding fat men to play the banjo and eat banana cream pie while looking out the window at the herd of wild cave women whores from the golden shores of Tyrhussiuamonantangolang chasing after just one single cycloptic manatee that is being carried on a cart to the local 7-11 to purchase four dozen microwave burritos in a vain attempt to quench its insatiable need for pleasure derived from watching the Blue Crew and the Kangaroo hit the field of battle against the Flying Chair Squad of Alimrod because the latter stole the precious trophy of winged calculators as a traditional prank done for the holiday of Uekila when they celebrate the successful quest of their messiah, Jim, as he went to court against the mystical power of the Jackrabbits Anonymous club of San Diego because... OK. That narrator has successfully been sent to narration purgatory. Interestingly enough, as the diabolic narrator has been vanquished, we also no longer have to deal with the negative effects of Invisible Potion 257 on Earth’s atmosphere. You see, much like earlier when everyone became non-invisible when the guards got beaten up, now the earth became non invisible when the narrator was sent to another story. At this point, Earth had another problem. The coyotes were hungry again. They came back to Earth, now that it was visible again, and they immediately asked who made Earth invisible. All of Earth’s inhabitants immediately pointed to Wang Wang. The coyotes, led by Johnny Gorbachev, headed over to Wang Wang to eat him. But, Wang Wang, on the ball as always, had a plan. He opened his mouth and began to speak. “Coyotes! Brothers! Halt this madness for a moment, and let me speak my piece. Now, I understand you are all upset and quite hungry. I think it’s safe to say we all are hungry. I went to Taco Kingdom for lunch today, and they charge $8.99 for a taco. Can you believe that?! It’s not even a good taco. Well, that’s not true. Honestly, it’s a delicious taco, but it’s small, and one taco doesn’t fill you up, yet you can’t afford to get more than one taco. So, what I’m trying to say is, don’t eat me. You would be making a grave mistake. Come on now Gorbachev. Think about why you’re here. Why are you here? No, the answer isn’t to eat me. The answer is because NASA did an experiment in which two hydrophobic, sex crazed, crack addict coyotes were sent to Mars to breed. They did, and that’s where you’re from. Now, NASA couldn’t do this on their own, mind you. They needed help. They needed funds. To get their funds, they used Woodstock. My band and I were the main attraction at Woodstock. We are the reason NASA got the necessary funds. Without me and my band, you would not exist. Therefore, I think anyone who has any ability to use logic would realize that I am your God! Would you eat your God? You are some sick coyotes. You can’t eat me. I’ll send you straight to Hell!” As Wang Wang said that, he realized that that wouldn’t necessarily be a good idea, because he wasn’t quite sure Satan had yet de-pleasurized Hell, so Wang Wang was forced to slightly alter his previous statement. “Wait. No. You wouldn’t go to Hell... YOU WILL BE BANISHED FOR AN ETERNITY IN TEXAS!!!” Johnny Gorbachev immediately got on his little coyote knees and started begging for mercy. “Please dear lord Wang Wang. Don’t send me to Texas. We will begin treating you like the God that you are. Come back to Mars with us and every one of your needs will be met.” Wang Wang agreed, provided the rest of the band could come with. The coyotes happily accepted. As Wang Wang was flying to Mars, he got to thinking. He is very tight with Satan. They had been through a lot, and Wang Wang considered Satan one of his better friends. However, now that Wang Wang was God, was it necessary that they become adversaries? Wang Wang discussed this with the rest of the Orangutan Gang, and Wang Wang and his co-deities decided that... Chapter 12 Broken Wings the band and Satan could make a pact to rule the universe together. But little did they know that Satan had lost control of Hell, and he was in a very pissy mood. He had followed Fidel Castro to Mars so that he could be the ruler of something else in the universe (Walt Disney now ruled Hell), and since Mars was red and fiery, Satan felt at home. All he was missing now was inhabitants that he could rule over. He knew that the coyotes would come back soon, so he was excited. But when he saw that Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang were coming back with the coyotes, Satan decided to take it all out on them. “It’s all your fault that I lost control of Hell! I am nothing because of you!” Satan yelled at Wang Wang. This truly dumbfounded Wang Wang. He didn’t want to merge forces with a guy that was “nothing” to try to control the universe. At the same time, he couldn’t leave Mars without confronting Satan, because the guy was pissed. So Wang Wang talked him up. “Satan, you are the best. I mean, you have the ability to fly anywhere you want. You flew from Hell to Mars in twenty minutes. Do you know how long it takes Delta to do that? Well, they can’t. But even if they could, no one would go on the flight, because it would be too expensive. Well, I guess some people would have a lot of frequent flyer miles and they could get a free trip, but that’s not the point. No one has more power than you Satan. Yeah, you lost control of Hell, but so what? I mean, Hell wasn’t that great anyways.” Satan agreed, but he was still pretty bitter. Wang Wang sensed this, and came up with, you guessed it, a plan, in order to appease their old buddy Satan. “Why don’t we open up a new airline, Satan? With you and Petie, we’ll be unstoppable. We’ll have the best flyers around. Plus, we’re all getting tired of this band thing anyways. It’s time to move on. Plus, all these coyotes are in forever in debt to me, so we will have a lot of employees too. As long as we feed them a human a day each, they will be satisfied.” Whoa, Wang Wang took this back immediately. He knew that this was the Achilles’ Heel of his plan, and that Satan would never go for it. Satan loved humans too much to allow thousands of them to die each day for the sake of the hungry coyotes. Quickly, Wang Wang recanted his statement, telling Satan that... he will put the most genius coyote scientists to work towards inventing new artificially human flavored treats. Wang Wang had been experimenting during his earlier days with mixtures of different random foods and he found that the combination of grapes, artichoke dip, spam, New England clam chowder, pure milk chocolate, and a hint of oregano creates a new food that tastes strikingly similar to human flesh. Now, if the best coyote scientists around were given this information, they could assuredly come up with a new, improved substance that is nearly identical to human flesh. In a taste test, hopefully nine out of ten coyotes wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between this new product and true human flesh anyway. Satan was satisfied with this part of the plan, but something still troubled him. He didn’t want to be so busy to the point where he and Petie would be the only “airliners” this new company would have. Wang Wang, always on his toes, saw this as a potential problem. He had a plan. The answer was quite obvious actually. Wang Wang simply decided it would be necessary for Petie and Satan to copulate for the sole purpose of creating a new breed of super flying Satanic raccoons. Petie and Satan had long found each other attractive and actually both were searching for a way to initiate some kind of special relationship between the two of them, but they both were a little nervous about the whole situation. To them, this was a terrific idea, and they both got to work right there on some Martian rock. Naturally, everyone else was disgusted and immediately left the area. However, sure enough, before long, the Satanic raccoons were sprouting up all over the place and Wang Wang realized it was about time to get their new business in the public eye. Advertising was of course the key to this, but before advertising could get underway, a new name must be thought of. Wang Wang was looking for a name that was catchy and could perhaps translate to a nice jingle, although he realized it would be tough for him to beat the Anarchy Gum jingle they had earlier devised. Regardless, Wang Wang, with help from coyote advertising experts came up with the jingle... “Broken Wings.” After all, it was Johnno’s favorite 80’s song, and Satan was a big fan of the group that wrote that hit, Mr. Mister. Everyone thought the name would be perfect for the airline, and consumers did, too. Broken Wings became the safest airline in the world, not to mention the most punctual. Petie and Satan were the biggest “planes,” and they were best at flying long distances. Their kids, actually Satanic raccoons, approaching some 50 “planes” now, were not as big, but they were faster; they were excellent at short distance flights. One of the kids, lovingly called “Bullet Bob,” set a record by flying from Chicago to Los Angeles in 19 seconds. Even the coyotes were happy— they were being well fed with “Veggie Flesh” and “Tofu Human Mix,” and their pay on the job was fantastic. But while Broken Wings was having much success, a few people were being forgotten. Namely, Lou, Johnno, and Mathilde were not happy with the direction that Wang Wang, Petie, and Satan were going. Fed up with this treatment, they finally had the courage to break away from Wang Wang, their mentor for many years (some would argue that he was their dictator and that they were mere slaves). This was a sad moment, but Lou, Johnno, and Mathilde were convinced that their new airline would be better and much warmer. You see, while Satan, Petie, and the kids were indeed fast, passengers often complained of coldness and ranking smells during the flights. After all, they were riding on the backs of these dirty, hairy big “planes” without any covering over or around them. So, the passengers were cold and had to deal with “planes” who had not put deodorant on for many days. Everyone hates irresponsible planes who don’t take showers. At any rate, Lou, Johnno, and Mathilde used this weakness in their competing airline to bolster their own airline business. They called it... “The Orangutan Express,” due to the fact that they were the other members of Wang Wang and the Orangutan Gang. The motto of the Orangutan Express was “We may not be fast, and we may not be safe, but we are warm and we smell like delicious peaches.” Well, despite the name and motto, the Orangutan Express was less than successful when they first entered business. After all, they had no planes and they had no employees. The customers would arrive at the airport and there was nothing Lou, Johnno, or Mathlide could do to provide for them. However, Lou, Johnno, and Mathilde did have one thing that Wang Wang’s new gang didn’t have. That’s the tremendous slutting ability of Mathilde. Mathilde was able to lure one of the coyote scientists over to the Orangutan Express gang. This scientist, who went by the name of “Hungry Polly” was willing to do anything for Mathilde. So, Mathilde asked Hungry Polly to add a little drug into the “Veggie Flesh” and “Tofu Human Mix” of the Satanic raccoons. This drug would alter the mind states of many Satanic raccoons, and these “planes” would be naturally drawn over to the Orangutan Express. Then, the gang would have them reproduce new planes. The key was to pick the two cleanest Satanic raccoons of the bunch. The Satanic raccoons selected were “Clean Kevin” and “Spotless Susana.” Not only are these Satanic raccoons already clean, but they would be given weekly showers. Now, as for the warmness factor— that was another case altogether. The plan was to have Hungry Polly create a little heated crate that would be mounted on the Satanic raccoons’ backs. Hungry Polly was a complete genius, and he was able to create a terrifically warm crate. The plan worked to perfection. Within weeks, The Orangutan Express was rivaling Broken Wings as the best airline available. Naturally, Wang Wang was furious. Not only had three of his good friends done this to him, but one of them was his brother for crying out loud! His own brother left him and now is working on defeating him in the field of airline battle. Well, Wang Wang wouldn’t go down so easily. He decided to do something in return to sabotage The Orangutan Express. Wang Wang... had to deal with the fact that Satan, the Martian coyotes, and all of the Satanic Raccoons (Satan and Petie’s kids) had now been lured to work for the Orangutan Express. Hungry Polly’s secret ingredient in the “Veggie Flesh” and “Tofu Human Mix” was just that good. But Wang Wang did not lose all hope. Quite some time ago, say in Chapter Nine, we left many of our good friends back in the service of North Korea’s government. Well, all of their terms had now expired, and they were desperately seeking new jobs. Sure enough, they all were so good at working together that they all wanted to go somewhere so that they could continue to work together. But no companies had that many vacant positions. But lo and behold, Wang Wang saw his old friends’ plights, and he instantly hired all of them to replace the Satan, the Martian coyotes, and all of the Satanic Raccoons who had stabbed him in the back. In a bold press conference, Wang Wang introduced his new staff that would aid himself and Petie the Raccoon. The new employees for Broken Wings were: Etiquette Gringo the rhino, Kimani, the 8,793 guards, Wang Wang’s uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, Shoeless Joe Jackson, the blind seven-fingered homeless man, the two restaurant owners Cannibal Jorge and Sloppy Pete, the lesbian lovers Mary Wang Wang and Bessie, Pierre and Wang Wang 2025, North Korea’s political adviser Stromile Soap, Mighty Mouse, Mishi Akoobu the newscaster, the South Korean roadside worker, Enrique the delivery boy who was actually Tom Green, Wang Wang’s very special Grandpa Magoo, the angry mob of two men, the Village People, Mr. Guinness and Mr. Richter, the Blue and Red Gods, Equality Robinson the student from Bacon Sweeney HS, Kathy the waitress, Horatio, Chief Buffalo Sunday, Madeline, Sunshine, and last but not least, SirLancealot. Although all this good fortune was coming to Broken Wings, things were not so good over at The Orangutan Express Headquarters, appropriately placed in Mitchell, South Dakota. You see, everyone was really getting sick of the “Veggie Flesh” and “Tofu Human Mix” because Hungry Polly had run out of his secret ingredient! So Satan, the Martian coyotes, and all of the Satanic Raccoons planned a revolt against Lou, Mathilde, and Johnno. But good old Hungry Polly, ever faithful to Mathilde, warned her. Lou, Mathilde, and Johnno quickly departed, and they also realized that they had made a grave mistake in leaving Wang Wang. They went over to Des Moines, Iowa (former site of an Anarchy Gum factory), which now housed the Broken Wings Headquarters. The trio begged Wang Wang to take them back, and they also told Wang Wang that Satan, the Martian coyotes, and all of the Satanic Raccoons were ready to revolt no matter what. They were all craving hungry Polly’s missing secret ingredient. It didn’t take Wang Wang much time to accept back his brother, Mathilde the Tooth Fairy, and Johnno as well. Meanwhile, Hungry Polly, torn between his deep passionate love for Mathilde and his heritage of the coyotes, turned himself into a passive frog with the help of a magic book he found by the Corn Palace. At any rate, Wang Wang and the gang were back together, with the exception of Satan. However, although they all knew each other very well, they weren’t accustomed to what they were about to face: a problem, a confrontation, an opposition. Wang Wang was scared, but unlikely circumstances usually accompany unlikely actions. And so, Wang Wang came up with a plan to fight off Satan, the Martian coyotes, and all of the Satanic Raccoons. It was an intricate plan that involved every single one of his people. But first, the group had to get over some old grudges. First of all, many people in the gang had been killed previously, so they all had to get over that. The 8,793 guards still held some hard feelings towards Wang Wang for all the stuff he tricked them into, but they forgave as well. Things might have been roughest on Petie, who had to forget how good Satan was in bed, because he would have to fight Satan now. Petie also had to forget about all of his kids. He also had to deal with his lack of genitals. You see, he had been without them for some time (they were shot off quite some time ago), and unfortunately, when Wang Wang suggested that Petie and Satan copulate, Petie had no way to do this! So Satan graciously leased Petie some genitals for a week. But now, Petie was genital-less again. But back to the plan. Naturally, since the two companies waging war against each other were excellent in air combat, they would use the tunnels of the familiar Des Moines International Subway as the main battleground. Wang Wang rallied his troops together with a battle cry: “Satan gave Petie the illusion that he had genitals just so Satan could you know... and now we’re going to fight off the coyotes, the Satanic raccoons, and Satan, so Petie can get his genitals back from Satan!” Petie was hooting and hollering, sporting several signs, one of which said: “Wang Wang rules!” But no one else in the group seemed motivated to fight a war just to recover Petie’s nuts. But Wang Wang didn’t gave up. He had come this far in uniting this group together, and he knew he could motivate them all. Ever since Wang Wang had been a young boy, he knew how motivating an Oreo cookie could be. He had fond memories of Lou getting out a dead cat, a ladder, climbing shoes, and magnets in order to get to the top of the refrigerator just to get to the cookie jar, which held nothing else but an Oreo cookie. Wang Wang did the same when he reached adolescence, but the irony was, he and Lou never actually reached the cookie jar. Now that he thought about it, Wang Wang didn’t think he had ever tasted an Oreo cookie in his life. But he was sure that all of his employees would be tempted by some. So he promised everyone a batch of Oreo cookies if they would one, help him win the war against Satan, the Martian coyotes, and all of the Satanic Raccoons, and two, be dedicated workers to Broken Wings following the war. It worked! So, that night, as Wang Wang and his gang were hiding in the Des Moines International Subway... waiting for the train to come, nothing happened for a long time. There was really no reason to hide, but it’s really more fun when you pretend life is just a big game. That’s really a ridiculous point of view though. Life is not a game. Life is real. Sometimes life decides to throw you a swift kick in the genitals, or in the case of Petie, the area where the genitals used to be, and when life does this to you, you can’t just hide in the Des Moines International Subway. That’s just stupid. Instead, you should grab some ice, throw it on your marbles, and go on with life. Wang Wang didn’t fully comprehend this fact. So, there the gang was hiding out in army fatigues waiting for the trail like a bunch of freaking fools. So, finally the train got there. However, Wang Wang and the gang were hiding so well that the conductor didn’t see anyone there, so he just kept on going. Wang Wang and the gang missed the train because of Wang Wang’s stupidity. So, they had seven hours to wait for the next train. Wang Wang and the gang played a giant game of pictionary while they waited for the train. Equality Robinson is an awful artist. When it was his turn to go up and draw, he had to draw “pride.” He drew a picture of horse bucking off its rider, that happened to be a 6-year old girl. It was the most ridiculously awful picture ever drawn. It had nothing to do with pride. Well, this was a second quick kick in the genitals life threw Equality since they got to the Des Moines International Subway. You see, as we have learned, sometimes Wang Wang and his gang act too much on their impulses. Sometimes things are done that make little sense, although admittedly these times are most likely rare when compared to such things other people do. But, this was one of those times that people got upset and acted rashly. Everyone began screaming at Equality and went straight up Piggy from Lord of the Flies on his sorry ass as they broke his glasses and threw him on the train tracks. Immediately a train came and crushed Equality while the rest of the gang hopped aboard. Life’s a bitch. Anyway, the rest of the gang took a seat on the train and waited for it to depart to Mitchell. The train went about 3 miles before stopping in the middle of nowhere. Then it stopped and all the lights turned off. The power had gone out. Fuck the world. The gang then had to come up with another game to play. Grandpa Magoo suggested they play hangman, but then everyone yelled at him because you can’t play hangman when you can’t see shit. So, naturally Wang Wang took his grandpa and stabbed him in the throat with a bayonet. They threw his old, wrinkled carcass off the train. Thankfully, before anyone else could be killed, the train moved again. But, then it stopped after about half an hour. Wang Wang, realizing that the last two games had led to murder, recommended to the group that they didn’t play a game. Mr. Guinness became upset because he had a real yearning to play a game of Scrabble, so in the nature of previous actions, he tried to kill Wang Wang with a spoon. Wang Wang instead grabbed his magic electricity death gun. He pointed it at Mr. Guinness and pumped 700,000 volts into him. Mr. Guinness immediately was set on fire and burned to death. In fact, the fire was so strong that the entire subway car burst into flames. Thankfully, no one else was killed as a new car was brought to them. They all hopped in, and made it safely to Mitchell. Now, due to the fact that three members of their party had been murdered, Wang Wang had to alter his plan slightly. In the new plan, Wang Wang... took Cannibal Jorge and Sloppy Pete, the two restaurant owners, to the caboose so that the three could speak in private. Unfortunately, Wang Wang was going to have to create a diversion. This meant turning the 8,793 guards into a giant meatball in order to feed Satan, the Satanic raccoons, and the Martian coyotes. Wang Wang wanted Cannibal Jorge and Sloppy Pete to cook up some great spices to complement the meatball as well as an appetizer, preferably not one. After Wang Wang 2025 transformed the 8,793 guards into the mega-meatball, Cannibal Jorge and Sloppy Pete added some spicy orange and tangerine juices to it, and it tasted great. So, everyone pushed the meatball up Mount Mitchell, and then they let it slide all the way down into the valley where the core of the city was. Meanwhile, Satan was giving a big speech about the dangers of juggling without a helmet. “Now, if you want to try to juggle four tennis balls, you have to...” KLONK! The meatball, with its now incerdible velocity, nailed Satan in the rear, and he flung headfirst into his audience of Satanic raccoons and Martian coyotes. But, everything was fine, because now everyone had a big source of food. They ate the meatball for many days and many nights. Unbeknownst to the members of the Orangutan Express, however, was the fact that Wang Wang and his gang were plotting their battle plan against Satan and company up on Mount Mitchell. Wang Wang decided to send his army down in waves. He knew that Satan and company would be able to withstand the first few waves, but in the end, Satan and company would be worn out. First, Wang Wang sent down Etiquette Gringo the rhino, who was such a brave little fighter. He ran down the mountain with all his might, yelling “Charge! Charge!” as he carried a footlong stick that was two inches longer than himself. But, as he got halfway down the mountain running as fast as his little legs could carry him, he tripped, and tumbled the rest of the way down. This was pretty funny. And although Satan, the Satanic raccoons, and the Martian coyotes were busy eating their meatball, they saw Etiquette right away and sadly, Satan ate him. So Wang Wang’s plan was working to perfection. But not everyone saw this. No one wanted to go down there to fight Satan, the Satanic raccoons, and the Martian coyotes after what they had just seen. But Wang Wang mentioned the Oreo cookies, and everyone was salivating from the mouth again. Wang Wang then sent down the angry mob of two men with great confidence, believing that if an angry mob couldn’t do some damage, nothing could. But Wang Wang and the gang saw those two go down in defeat even faster than good old Etiquette had. Flabbergasted, Wang Wang went with his secret weapon— the blind sevenfingered homeless man. But, since he was blind, he went down the wrong side of the mountain, and he never came back. Kimani, Tom Green, and SirLancealot volunteered to fight next, and among them, only SirLancealot proved to be a worthy fighter before dying off. Yet no significant damage had been done as of yet. Scared for their lives, Pierre and Wang Wang 2025 said “Adios” and went back to the future to make grilled ham and cheese sandwiches. It was at this time that Mr. Richter stepped up and offered to help. He said that he had a machine that could generate a powerful earthquake if three volunteers would like to enter the machine. Mishi Akoobu the newscaster, Horatio, and North Korea’s former political adviser Stromile Soap all volunteered to enter the machine. While Mr. Richter’s machine did generate an earthquake, it was on Mars and not Earth, so it did no good in their cause against Satan. Also, because of this faulty error in the machine, Mishi Akoobu the newscaster, Horatio, and North Korea’s former political adviser Stromile Soap were all stuck on Mars forever now. A frustrated Mr. Richter then professed his love for the blind seven fingered homeless man , and he is still searching for him today. It was now midday, and the gang needed a break. The Village People provided some entertainment for a while, and then they too decided to leave Wang Wang and the gang so that they could go on a worldwide reunion tour. Wang Wang was in a real debacle now. Not only had the meatball not created a sufficient diversion, but he had lost many of his faithful troops. Wang Wang was now only accompanied by Lou, Mathilde, Johnno, Petie, Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, Shoeless Joe Jackson, the two restaurant owners Cannibal Jorge and Sloppy Pete, the lesbian lovers Mary Wang Wang and Bessie, Mighty Mouse, the South Korean roadside worker, the Blue and Red Gods, Kathy the waitress, Chief Buffalo Sunday, Madeline, and Sunshine. Interestingly enough, the number of people on Wang Wang’s side, including Wang Wang himself, was 19. Now in considering the number 19’s relation to historical relevance, Wang Wang concluded that... the natural way to defeat Satan and his evil crew would be with the assistance of Zeus: The Master of Olympus. It has become common knowledge that Zeus’s lucky number was 19. It all goes back to the year 19 A.D. Zeus was hanging out with his good ol’ buddy Jesus. They decided to go chill at Sinai for a bit, smoke some crack, and look at constellations. Zeus was fascinated by astronomy, and J.C. was telling Zeus about why his dad made some of the constellations he did. However, J.C. could only find 19 of them. For example, one day God was craving some milk. So, he created the Little Dipper. He real- ized that the Little Dipper wasn’t big enough for him (it only gave him 19 liters), so he made the Big Dipper. But, then once he made the Big Dipper, he realized that it provided far too much milk (this provided 1919 liters). Originally, he thought he’d make a middle ground, but upon further review, he decided to just make someone else to drink the extra milk. That’s where Orion came in. However, Orion got extremely pissed off, because he likes skim milk, but God was quite partial to whole milk. Orion’s stomach actually couldn’t handle whole milk. As soon as he swallowed God’s milk, he became violently ill, and when he becomes violently ill, he becomes just completely straight up violent. Orion immediately pulled for his bow and 19 arrows to shoot at his Creator. Unfortunately for Orion, the arrows all broke, each into 19 pieces, because as soon as God saw Orion’s rage, he immediately sent 19 of his invisible helpers to assist him. They are quite good. In fact, some say they are 19 times better than the visible variety. Anyway, this is the reason why Wang Wang realized, due to the number 19, that he could rely on Zeus to help them out. Immediately Wang Wang started praying to Zeus: “Oh Zeus. We need your...” Before Wang Wang could even tell Zeus what he needed, Zeus was there. Zeus, over the years, has become pissed off, because no one takes him seriously. Now, to most people, he’s just a character for stupid stories, not too unlike this one. So, Zeus said he’d do anything to help Wang Wang out. He has been bored as all hell for the last several hundred years. Wang Wang was fresh out of ideas, so he asked Zeus if he had any ideas. Zeus, being the ruler of all Olympian gods, had a terrific idea. He would use a trident to poke them and bring a hurricane to their place of business. Wang Wang was a little confused because he thought that was more of a Poseidoneseque thing to do. Zeus then began hurling obscenities left and right. Wang Wang was right. Zeus was just a little rusty, because he hadn’t done any of this vengeance stuff for a while. So, Zeus realized the more appropriate thing to do would be throw lightning at them. So, Zeus began attacking Satan’s crew. This resulted in... some fantastic results, but only briefly. Zeus was worn out after killing off about half of the Martian coyotes and also half of the Satanic raccoons. He simply had no more lightning left in him. Mighty Mouse stepped up and told Wang Wang that he had a lightning rechargeable human battery, and this would have solved their problem, but unfortunately, Zeus was no human. Zeus saw this plight and was willing to take the ultimate sacrifice: he willingly would turn himself into a human and lose all of his supernatural powers. Wang Wang asked him 19 times if he was absolutely sure that he wanted to convert to a mortal man, and 19 times Zeus said “Yes!” Once human, Zeus realized he had made a grave mistake. Without his supernatural powers, he had no lightning that could be recharged. It was a lose-lose situation, because the only way Zeus could use the lightning rechargeable human battery would be if he were human, but now that he was, he didn’t have his lightning powers. Clearly, the company that made the lightning rechargeable human battery was a total scam. Luckily, Mighty Mouse was a lawyer, so he and Zeus went off to sue that battery company. But Wang Wang was once again stuck with the dilemma of killing off the Orangutan Express. Suddenly, the Red God spoke up: “Satan has a self destruct button on his left pinkie toe!” The Blue God begged to differ: “No, he doesn’t.” Seeing no other signs of hope, Wang Wang decided to send down Chief Buffalo Sunday to try and press the alleged self-destruct button on Satan. As the Chief secretly snuck upon Satan’s huge foot, he began searching for the button, but there was none to be found. Satan sensed an itch on his foot, and then he saw Chief Buffalo Sunday scurrying around his left pinkie toe. Satan wiggled him off and then stepped on him. Wang Wang saw this and grimaced in pain, while the Red God bellowed with laughter. Obviously, he was the damn liar. But Wang Wang controlled his anger and decided to use the Red God as an asset. He commanded the Red God to go down and talk to Satan, and the Red God did so. Satan, also being a “Red God” if you will, saw the Red God and got somewhat jealous. So he went over and talked to him. The Red God, the epitome of untruthfulness, blurted out that “Wang Wang and company are in the maximum security prison in Houston, Texas!” Satan quickly gathered up his troops and they all went to Houston in search of Wang Wang. But after entering the prison, they naturally did not find any members of Broken Wings. Then they tried to get out, but the prison guard would hear nothing of it. “Honestly, we’re not criminals! We were just looking for Wang Wang and company. Let us out now!” Satan demanded. The prison guard shook his head. “I’ve already heard that story twice today. Get back in your cell.” And so that was that. The evil members of the Orangutan Express were locked up in Texas (wow that sucks) for life sentences, all thanks to the Red God. Wang Wang, Lou, Mathilde, Johnno, Petie, Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, Shoeless Joe Jackson, the two restaurant owners Cannibal Jorge and Sloppy Pete, the lesbian lovers Mary Wang Wang and Bessie, the South Korean roadside worker, the Blue and Red Gods, Kathy the waitress, Madeline, and Sunshine all celebrated their victory. It was now time to break out the Oreo cookies. So Wang Wang and everyone went to the local Mitchell grocery store. However, buying the Oreo cookies wasn’t as easy as one might have thought... Chapter 13 Untitled The owner of the one grocery store in Mitchell had heard of Wang Wang’s little plan to give Oreo cookies to all of them at the end of their big adventure. This owner, Mr. Glenn Stankovia, decided to take advantage of this little situation. Glenn had a monopoly on Oreo cookies in the Mitchell metropolitan area. Being the business bastard that he is, he decided to completely jack up the prices on Oreo cookies, just as Wang Wang and his crew succeeded in their mission. Then, Wang Wang would be forced to purchase the cookies at an exorbitant price. There was really nothing Wang Wang would be able to do about it, because he had promised the Oreos. Wang Wang would be screwed.Wang Wang would need to buy 16 boxes of cookies. However, Wang Wang realized that with 16 boxes, that did not include Wang Wang, Zeus, and Petie. Interestingly, since Wang Wang had to get Oreos for everyone involved, he needed a total of 19 boxes of Oreos. Yes, 19. Yes, 19. However, Glenn jacked the price up to $50 a box. Wang Wang wasn’t about to spend $950 on Oreos. I mean, no. No way at all. But, things weren’t that easy for Wang Wang. He had promised Oreos to everyone else. They simply wouldn’t take no for an answer. When Wang Wang got to Glenn’s store with the rest of the gang, he was all set to buy the Oreos. Then he saw the price. He announced: “Sorry guys. $950 is too much for Oreos. We’ll have to do this another time.” Everyone began to protest. They wanted what they were promised, and they wanted it now. They unanimously made a threat to Wang Wang that if he did not buy the Oreos, he would be killed. It was as simple as that. Wang Wang held his ground. He just couldn’t justify such a purpose. At this point, the South Korean roadside worker became particularly agitated. He hadn’t eaten in seven years. He grabbed his chainsaw and chopped Wang Wang’s left arm off. Wang Wang then realized that these people meant business. Wang Wang reached into his pocket and pulled out all his money. Unfortunately for Wang Wang, he had only $3.58. That would hardly buy him even a single Oreo. Now it was time to improvise. However, Wang Wang had three problems. First, Glenn was very cautious making sure no one stole anything. Second, Wang Wang had no left arm. And third... his ass itched like no other. Wang Wang took care of that problem quickly. He simply scratched his butt until it itched no more. Then Madeline told Wang Wang that he only needed 17 boxes of Oreos because Mighty Mouse was no longer with the group. Wang Wang was delighted, but he still knew that $850 was too much to pay. Lacking any ideas, Wang Wang decided to buy himself some time. He said, “Are you sure? Because we had nineteen people. Then Zeus came along, but then he and Mighty Mouse left. And then Chief Buffalo Sunday died. All this math is too confusing. Let’s do a head count to make sure we only need to buy 17 boxes. Okay, everyone get in order. Whoever’s favorite color is closest to the beginning of the alphabet, get on the far left.” Petie raised his paw and had to admit that brown was his favorite color. But then Bessie said her favorite color was blue. But then Sunshine said her favorite color was azure. So she got on the far left since “azure” was closest to the beginning of the alphabet. After about thirty minutes, everyone was lined up, from Sunshine starting with azure to Sloppy Pete with yellow. “Okay, now that we are in a sensible order, everyone needs to say your number out loud. That way, when we get to the end with Sloppy Pete, we will know how many people we have. So you start Sunshine!” announced Wang Wang. Sunshine yelled out “One!” and then Bessie said “Two!” Everything was going great. But then Petie yelled out “Brown!” Wang Wang let out a big sigh. “Petie, we’re counting here. No colors, just numbers.” Petie apologized, and they started over. Everyone said out their number, and when they got to the end, Sloppy Pete said, “Sixteen!” Wang Wang was about to confirm this, but then everyone saw Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis come back into the line, and he said, “Sorry, I had to go to the bathroom. Is it my turn yet?” Wang Wang sighed again, realizing that they had skipped Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, thus causing an inaccurate head count. They started over again, and this time, Sloppy Pete said “Seventeen!” when it was all over. Wang Wang turned to Madeline and said “Hey, I guess you were right. We only need seventeen boxes.” Everyone was glad that they had taken the time necessary to do the proper head count. Unfortunately, everyone still wanted their Oreos, and even in all the time it had taken to do the head count, Wang Wang still had not thought of anything to do. But then, he saw a sign above Mr. Glenn Stankovia’s head. It read: “Monthly special: Buy one reattachyour-arm-at-home-surgery-kit and get 17 boxes of Oreos for free!” Wow. Wang Wang was saved. He pointed out the sign and said that he would like to take advantage of that deal. Mr. Glenn Stankovia realized his grave mistake and reluctantly allowed Wang Wang to make the purchase. Coincidentally, the reattach-your-arm-at-home-surgery-kit cost $3.58, the exact amount that Wang Wang had in his pocket. So, the gang exited the grocery store with their Oreos, and Wang Wang quickly sewed back his left arm, and he apologized to the South Korean roadside worker for almost failing to give him his fair share of Oreos. Meanwhile, Mary Wang Wang was reading a national newspaper which had a front page article about the current status of Broken Wings and the Orangutan Express. Little did Wang Wang know that... Satan and the coyotes were working on an escape plan from prison. Once they escaped, they planned on rebuilding their airline empire. You see, Satan had connections. Hell, he is from Hell. You know what kind of people go to Hell? There are three kinds of people. Criminals, just all around bad people, and Texans. Well, in those three, he could call up two of those kinds of people for help. The criminals and Texans can help out. Criminals are simply good help when trying to figure out how to escape from prison. First Satan called up to his service Herbert Yubruhenal. Herbert was famous for being arrested 173 times and being sent to jail at Alcatraz. Every single time he successfully escaped, except for the last time. The last time he was swimming back to the shore of good ol’ San Francisco when a shark began chasing him. He did successfully outswim the shark. He’s a great swimmer. However, when he got back to land, he found out that there had been the famous zoo break of 1867. All the animals from the zoo had escaped and taken over the city. All of the city inhabitants were safely locked up in their homes. However, Herbert didn’t know about this. He was locked up in a cell on a dirty island. He was completely unaware of the zoo break (although, this did explain the toucan that had been hanging out outside his cell the last few days). Well, he got to the beach and found it odd when there were lions patrolling the beach. But, Herbert could handle that. He wasn’t afraid of lions. Then he got onto the streets and saw tigers. But, Herbert could handle that. He wasn’t afraid of tigers. Then he went deeper into the city and saw some big ass polar bears. But, Herbert could handle that. He wasn’t afraid of polar bears. Next Herbert saw some dingoes. But, Herbert could handle that. He wasn’t afraid of dingoes. But then next Herbert saw one of the dingoes was carrying a cage. He approached the dingo to see what was in the cage. Oh no! It was a mouse! Herbert immediately soiled his pants and turned and ran back towards the beach. He would rather be in jail then be in a city overrun by caged mice. So, Herbert jumped back into the water and began swimming back to Alcatraz— back home. But, on the way he got eaten by a shark, so he died and went to Hell. The other person Satan called up was Benjamin Smatulic. Ben was the Emperor of Texas in the late 16th century. He had grown up in Italy, but decided he wanted to rule a bunch of ignoramuses. What better place to do that than in Texas!? So, he went to Texas and used his superior intellect to brainwash these people. Soon, he was using the Texans dim-witted foolishness against them to take over the whole damn thing. No one knew more about how to control these people’s lives than Ben. So, Satan now had all of his resources. Satan’s next step was to... use his army of rabid coyotes and Satanic raccoons to overpower the prison guards. Basically, he didn’t really need Herbert Yubruhenal or Ben Smatulic, and Satan didn’t know why he had called them up. But he needed to think of a reason quick because the warden Leviticus was coming to inspect the cells, and Satan was not allowed to have guests in his cell. Leviticus peered in and asked Satan why these two men were in his room. Satan simply explained that these two men had been jailed, and since there was a shortage in the prison due to hundreds of rabid coyotes and Satanic raccoons, the two men would have to bunk with Satan for a while. But Leviticus wasn’t buying Satan’s story. After all, the rabid coyotes and Satanic raccoons had been gone for weeks. But Leviticus played along for a little bit. “Whatever were these two men jailed for, Satan?” Satan saw his opportunity and grabbed it by the balls. “Well Leviticus, these two guys used to work in a casino in Las Vegas. Well, as all casinos tend to do, the one that they were working for was closed on Botswana Day. And, as casinos tend to do, they wanted to re-open the next evening right at 6 p.m. Now, Herbert and Ben here were responsible for re-opening the casino right at 6 p.m. that next day. However, on the way to the casino, Herbert had forgotten the key to the front door to the casino. Ben here told Herbert not to worry though, because all keys in the world were identical. Herbert said ‘You’re right! We can just use my car keys to open the casino.’” At this point, everyone gave Satan an odd stare. Herbert and Ben had no idea what Satan was talking about, because they had never worked together at a casino before. And Leviticus gave Satan a skeptical look because he really didn’t think that all the keys in the world were identical. “If every key was identical, anyone could have broken into that casino that whole day. Hell, if every key was the same...” Satan interrupted Leviticus and said, “Can i continue with the story? Thank you. Nevertheless, Herbert and Ben got to the casino, and they were not worried at all. They knew that Herbert’s car keys would work. But, they didn’t. In fact, they tried to open the casino door for two hours with no luck. By 8 p.m., their boss showed up and fired them on the spot. In fact, he sued Herbert and Ben for a lot of money. The boss had lost over $3 million in those two hours that the casino had accidentally been closed. So, that Leviticus, is why these boys are here. And on a personal note, I agree with them. All keys in the world are the same.” Leviticus disagreed. “Satan, if all keys were the same, then Herbert and Ben would have been able to open the casino on time with Herbert’s car keys.” Satan disagreed. “They were just sticking it in upside down.” A frustrated Leviticus handed Satan the prison keychain and said, “Listen, take a look at these keys, Satan. They are not all the same! I will be right back with the other prison guards. We will all prove to you three guys that all keys are not identical. I’ll be right back.” Boy was Leviticus stupid. Satan unlocked the cell door and he, Herbert, and Ben went to unleash all of the rabid coyotes and Satanic raccoons. However, a prison guard named Vest told them that the rabid coyotes and Satanic raccoons had escaped weeks ago. Satan cursed himself, realizing that he was getting dumber and slower with age. But he, Herbert, and Ben quickly got out of the prison. Meanwhile, Leviticus had rounded up 17 other prison guards who were setting out to prove to Satan that all keys were not the same. Needless to say, Satan and the other two men were gone when Leviticus returned to the vacant cell. Once outside the prison, Satan told Herbert and Ben to climb on his back. The trio would fly around until they found the rabid coyotes and Satanic raccoons. Then Satan was going to chew them out for not including him on their big escape several weeks ago. After a few days and nights of flying, Satan spotted the rabid coyotes and Satanic raccoons in the distance. Much to Satan’s surprise... the crazy animals had gotten a big ol’ game of baseball going. It was the coyotes versus the raccoons. Their nicknames were the Coyotes and the Raccoons. The coyotes were the Raccoons and the raccoons were the Coyotes. As Satan approached with Herbert and Ben, he saw that the Coyotes, who were really raccoons, were up to bat. The star hitter, batting third in the lineup, was Bullet Bob. The Coyotes, who were really raccoons, were trailing 4-3 in a terrific back and forth game. There were currently two outs and no one on base in the ninth inning. The Raccoons’ (who were really coyotes) manager, Hungry Polly, decided it was time for a pitching change. He took out Gerry Hoebag Ruthenstine who had really pitched a gem for 8.2 innings. It is widely accepted that the offense of the Coyotes, who are really raccoons, is the second best offense in the history of baseball. It was second only to the 1997 Cubs of course. The fact that Ruthenstine was able to pitch that well was remarkable. Obviously, because the raccoons and coyotes are so smart, they decided not to use the designated hitter rule. Actually, it wasn’t even much of a decision. The only reason that rule exists is so old washed out has beens or never was’s can continue to play “baseball,” to use the term lightly. I mean, is it really baseball if you only hit? In my opinion, you have to take the field to be considered a real baseball player. The designated hitter is a pathetic rule and not only baseball, but the world would be better off without it. The raccoons and coyotes understood this and had no designated hitter. Therefore, Ruthenstine also had to hit. But, Ruthenstine was a good hitter as it was. In fact, Ruthenstine took the three hole in the lineup. He went 3-3 on the day at the plate with a solo homerun, a two run jack, a single, 2 stolen bases, 3 RBI’s and 3 runs scored. Pitching— he went 8.2 innings, gave up 3 hits, walked 2, and struck out 18. He simply had a remarkable game. He was most definitely the player of the game up to this point. However, he had just one flaw in his game. This flaw goes by the name of Bullet Bob. Bullet Bob wasn’t having a shabby day either. Bullet Bob hit 3 inside the park homeruns, accounting for every hit and every run that the Coyotes, who were really raccoons, had scored. Hungry Polly saw the damage Bullet Bob had inflicted on Ruthenstine and decided it was time to bring in the big closer. Ruthenstine left the field to a thunderous standing ovation from the sellout crowd of no one. And as Bullet Bob left the field, the dominating closer for the Raccoons, who were really coyotes, jogged in from the bullpen: Johnny Gorbachev. Gorbachev had terrific closer’s stuff. He threw in the upper 90’s, sometimes cracking triple digits. He also threw a sinker that just seems to fall off a table and a wicked slider. His stuff at times can be just about unhittable. Gorbachev took his warmup pitches and then delivered to Bullet Bob. Bullet Bob was taking the first pitch all the way. If Gorbachev had a flaw, it was his control. If Gorbachev had two flaws, it was his control and his inability to keep runners from stealing a base. The first pitch was a fastball just a tad high. Hungry Polly was upset. Where was that high strike he’d been hearing so much about? The next pitch was another fastball right down Broadway, and Bullet Bob just swung over the top of it. The 1-1 offering was a sinker that just dipped out of the zone before it reached the plate. Bullet Bob showed great patience and layed off of it. 2-1 was the count. The next pitch was a slider that broke just outside away from the right-handed hitting Bullet Bob. Gorbachev was in serious serious danger of walking the potential tying run. The 3-1 pitch was a beautiful slider that Bullet Bob was seriously out in front of. He swung so hard and akwardly that he actually fell over. This led to a full count. The sellout crowd was on their feet. The 3-2 pitch was a fastball that Bullet Bob absolutely crushed back up the middle. Gorbachev tried to put his glove up to protect his head, but his efforts were in vain. The ball caromed off the big red spot in his head and flew straight up in the air. Gorbachev was knocked unconscious. He lay on the ground like he was making a snow angel, with all of his extremities extended to all corners. Miraculously, after soaring up seven stories high in the air, the ball landed directly in Gorbechev’s glove. Although Bullet Bob had rounded the bases already (twice in fact), he was out, and the game was over. The Raccoons, who were really coyotes, won 4-3. Bullet Bob was so infuriated that he went insane and before he hurt anyone he had to be shot and killed. As the teams went to go see how Gorbechev was doing, they noticed that the line drive had actually knocked the red spot right off his head! It was lying on the ground next to his face. Now his forehead looked normal. But, he was still unconscious. This is where Satan came in. To help Gorbechev, Satan... turned himself into a bear and sat on Johnny Gorbechev. Everyone knows that if you are unconscious and a bear sits on you, you automatically wake up. As we said earlier, Satan was unfortunately getting dumber and slower with age, so as expected, he had forgotten how to turn himself back into Satan, the dark winged evil looking creature that he is. So, he was a bear. Satan announced to everyone that he only knew one person who might be able to help him out. Everyone thought that the “one person” was God, but they were wrong. You see, Satan and God are enemies, especially after all that Super Bowl stuff. No, the only person close to God in this world was, of course, Wang Wang. So, Herbert, Ben, the raccoons, and the coyotes all hopped on Satan, and they flew to Mitchell, South Dakota. As soon as they got to Mitchell, they saw Wang Wang and company sewing a big blanket. It was a blanket to commemorate the memory of Chief Buffalo Sunday, the holiest of all Indian Gods. Basically, the blanket was a compilation of scraps that the group had collected off of the dirty streets of Mitchell the last few weeks. They had been really bored. Suddenly, Shoeless Joe Jackson picked up an envelope and said, “Hey Wang Wang! This letter is addressed to you!” Wang Wang walked over and thanked Shoeless Joe for picking up the random anonymous letter that happened to just be sitting on the street and just happened to be addressed to Wang Wang himself. Wang Wang unsealed the envelope and began reading the letter to himself. “Dear Wang Wang: this is God. I really admire the work you have been doing for the last decade or so. You’ve made it a lot easier on me, because I haven’t had to bail out Earth from the coyotes and, well, just a lot of other stuff. To reward you for your grand deeds, I want to give you a special power for today. However, this special power will take an honest mind. An honest mind. Not a turtle or a dove, but an honest mind. Now, if you look up, you will see that your long lost pal Satan is back. He is back with some guys named Herbert and Ben and he is also with all of those raccoons and coyotes. Now, if you think about all your adventures the last few years, what has happened to those characters in your life that have just been around too long or seem too unimportant? Remember, be honest, and your acquired divine power will help you. Hugs and kisses, God.” Wang Wang closed his eyes and began to reflect on the last few years. It seemed to him that everytime someone was a nuisance in his life or they had just been around too long or they were just rather unimportant— well, they had just kind of disappeared. Take for example, Junnany Inklebopper. The man had instantly melted into a banana tree. Wang Wang came to the honest conclusion that those annoying or unimportant people in his life had either disappeared or died. Suddenly, Wang Wang looked up and sure enough, all of the coyotes and raccoons disappeared. God had rewarded Wang Wang due to his honest mind! However, the honesty somewhat backfired, too. You see, there were other people in Wang Wang’s life who had also “just been around too long or they were just rather unimportant.” So, unfortunately, the lesbian lovers Mary Wang Wang and Bessie disappeared. So did the South Korean roadside worker, Madeline, Sunshine, Kathy the waitress, and Shoeless Joe Jackson. Wang Wang wrote a letter to God expressing his anger, and so did Satan. Obviously, Wang Wang missed his friends, and Satan missed his raccoons and coyotes. God politely responded to Wang Wang punctually, but he never wrote Satan back. God wrote to Wang Wang: “Dear Wang Wang, I have considered your request for the return of your friends. My answer is no. You see, although I am glad that you have played God for a long time, you have to be punished in some way. I can’t have you taking away my image or my reputation. You are not God. I am. So I had to punish you by stealing some of your friends. But don’t worry, they are having fun up here! However, I will grant you one wish. You may select one of your friends that I made disappear and have them back. Simply yell the name of your person of choice as soon as you get this letter. Hugs and kisses, God.” Wang Wang thought for a moment, and then decided the person he would like to have back. He yelled to God... “Madeline!” Wang Wang figured one thing he would like to have would be a prostitute. So, he had to decide between Madeline and Sunshine. However, we know Sunshine is always pissed off; Madeline is always happy. They were both equally attractive. Wang Wang always liked being around cheery people, and that would be the last adjective you’d use to describe Sunshine. So, Madeline was the obvious choice. However, as soon as Wang Wang yelled “Madeline” and Madeline appeared before him, Wang Wang realized that he had made a grave mistake. Madeline wasn’t really a prostitute. She was never even pretending to be a prostitute. That was all Wang Wang’s creation. Wang Wang sure did blow this one. At this point Wang Wang looked towards the Heavens and heard God laughing at his unfotunate blunder. Wang Wang got pissed off. He decided he needed revenge on God. Then he thought about it more. God had a point. Wang Wang had really taken over God’s role recently. Perhaps Wang Wang got what he deserved. Has Wang Wang really been himself recently, or has he been someone just trying to imitate God? Was it time for Wang Wang to hang it up or throw in the towel, and move on to some more normal life, or should he continue playing God, or is that even the right term as perhaps he should go on playing Wang Wang, but if he were to go on playing Wang Wang then that really would be his more normal life and it wouldn’t be time to throw in the towel because in actuality Wang Wang has no towel to throw in and then Wang Wang got really confused by all of this, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn’t decide if he was just being himself or not, and if he wasn’t he couldn’t decide if he wanted to be himself and if he did want to be himself, which he wasn’t sure was the truth then he couldn’t decide what his real self even was, although perhaps that’s not the best way to put it because when you have a real self you can’t really decide what that real self is because the real self will just happen because a real self can’t be decided upon because it just simply is what it is. So, Wang Wang sat and thought, and sat and thought, and sat and thought. Then Satan approached him. Satan was pissed off, because he no longer had his children (which, ironically enough were currently in Heaven). Satan asked Wang Wang if he wanted revenge. Then Wang Wang sat and thought, and sat and thought, and sat and thought again. He eventually voted against that, because God really didn’t have an evil heart, and he couldn’t bear to do that. Wang Wang also eventually decided that he would continue to act the way he has been acting, for the time being anyway. Interestingly, as soon as he came to that conclusion, Lou approached him. There was a problem. Lou started barking, until he realized he wasn’t Lassie. Then, Lou said “Wang Wang! There’s a problem! It’s over by the ol’ wheat mill! Someone’s in trouble... there’s a disgruntled lumberjack threatening to kill Sloppy Pete!” Wang Wang hurried over and everyone followed. He stepped into the wheat mill, and then he saw the giant man. Wang Wang thought to himself, “My god, that guy could kill any man with his bare hands.” The disgruntled lumberjack turned around and told Wang Wang to get out. Wang Wang turned around to exit, but a big blue ox was blocking his path. There was nothing Wang Wang could do. Suddenly, the disgruntled lumberjack began stomping towards Wang Wang as Sloppy Pete shuddered in the corner. The door to the wheat mill was closed, and Wang Wang was cornered. His mind was blank and his body went cold. His face turned sheet white. A chill ran down his spine. The disgruntled lumberjack showed Wang Wang his hands and he gradually brought those enormous, hairy, warty hands towards Wang Wang’s neck. The blue ox snorted and growled behind our hero. Wang Wang closed his eyes and prepared for the worst. Then, the disgruntled lumberjack let out an enormous laugh, fell over, and begain rolling in the wheat. Sloppy Pete laughed uncontrollably as well. Then Wang Wang turned around in disbelief. He then realized that the blue ox was only Petie. Petie had blushed really hard to make him be blue all over. Then the disgruntled lumberjack turned himself back into his original form of Satan. Wang Wang was confused, but everyone calmed him down. Satan explained that God had asked everyone in the group to perform a trick that would make Wang Wang feel helpless. Then, Wang Wang would no longer feel like God, since he felt that he did not have absolute control over every situation. The trick had worked and it brought Wang Wang back to normalcy. Now that everyone was on good terms again, Satan felt it necessary to tell Wang Wang about his plans to sell the Orangutan Express. He advised Wang Wang to do the same with Broken Wings. In fact, the Blue and Red Gods were prepared to purchase the airlines. But when the four businessmen sat down to discuss these propositions... Wang Wang realized he had no idea why he would want to sell. He thought if Satan were to sell the Orangutan Express to the Blue and Red Gods, Wang Wang could basically get a monopoly on the airline business. The Blue and Red Gods would be awful business partners. One would constantly be lying and the other would be telling the truth. This is no way to run a business. The company would be screwed. Wang Wang on the other hand knew a thing or two about the corporate world. He knew how to keep his business successful. So, when the four businessmen sat down to discuss the terms of the sale, Wang Wang politely declined. He was too money hungry. Then Satan made a good point that got Wang Wang to reconsider. He turned to Wang Wang and said, “Gee Wang Wang. I sure wish you would reconsider on this one.” Wang Wang couldn’t get those words out of his mind. Perhaps he would be getting over his head on this one. Satan was right. Wang Wang would be best off selling Broken Wings to the Blue and Red Gods. However, the talks didn’t go over too well. The Blue and Red Gods continually confused everyone. The Blue God would say a deal was acceptable, and then the Red God would say the same thing. At this point Wang Wang or Satan would get happy that the negotiations were over, but the Gods would know that they actually weren’t over, because if the Red God said the deal was acceptable, in actuality, it meant that the deal was not acceptable. Because the deal was not acceptable, they would have to discuss it more. Eventually, the deal was passed. Satan and Wang Wang were no longer business adversaries. Once again, they could walk off into the sunset as friends. But the question now is what would happen with the Blue and Red Gods? Could they ever run a successful business if no one knows what the hell they’re talking about? Satan and Wang Wang were banking on the fact that the answer to that would be a big fat no. Plus, they had no planes because the Satanic raccoons they were all in heaven. But the Gods had something else up their sleeves. The plan of the Gods was to... split up the two airlines. The Blue God would take over Broken Wings and the Red God would take over The Orangutan Express. Immediately, the Blue God saw some great increases in the value of his airline’s stock. Since Broken Wings had kind of been on hiatus for a while, your average typical normal airline flyer was eager to have such a great airline back. On the other hand, the Red God struggled in the beginning. He asked his old pal the Blue God not to give him any business tips (which meant he wanted some business tips) and he also asked what in the world he was doing right (which really meant “What in the world am I doing wrong?”), but the Blue God would offer no advice. The Red God decided that if he were to get back in the ball game and compete with Broken Wings, he would need some employees. So he went to the streets of Mitchell and started talking to everyone who came by. First, he talked to a young boy who was skipping by while tossing a baseball up and down. The Red God knew that this young boy would be a fabulous asset to The Orangutan Express. He stopped the boy and said, “Hi! I am a magnifying glass and I run my own company that is not called The Orangutan Express. We do not fly airplanes. Anyway, I was thinking that you suck and that I don’t want you to come in for an interview. In fact, you are the worst potential employee I have ever seen.” Unfortunately, the boy cried and ran away. The Red God was confused. He had just give that kid some big compliments. Needless to say, the rest of the day was rather unsuccessful for the Red God. No one would come and work for him. Before he knew it, the Bakruptcy Office of Mitchell, South Dakota approached him and told him that The Orangutan Express was no longer in business. The Red God was extremely sad, and he walked for the next five days to Des Moines, Iowa. He finally arrived at the Broken Wings Headquarters and went up to visit the Blue God, his only friend in the world. The Blue God opened up and told the Red God that he was tired of telling the truth to everyone. “I had this great secretary who was the most dedicated worker I’ve ever worked with. But yesterday she asked me how she looked. She wanted to look good for her husband because it was their four-year anniversary that night. I told her she looked like a two-dollar, old wrinkly hooker with bad hair and terrible teeth. I had no choice, I had to tell her the truth.” The Red God shared his stories of despair as well, and the two decided that it was finally time to become one. Much as Zeus had done, they decided to give up their supernatural powers. That day, the Blue and Red Gods became one being— a normal human being who both lied and told the truth. He was called “Rue.” Rue summoned his hard-working secretary that day and even gave her the reigns of the entire business. Rue then elected to go back to Mitchell and catch up with Wang Wang, Lou, Mathilde, Johnno, Petie, Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, the two restaurant owners Cannibal Jorge and Sloppy Pete, Madeline, Satan, Herbert, and Ben. Rue then told everyone his amazing story, and everyone was very happy for him. Rue also told everyone that even though he had sold Broken Wings for good, he had a lifetime pass of free trips on the airline. He suggested that they all take a vacation. Everyone agreed. The next day, the group departed for... Chapter 14 Fantasy Island Greenland. Little did the gang know that Greenland is not. So, once that plan completely flopped, they decided to change their minds and go to Tahiti. Everyone hopped on the next plane out of Greenland and headed south towards Tahiti. Unfortunately, the plane had a heart attack and crashed in some mysterious hidden tropical fantasy island in the north Atlantic. Everyone was all right, except for Rue. Rue got a little bump on the noggin. Rue said he was all right, but no one was quite sure what to think of anything Rue said because of that whole thing about becoming one person and now being able to lie or tell the truth made it a lot harder to tell if he was lying or telling the truth. But, everyone assumed Rue was okay. It turns out this was a bad assumption and Rue actually had a pretty serious concussion. Oh well. He’ll be all right. Next, the gang had to figure out what to do. They were on this mysterious, apparently uninhabited island. They would have to go “Lord of the Flies” up in here. Luckily, they had brought adequate camping supplies, and they were able to put up a tent and make a fire and cook some smores. So, there they were sitting around the camp fire late at night telling ghost stories and eating smores. Everyone had been telling some pretty weak ghost stories until it was Lou’s turn. Lou then pulled out this story about a three headed cyclops with extreme rage and revenge on the mind after a kangaroo had eaten his favorite color of gummy bears— the green ones. Just as Lou was about to explain how the three headed cyclops brutally killed the kangaroo, Johnno saw that over Lou’s left shoulder, in the bushes, there was a silouette of three heads. Johnno immediately screamed like a little girl. It looked exactly like the three headed cyclops that Lou had described. They all turned to look at the cyclops, however, they were all relieved to see that it wasn’t actually just a three headed cyclops. The group all sighed. It wasn’t actually just one being with three heads; it was actually three separate entities. Everyone was very relieved, yet they failed to consider what the three people actually were. They didn’t actually know these people. These were the natives. They didn’t speak English. They didn’t smell good. They didn’t have two arms. Well, actually they did have two arms, but they were pretty short. They didn’t eat plants. They just ate human flesh. Yes, these were your typical fantasy island cannibals. Luckily for the group, they weren’t hungry. They just stopped by to give them all a house warming gift. It was a big plate of delicious chocolate brownies. They were delicious. Unfortunately, they were laced with extra fat to get them all extra fat so eventually they could be eaten, but they didn’t know that. They just thought the cannibals were being nice. The cannibals left at that point went to go sleep in their own beds for the night, but in the morning... they came back. Only this time there were more of them—in fact, there were six altogether. And oh yeah, they weren’t cannibals anymore. They were fax machines— fax machines manifesting on the idea of devouring human flesh. Now, Wang Wang knew that while your typical man-eating fax machine really likes to nibble on human flesh, it simply cannot resist paper. Paper is a hungry fax machine’s source of life, and human flesh is only like a dessert. So, Wang Wang and company went over to the batch of paper trees on the island and pulled off a healthy amount of paper to feed the fax machines. It worked. Now, before the fax machines returned again, Wang Wang and the gang needed a more adequate shelter. Their camping tents were soaked thanks to the big waves from the previous night. Also, staying near the shore wasn’t safe because everyone knew that the fax machines would be back. So the gang started searching all over the island for some new, safe shelter. The group split up into three smaller groups: Team Omega with Wang Wang, Lou, Mathilde, Johnno, Petie; Team Alpha with Rue, Cannibal Jorge, Sloppy Pete, and Madeline; and Team Satan with Satan, Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, Herbert, and Ben. Team Omega failed miserably and so did Team Satan. But Team Alpha stumbled upon something interesting. In fact, Cannibal Jorge had moved a a big rock, and under it were twelve entrances to tunnels. One said “This way back to civilization and safety” and the other tunnel was marked by a sign that read, “Get your clan to crawl through here to find some good shelter.” The other ten tunnels were blocked off by contrsuction signs and could not be entered. Cannibal Jorge and Team Alpha called the other two teams over and everyone mulled over their tough decision. In the end... they decided to try to get into all of the tunnels that were supposedly “under construction.” If Cannibal Jorge knew anything about construction workers, he knew about their propensity for lying. The first five “under construction” tunnels led to nothing. The construction workers were truthful in these cases. However, the sixth tunnel led to a different beautiful fantasy world with breathtaking naked women willing to do all to please anyone. Naturally, they didn’t want this, so they went to the seventh tunnel. The seventh, eighth, and ninth tunnels also contained nothing. The tenth and final tunnel supposedly under construction led to what appeared to be every member of the group’s most intimate fantasy. If they entered this tunnel, everyone would have eternal bliss. Well, actually not eternal bliss, because they’d die eventually, but they’d be happy for a really long time. Sloppy Pete ran in towards his fantasy of an unlimited amount of the weirdest food anyone has ever heard of. As he was running, he appeared to hit a brick wall, and he fell to the floor unconscious. It ended up that there was actually a wall there. It just happened to be invisible. They worked together to carry Sloppy Pete out of the tunnel, and then they discussed what they should do next. Eventually, they came to the conclusion that they should go to the shelter. They all could use that vacation that they had discussed earlier, and this seemed to be the perfect place. They just needed some shelter. Luckily, this shelter even had an alarm system to protect themselves from the cannibals. So later that night, they were all sleeping in comfortable beds in their secure new vacation home. In the middle of the night, as they were sleeping, the cannibals returned, and uh oh... they were hungry. As soon as they opened the door, the alarm went off. Everyone woke up, and within minutes, the island police were there. Wang Wang was confident that they were all then saved. Little did he know, or the rest of the group for that matter, that all the inhabitants of the island were cannibals, including the police. Simply put, it seemed as though Wang Wang and his crew were completely screwed. But, Wang Wang has been in a similar situation before. Well, not with the cannibals so much, but in a situation where he appeared to be screwed. He came up with a plan, and in this plan... the group would pretend to sacrifice one of its members for the cannibals to eat. After many minutes of pleading, Wang Wang convinced the cannibals to let his gang have some alone time in their shelter. Wang Wang said that once the whole gang had played its favorite game, Balderdash, he would send out the sacrificial victim. The polite cannibals granted Wang Wang’s wish, and they started a fire, preparing for the feast. Luckily, Wang Wang was up to something much more tricky than the cannibals could have anticipated. Once inside the tent, he told the whole gang about their predicament. Quickly, Wang Wang got out their pre-recorded CD version of the whole gang “playing” a game of Balderdash. The CD was even 45 minutes in length, so it would really sound like they were playing the game. Then, Wang Wang pulled out his handy “Fake Shadow Sheets” that moved randomly, giving the impression that people were moving inside the tent. The cannibals would be totally fooled. Then, Wang Wang pulled out his trusty shovel, and they all began digging to the twelve tunnels on the other side of the island. Meanwhile, the cannibals sat back and listened to the “game” that the gang was playing inside the tent. However, one of the cannibals quickly realized that they were being had! You see, the tape recording was going: “Hey Herbert! It’s your turn! Roll the dice!” But the shadows simply weren’t corresponding with the voices. You see, even though it was Herbert’s turn to roll, Rue’s shadow was rolling the dice! Quickly, the cannibals went into the shelter to see what was the matter. Of course, no one was there, except for the CD player and the black shadow sheets that were still moving randomly. The cannibals then saw the big tunnel and went inside to catch up with Wang Wang and the gang. Meanwhile, the good guys were in the midst of all those darned construction tunnels. In the end, they were just a twisted web of interconnected tunnels that led to nowhere. Even in the cases where they thought they could find “eternal bliss,” there were just invisible brick walls like the one that Sloppy Pete had run into. Now, at about this time, Wang Wang and company were about to encounter a shocking turn of events. But smart old Wang Wang knew what was coming. You see, one of Wang Wang’s traveling companions was Cannibal Jorge. Was it a coincidence that Cannibal Jorge was trying to lead everyone around these meandering, pointless tunnels, saying “Follow me! I know where to go!” And was it a coincidence that Cannibal Jorge was indeed a cannibal, and that the gang was on an island of cannibals? “YOU’RE ONE OF THEM!” Wang Wang shouted. “Cannibal Jorge, you’ve been leading us aimlessly around these tunnels for 30 minutes. You’re just trying to get us tired so that you and all your cannibal buddies can eat us!” Wang Wang had ratted out the rat in the gang. Cannibal Jorge surrendered immediately, admitting that he was indeed involved with all of the other cannibals on the island. This had been Cannibal Jorge’s plan for years— to stick with the group, eventually lead them to this cannibal island, and then eat Wang Wang and the gang with his buddies. Wang Wang would not tolerate this, and he gave Petie the green light to go give Cannibal Jorge a taste of his own medicine. So, Petie devoured the traitor. Just then, the other cannibals caught up with Wang Wang and the gang. Everyone was in a big underground room with tunnels leading every which way. However, Wang Wang knew that there was no way out— only a brick wall in every tunnel. Wang Wang and the gang were cornered, and even worse, the cannibals were pissed because their longtime friend Cannibal Jorge was dead. Clearly, this was the end for Wang Wang, Lou, Mathilde, Johnno, Petie, Rue, Sloppy Pete, Madeline, Satan, Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis, Herbert, and Ben. But wait! Suddenly, Wang Wang had a vision. Wasn’t this eerily similar to that big place they had been in previously— the Magic Room of Doors! Somehow, that place and this big underground room had a lot in common, and Wang Wang had faith that Rue (the old Blue and Red God who knew all the secrets of the Magic Room of Doors) might have an answer. Of course, Rue stepped up to the occasion... Chapter 15 Secret Pirate Treasure Cave Waterfall Darkness although, interestingly, their solution had nothing to do with the previous Magic Room of Doors situation they had been in. Rue instead thought back to his history classes back when he was in school. One thing he was never able to forget was how Paul Bunyan killed off the dinosaurs by deep frying them all and then eating them. Thankfully, as always, Sloppy Pete had brought along his giant deep fryer. They also had a big fake fat guy. He was like a regular man, only not really alive. He was made out of the previously mentioned tofu human mix. When you’re really hungry, you can’t even tell the difference between tofu human mix and real humans. So, the gang placed the tofu human mix fake human right in front of the giant deep fryer and then just as the cannibals were at the tofu human mix, they would hit it and fall into the deep fryer and die. Then the gang would eat the cannibals! It worked to perfection. And what the hell’s up with that? A plan that succeeds that wasn’t thought of by Wang Wang? All the cannibals were now dead and the gang had a good meal. They had had just about enough though. Their tropical paradise vacation had turned out to be anything but. Well, that’s not entirely true. This was a vacation. It was a tropical paradise. It just happened to be an awful tropical paradise vacation. They kept getting nearly killed. It was time to move on for a different vacation. What better place to vacation than Disneyland? So, the gang got out of the tunnel, jumped on Petie and headed over to Disneyland. As soon as they arrived in Anaheim they decided to hit up an Angels game. The Angels were playing the Yankees. It got to the 9th inning and the score was 6-3 with the Angels coming to bat. Obviously, this meant two things. First of all, Mariano Rivera was now coming in for the save. Second of all, the ever famous rally monkey would be out in full force. Of course, this is the monkey dressed in the Angels jersey jumping up and down in a cage on the jumbotron while the words “rally monkey” flash on the bottom. Sure enough, behind the heroics of the rally monkey, the Angles came back to win 7-6. Now it was time to celebrate at good ol’ Disneyland. When they got to Disneyland, they all hopped on one ride, and that was... “Secret Pirate Treasure Cave Waterfall Darkness.” It was the one ride that Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis had wanted to ride all of his life. The problem was that after the roller coaster stormed into the cave with all the fake pirate and treasure stuff, the magic of Disneyland turned real! Suddenly, the roller coaster toppled over and spun out of control, and everyone was wet. The roller coaster track and the carts disappeared. Everyone in the group was in a small pond inside a real, dark cave. Set upon the rocks near the pond was an old, gigantic pirate ship. A parrot flew down and announced to the group: “Congratulations! You have been transported through space to solve the mystery of Captain Arliss from 1692. Captain Arliss and his crew were in search of the world’s greatest treasure of jewels just off the coast of Alaska when his ship crashed into this very tunnel right over there. However, fear not. Go on board and you will find the treasure map, and you will also find that the ship still works. Good luck,” he said, and then the parrot disappeared. Everyone paused in disbelief. “We’re gonna find some gold!!!” Herbert yelled spontaneously. Then he turned to his buddy Ben and drowned him. “What the hell was that for?” asked Wang Wang. Herbert replied, “Well, with Ben... after we all would split up the treasure, each of us would only get 8.3 percent. Now, we get 9.1 percent each.” Wang Wang turned to Petie, and said, “Better make that 10 percent each. Petie, go eat that murderer Herbert.” Petie gladly did so. Then, Wang Wang, Lou, Mathilde, Johnno, Petie, Rue, Sloppy Pete, Madeline, Satan, and Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis all went on board to search for the treasure map... Their first curiosity was in relation to the fact that although Captain Arliss’s ship crashed it was still fully functional. In fact, although the parrot did concede that the ship still worked, he also said that it had crashed into “this tunnel.” The next curious thing about the situation was that although they weren’t on the ride anymore, there were still tunnels. It would make sense if it was a cave, but it didn’t seem like a typical cave. They, as was earlier mentioned, were in a real cave; however, the ship was in the tunnel adjacent to the cave. There was still another curious point about this adventure in that the parrot said that they were looking around Alaska so one would assume the water would be cold. Not so fast, my friend. The temperature of the water was terrific. It was like they were taking a warm bath. It was beautiful. The final thing that surprised Wang Wang and his entire gang was the fact that it seemed as though Captain Arliss’s ship never crashed at all. In fact, Captain Arliss and his crew were all still on the ship actively looking for the treasure. Once the group got on board and ran into Captain Arliss, they truly did find the map quite easily as the parrot had foreshadowed. It was easy to find because Captain Arliss was holding it, cursing at it in some foreign tongue. Wang Wang swallowed, took a deep breath and mouthed out the words “Hello. Captain Arliss, I presume?” Captain Arliss turned to look at Wang Wang. Captain Arliss was your typical pirate. He had an eye-patch over his right eye, dirty graying hair covered with a pirate hat with a skull on it that you can find at any store that sells Halloween costumes, a ridiculous white, puffy pirate shirt, black pants on one leg and a peg leg for the other, shiny black shoes and a parrot on his right shoulder. Captain Arliss snarled at Wang Wang and replied, “Arrrrgh, matey. I see you speak English. Arrrrgh. That I don’t like. Arrrrgh. What do you want, you flithy jackass? Arrrrgh.” Wang Wang responded, “Well, sir, we were on a ride at Disneyland and then it disappeared and we appeared in this cave over there and a parrot came to talk to us and he told us that you guys crashed and we could find that map your holding and find some treasure. And why, if I may ask, don’t you like it that I speak English? I see you speak English too.” Captain Arliss pulled his giant sword out of its sheath and put it up to Wang Wang’s neck. “Arrrrgh. Fuck that ride and fuck that parrot. Arrrrgh. Not again. Arrrrgh. Crap. Arrrrgh. This happens far too often. Arrrrgh. And what makes you think you’re going to get this map from me? I want to get my own fucking treasure. Arrrrgh. As far as I’m concerned, you all can eat shit. Arrrrgh.” Wang Wang took a step back to get away from the gigantic sword, collected his thoughts, and responded. “Okay. Fair enough. We can find that treasure without your map. But, you never answered my question about the English language.” Wang Wang was about to hear a long admonishment of the language he knows and loves. “Arrrrgh. Well, first of all Wang Wang, you were born in North Korea and lived there for a while. Arrrrgh. Why the fuck you speak English in and of itself makes no sense. Arrrrgh.” Captain Arliss had a point there, and he went on. “Also, arrrrgh, there are some aspects of the language I just don’t like. Arrrrgh. For example, I understand why, in the written word the word ‘I’ is capitalized. Arrrrgh. But, if that’s capitalized why isn’t a word such as ‘you’ capitalized? Arrrrgh. Frankly, that seems really egocentric for the entire language. Arrrrgh. It fucking pisses me off. Arrrrgh. Now, I know you’re thinking most languages do this. Arrrrgh. Yes, that’s true. Arrrrgh. But not my crew’s native language ‘Etarip.’ Arrrrgh. That shit’s a language of respect. Arrrrgh. We respect people. Arrrrgh. If you don’t like that, you and the rest of you can just fuck off. Arrrrgh.” Captain Arliss made some good points, although it was questionable if Captain Arliss was as respectful as his language. As Wang Wang contemplated what Captain Arliss had just said, he heard a huge splash from the side of the boat and someone scream in agony. Wang Wang looked off the side and saw his brother Lou in the water. “Lou! Brother! Are you okay?!? Wang Wang screamed. “Lou! Rapahit! Se fac lasiloo?!” Captain Arliss screamed in Etarip. Lou replied “Yes Wang Wang, I’m okay, but I think I broke my leg on this big ass treasure chest in the water. What is this damn thing doing here?” Ah ha! What fate! Lou had slipped off the ship and fell into the water, right into the treasure chest that Captain Arliss had been looking for! “Lou! You did it! We’re rich!” Wang Wang exclaimed. “Arrrrgh. No, don’t you mean I am rich?” Captain Arliss retorted. Wang Wang looked confused for a moment and responded, “No, Lou found the treasure chest. You’re not rich. We’re rich.” Captain Arliss smiled and said, “Arrrrgh. Whoops! Arrrrgh. My mistake. Arrrrgh. You are most certainly correct. Arrrrgh. I’m terribly sorry. Enjoy the treasure.” Captain Arliss then turned to his crew and solemnly said, “Arrrrgh. That’s it boys. Arrrrgh. Time to return home. Arrrrgh. We’ve failed in our journeys. Arrrrgh. Looks like we’re still living in the streets and eating rats. Arrrrgh.” At this point all the pirates turned their heads towards the ground and began preparing to return home as some developed a few tears in their eyes. Wang Wang looked on and couldn’t help but do something that would hope to remedy the situation. “Fellas, I can’t stand to see you guys like this. I have an idea that will please us all... Actually, before I get to my idea,” said Wang Wang, “how in the hell have you guys been living since 1692? All of you are over 300 years old!” Captain Arliss stepped up and realized that the balance of the universe hung in this very moment. “Arrrrgh. Morta rajeero elpan wabby tem trougaliss jinko!” yelled Captain Arliss triumphantly. “Wait, I don’t understand Etarip, Captain Arliss. Tell us your secret of youth in English!” Wang Wang requested, looking at his gang for help. They all shouted “Yeah!” in unison in a Sesame Street-like moment. Captain Arliss saw he really had Wang Wang and the gang in a bind. “Arrrrgh. That’s too bad that you don’t know Etarip. Arrrrgh. Now tell me, why should I reveal to you my aging secret in English? Arrrrgh. What are you going to do for me, Wang Wang?” Wang Wang thought and thought. He knew he could use the treasure as bait, but was he willing to give up endless riches for everlasting life? He figured he could bargain with Captain Arliss and see if he could get his hands on both the money and everlasting life. “My flying raccoon here, Petie, will give you guys a ride back home, wherever that is.” But then Petie spoke up. “Actually boss, my doctor told me I should take a year off with the whole flying thing. He says that I’ve really overworked my wings.” Captain Arliss was really kicking Wang Wang in the ass now. “Arrrrgh. It appears as if you are the ones who need a ride home. Arrrrgh. We can give you a ride home in our trusty ship. Arrrrgh. Now, Wang Wang, didn’t you say you had some magic solution that will please all of us?” Wang Wang was flustered and said that he had forgotten his idea. But things continued to turn for the worse. Uncle Copernicus Clownpenis then keeled over and died from starvation. “Must... have... food...” were his last words. Wang Wang suddenly realized that none of the gang had eaten in days. “Arrrrgh. Your crew looks might hungry. We have some food aboard this here ship, but it ain’t free. Arrrrgh.” Wang Wang, sweating profusely, realized that he needed Captain Arliss for food, a ride home, and if possible, the secret to everlasting life. But Wang Wang still wanted to keep that treasure, even though he knew that that was exactly what Captain Arliss wanted. Wang Wang got to thinking. Captain Arliss and his men were obviously over three centuries old. Why in the hell had they just stayed in this cave looking at a trasure map for 300 years? Wang Wang was puzzled. But he was also hungry. And he was also... prepared with a plan, as always. First of all, he turned to his right and saw a big gun. He used this big gun to shoot the parrot on Captain Arliss’s shoulder. “Arrrgh!” Captain Arliss shouted. “You just killed my parrot, you bastard! Arrrgh!?” Wang Wang indeed did. That parrot would provide him with adequate sustenance until he came up with another plan. This happened rapidly after he ate the parrot. However, as soon as he finished the parrot, he found himself lying on the deck of the boat with an oar jammed halfway up his ass. Captain Arliss then spoke. “Arrrgh. Wang Wang, as you can see, or probably feel better than you can see, you have an oar halfway up your ass. Arrrgh. This is because you just ate my friend. Arrrgh. If you don’t give me that treasure chest now, I will continue to jam this oar completely up your ass. Arrrgh. What do you say Wang Wang, arrrgh?” Wang Wang laid there and thought for a while. What a dilemma. He couldn’t really think of much to do. Having an oar jammed up your ass kind of hampers your thinking. As he sat there and thought, Sloppy Pete, who had earlier helped him cook the parrot, took an anchor and whacked Captain Arliss across the head with it. Captain Arliss screamed “ARRRGH!” and he died. Sloppy Pete then gently pulled the oar out of Wang Wang’s ass and Wang Wang heaved a huge sigh of relief. Now, after killing the captain of the ship, Wang Wang was in charge. He could order the rest of the crew to tell him the secret of their youth. Wang Wang was awfully surprised, however, when the crew of Captain Arliss said no. The leader of the soon to be ship mutiny was Marcellus Arliss, Captain Arliss’s grandfather. Marcellus Arliss was quick do defend his grandson. “Wang Wang, you killed my grandson. This is not the kind of thing I take lightly. That’s the twenty fourth time this has happened. I refuse to tell you the secret of our youth. That’s the way Captain grandson would have wanted it.” Wang Wang was in shock! Someone had failed to respect his authority. Inconceivable! A situation such as this could have only one logical conclusion. Wang Wang and Marcellus Arliss would have a tennis match to determine whether Marcellus Arliss would have to convey the mystery of the youth to Wang Wang or if Wang Wang would have to give Marcellus Arliss the treas- ure. Marcellus natrually accepted this challenge, because a tennis match is the only natural way to solve such an argument. Unfortunately, Marcellus Arliss had both of his arms eaten by alligators and had no arms. Therefore he couldn’t hold a racquet and was forced to forfeit. Now it was time for Marcellus Arliss to reveal the truth behind their youth. “Wang Wang, you are certainly a worthy opponent. You have earned the right to know our secret. Our secret is... this very room. When we all crashed into this abyss in 1692, we were looking for the Great Alaskan Jewel Treasue. We had been sent by King Henry VIII himself. But when we got to this cave, as you can see, the rocks crumbled behind us, forming a wall, and we were stuck. We knew we would never see civilization again. But fortunately, we found this jewel,” Marcellus Arliss said as he reached into his shirt and pulled it out. “I have kept it by my side for over 300 years. As long as my crew stays within one mile of me, they won’t age a day. This jewel is our secret.” Wang Wang was astonished. The jewel had an aura about it— a glow unlike he had ever seen before. Marcellus Arliss continued. “However, the 300 year curse ended today when you guys arrived. You see, the prophesy states that after 300 years, the first person who goes to a magical theme park— this of course means Disneyland and only Disneyland— and yells ‘Holy shit!’ three times while on a pirate-related roller coaster will then be automatically sent here. So the curse has been lifted. We thank you all. But I am mad at you for killing Captain Arliss. No need to worry though, my magic jewel will cure him. Marcellus waved the blue jewel in front of Captain Arliss’ face, and the captain immediately woke up. “Arrrgh. Thanks Grandpa. Now where were we?” While Captain Arliss was ready to fight, Marcellus Arliss was a little more wise. “Grandson, we are in debt to these people. They have lifted our curse and we can now get out of this room.” Captain Arliss agreed, but he demanded that a large trade be made. Captain Arliss’ chief agent called a meeting with Wang Wang to discuss terms of the deal. The two went down to the trade chambers in the ship. Agent Jargon said “We will give you the jewel to everlasting life, food for three weeks, and a ride home in exchange for the treasure, directions to England, one of your men, and a second round draft choice in 2005.” Wang Wang wanted to barter. “How about you keep the everlasting jewel thing and I keep all of my men.” Agent Jargon bargained again and got Wang Wang to throw in another draft pick. So, as the prophesy stated on the treasure map, the group had come, and now the rocks came tumbling down. The two groups were ready to set sail, but to where? Eventually Arliss’ crew would sail to England and report to the king, but Wang Wang and the gang had to be dropped off first. Wang Wang and the gang asked Captain Arliss to sail to... England also. Wang Wang and the gang decided they’ve gotten bored with each other. They haven’t really had any good adventures in a while, and, frankly, they liked these new pirates. They were fun people. Plus, later on down the road Wang Wang and his gang could just kill the pirates off and take their treasure, jewels, ship, and draft picks. Wang Wang announced his intentions of accompanying the pirates back to England and Captain Arliss was relieved. “Arrrgh. Wang Wang, I am quite happy with your decision. Arrrgh. Although you did attempt to kill me, and I did not appreciate that, I like you. Arrrgh. You’re a swell guy. Arrrgh. If I were a gay man, I think...” Captain Arliss suddenly spoke speaking, looked at the ground, and looked back up at Wang Wang and simply said, “Arrrgh. Welcome aboard. Arrrgh.” The two men then embraced and got prepared for their trip to England. Luckily, Rue did have a map of the world and it had a line already drawn from the Great Alaskan Jewel Treasure to England. They decided, based on the map, that the best way to go would be to go south through the Panama Canal, then through the Caribbean, through the Atlantic Ocean, and up to jolly ole England. But, as any pirate excursion would go, this trip was less than peaceful. It seemed like there was always something going on on the big pirate ship. Somewhere off the coast of San Diego they, were playing badminton and one of Captain Arliss’s men was hastily chasing the soaring shuttlecock when he galloped directly over the edge and into the open jaws of a hungry shark. The shark ate him. He died. It was pretty vicious. The shark hadn’t eaten in weeks and when he saw men playing badminton, he realized that this was the time to get a good meal in. This shark, we’ll call him Huey the Hammershark, followed the ship throughout their trip. Eventually Huey became a friend to the merry mob of pirates. Every once in a while, as a silly prank, as one pirate slept some other pirates would come lop of one of his limbs to feed Huey the Hammershark. It was all in good fun. At first, sometimes the now less than adequately limbed man would be a tad steamed, but after the rest of the group bought him a couple of drinks, he saw the humor in it. A catastrophe struck, however, once the group hit Panama. As they were commuting through the canal, malaria struck the crew. None of Wang Wang’s old crew died, but everyone of the pirates died except for Captain Arliss, Marcellus Arliss, and Agent Jargon. Oh well, that’s more treasure for everyone else. This was actually a happy occurrence for Huey the Hammershark because he got to eat all the dead pirate bodies. Huey was set. It was like Thanksgiving for Huey the Hammershark. Losing all the men made it much more difficult for the crew to get to England because they didn’t have the same manpower. Eventually though, after much work, they made it. It certainly wasn’t easy. They did find, however, that King Henry VIII was long dead. The new king was King Henry XX. King Henry XX didn’t know anything about the treasure. Captain Arliss tried in vain to give him the huge fortune, but King Henry XX just refused to accept. Now they had a large dilemma. They had a huge fortune, and nothing to do with it. Wang Wang could think of only one thing to do. That was to kill off the remaining pirates and take their treasure, jewels, ship, and draft picks. As soon as he did this, he immediately put Johnno in charge of scouting to make sure they didn’t mess up the upcoming draft. He wanted to make sure Johnno had time to help them make an educated decision. Wang Wang also gave Johnno $1,000,000,000 for him to hire assistance and for other scouting expenditures. But the rest of the crew still had a barrel o’ treasure and no ideas of what to do with it. Finally, Satan had a brilliant plan. In this plan... Chapter 16 The Annual Extraordinary Groups and Peoples’ Lives Draft Satan called out to Wang Wang: “Hey! How about you come up with an idea?” Everyone thought Satan had come up with a magnificent plan here. Wang Wang was about to open his mouth when an envelope fell form the sky right onto the crew’s ship. “It’s addressed to you Wang Wang!” cried Petie. Wang Wang remembered that the last time he had gotten an anonymous letter from out of the sky was when they were all in Mitchell and God had dropped a similar note to him. The end result was that the lesbian lovers Mary Wang Wang and Bessie had disappeared, and so had the raccoons, the coyotes, the South Korean roadside worker, Sunshine, Kathy the waitress, and Shoeless Joe Jackson. Wang Wang was hesitant to open this letter. But he did anyway. Sure enough, it was from God. “Dear Wang Wang, this letter is to personally invite you to the Annual Extraordinary Groups and Peoples’ Lives Draft. Only groups with invitations from me are allowed to enter. You are not allowed to share this information with anyone besides your crew. You are to sail to the top secret location of Tropical, Antarctica. It is an abandoned city that happens to have a really big domed stadium. The draft gives your group and other similar amazing groups around the world a chance to recruit and sign people or animals with extraordinary talents to help your crew. Good luck in the draft. Hugs and kisses, God.” Wow, thought Wang Wang. He had finally made it. He had been personally invited to the Annual Extraordinary Groups and Peoples’ Lives Draft. He wondered who would be there— former President Jimmy Carter? The treasurer of Cheerios? Kent Hrbek? He was eager to arrive. The group arrived in very good time, three days before the draft. The other teams (ten total groups had been invited to the two-round, 20-selection event) were beginning to pile in, and Johnno told Wang Wang he had the inside scoop on a lot of hot prospects who could help the gang. Wang Wang nodded his head, but he was suddenly very distracted. He began to see everything as a competition. He knew that he had led the coolest life of adventures of all time. He became jealous that these other group leaders had even been invited to this event with him. And one among those in attendance was none other than Justice McCloud, who had the #1 overall pick. Wang Wang shook himself and got back to concentrating. His gang had two first round choices (#2 and #4) and the final second round choice (#20). Before he knew it, he and Johnno had pulled the trigger on a deal that sent the jewel to everlasting life and selection #20 to Bugs Bunny in exchange for the #3 pick in the draft. Firmly in control with three of the top four picks, Wang Wang was feeling good. Draft day was only two days away... In making this trade, Wang Wang had completely made up for his earlier negotiating shortcomings. When Wang Wang made the previous deal with Agent Jargon, the press viciously attacked him for this. For example, the headline in The Daily Havanan Journal read “Wang Wang is a Huge Dumbass.” The Cairo Herald wrote in an editorial: “Wang Wang has proved through the years that he has many admirable traits. He has saved the world on a few occasions. However, his ability to barter has been putrid. He gave up the treasure chest, directions to England, and two draft picks for three weeks of food and a ride home. Agent Jargon again proved his terrific skill in this arena as he came away like a thief. Wang Wang desparately needs assistance in his ability to make such deals. Some might say he should give up.” The headline in The Uruguayian said “Wang Wang Borders On Retardism.” The list could go on and on. Naturally, Wang Wang made up for all of it when he killed the pirates and ended up getting everything. Whether he had that planned all along is unknown, yet doubtful. Finally, after a long two days, draft day had arrived. The teams gathered into the dome, took their respective seats and God approached the podium. “Welcome to the 53rd Annual Extraordinary Groups and Peoples’ Lives Draft. There will be a 20 minute time limit between picks. Justice McCloud has the first pick. Justice, you’re on the clock.” Justice McCloud listened to some final, desparate trade offers from other members of the draft. However, after only using up half of his allotted 20 minutes, McCloud decided to hold on to his pick and his representatives handed God the pick. God approached the podium and announced “With the first pick in the 53rd Annual Extraordinary Groups and Peoples’ Lives Draft, Justice McCloud has chosen Geraldo Rivera. ChingXiao Zo Ping Wang Wang has the next 3 picks. Therefore, the 20 minute rule will be added together for all three picks and Wang Wang has simply one hour to make all three picks. Wang Wang, you’re on the clock.” Wang Wang had plenty of time and didn’t want to rush anything. He had Johnno right by his side. He remembered reading what the press had to say about his negotiating abilities and realized he needed some help. His personnel and organizing skills were beginning to deteriorate. Therefore, with the second pick, they decided it would be most wise to take Frank Chance. Chance was the first baseman and player manager of the 1906 Chicago Cubs that helped the Cubs reach a record of 116-36. Johnno realized that anyone who could give the Cubs 116 wins must be pretty special. With their next pick, Wang Wang and Johnno decided one thing they desparately needed was someone to provide them entertainment. Naturally their selection for this need would be Art Garfunkel. With their final pick, Wang Wang and Johnno decided on famed bus driver Ubitsius Baynalfor for obvious reasons. The decisions were made and now Wang Wang and his crew could leave for their New Orleans headquarters to meet their new draft picks and attempt to sign them. Unfortunately for Wang Wang, all three draft picks had signed with agent Master P, and Master P was demanding tremendous contracts for all three draftees. Chance was demanding 7 years for $890 million, a three legged llama, and an ‘85 Schwinn. Garfunkel wanted 8 years for $825 million, a pair of tights, and a hair dryer. Baynalfor wanted 6 years for $690 million, a few tires, and a hat that says “World’s Greatest Bus Driver.” Luckily, they still had the treasure chest, so they could comply and just barely dent the amount of treasure they had. Now that their draft picks were signed, it became necessary to do an ice breakers kind of activity so everyone could get to know the new guys. To do this, they... ordered the three rookies to go iron their clothes. It had been a long time since the gang had gotten to do a good load of laundry, much less have their clothes completely non-wrinkled. Unfortunately, the task was a bit too laboring for Art Garfunkel, and he filed for free agency. Frank Chance and Ubitsius Baynalfor, however, made a good team. After three days and nights of hard work, everyone’s clothes were ironed. Wang Wang was impressed, and he told the two newcomers that they had officially been added to the roster. Ubitsius Baynalfor was unhappy with one part of his contract, however: the team had no bus, only a pirate ship. Lou stepped up and convinced Ubitsius that driving a ship is the ultimate experience for any ex-bus driver. Ubitsius agreed to try. Suddenly, Wang Wang’s cell phone rang, and Henry XX demanded that he be given his rightful treasure. Wang Wang was dumbfounded, but due to the hierarchal laws of inheritance, the treasure did in fact belong to Henry XX. So, Wang Wang turned to his new ship driver and wheel steerer Ubitsius, and said, “Bon voyage matee!” Ubitsius shunned this silly talk: “Where the hell do you want me to go?” Wang Wang blushed and told him England. Everyone was very tired now, and they all went to their sleeping quarters. Sadly, Ubitsius was left alone on the deck with no one to talk to except the rolling waves of the open sea. And that he did. In fact, he became so enthralled with talking to the rolling waves of the sea that he forgot about his duties to sail to England. The next morning when everyone woke up, Rue realized at once that they had gotten off course. “Wang Wang! Henry XX is going to be pissed! Do you realize that we are off the coast of... The Central African Republic!?!?” Wang Wang stepped outside in his pajamas and fluffy bunny slippers, wiped the sleep out of his eyes, yawned, and finally responded. “Rue, you are truly an uneducated nincompoop. The Central African Republic is a landlocked country. It has no coast. Hence the name ‘CENTRAL African Republic.’ Rue immediately turned red in shame and announced he was about to feed himself to Huey the Hammershark. But before he could leap overboard Frank Chance caught him. “You can’t throw yourself overboard for a silly mistake like that,” Chance said. “Mistakes happen. That’s acceptable. What matters is that you’re trying to help out the team. The effort is what I like to see. You keep putting forth effort like that and I guarantee you’re going to help us more than you’ll hurt us.” After that was said, Rue decided to live. However, they now didn’t know where they were. Rue noticed they were off course, but he was incorrect as to their whereabouts. It turns out that although Ubitsius began to talk to the waves and he seemed demented, he actually knew exactly where he was going. They were ten miles off the coast of England. At this point, they had a moral dilemma. They were going to England to return Henry XX’s treasure. But did Henry XX not earlier refuse to accept the treasure, even when Captain Arliss tried to force him to accept? He did refuse. If he refused to accept his own belongings, doesn’t that make them no longer his? However, perhaps Henry XX was just incapacitated at the time he made those claims. If that was the case, shouldn’t he still get the treasure? After long discussion, they decided as a group that he did not deserve the treasure. He had already declined to accept it so it was not his. Wang Wang picked up his cell phone and called Henry XX. Henry XX picked up the phone and offered his salutations. Wang Wang responded by saying, “Hello Henry XX. This is Wang Wang. Eat ass, dirtbag.” Henry XX immediately declared war on Wang Wang. Wang Wang prepared his troops for war by... returning Mathilde’s cell phone to Sloppy Pete. But said Sloppy Pete: “The owner of this cell phone is someone I’d like to meet!” And so he returned Mathilde’s cell phone to Satan. But said Satan: “The owner of this cell phone is someone I’d like to be datin’!” And so he returned Mathilde’s cell phone to Frank Chance. But said Frank Chance: “The owner of this cell phone... I’d like to get in her pants!” And so he returned Mathilde’s cell phone to... “Give me my damn cell phone already! Wang Wang, you have been keeping this thing ever since that damn party at the Magic Room of Doors. Do you know how long I have gone without pleasuring myself with this thing? And do you know what else? I’ve been having an affair with Petie!” Everyone was silent. Petie gulped as the truth pervaded the air like a heavy piano on acid. But then everyone began to giggle. They must have been giggling because even though Mathilde was with Petie, she hadn’t been with anyone else for a while, so she wasn’t really having an affair! Oh, wait, nevermind. That’s wrong. Everyone was giggling because the tooth fairy and a big flying raccoon had been having sex for months! Mathilde and Petie joined in on the laughter as well. But these weren’t funny times. Even though Mathilde had her cell phone back and even though Mathilde had cleared her conscience, she was about to face the biggest test of her life. Henry XX and his troops suddenly boarded the pirate ship from a private jet. “Wang Wang! I have declared war on you and I have a deck of cards to prove it!” Feeling her pride well up inside her, Mathilde announced that would play the king in a game of war. The winner would get the treasure. As the cards were being dealt... Chapter 17 England’s new king Petie, upset with Mathilde’s earlier announcement of their affair, took a giant grenade and threw it at the group. Unfortunately for Petie, he forgot to take the pin out first, so nothing came of this except everyone just laughed at Petie more. This really upset Petie so he just started crying like a little girl in the front of the boat all by himself. Little did he know that this was the perfect thing to do to get back at the crew. Because he was so damn big, all of his weight at the front of the boat tipped the boat straight down into the ocean. As it began to tip into the water, a whale jumped out of the water, as whales often do, and hit the boat head on. The whale went straight through the boat and the boat was going under. Petie’s first thought was to save the treasure. He did, and threw the treasure on the nearby land. Then Petie decided to tread water for a while and watch the scene unfold. Huey the Hammershark had gotten hungry again, but he didn’t want to eat his friends. Therefore, he just ate Henry XX and all of his men. Huey didn’t forget to eat the deck of cards either. Wang Wang and his entire crew was saved as they jumped on the back of Petie, who by now had forgiven his friends. Now something very interesting had occurred. The King of England was dead. All of Henry’s people were dead. In effect, Wang Wang and his crew had defeated England in a war due to Petie’s girth, flying whales, and Huey the Hammershark. This could mean only one thing: Wang Wang is the new King of England! Wang Wang was a little afraid though, considering his only previous history of leading a country led to a complete failure, anarchy, and the initial death of Petie. Wang Wang brought this up to Petie, and Petie reached down to where his testicles used to be and began to cry. Wang Wang felt bad for reminding Petie of this troubled part of his past, so to make it up to him, he fed Petie the town of Liverpool. Next Wang Wang had to figure out how to make sure this would be a bigger success than his previous governing experience. To do this he... decided to fire the current cabinet of England and replace them with, of course, his own crew. If he could have friends that had in depth knowledge of every sector of the English nation, he would definitely succeed as king. He named: Lou, Prime Minister of Parliament (Parliament was overthrown and Lou became the lawmaking body of England); Petie, Secret Service Chief (he was big and he could fly— he could always protect the king); Mathilde, Surgeon General (extensive dental and tooth fairy experience); Johnno, Foreign Trade Director (good at making deals as in the Annual Extraordinary Groups and Peoples’ Lives Draft); Rue, War Secretary (usually has good knowledge of maps); Satan, Pope (obvious reasons); Ubitsius Baynalfor, Transportation Chief (knows buses and roads like no other); Frank Chance, National Sports Director (Cubs have worldwide appeal... the idea here is to promote England sports worldwide); and Huey the Hammershark, Defense Secretary (England shares a border with no other country; Huey can defend any and all attack from sea). Unfortunately, Madeline was without a position. Wang Wang decided that it might be time for him to finally settle down with a woman. He was tired of being the world’s top bachelor. Plus, Madeline was very attractive, and she had been loyal to him for many years by sticking around. Plus, they could get married by Satan the Pope in a very public and timeless wedding. But first, Wang Wang had to win over Madeline’s heart. They had been through so much together, yet they had never really had much alone time. Luckily for Wang Wang, Madeline had cared deeply for him ever since he had saved her life by calling her name out to God in South Dakota. So when Wang Wang asked her, “Will you go out with me tomorrow night?”the future queen said, “Of course!” Now, Wang Wang may be a fearless leader and an adventurous sonofabitch, but he’s no Romeo. On their first date, Wang Wang took Madeline out to... Kentucky Fried Chicken followed by an enjoyable evening at a local tittybar. Well, I suppose I should clarify that it was an enjoyable evening for Wang Wang at first, but it was a problem for Madeline. Not surprisingly, Madeline used to be an exotic dancer. It took much effort for Madeline to escape this unfortunate part of her past and coming back to an establishment such as this one brought back some bad memories. It also brought back some positive memories, evidently. You see, after about 15 minutes, Madeline excused herself to go to the bathroom. As she was in there she was washing her face and one of the dancers, Whory McWhore approached her. “Hi, my name is Whory McWhore,” said Whory McWhore. “You know, you have a beautiful ass and a terrific ass. How would you like to make some money tonight?” Madeline didn’t want to dance tonight. She was here on a date with Wang Wang and never planned on dancing; however, the allure of the stage was just too strong. She agreed and went backstage with Whory McWhore. At this point Wang Wang was a little worried, because Madeline had been gone a long time so Wang Wang got up and walked towards the bathrooms. Just as he was about to enter the women’s restroom he heard a voice over the loudspeaker say, “And now, let’s have a nice round of applause for our newest dancer, Madeline!” Wang Wang immediately turned around and ran towards the stage and took a seat where they had sat before in the front row as Madeline emerged. Everyone was in awe because she was far hotter than any of the other dirty skanks this filthy business ever puts out. Wang Wang began to smile ear to ear as he nudged the man next to him and told him that that was his date on stage. Madeline did her dirty dance and the crowd erupted in praise, and then Madeline and Wang Wang left to go Wang Wang’s place where Madeline would spend the night... on the couch. The next morning, newspapers all across the land gave rave reviews to this new, yet not new, dancing sensation. Wang Wang was woken up at 8 in the morning by the telephone. Wang Wang answered and on the other end was famed porno director Randolpho Husinari. Randolpho said that he had heard all about Madeline and would love to put her in his next picture. Wang Wang immediately ran over to Madeline and jumped on her to wake her up and this gave Wang Wang an idea. Not only would it be great for Madeline to be in pornos, but Wang Wang also had some porno experience as was mentioned in chapter six. Perhaps Wang Wang could be her co-star! Before Wang Wang had such visions of grandeur, he decided he should let Madeline have some say in this. When Wang Wang woke her up and told her of the news, she exclaimed... “What the hell are you talking about? Wang Wang, we never went to a tittybar. You took me out to that romantic chicken place.” Wang Wang insisted that Madeline had put on a fantastic show last night, and that Randolpho Husinari was on the line, waiting in earnest. Madeline picked up the phone, and no one was there. Wang Wang was shocked. “Wang Wang, remember in Chapter Thirteen when you saved my life? Then you realized that I had never been a prostitute. It was all your creation. Well this story you’re telling me— it’s all a creation, too, Wang Wang. All we did last night was go to Kentucky Fried Chicken. Then you were so full from the gallons of mashed potatoes that you devoured that you passed out. I took you back here.” Wang Wang felt like a pervert. But Madeline shook it off and laughed. “Listen, I want to take you out tonight. Will you go with me?” Wang Wang said yes. It was at this time that Lou took advantage of the powerful position that Wang Wang had given him. Lou, the only member of Parliament and therefore the entire lawmaking body of England, declared that the royal throne hierarchy was illegal, and that Wang Wang’s position as king would be revoked. Lou also forced the exile of Secret Service Chief Petie the Raccon, Surgeon General Mathilde, Foreign Trade Director Johnno, War Secretary Rue, Pope Satan, Transportation Chief Ubitsius Baynalfor, National Sports Director Frank Chance, and Defense Secretary Huey the Hammershark. Their location at this time is unknown. However, Pope Satan was not going to let Lou go all tyrannical on this mofo without punishment. Satan, with his intrinsic powers from Hell and his newly acquired Heaven/Pope powers had a plan for Lou. Lou, after announcing his decree on English television, walked over to the local bakery shop. He purchased the last roll of bread for that day and went on his merry way. He was going to go to the laundromat to do some laundry, but instead he found two women in the midst of a heated argument. “Bloody hell, Lucinda! You can’t use a 120-watt bulb on your antique lamp!” Lucinda disagreed with her friend September, and Lou decided to step in. But we digress— let us go back to the bread. A few minutes later, some blokes named John and Roger stumbled into the very same bakery shop. “Looks like you owe me a roll of bread, Roger!” Roger had unfortunately lost at their game of “Guess which animal we will see next on the street.” Roger guessed kangaroo, and John took the conventional choice of dog. Now Roger was having to pay the steep price of buying John a roll of bread. But there were no bread rolls left. None. Nada. Zero. Zilch. John told Roger that if there were no bread rolls left, then Roger would have to get him a plunger. But there were no plungers left at the London Plunger Store. John then demanded a light bulb. Roger stole a light bulb from an old lady who was wearing one on top of her Philadelphia Phillies baseball cap. Suddenly, across the street, Roger and John saw Lucinda and September arguing with Lou trying to intervene. Thinking they could help stop the argument, Roger and John both yelled at the same time in sync: “We have 120-watt bulb you can use! Right here!” Then, the old woman with the Philadelphia Phillies baseball cap cried out to Lou that those boys had just stolen her light bulb, and she was not okay with Lucinda using it to prove to September her point. Lou felt it was his duty as the head of England to resolve this situation. But should Lou cross the street and get the light bulb so as to let September and Lucinda solve their fight? Or should Lou cross the street and get the light bulb and return it to its rightful owner, the old lady with the Philadelphia Phillies baseball cap? Lou wasn’t sure, but he did knew he was going to cross the street. He crossed the... but then Pope Satan kicked his Volkswagen Beetle into high gear, put the pedal to the metal, and absolutely pulverized Lou going at 70 mph. Lou was gone. Needless to say, Pope Satan and the exilees had escaped their fate and killed Lou the bad guy. The light bulb was then returned to the old woman with the Philadelphia Phillies baseball cap, leaving September and Lucinda arguing, and John without a reward for winning the animal bet. But that doesn’t matter. Everyone hurried over to tell Wang Wang and Madeline the news... The two were getting ready to go on Wang Wang’s mystery date. Madeline had not yet told him where they were going, so that constitutes a mystery date. Pope Satan was the one to tell Wang Wang of the news. Wang Wang’s initial response was pure horror. He absolutely couldn’t believe that Pope Satan would leave two lovely ladies arguing and he was in utter shock that John did not get a reward for his animal bet. This problem must be resolved. Wang Wang immediately ordered that Lucinda, September, John, and Roger be brought over to him so he could help in these discussions. In four to six weeks, the four troubled youngsters arrived. Because it took everyone so long to get them all together, the problem had already been solved! Because there was nothing available originally, Roger gave John bread and a plunger. Lucinda and September simply no longer cared about their argument. With petty arguments such as the one they had, you can only feel so strongly about your side for so long. Therefore, they soon were friends again. Initially, Wang Wang felt like a jackass, however when he lifted his crying head out of his hands, he saw that Lucinda and John and September and Roger were making out with each other like their plane was going down. This brought a smile to Wang Wang’s face. Even though he messed up, everything turned up roses. He brought two pairs of lovers together. The next day, they all got married. Pope Satan then presented Wang Wang with another dilemma. His brother had been killed. Did Wang Wang want to do anything about this? Originally, out of bitterness, Wang Wang said no. After all, Lou tried to dethrone Wang Wang and exile all of his friends. However, their brotherly bond was too strong. Wang Wang decided that he would like Satan to bring him back. However, Wang Wang would force him to live naked in a small cage out in the middle of the giant London Westside Park. Upon further review, everyone convinced Wang Wang not to force Lou to be naked because that is a punishment to everyone else. That made sense to Lou. Pope Satan brought Lou back and immediately placed him in the cage in the park. Wang Wang then approached his imprisoned brother and Lou broke down in tears. He then looked towards Wang Wang and said... “Wang Wang! I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to... Wang Wang move! The moon is falling!” Wang Wang looked up and indeed saw that the moon was falling from the sky. It wasn’t a meteor or an asteroid. It was THE moon. Despite the horrific situation, Wang Wang was still mad at Lou. It was a shame that Lou was stuck in cage and Wang Wang didn’t have a key to let him out. So, Wang Wang started to run away in order to save himself. Screw Lou. “Wait! Save me!” cried out caged-up Lou, clutching to the bars of the cage in agony. Wang Wang stopped in his tracks. He simply couldn’t do this to his own brother. So he ran back and picked up the cage with caged-up Lou in it. The sky had turned black by now, and the moon was getting closer with each second. Suddenly, Petie came to the rescue again with everyone on his back. “Hurry, get on!” he yelled to Wang Wang and Lou, who was still in the cage. Wang Wang suddenly noticed Petie’s new red flying cape. “Hey, nice cape,” he commented. “Thanks Wang Wang,” replied Petie. “Where did you get it?” asked Wang Wang. “Calypso’s Raccoon Apparel Outlet. I got it on sale— 25 percent off!” Petie exclaimed. “It’s really beautiful. I would get one just like yours, but I don’t wear a size 850,” said Wang Wang. “Did they have smaller sizes?” Petie said that in fact, they did. “But even the smaller sizes are fit for raccoons. But I’m sure you could get them hemmed.” Suddenly, the urgency of the entire situation presented itself again. Wang Wang and caged-up Lou hopped on Petie, and they all flew away to safety. Once they landed in Ireland, the group all went to a local pub to get some drinks and take a break. In the pub, they saw on TV that the moon had fallen from space and had destroyed all of London. “Astronomers, politicians, geographers, and moon fans everywhere are hoping that Wang Wang and his gang will come to Earth’s rescue once again, and return the moon, still fully intact, to its normal position in space,” said the news reporter. Wang Wang took that as a mandate, and they all decided to fly back to London the next day. Meanwhile, caged-up Lou was complaining. “Can someone please let me out of this cage?” Pope Satan said that in all the mess and confusion, he had left the key to the cage in his London flat. Since there was no more London, there was no more key. Cagedup Lou would be in the cage for some time. Anyways, the group all flew back to London the next day, and... Chapter 18 Mooning saw that everything they had seen on TV in Ireland was a huge lie. Those Irish were just fooling with them because they didn’t like the King of England in their country so they created a reason to get him out. It ended up that the moon was actually falling towards the Earth but it inexplicably just stopped once it approached the Earth’s atmosphere. Well, although London was safe for now, it just really wasn’t a comfortable situation.Who could guess when the moon would finish falling towards them? No one. Therefore, it must be pushed back to its natural position. To do this, Pope Satan and Petie flew towards the moon and used brute strength to throw it back into position. All problems were averted, for now anyway. Pushing the moon back to its original position made them safe now; however, it could fall back anytime. Luckily now that the moon had been pushed back, they could have more time to react if this were to happen again. Lou now pointed out that if the key to his cage was in Pope Satan’s London flat. It should still be there because the moon never actually fell. Pope Satan realized this was in fact true and went off to retrieve the key. Soon he was back and Lou was free again. There was much rejoicing. Lou looked up towards the sky and thought it appeared the moon was beginning to creep towards the Earth again, but then again he could be wrong. Perhaps being locked up in a cage hampered his judgement. Who knows? It’s difficult to say for sure. Wang Wang then looked up at the sky and realized that, yes, the moon was in fact falling again. He jumped on Petie’s back and flew to the moon. Little did he know that hiding behind the moon and playing this trick on the world was... Clark the Clam— or at least his copy of himself. Clark the Clam was a clam who lived in the Pacific Ocean. But, he had been chased into the Atlantic Ocean by Huey the Hammershark during the gang’s journey from Alaska to England. Clark the Clam was basically just trying to get back home to the Pacific Ocean. But Huey the Hammershark had relentlessly chased him the entire trip a few weeks back. So, Clark the Clam decided to use his supernatural powers to do something about his dire situation. So, Clark the Clam copied himself and sent the copy clam to the moon to push the moon towards the surface. That way, the moon would be closer to the earth, thus forcing the tides to occur much more each day. Then, Clark the Clam could float back to his native Pacific Ocean in a couple of weeks rather than two years. Wang Wang and Petie, unprepared to fight a clam copy behind the moon, flew back down to London, infuriated with Huey the Hammershark. What was he thinking when chasing a supernatural clam? Was he not thining of the obvious conseqeuences? Wang Wang and Petie met the group back at their London headquarters, and Huey the Hammershark was enjoying his afternoon swim at the local Holiday Inn swimming pool. The group had to decide what to do not only to Huey the Hammershark, but also to Clark the Clam... After much discussion, it was decided that not much could be done about Clark the Clam. Could anyone blame him for what he did? He got chased out of his home and just wanted to return. It was actually a pretty reasonable action that Clark the Clam performed to return. Even if they wanted to punish Clark the Clam in anyway, it would be very difficult because they had no idea where he was. Due to this, they began to think about their punishment for Huey the Hammershark. Then they rethought about having no idea where Clark the Clam was. Then they thought about Huey the Hammershark’s punishment and then the unknown whereabouts of Clark the Clam. After repeating this process for several hours, the answer seemed quite obvious: Huey the Hammershark would be ordered to conduct a search for Clark the Clam, apologize once he finds him, and then return with a handwritten signed statement from Clark the Clam to prove that this deed was in fact accomplished. They all went to the hotel and asked the lady at the front desk where they could find the swimming pool. The lady then responded “So, you want to find a big swimming pool with a shark named Huey swimming in it? What does this look like, a Holiday Inn? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!” After everyone looked at her for a while, she sighed, stopped laughing, and pointed out that they were in the wrong hotel. The Holiday Inn was across the street. They then went over to the Holiday Inn, grabbed Huey the Hammershark by the fin, told him his task and threw him in the ocean. All this action made Wang Wang tired and he decided to get a room at the Holiday Inn to take a nap as the rest of the group went out to eat cow testicles. Wang Wang got in the room, and immediately fell into a deep sleep. After about seven hours of sleeping, the phone woke up Wang Wang. He picked it up and the voice on the other line said, “Hi Wang Wang. Remember me? LABARAYALALAFALALALADINGDONG! HAHAHA! See you soon whack job!” Want Wang had no idea who this was so decided to go back to sleep. After 20 minutes, Wang Wang was awoken again, but this time by a knock on the door. A voice Wang Wang couldn’t recognize said, “Wang Wang, open this damn door. We haven’t got much time, man!” Wang Wang was immediately sprung into action as he lunged for the door. He looked through the little peep hole and saw... nothing. Suddenly, the door attacked him, and it threw Wang Wang to the ground. Suddenly, Wang Wang woke up and realized that he had been dreaming. The “door” hadn’t thrown him to the ground— Wang Wang had just fallen out of bed. But then Wang Wang couldn’t decipher if that odd phone call had been a dream. He decided not to worry about it, and he returned to sleeping. Wang Wang woke up again and then suddenly realized that EVERYTHING had been a dream. He was in the ship from North Korea to America. “What a dream. But this is terrible. All those friends never existed,” he thought. Wang Wang was sad as he looked around the desolate ship due for New York City. Then, Wang Wang woke up again and realized that this episode of him thinking it was all fake was just a dream as well. This time he was really awake. Everything after throwing Huey the Hammershark into the ocean had been a dream, or dreams within dreams. To prove this, Wang Wang saw that Petie the Raccoon was sleeping in bathtub of the hotel room. Petie had also gnawed a hole on the hotel door, allowing him to enter. Again, Wang Wang didn’t care, and he went back to sleep. Meanwhile, while the gang (minus Wang Wang and Petie) was finishing their cow testicle meal, everyone got to talking about their childhood TV shows. Everyone instantly mentioned “Saved by the Lockers,” a classic middle school comedy series. Sloppy Pete recalled, “Remember that crazy teacher lady on there who was half blind? She would always go scold that one kid in the back of the room, then walk backwards back to the chalkboard...” “And then she would fall into that big trash can!” yelled out Satan. Everyone burst into laughter. That teacher had done that many a time during the series. “Her legs would be flailing all over the place, and then the janitors would have to come in and get her out of the trash can before they could take the trash out.” It was a good time for everyone. But the situation bore one enormous problem. No one could remember the name of the teacher’s character from the show. Everyone simply knew her as the teacher who always fell into the oversized trash can. Johnno suggested that they all play a trick on Wang Wang and Petie. “We should go wake them up and say, ‘Hey remember that TV show with the goofy teacher who fell in trash cans?’ And then Wang Wang or Petie will be like, ‘Oh yea! You mean Mrs. Umm... Damn what was her name?’ And then we can give Wang Wang and Petie crap for not knowing her name. Or, if they do know her name, our problem will be solved!” Frank Chance immediately slapped Johnno firmly on the ass, saying, “You’re really helping out the team. That kind of effort is superb. This is what I like to see!” Everyone ignored the fact that Frank Chance was obviously gay. Instead, they all just went back to the hotel to wake up Wang Wang and Petie, so they could play their little prank. But when they got back to the hotel... they walked up to the desk and asked the receptionist if she could give them the room number that Wang Wang was in. The receptionist responded by saying, “What room is Wang Wang staying at? What does this look like, a Holiday Inn?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!” Everyone stood in stunned silence briefly before the receptionist pointed out that they again went to the wrong hotel. The Holiday Inn was across the street. The group went to the Holiday Inn and approached the receptionist, and Lou asked “Um, excuse me ma’am. Is this a Holiday Inn?” The receptionist responded by saying, “What does this look like, a Holiday Inn?” Lou said yes and the receptionist explained that Lou’s intuition was correct. It was the Holiday Inn. Lou then asked for Wang Wang’s room number, but the receptionist said she had no information of a Wang Wang at the hotel. Lou was briefly confused but then thought he figured out what the deal was. Wang Wang must have used his fake name Jeffrey Dahmer. That’s the ticket! Wang Wang was in room 666. They all climbed the stairs for the sixth floor in search of Wang Wang. As they approached room 666 they saw the aforementioned hole in the wall created by Petie. They decided that knocking was unnecessary and just barged on in through the hole. To their immediate right once they entered the door was the bathroom. They saw some of Petie’s hair in there, but Petie could not be seen. They then entered completely into the room and it was empty. One of the two beds appeared as though it had been slept in while the other was still made. The clock was flashing 12:00 and the TV was on to some really hot porn. They didn’t realize it at the time, but one of the co-stars of the film was Whory McWhore. That is however neither here nor there. There was no one in the room. As Lou looked up, he saw that the window was open and the curtains were flying in the breeze. It appeared as though they must have left through the window... or perhaps the gaping hole in the door. Lou ran over to the window to see if he could see anything. There was no where to go other than down. Lou looked down and saw a dead body, but it wasn’t Wang Wang. It must have been someone from room 766, or so Lou thought. As Lou turned around to tell the gang he had lost his brother, he noticed a note sitting on the unmade bed. It read “Lou, I have taken Wang Wang and Petie. If you ever want to see them alive again, meet me tonight at the London Abandoned Warehouse. The London Abandoned Warehouse is a huge warehouse built in 1903. It was named the London Abandoned Warehouse from the beginning, and thus the warehouse has been and will forever be abandoned. Its main purpose is to have a place to meet when people meet for creepy-ass reasons, such as when one person kidnaps a man and a giant ass raccoon and wants to meet the man’s brother about how to get his brother and giant ass raccoon back. Anyway, if you want to see them again, come alone. And no funny business. I don’t want to hear any knock knock jokes dammit. Just bring yourself. Oh, by the way, come at 10:00. LABARAYALALAFALALALADINGDONG!!! Yeah.” Lou was terrified! His brother has done so much for him. He must get him back and he must follow the kidnapper’s instructions. Therefore at 10:00 he went to the London Abandoned Warehouse by himself to get his brother and Petie. When he got there he saw... Chapter 19 Kidnapped! Huey the Hammershark and Clark the Clam talking. Lou became enfuriated. “What have you done with Wang Wang and Petie!?” Huey and Clark looked up in confusion. “Oh,” chuckled Huey. “You must be the 10 p.m. appointment, How strange!” Lou realized that he had come a bit early to the London Abandoned Warehouse, and that Huey and Clark actually had the room reserved from 9 until 10 p.m. for their own creepy-ass reason: signing a handrwitten statement from Clark the Clam to prove that Huey the Hammershark had apologized for chasing him into the Atlantic Ocean. Now that Huey had endured his punishment, he could get back to his normal oceanic life. Clark could also do the same because he had now officially put the moon back in place, and he was getting a ride to the Pacific Ocean from Huey. Anyways, they left. The abandoned warehouse was empty, except for Lou. One might even go as far as to say that the Abandoned Warehouse was now abandoned. But one shouldn’t go that far because Lou is still in there. But besides him, it was abandoned. But then someone un-abandoned it, even though it wasn’t techincally abandoned in the first place because Lou, a person, was there. A dirty man dressed in a pink bunny face mask, an “Antarctica rules” t-shirt, bell bottoms, and big red Converse shoes quietly came in. He waved at Lou, and Lou pretended to look away, avoiding eye contact. Lou felt very awkward, so he began meandering around the room, pretending there were paintings on the walls. He studied each painting carefully, even though they weren’t there. He suddenly noticed that “Mr. Converse” was following him. Lou then tried to think of something else to do to avoid this strangely dressed man. But there just aren’t a whole lot of things to do in an abandoned warehouse with absolutely nothing in it but four walls, a ceiling, a floor, and a door. That’s it. It was a big abandoned room, although Lou and “Mr. Converse” hadn’t abandoned it, so it was just an empty room. But it wasn’t totally empty because there were two people in it. But besides them, it was empty. Nevertheless, Lou is creative, so to avoid Mr. Converse, he started doing handstands. He started off poorly, but soon got some 20-plus second ones going. However, Lou soon realized that Mr. Converse was doing handstands too. An aggravated Lou wondered where the man was who had left him the note which said to meet him here at 10 p.m. After all, it was 10:15. Where was this guy? Wait!!! It couldn’t be Mr. Converse could it? “Nooooooooo,” thought Lou. “It can’t be him. Mr. Converse must just be early for the 11 p.m. appointment.” Lou then turned to measuring the length of each wall. Mr. Converse finally spoke up and asked Lou if he had an appointment to be here. Lou said, “No, I am the lighting technician and mechanic for this building. I am examining the walls and measuring them for future reference. I was doing handstands to test the floor’s durability. Surprisingly, it’s pretty strong. Yep... London has good strong ground. It won’t collapse on ya.” Mr. Converse nodded his head. London sure did have strong ground. You could jump as hard as you wanted to, but London ground won’t give way. Mr. Converse remained silent for a few minutes, and then he went to longest wall in the room and began writing on the wall. Lou paid little attention as he was examining his own wall for other paintings and also for proper measurement. As soon as Lou realized this was a waste of time, he turned around and saw that Mr. Converse was gone! Mr. Converse had written on the wall: “Sorry Lou. I have a very big dentist appointment, so I can’t meet with you tonight. Unfortunately, while you are wasting time here, I have gone back to the Holiday Inn and kidnapped Wang Wang’s girlfriend Madeline and also Mathilde the Tooth Fairy. So, I now have four of your friends whom I am holding for ransom. If you want to help yourself, go back to the hotel and look for clues. LABARAYALALAFALALALADINGDONG! Sincerely, Mr. Converse.” Lou was a fucking moron. Let me say that again: a fucking dirty moron. Mr. Converse had been in the room for 20 minutes, and Lou had no idea that it was he who had left the note. I mean, who would have known? Lots of people show up at the London Abandoned Warehouse at 10 p.m. Lou decided to go back to the hotel and hunt for clues with Johnno, Rue, Sloppy Pete, Satan, Ubitsius Baynalfor, and Frank Chance. However, when he got back to the hotel... he approached the desk and asked the receptionist if she saw anyone entering the the hotel wearing a pink bunny face mask, an “Antarctica rules” t- shirt, bell bottoms, and big red Converse shoes. The receptionist responded by saying, “So, you are looking for a man wearing a pink bunny face mask, an ‘Antarctica rules’ t-shirt, bell bottoms, and big red Converse shoes? What does this look like, a Holiday Inn?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!” Lou did not say anything and the receptionist sighed and explained that Lou once again went to the wrong hotel. So, again Lou crossed the street and went to the Holiday Inn in order to look for clues. He walked in and approached the receptionist and asked if she had seen Mr. Converse. She said that she had, and also, he left a message for him on the giant 25 foot by 10 foot poster with Lou’s picture on it that he left right there in the lobby for all to see. Lou had simply missed it. Lou thanked the receptionist and looked at the poster. The poster told Lou that he should look in room 666 for additional clues. He ran up the stairs to the sixth floor. Once he got to the top stair, he was a little winded and stopped to catch his breath. However, while doing this, he leaned backwards and fell all the way down the stairs. He was about to run up the stairs again, but fell after only a few steps. Once he picked himself off the floor, he decided it might be best to take the elevator. Unfortunately, after he pressed the button, the elevator burst into flames so he could not take the elevator and had to go back to the stairs. He then went up the stairs very carefully and managed to be successful. Finally he got to room 666 and there was still the large hole in the door thanks to Petie, so he was able to walk right in. Once he got in, he saw Johnno, Rue, Sloppy Pete, Satan, Ubitsius Baynalfor, and Frank Chance all gagged and tied on the bed on each other. Lou ungagged his friends and asked what happened. They said that Mr. Converse’s associate, Mr. Conversehelper, did it to them. Mr. Conversehelper told them that Mr. Converse would be unavailable temporarily because he just had a root canal, and he needed some time to rest. However, if Lou wanted to reach Mr. Conversehelper, he could call him and his phone number was (QQQ) QQQZZZZ. Lou thanked the gang for the information and asked if they were all okay. They said they were, so Lou asked them to think really hard about whether there was something else they could tell him. Anything that would help them find the kidnappers and the kidnappees a little bit easier. Frank Chance remembered something. “I know! One thing I found a little bit odd about the whole situation was... that Mr. Conversehelper had a mysterious power about him. Basically, he walked into the room and bound and gagged us one by one. I have no idea why we didn’t try to resist him in his efforts. I was the first to be bound and gagged. Why the hell didn’t you guys do anything?” Johnno spoke up. “Frank, I don’t know why anyone else didn’t help, but I am still disgusted by the fact that you firmly slapped my ass. That’s why I didn’t try to stop Mr. Conversehelper.” Then Johnno posed the question of why hadn’t anyone tried to stop Mr. Conversehelper when he was the second to be bound and gagged. Rue said it was because he was counting the butterflies in the hotel room. He reported that his results were still zero after several days of intense counting. Sloppy Pete revealed that he had not noticed Mr. Conversehelper enter the room because he was trying to show Satan how to make a paper airplane that acted like a boomerang and came back to you. Satan said, “Yep, that’s what I was doing too.” But what was Ubitsius Baynalfor’s story? Why hadn’t he attempted to stop Mr. Conversehelper? “I was on the phone with the press. Everyone is asking me where the king of England is.” So, that explained why Mr. Conversehelper was able to easily and discreetly sneak into a single hotel room and bound and gag six separate individuals without being noticed. Lou said that this hadn’t been any help, so he called the number to reach Mr. Conversehelper. The answering machine said: “This is Mr. Conversehelper. I am having my root canal today. If you want to leave a message for Mr. Converse, press 1. If you want to leave me a message about my pet emu, press 2. If you want to leave me a message concerning your theories on biomechanics, press 3.” Lou was getting antsy at this point. He couldn’t anticipate which number would be the one that he should press. So he patiently waited until a more sensible option came up. “If you want to leave me a message about my adolescent football playing days, press 4. If this is Aunt Yolanda, press 5. If you want to leave me a message about what makes for a good lemon pie, press 6. To remind me that I still have a lot of acne, hit 7. If you want to leave me a message about trading draft picks, press 8. If your brother has been kidnapped by me, press 9...” Lou immediately removed the phone from his ear and hit the 9 button in excitement. This was definitely the option for him. “Hello. Please tell me your name, your team name, your phone number, and which draft picks you would like to trade with me. Thank you.” Lou hung up in frustration, realizing he had accidentally hit the 8 button. He called back and heard once again, “This is Mr. Conversehelper. I am having my root canal today. If you want to leave a message...” Lou immediately and carefully pressed 9 this time, so as not to listen to the entire menu again. However, a computer voice blatantly announced that “We’re sorry. You cannot select an option that has not yet been announced. Please hang up and try again. Thank you.” The impatient Lou patiently hung up, called again, and listened the whole damned menu before again pressing 9. Finally. “Hello. Please leave your name, the name of your kidnapped brother, and anything else you feel needs to be said. Thank you.” Lou found it interesting that both Mr. Converse and Mr. Conversehelper had had root canals in the last two days. At any rate, Lou left his message... "Hey assmonger. This is Lou. You stole my brother Wang Wang, my friend raccoon Petie, the slut Madeline, and the tooth fairy. I would like them back please. Thank you! You know where to find me.” At this point, an envelope flew through the window and hit Johnno in the head and knocked him unconscious. Lou picked up the envelope and noticed that it was addressed to him. This was interesting. The last few times we’ve seen a letter randomly appear that was addressed to one of the characters in our story it was for Wang Wang from God. Naturally, Lou expected this one to be from God as well. He was way off. It was from Mr. Conversehelper. It read: “Hello chum. I’m sorry I could not receive your call. These root canals are a pain in the ass. I can’t believe I had to get one right after Mr. Converse. My initial thought was that it was contagious and Mr. Converse gave it to me. This is not the case though. My dentist informed me that I was just not correct. That’s okay though, because I kicked Mr. Converse in the mouth anyway. Let me tell you, that is not comfortable, especially after a root canal. Trust me, I should know. After I had mine, Mr. Converse returned the favor. This was not a good thing. He had an iron boot on. I now have no teeth. Actually, that’s not technically true. I do have teeth, but they aren’t mine. I had a teeth transplant. Medicine these days... it’s incredible I tell ya. They actually surgically put beaver teeth in my mouth. It’s great. Granted, my front teeth are really long now, but it’s better than being dateless. Anyway, about your friends. I would love to give them back to you. In fact, right about now, I am not so happy with Mr. Converse because he kicked my teeth out. I think I can help you. I am right now in my home, and if you could come to visit me, that would be great. I have to tell you, you have some great friends, and I would love to join your gang. We were all hanging out the other day, and we decided to play a little game of kickball. Granted, I kicked all their asses because they were all tied to chairs, but I think we had a good time. No one can resist a good game of kickball. I think you have to agree with me on this one. Anyway, you know where to find me. Come over as soon as you can. Love, Mr. Conversehelper.” Lou thought Mr. Conversehelper seemed very nice in this letter; however, there was one thing that had him question his intentions. Lou actually did not know where to find Mr. Conversehelper. He had actually never met Mr. Conversehelper. Lou smelled a scam. Actually he didn’t smell anything. He had come down with a little bit of a cold lately and couldn’t smell a damn thing. But he could still sense a scam. At this time another envelope flew through the window and hit Rue in the eye and then landed on Johnno’s stomach, who was still passed out. Rue screamed in agony. “Ouch!” he said. Lou picked up this envelope and wasn’t all that surprised when he saw that it was also addressed to him. He opened it up and it was also from Mr. Conversehelper, and this one said: “Lou, I must offer my apologies. I just realized that we have never met and you don’t know where I live. Enclosed is a map. Please leave as soon as possible to come find me. Mr. Converse is in Ghana right now feeding ostrich burgers to hungry llamas but could return any minute now. Anyway, until then. Ta ta! Your friend, Mr. Conversehelper.” Now the feeling of a scam Lou had earlier disappeared. This was the answer to his query. However, as soon as he thought of this, he realized that perhaps Mr. Conversehelper knew what Lou was thinking and therefore sent the second letter to make him think it wasn’t a scam when in fact this was all just part of the scam. Lou wasn’t sure what to think. He realized that he couldn’t go visit Mr. Conversehelper alone. He would ask for support from his crew, except for Johnno, who was still uncon- scious. Rue could come along, although his eye was still kind of hurting. So, the rest of the group left the hotel and looked at the map to devise a plan to get to the home of Mr. Conversehelper. As they set off on their way... they realized the map was severely outdated. Apparently, Mr. Conversehelper thought that the world was flat, because he told the group to “Turn right on Wicket Way, but do not go north of Locust Park because it is the end of the world, and you will fall off the edge.” Needless to say, the rest of the map was pretty inaccurate. By midday, the group had given up after the map instructed them to “Collect 15 marbles from Wicket Way and then look south. Get on that llama and he will take you to me.” Lou wanted to follow the map and its instructions, but Ubitsius Baynalfor would have nothing of it. “It’s a scam Lou. This guy is out to get you.” Lou nodded and was pissed. The gang retraced their steps back to the Holiday Inn. Lou went in and looked at the receptionist. Before even speaking a word, he relaized his mistake, immediately turned around, and walked across the street to the real Holiday Inn. Upon arriving in room 666 once again, Johnno was gone. A note had been left by Mr. Converse himself: “Dear Lou, I think you can guess what happened here. Ya moron.” Lou was fuming on the inside but managed to keep his cool. Lou thought for a long time and realized that the kidnappers had made a mistake. “They kidnapped the king to get the treasure. But the only one who knows where the treasure is is Petie. He was the one who threw it on land. Only Petie knows where it is. But the kidnappers will never believe us!” Lou brought up some interesting points that seemed to be true. Suddenly, Johnno ran into the room. “Guys we have to get out quickly! They’re coming to get me again!” Everyone hopped aboard Satan and they flew out of the hotel room (sound similar?) before Mr. Converse and Mr. Conversehelper could find them. They immediately flew to an undisclosed restuarant and grabbed a private booth in the back. Johnno said he had a lot of explaining to do. “Okay, listen up guys. I was able to escape by faking my unconsciousness. Here’s what I know for a fact. Mr. Converse and Mr. Conversehelper are one and the same person. That’s why they ‘both’ had root canals. And guess who Mr. Converse really is?” Satan guessed Kent Hrbek, Lou guessed Mr. Richter, and everyone else was clueless. “No guys. It’s Justice McCloud!!!” Lou slapped himself in the face. This explained the “Antarctica rules” shirt— the Annual Extraordinary Groups and Peoples’ Lives Draft, in which McCloud had the No.1 pick, had been held in Antarctica. It also explained some of the long answering machine message: the draft pick thing for one, and two, the adolescent football playing days were a clear precedent to McCloud’s NFL days with the Des Moines People. But was Justice up to all of this because he wanted revenge on Wang Wang for his football season antics or because he wanted the group’s treasure? Lou needed to get to the bottom of this and get Justice, no pun intended. Satan stepped up and said he would act as a decoy since he and Justice used to kind of be sort of somewhat friends and in business together. Satan’s decoy plan to find Justice was... to go to Topeka, Kansas, the home of the Geraldo Rivera show. As we remember from earlier, Geraldo was the number one pick in the Annual Extraordinary Groups and Peoples’ Lives Draft. One large reason for this was that Justice McCloud has always wanted to be a talk show sidekick. Therefore it would be easy to find Justice if they would go to Topeka, Kansas, and this they did. To get into the show, they got tickets much like everyone else and they were lucky enough to get front row seats. As they took their seats, they realized there was no one else there. This was because they arrived eight hours before the taping began. All the other Geraldo fans were in the parking lot tailgating. As they waited they decided to play strip poker. Soon Lou was completely naked. At about this point the crowd started to file in and in came Geraldo and Justice. Geraldo was about to mention the topic of the day’s show when Justice yelled out “Ah ha! There they are! Just as I suspected!” Geraldo rolled his eyes and said “Good lord, not again. I swear, getting drafted was the worst thing that ever happened to me.” You see, Justice has just used Gerald’s show for the immense publicity he gets. Geraldo, obviously, has the highest ratings of any TV show anywhere, anytime in history. That made this a very good pick for Justice, if he just wanted the publicity. This was the top of the line for Justice, however. If he wanted publicity, he certainly got it this time. He has kidnapped world hero Wang Wang and three of his friends. Justice announced what he had done at this point. The crowd stood up, threw assorted vegetables at Justice and hurled obscenities his way on their way out. Justice was dumbfounded. How could this have backfired? He kidnapped one of the most popular people in the world. Justice believed that doing this would give him terrific fame. He was way off. Everyone hated him. Now Lou and the gang has Justice just where they wanted. The only problem was that Lou was still naked. At this point, Lou put on his clothes and took some aspirin because he had a horrible headache. The aspirin didn’t seem to do anything, however. The headache persisted. Nothing could be done to solve this mystery, so he decided to lay down and take a nap. Justice took advantage of this opportunity and ran away. On his way out he dropped a note for Lou. The note said... “Hope your headache goes away.” Lou thought the note was very sweet. Suddenly, Lou had amnesia. He didn’t know his name or where he was. Geraldo was standing innocently there, but all of the sudden, he was wrenched away and dragged out of the room because Justice had him tied to a 50-foot leash at all times. Everyone waved bye to Geraldo. Everyone shrugged their shoulders and looked back at Lou, whose headache had evidently been serious. Rue suggested they slap Lou incredibly hard in the head to cure his amnesia. No one volunteered. However, Frank Chance volunteered to slap Lou incredibly hard in the ass. But no one thought this was a good idea. In fact, Satan hated it so much, he decapitated Frank Chance right then and there. He fed Frank’s head to the group of ducks who had meandered into the studio. The ducks were led by a particularly large duck carrying a treasure chest, and the other ducks were all carrying various jewels in their webbed feet. Everyone realized that the ducks were making off with their treasure of endless riches, but everyone was too consumed in a game of Blackjack to care. Johnno was a ruthless dealer. A few minutes later, the water in the pressure in the studio was building up to an unbearable percentage. The installed fire hydrant suddenly burst out of the wall and clonked Lou in the head. Lou woke up and was back to normal. However, the studio was flooding. The ducks came back for a swim. Everyone was swimming fine, so even though there was no lifeguard on duty, things were A-okay. That is until the studio octopus came swimming out looking for prey. He snatched Sloppy Pete pretty quickly and tore off his limbs off one by one. Satan then thought it would be wise to fly the hell out of the insane studio. So, the quintet got out of the studio, but not before losing Frank Chance, Sloppy Pete, and the Great Alaskan Jewel Treasue. By this time, Wang Wang had been missing for so long that England named its new king, Ali Alouhopalou. He was a former street vendor in New York City who happened to have a very royalty-like-sounding name. As you know, he made the greatest hot dogs and other assorted dirty foods in the continental United States. Then Ubitsius suggested that Justice was going to be impossible to find, and it would be easier if they just waited for Justice to come to them out of boredom. Having Wang Wang, Petie, Madeline, Mathilde, and Geraldo kidnapped couldn’t be that much fun after a while. Eventually, Justice would just give them up. Lou, Rue, Satan, and Johnno agreed. Ubitsius found this to be great, and the quintet decided to take a road trip across Kansas by foot. As everyone knows, Kansas is the most exciting place in the world to drive through, so walking through it would be that much better. Meanwhile, Justice... was back at his home watching a thrilling episode of E!’s “Wild On” series with Tommy Lasorda. This week the “Wild On” crew was heading towards the Middle East for “Wild On the Taliban.” Unfortunately, when they got there, they realized the Taliban had been blown to shit so there was nothing there. The Taliban didn’t really know how to govern for shit, but word on the street was that they threw some mad parties. As this was going on, their hostages were caged up behind the couch. Justice decided because of the fact that they had been kidnapped by him, perhaps Justice should do something to punish them. He and Lasorda turned on Lifetime, and the two of them went outside to play a little one on one red rover. After Lasorda destroyed Justice, they decided to have a paper airplane flying contest. Back in the trek across Kansas, the group was having a blast taking in the sites of rural America. Ubitsius looked to his left and surprisingly saw a farm. This called for a picture. Luckily, at this exact same time Farmer Joe Cowporkowski was walking by and Rue asked Farmer Joe Cowporkowski if he would take their picture for them. Farmer Joe Cowporkowski gladly obliged. They lined up and as soon as Farmer Joe Cowporkowski clicked the thingy on the camera to take the picture, a piece of paper flew and whacked Rue’s ear off. Rue screamed in pain and then uttered, “Dammit, not again.” This confused Johnno, however. Rue seemed to have his other ear. He had known Rue as long as he existed. He never remembered Rue losing an ear and he called Rue out on this. Rue explained to Johnno, “You just don’t want to know. Let’s leave it at that, okay?” This answer was satisfactory for Johnno. At just this time, Geraldo came by to pick up the paper. It ends up that it was actually a paper airplane, thrown by Tommy Lasorda. See, if I would have mentioned originally that it was a paper airplane instead of simply saying it was paper, it would have just given what happened away. By having the delay in explaining that it was actually a paper airplane instead of simply paper, it added slightly to the suspense of the story. I know most of you were thinking that it was another letter from God, because normally when paper arrives out of no where, that is the reason. However, that is not the case this time. As I mentioned, it was actally a paper airplane thrown by Tommy Lasorda and Geraldo came by to pick up the airplane. Geraldo, as he showed earlier on the set, was less than thrilled by the fact that he always had to be with Justice. He was willing to help Ubitsius, Lou, Rue, Satan, and Johnno overthrow Justice so he could get his freedom back and everyone else could get their friends back. That plan sounded beyond outstanding to the five men trying to get their friends back. Geraldo explained that it wouldn’t be easy, however. You see, there was something special about Justice. The thing that would complicate their chances at a potential victory was... the fact that Justice was in cahoots with Tommy Lasorda. More importantly, Lasorda can literally smell when things are going wrong. Unlike the Indian from the Village People, Lasorda had an uncanny olfactory system. If the quintet were to get anywhere near Lasorda, Justice, and the hostages, Lasorda would point this out, and they would run. Actually, just as Geraldo was explaining this, Lasorda was sniffing around. The two groups were only 50 feet away, since Geraldo’s leash was exactly that long! Lasorda warned Justice that something smelled fishy, and they immediately began to run, all four caged-up hostages in hand. Geraldo was once again dragged into a bloody pulp along the highway. The bad guys faded into the sunset along the highway. It turned out that Justice’s couch and TV had been in the middle of a random wheat field. In order to save energy, Ubitsius suggested that the group not run after Justice McCloud and company, but rather continue their excellent road trip. He said once again that Justice would eventually get bored with the hostages. Everyone again agreed. Then everyone suddenly everyone realized that Rue had no means of hearing since he had no ears left. So, he did some sign language to Lou. Lou translated: “Rue says that he knows how to make an umbrella that will be disguised as an underaged elephant. The elephant, which is really an umbrella, will go around begging for peanuts since his homeland has been taken over by elevators from the Iranian judicial system.” Rue then proceeded to kick Lou in the balls. He turned to Satan and did some sign language to him.“Rue says Lou can’t read sign language worth dick. Rue really says that without the ability to hear, he is missing out on the most important part of this road trip— hearing the wonderful and diverse sounds of Kansas. He says he wants to go to a hospital to get an ear transplant.” Rue thanked Satan for his accurate translation. So, everyone decided that they should walk to the closest hospital. But if you have ever been in Kansas, you can probably guess that the nearest hospital wasn’t in walking distance. So, the group decided to do some hitchhiking... Ubitsius said he could handle this. He pulled down his pants as if he were about to piss. Rue commented that of all the gross things he has seen, this would be the most. Ubitsius falsely claimed that he did not like to boast. They were quite lucky because soon stopped a car. It was their good friend Farmer Joe Cowporkowski looking for a bar. Farmer Joe Cowporkowski told the group to hop on in. Ubitsius told his friends he knew that he would win. Sitting in the front seat was Farmer Joe Cowporkowski’s hunting dog Potstrils. Satan said he couldn’t believe the dog’s huge nostrils. Farmer Joe Cowporkowski said Postrils’ sense of smell was quite keen. It wouldn’t hurt to have him eat more, because he was quite lean. Soon Rue spoke up to say the hospital was the other way. Farmer Joe Cowporkowski said to go there they would have to pay. Lou offered to pay with a diamond ring he had in his pocket. Johnno offered to pay with a solid gold locket. This was terrific for Farmer Joe Cowporkowski. With the money he’d get from the ring and locket he could go to Colorado to ski. They headed over to the hospital at a rapid pace. As they drove, Lou made a funny face. Before they knew it, they had entered the emergency room. After sitting for five minutes, they heard a large boom. They went outside to see what it was. It was just lightning; that’s what lightning does. They went back inside to wait for the doctor to fix Rue’s ear. The chair Johnno sat on had a nail and it pierced into his rear. Johnno immediately let out a loud yelp. Now Rue and Johnno both needed help. After 12 hours, the doctors finally called for Rue. They solemnly explained they knew not what to do. To another hospital is where Rue must go. Rue asked the doctor to take his dick in his mouth and then blow. Before another half a day Johnno’s name was called. When the doctors heard what happened they laughed until they bawled. This hospital didn’t work out so well. As far as the group was concerned, they could go to Hell. Satan reconsidered because Hell is where he was from. Then he began to laugh as he thought again about Johnno’s bum. At this point, Farmer Joe Cowporkowski went to the beach to try to get a tan. It was time for the group to try to get a new plan. They couldn’t think of a plan sure to go off without a hitch. Plan making was Wang Wang’s department; they needed that bitch. After hours of thinking, they finally decided to just take the bus. When the bus arrived and Johnno sat down the pain caused him to cuss. Ubitsius soon became jealous of the bus driver. He thought he’d be better off being a deep sea diver. Ubitsius kicked his ass in a fit of jealous rage. He wrapped him up and threw him in a cage. Ubitsius drove to the hospital as fast as shit. He almost drove the bus into a fiery pit. As they entered the hospital they noticed something weird. All of the doctors had a long beard. Well, a beard isn’t something bad for a man. It just so happens that Rue wasn’t a fan. To get an ear transplant is all Rue was wanting. It didn’t appear to be a task quite so daunting. Johnno still couldn’t sit down. The pain in his ass continued to cause him to frown. Before long the doctors were ready to work on Rue. They worked fast and the time just flew. After much longer it was Johnno’s turn. By this time his ass started to burn. The doctors tried hard to fix his sore ass. However, alas, it was a test they could not pass. Now Rue was all fine but Johnno was not. The only thing that could please him now was to smoke lots of pot. This, however, could not go on too long. Johnno tried to make everything into a bong. Now it was time for Johnno to quit. His last blunt he has already lit. Finally Satan had a plan. The plan was not to call the Ku Klux Klan. The plan was... to go to a Hooter’s. The five guys hadn’t seen any chicks in a while since Mathilde and Madeline had been kidnapped. Lou suggested that they just go find Justice and reclaim everyone instead of going to a Hooter’s. But Ubitsius quickly hushed him up by duct-taping Lou’s mouth. There was something very peculiar about Ubitsius. Every time they had had a chance to chase down Justice or someone mentioned doing that, Ubitsius totally avoided it and was now even getting violent. No one knew what was up, but everyone just went along with him because they either just didn’t care or, if you were Johnno, you were really high. So they were going to go to a Hooters until they realized they were in a No-Hooters zone. Try as they might, the group couldn’t get out of the NoHooters zone. They went north to where they were before (Kansas), they went east (Arkansas), and they went west (New Mexico). But they didn’t dare go south. That was a No-Life zone, also known as Texas. So, they were in Oklahoma. Somehow, they had gotten out of Kansas. Everyone wanted to revolt because they missed the incredible wonder that was Kansas, but no one knew who to revolt against. So instead, the group wrote a poem. But everytime anyone suggested a line to add to the poem, Ubitsius would verbally abuse them and write down his own ideas. In the end, the poem was about nothing except a lonely couch who longed for another couch to trust him. Ubitsius was very happy with the end result, but when he read aloud the final version, everyone else was just sick of him and had gotten high with Johnno. Enraged, Ubitsius summoned a bus to randomly appear and he forced everyone to get in. Ubitsius wanted to take another road trip. But then the bus wouldn’t start. It had no gas. So Ubitsius went to the next town to fill up his trusty red carton with gas. But the “next” town just didn’t happen. He went 10 miles and saw nothing. He decided to go another 10. Then he went 10 more. Still nothing. Ubitsius decided to walk 10 more and then take a break. So he did. Then, he started walking again, and went 10 more miles. Finally, he saw a sign that said the next town, Wagahoo, was10 more miles down the road. But Ubitsius would have no more of this. He turned around and went back to the bus, still with no gas. Ubitsius decided he would push the bus over a cliff and kill everyone. But then he realized that everyone was high, so he could just go off them. But when he got into the bus, everyone was gone. The obsessive psychopath that is Ubitsius was suddenly hungry. He decided to drive the bus to the next town and get something to eat. But the bus still had no gas. Ubitsius elected to walk the other way this time, and this time in search of food. He went 10 miles and saw nothing. He decided to go another 10. Then he went 10 more. Still nothing. Ubitsius decided to walk 10 more and then take a break. So he did. Then, he started walking again, and went 10 more miles. Finally, he saw a sign that said the next town, Zordacai, was10 more miles down the road. This time, he kept going. But the only thing Zordacai could offer him was a gas station. There was no food. Ubistius cursed himself. However, he filled his red carton with gas and walked 60 miles back to the bus. But he found that the bus was gone. What to do? Drink the gas? This seemed logical enough. But, he didn’t. He decided to walk 60 more miles to Wagahoo in hopes of getting some food. After making it the first 30 miles, Ubitsius realized that the sun was going down, and he would have to camp for the night. The clouds were beginning to fade to gray, and the sky was embellished with an array of pastel-colors ranging from pink, pumpkin, and apple to chartruse and seven. Ubitsius, appreciating the beauty and silence of the moment, noticed that the wind was suddenly picking up. Four tumbleweeds rapidly smacked him in the face, and the now whirling sand almost blinded him. A faint noise in the distance soon grew to a thunderous roar, kind of like lightning, and Ubitsius removed his arm from his face and squinted to see just beneath the purplish fading sky was nothing but his very own bus. It was coming like a rampant tornado, destined to punish Ubitsius with its nervous, ricocheting, repeating, awful sounds. The bus represented everything Ubitsius had hated about that day— his sense of loss, his sense of helplessness, his loss of control of everything in his life. Yet the bus roared on, charging toward him, threatening to crush his very core, his very soul. And then the horror of it all turned to crude humor as Lue, Rue, Johnno, and Satan drove by at a steady pace yelling, “Dude! It’s the guy... hehehe... the dude we the bus from stole him... Dude we know that guy, what is that dude’s... hehe... name...” and their voices faded into the distance. Ubitsius was all alone on the Oklahoma highway with only a red carton of gasoline. He knew that the only thing he could do for now would be to... try to find a way to get Lou, Rue, Johnno, and Satan back so he could get on the bus. Ubitsius sadly realized that he wasn’t one of them. There was something different about all of them that he did not share. The problem, Ubitsius decided, was that Ubitsius was the only one of the four that was not high, and unfortunately, Ubitsius did not have any weed. He did however have a bucket o’ gasoline. Now, earlier Ubitsius had mentioned drinking his gas. At this point Ubitsius decided that wasn’t such a great idea. That might be too dangerous, and if he were to do that, he just may die. If he were to just sniff the gasoline, he could get high off of that, but that didn’t seem quite as bad as drinking it. So, Ubitsius sat there and sniffed the hell outta his gasoline. Before too long he began to feel its effects. The plan didn’t go entirely to plan, however, because the rest of the group wasn’t arriving. Interestingly, Ubitsius was thinking more clearly now than before as he realized that simply fucking himself up wouldn’t do the trick. They had no way of knowing if he was fucked up. What he had to do was figure out where they’d be. Ubitsius thought about what he would want if he was high. He got it! He had been walking to find some food. He was going in that direction as was the bus. It all made too much sense. His buddies got stoned and now they have the munchies. It was time to put Ubitsius’s plan to test. He got back up and tried to find the town in the middle of the night. He figured he must still have 30 miles to go so off he went. Soon, Ubitsius had thought he had walked at least 40 miles, but there was no food in sight. Ubitsius got upset and passed out from a combination of being tired and the gas. When Ubitsius awoke, the sun was just beginning to rise. This is when Ubitsius realized why he didn’t run into the store where he was planning on getting food. He went the wrong fucking way. Ubitsius, Ubitsius, Ubitsius. How could he keep this a secret from the world? He was a famous bus driver, yet he managed to get lost on the highway. This is something he would have to hide forever and take with him to the grave. He got up and turned around to where he had come from. Unfortunately for Ubitsius, now he had to go a full 70 miles. This would take him at least an hour and a half. Finally he arrived at the store in Wagahoo, but the bus was nowhere to be seen. He went in the store and asked the employee if he had seen four guys that were completely stoned. He pointed to the back corner of the store and said “There’s those four guys back there. They’ve been staring at our bikini models calendar, chuckling to themselves, and eating Crunch ‘N Munch for the last 16 hours.” Ubitsius thanked the man and went back to his stupid buddies. He approached them and said “Hey fellas. What are you up to?” He got no response. He tried something else. “Where is my bus, shitfucks?” Again, nothing. Ubitsius had enough. He kicked Johnno in his still injured ass and sure enough, that got his attention. “Dude, what...?” He then looked at his buds. “Hey guys. It’s that dude.” They all looked at Ubitsius and simultaneously said “Dude? Dude! Hey! Dude!” Ubitsius rolled his eyes. As he was rolling his eyes, he accidentally looked out the window and saw the bus! He looked back at his old friends and said “Umm, yeah, that was cool, but I gotta run.” Ubitsius ran to the bus and took off. In the meantime... Johnno, Satan, Rue, and Lou noticed that Ubitsius had left a strange red container in the store. Meanwhile, Ubitsius was struggling with the bus’ gears when he realized that the bus was out of gas again. Johnno, Satan, Rue, and Lou must have been driving it all over that damned Oklahoma highway. However, Ubitsius was on top of things this time since he still had his red container full of gas. But oh no! Where was it? Oh, he had left it in the store. Ubitsius went back in and found his buddies. “That red container is mine. I’ll be taking that now.” And so Johnno handed it over. Ubitsius realized that the container felt extremely light. He also noticed that Lou’s mouth was black and sealed shut with some dark sticky substance. Ubitsius at this point exploded. Literally. He had been through so many frustrations in the past two days— trying to cope with his psychotic dementia but to no avail, walking over 100 miles basically for nothing, losing his bus repeated times, etc. So, when Ubitsius realized he was going to have to walk 40 miles back to Zordecai to get more gas and then 40 miles back again to Wagahoo to put the gas in the bus, he exploded right then and there. This was a wake up call to Johnno, Rue, and Satan. Now that they were getting over their weed highness and they didn’t have to deal with the communistic leader Ubitsius, they could go look for Wang Wang, Madeline, Petie, and Mathilde, and punish Justice McCloud and Tommy Lasorda. However, Lou wasn’t quite up to that yet. He had just drank a helluva lot of gas. But Satan, being the quick thinker that he was, dragged Lou out to the abandoned bus. Satan told Johnno to get a bucket and a knife and for Rue to get a funnel and a hose. Satan told Johnno to cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket. So he did. Satan told Rue to put the funnel under the bucket’s hole and to insert the funnel in the hose, and to insert the other end of the hose into the bus’s gas entry holder container filler-up hole thing. So he did. Then Satan went Heimlich Maneuver on Lou and Lou puked up all the gas— right into the bucket with the hole in it, which filtered through the funnel and then into the hose, which led all of the gas right into the bus. So complex, yet so simple. Now, they had transportation! But where to go? No one knew. But Satan offered to drive the first leg. It was time to reclaim their buddies! Satan, Lou, Johnno, and Rue, after an uneventful first day of aimless driving, decided to stop at... the middle of a big dirty corn field because that’s the only thing they could find. Satan picked up an ear of corn and stuck it up Lou’s ass, just for shits and giggles. Lou thought this was funny, and he laughed too. This told everyone else that it was okay to laugh, so they joined in on the laughs. Afterall, life is funny. If sometimes you can’t laugh at your own misfortune, well, then shit. I just don’t know how you live with yourself. Also, if you can’t laugh when you put a big pile of crap on a piece of paper, then you have the same problem. And if you can’t laugh when you have a shitload of pages of crap put together and a huge long story with seemingly no plot, and in this huge long story the protagonist disappears seemingly forever and for no apparent reason, and you really have no idea when he will return then maybe you should resort to being a goat farmer in northern Idaho. Anyway, the story continues. After Satan got the bus back all revved up, he saw four people walking together in the distance. They would take a few awkward looking steps, and then someone would fall over. Then that person would get up with the help of that person’s friends and then the process would be repeated. Soon Satan was bearing down on the friendly frantically fighting foursome. As they got very close, they realized that one of the members of the foursome was not a person at all, but instead a giant raccoon. Okay, if by now you haven’t figured out who the foursome was, you are dumb. Obviously the raccoon was Petie and Petie was getting quite frightened. We all know what happened last time a vehicle came barrelling down at him. Yes, he got ran over and almost was killed until he was shot in the genitals and was killed. Satan was having a contest with Johnno. In this contest, he got a point for every person he hit with his bus. A raccoon gave him 5 bonus points. Come on dumbasses. You know Satan pretty damn well at this point. He wouldn’t want to succeed at a game like this. He had 0 points and wasn’t about to pick up the 5 bonus points... on purpose anyway. He approached the futile foursome and... realized that the narrator who had just been speaking is an idiot. Because it isn’t obvious who the four beings are. If it were obvious, there would have been seven beings: Justice McCloud, Tommy Lasorda, Geraldo, Wang Wang, Madeline, Petie, and Mathilde. But there were only four: Petie, Wang Wang, Madeline, and Mathilde!!! Everyone got out of the bus and hugged their long lost buddies. And there was much rejoicing. Yay. Wang Wang said that they (all seven of them) had gone to a heavy metal concert last night. “The band was called Homemade Buttermilk. They were an Amish heavy metal band. They were pretty unique— they came out with their long ass beards and traditional clothing, but they were hardcore dudes and they rocked the house. Anyway, halfway through the concert, there was a mosh pit forming. We tried to break away from Tommy and Justice in the crowd, but it was no use. They had all of us tied by that damn leash, just like Geraldo. Anyway, the crowd started to get really rowdy, and Geraldo got stomped to death. Then, this big ass mammoth came towards the stage and stomped on twelve people, including Tommy and Justice. Thank god for that mammoth. Anyway, the band played one more song, and that was that. It was a great concert, not only because of the music, but also because Tommy and Justice got killed by the mammoth. So we have been wandering along the highway all day looking for you guys. Where is Ubitsius?” Lou told that really long story, and finally, everyone was caught up. Rue spoke up and asked what really killed Tommy and Justice at the concert. Wang Wang said again that it was a woolly mammoth, but Rue laughed and didn’t believe him. “I swear to God, Rue. It was a woolly mammoth. Okay, okay, it might have been an elephant with a shitload of hair. But I think it was mammoth.” Rue sighed. “Listen, I don’t have anything against mammoths, but they’re extinct.” Everyone realized then that Rue was very prejudiced against mammoths. Just because he hadn’t seen any in his life, did that give him the right to believe that they didn’t exist? Everyone shrugged off Rue’s ignorance. Then, they all saw a happy mailman walking down the highway. This was weird. “Why are you so happy, mailman?” asked Wang Wang. “Because I’m from Nevada.” Wow. It isn’t often that you see a happy mailman. Wang Wang asked the happy mailman where they were now. “You guys are in Utah. I’m delievering this letter by foot to Salt Lake City, but then i’m going back to Nevada.” Wang Wang suggested that they all go to Nevada, since the first happy mailman they had have ever seen was from there. Everyone agreed. So, everyone got back in the bus, talking up a storm, and realizing how good it was to be back together. Then, when the gang was 30 miles out of Las Vegas, Madeline started experiencing stomach pains. They were terrible. She needed to go to a doctor. Satan wanted to pull over, but everyone yelled at him to keep going until he got to a hospital. So he kept driving until they got within Las Vegas city limits. Then Johnno saw a billboard advertisement for a doctor named Joe Schmo. He was a Gastro-Intestinal doctor. They decided to go see him. They followed the signs to the Las Vegas Stomach Hospital and then they got to the entrance to the parking garage. Unfortunately, it was an underground hospital, and when I say underground, I’m talking mantle-like underground. Satan took the bus all the way down, 600 miles, to the hospital. “Jesus. Why the hell would you build a hospital down this far?” he asked. Sadly, the 600-mile trip down had taken three days, and by now, Madeline had already died. Wang Wang’s love of his life was gone. Oh well. But apparently, Madeline’s condition had been contagious, because now Rue had it. His stomach was turning blue and dice were starting to come out of his belly in rapid numbers. They rushed him into the hospital and found Joe Schmo. “Please help us! One of our friends has already died, and now dice are coming out of Rue’s stomach!” The doctor said he knew what was wrong and that he could help Rue. “By the way, I’m a specialist. Gastro-Intestinal Joe. You can call me G.I. Joe.” Everyone hurried to the surgery room to save Rue’s life... Chapter 20 Viva Las Vegas! and they made it just in time. Rue’s life would be saved, but now they had a decision to make. You see, G.I. Joe was such a great doctor that he could save Rue’s life yet let him continue to let dice come out of his stomach with no adverse side effects. How could they pass this up?! A lifetime supply of dice that come out of your own body? Can you even imagine the possibilities? Lord knows I can’t. So they decided together to let Rue continue to give birth to dice. First off, they wanted to test off their new lucky dice so they made the 3 day road trip back up to Las Vegas. They immediately hit up the casino and ran over to the craps table. They got there and heard that the Yankees lost. Haha. Mariano Rivera blew it. That’s funny. Anyway, Wang Wang reached into Rue and started gaming. Within an hour, with the help of Rue’s dice and catchy phrases such as “Come on dice, Daddy needs a new pair of whores,” Wang Wang was up $500. Rue’s previous health concerns were sure to earn the gang millions. But wait. There were more things they could do to earn money. Rue was giving up dice like there was no tomorrow. What a better thing to throw on the market than Rue’s Lucky Stomach Dice. Yes! They didn’t even need anyone to help manufacturing the dice. They just came out of Rue. How easy this money would come. And while they were selling dice and earning billions, they could hit the craps table even more and make billions trillions. So off to work the group went. They already had extensive experience in running businesses. They left the casino and went to a cheap motel down the road. In the room, they took out a piece of paper and began to plan out their route to certain financial success. After working for about 20 minutes, Kent Hrbek entered with a whore. “Whoops! Wrong room. My mistake fellas,” Hrbek said. About 20 minutes later, Marv Albert entered with a whore and some vampire teeth. “Whoops! Wrong room. We were about to get freaky. No, I mean really, really freaky. Yes, and it counts!” With that, Marv left and went to another room. About 20 minutes after that, Steven Spielberg entered with a whore but quickly left without saying anything when he noticed his mistake. At this point, Satan recommended they find a new hotel. After all, if they were going to get so much money, is it really necessary that they stay at such a cheap hotel that obviously gets most of its money by renting out rooms on an hourly basis for people’s cheap sexual favors? Nah, not really. With this, they left the hotel. On the way out Petie grabbed a newspaper and discovered that George Steinbrenner was so upset that the Yankees did not win a World Series that he bought Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Chipper Jones, Jason Giambi, Mike Piazza, Curt Schilling, Randy Johnson, and Robb Nen. Surely with these purchases, he bought the World Series for many years to come. So, next they hit up one of Las Vegas’s nicer hotels, the “Five Star, No Dirty Ass Whores Allowed, Only the Highest Quality Ones Las Vegas Inn,” or the FSNDAWAOHQOLVI for short. They entered the hotel and got their room. As they entered, they were shocked to discover... an ice cream cafe where their room was supposed to be. It turns out that Room 542 was also a big hangout spot for celebrities that were in town. To the right, Patrick Ewing was talking to his new girlfriend Sacajawea about the Appalahcian Mountains. In the back corner of the smoking section, Sonny Liston was telling five of the seven dwarfs about how his choice of Butter Pecan reminded him of the time he was a kid who longed to be an astronaut and travel to West Virginia. The five dwarfs told him he didn’t have to be an astronaut to go to West Virginia. Then, a bookie named Tuffy Shiznit was explaining his theory on how “Everyone either dies from a disease or from a boating accident.” Wang Wang disagreed and said, “Well, what about Abraham Lincoln?” Tuffy told Wang Wang that Lincoln actually died from an incurable disease— he was allergic to bullets in the head. Wang Wang scratched his own head and tried to baffle Mr. Shiznit. “All right, all right— what about Julius Caesar? Don’t tell me he was allergic to stab wounds.” Tuffy said that no, Caesar was not allergic to knives. “However, after they stabbed him, Caesar wouldn’t die, so everyone took him out to the Greek Sea of Humbledeebop and they were going to drown him when a swimming kangaroo came over and knocked over the ship, causing everyone to drown. Like I said, boating accident.” Wang Wang was going to say that his own previous deaths as well as Peties’s and Lou’s had not been from disease or boating acci- dents, but at this point, he didn’t care. He just wanted some ice cream. So Wang Wang got some strawberry. Lou got raspberry with sprinkles, Rue got Oreo flavored chicken ice cream, Johnno took some chocolate covered carpet snacks, Satan got spicy vanilla, Petie didn’t get anything, and Mathilde had the daily ice cream special, the vegetarian banana split. Then, they all went back down to the front desk and told them about their room problem. “Does this look like a Holiday Inn?” said the front desk lady. “No, it doesn’t,” said Wang Wang. “Did I say it did?” “Well, no, you didn’t. But you see...” Lou butted in at this point because he was sick of this conversation. Then he saw an advertisement that God was giving a speech that night at the hotel. Interesting. Lou asked about purchasing tickets, and the lady told him that they were sold out. “Ma’am, we really want to see God’s lecture. I mean, we have met him in the past. We really need to see him.” The lady apologized and said there was nothing she could do. “I wish I could tell you some of his shows weren’t sold out. But the fact is, they’re all sold out. Actually tonight is his only show. It’s a one stop world tour. And it’s sold out.” Discouraged, Lou threw one of Rue’s freshly birthed dice at the lady’s head. But that didn’t solve anything. She just smiled back. Everyone decided to go sit down and figure out a way how to see God talk that night... As they were sitting on the bench, a letter dropped from the ceiling, and as usual it was for Wang Wang, and again as usual it was from God. The letter read, “Dear Wang Wang, please turn to your left. Love God.” Wang Wang briefly thought about it. What could possibly be to his left? Would it be an assortment of water buffaloes? A transvestide riding a three legged camel with elephantitis of the tesiticles? An inebriated hyena? Oil Can Boyd? It was time to find out. Wang Wang was wrong in all of his guesses. It was Johnny Appleseed of course. Wang Wang looked at Johnny Appleseed and Johnny Appleseed looked at Wang Wang. Wang Wang asked how he was doing. Johnny Appleseed responded by asking if Wang Wang and his friends would like to lend him a hand with a problem he has been having. “Hello Wang Wang. Could you and your friends possibly travel with me to France to pick some grapes? You see, I’ve gotten sick and tired of apples. Apples are good every now and then, but damn, I have had complete overkill. Plus, every time someone gives me a gift they give me an apple. They think, ‘I know what would be funny and unique because no one else would ever think of it. How about I give Johnny Appleseed an apple. You see, his last name is Appleseed so giving him an apple would have conceivable humerous consequences.’ The problem is that everyone would think that way and everyone would give me an apple. Then I’d have 80 billion dirty apples sitting around. What am I supposed to do with them? You know, I’ve been thinking a good way to fix this problem would be to officially change my name to Johnny Blowjob. Haha, yeah... anyway, would you like to come to France with me?” Wang Wang was stunned by this long weird story he had just gotten from Johnny Appleseed. He would go, but France is a long way away, and this he told Johnny Appleseed. “Uhh, we’re in Las Vegas dumbass. It would take us a long ass time to get to France. Granted, we could just fly on Petie or Satan, but I think they’re past their flying days. I think it is safe to say we would go to the grocery store with you, however. They have grapes there.” That idea was impressive and off they went. They jumped back on the bus and headed over to the grocery store. On the way they, hit a fork in the road. To the left was the grocery store. To the right it said there was a vineyard. A vineyard right there in Las Vegas? Now they understood why the mailman was so happy. They obviously decided to hang a right. To the right they went and within fifteen minutes they saw the vineyard. There were grapes everywhere. They immediately ran to the grape trees and started taking grapes. After a short while they had to leave because all the pine needles were hurting their hands and they needed gloves. So, they went to get gloves and then they went back to the vineyard to pick more grapes. Soon Petie heard a sound from the other side of the mountain. Everyone was afraid that it was the owner of the vineyard that was going to shoot them for stealing his grapes. They all got quiet and became as still as Dan Marino. Soon they saw three figures coming around the corner. One of the figures screamed, “There they are! Haha, we gotcha now losers!” As they came closer it became apparent that they were... the woolly mammoth that killed Justice and Tommy and Geraldo, G.I. Joe, and the happy mailman. They all wanted to go to God’s lecture at the FSNDAWAOHQOLVI casino/hotel that night too. They were just pretending to be the owner of the vineyard. In reality, they had just stuffed the real vineyard owner into his own real mailbox— for real. He’d be stuck there for a while. So now, they had free reign over the vineyard for the time being. But then the Las Vegas chapter of the umbrella mafia came and poked everyone away. The umbrellas were purple and they could fly. Then everyone remembered the idea about making it big in the dice business. Rue was still pumping them out, at least five per minute. As of now, all of these precious dice were going to waste. Then, Petie got jealous and told the three newcomers to fuck off because they were just there to be part of their get-rich-quick scheme. The mammoth shyly walked away and G.I. Joe went back to his underground hospital. But the happy mailman turned violent at this point. So we will call him the violent mailman for the time being. He knew he had wore out his welcome, but he wasn’t going to leave without doing something. So he whipped out his big, dirty, long, hairy sack of stamped letters (still to be delivered) and whacked Rue over the head. Then the mailman snatched Wang Wang’s magic electricity death gun and shot Rue dead. No more get-rich-quick for those guys. Then, the violent mailman ran off— with Wang Wang’s gun too. Everyone was pissed, but it was already 7:30 p.m., and everyone wanted to get back to hear God speak. Johnny Appleseed said he was going to stay behind and be Johnny Grape for the next 100 years or so. Satan, to no surprise, really didn’t want to have any contact with God unless absolutely necessary. So he told everyone that he would take it upon himself to hunt down and kill the happy yet secretly violent mailman. So anyways, everyone got back to the hotel, but they still didn’t have tickets! But then they saw some disgruntled people walking out! They were scalping their tickets! But they knew better! The last time Wang Wang tried to buy scalped tickets, he ended up being dragged across one-third of Asia behind a South Dakota cop car! But the temptation to see God was so strong in Wang Wang that he went ahead and bought the tickets anyway from Xerox Sanders and his wife Xylophone Sanders! When they got to the door, there had been a riot in the hotel and everyone was yelling and screaming! Everyone was punching the closest person they could find in the face! Someone on the third floor pushed a grand piano over the edge into the lobby, and that killed five people! Another frustrated hotel guest was in the process of removing all the pennies from the fountain! Every single hotel employee had had all of his clothes stripped off! Even the 42 goats from the hotel’s petting zoo had been let loose, and they were running around aimlessly! The hotel was at best a war zone, and Wang Wang, Lou, Petie, and Mathilde were in awe! What had gone wrong! Even though that last sentence should have ended with a question mark, I don’t care because I like exclamation marks! Anyway, it turns out that God’s lecture had been rescheduled for the year 3010! Since he was God, a thousand years wasn’t such a big deal! But to everyone else, they were mad because now they probably would never get to hear God speak! In order to calm everyone down, Wang Wang and the gang... first of all had to do something that would get everyone’s attention. But what? There was some crazy shit going down, and they had to beat it all so people would pay attention to them. Wang Wang first thought he’d ask Satan to morph into something really big and scary and yell something frightening like “I am the Devil! You must all bow before me! God has not shown up today because he fears me and he knows that judgment day is today! You are all screwed! Now before we all die, let’s play an enormous game of Twister!” Wang Wang turned around to tell Satan to pull through, but unfortunately, he had forgotten that Satan didn’t want to attend this meeting. Mathilde got an idea. She took off all of her clothes and said “Anyone that wants it, come and get it!” At this point a 3 foot 7 inch, 470 pound bald man appeared out of no where and yelled “I’m coming sweet-tits!” Whoops. Mathilde hadn’t anticipated this. She immediately ran out of the hotel bare assed naked to avoid the short, fat, bald man. Petie had an idea next. He thought “Well, shit. I’m a huge raccoon with flying capabilities. I’ll just fly over everyone even though my doctor ordered me not to because of my back complications.” Well, we all know what happens next. Petie flies over there and a giant anvil falls on his back. He immediately discovered what his folly was and slowly limped out of the hotel to the hospital. Well, now there were just the two brothers, Lou and Wang Wang. Lou luckily had his camera. A picture would surely get this whole thing straightened out. Lou yelled “Cheese!” and took the picture. Unfortunately, his flash was too powerful. Everyone was blinded but only for a short moment. This got the angry mob angrier but now they had a place to direct their anger. One large muscular man screamed out “Who the hell took that picture?” Another large muscular man screamed out, “It was that scrawny little punk over there! Let’s get him!” With that, the large angry mob all jumped in their respective Big Wheels and chased after Lou with the obvious goal of killing him. Now the only one left in the hotel was Wang Wang. Well, they certainly did get everyone’s attention, but not really in the way they intended. Now Wang Wang had a problem. Mathilde was getting chased by some dirty little fat man. Petie was going back to the hospital. Lou was surely going to be killed by an angry mob. Wang Wang had lost all of his friends that accompanied him to the hotel. He sat on the bench where he sat earlier with his friends and began to cry. As he sat with his face in his hands looking at the ground, he noticed the letter from God from earlier. He picked it up and reread the words. “Dear Wang Wang, please turn to your left. Love God.” Wang Wang began to weep a little more wishing he had God with him right now. Over his tears, Wang Wang heard a voice scolding him. “Dammit kid. Are you some kind of illiterate little bastard? The letter says to turn to your left, dumbass.” Wang Wang lifted his head and turned to his right. The voice returned and told him to look to his other left. Wang Wang turned around and saw God. “I’m sorry Wang Wang,” said God. “I realize that this is my fault and your friends wouldn’t be lost if I hadn’t canceled the meeting. However, you must know that there is a logical explanation for this. As you left to come to this hotel remember that Satan decided not to come? Well he was still bitter over what happened from the Super Bowl. He was going to come to the meeting after you and tie and bind me to a chair. Then he would morph himself so that he would look like me and then speak about the glories of Hell. I could not let this pass so I decided I had to postpone the meeting.” Wang Wang was confused. He had been hanging out with Satan for so long. He felt he knew Satan better than this. Satan couldn’t stoop to these lows, could he? God could sense what Wang Wang was feeling. “Wang Wang, I understand completely why you are uncomfortable with this. I know you and Satan are good friends. To prove to you that I am not lying, I will bring your friends back to you now.” As those words were spoken, Petie was sitting in agony in the waiting room in the hospital, but all of a sudden, he was completely healed. Petie was then sent a message telepathically by God about the perils his friends were facing and that he must save them. First he went to find Mathilde because the dirty man was catching up with her. He attempted to hit the guy with his tail but he was too short and Petie’s tail wouldn’t go down that low. Then he had Mathilde jump on his back and he ran to a cliff. Then he waited for the man to get really close to them and just as he was about to get them, Petie flew off and the fat man ran off the cliff, fell, and died. The two then flew to find Lou. They found him and realized that they would need a little extra help to save Lou. They were able to track down the happy mailman and steal the magic electricity death gun. They changed the setting from “magic electricity death” to “magic ferret becomer” and then hurried back to Lou. Mathilde pointed Wang Wang’s magic ferret becomer gun at the mob and fired. Immediately they all became ferrets, and Lou jumped on Petie too as they flew back to the hotel. Wang Wang saw his friends return, and there was much rejoicing. “It is good! They are saved!” he yelled. However, now he faced a new dilemma. Should be believe God? Should be believe Satan? He realized that he hadn’t even heard Satan’s side of the story. The only logical conclusion Wang Wang could reach was that he should track down Satan and then have the greatest court case of the history of the world. He would determine who was telling the truth and who was lying. Therefore Wang Wang could determine who his real friend really was. Was it God? Was it Satan? Was it Steve Balboni? Only time would tell. But now they must find Satan. Naturally if you are looking for Satan, the first place you would look would be... Chapter 21 Jack Haley has Jury Duty Hell. So, Petie flew down to Hell and picked up Satan. Wang Wang, Lou, and Mathilde were along for the ride. Unfortunately, the parking fee was going to cost $300, and they didn’t have that kind of cash. Beelzebub shook his head. “Well, I can’t let you exit. You don’t have your parking dues, plus you can add another $200 because you parked in an illegal space while waiting to pick up Satan. You can’t park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. Dammit. Don’t you know we have to control fires down here?” Wang Wang was confused. Wasn’t Hell all about the fire? “Does Hell have a fire department?” Beelzebub said that yes, it did. Suddenly, Satan realized he was the leader of Hell, and that he could get them out of this jam. “Beelzebub, let us go ya bastard. I am voiding these parking fines. I am Satan.” Beelzebub shrugged this off and laughed. “Satan, you are a joke. Walt Disney rules everything down here. Don’t you know that? Let’s see what he has to say. You’ll need to make an appointment.” Jesus. All Wang Wang wanted to do was pick up his pal and then go figure out what to do between God and Satan. But now they were stuck in this air conditioned waiting room, and they had no hopes of getting out of Hell. Beelzebub went off to find Walt Disney. After he didn’t return to the room for two days, everyone decided to go to the beach. It was nice, although the waves were red. Actually, the ocean was just a bunch of fire. And the sand was so hot that you couldn’t walk on it. Anyway, Wang Wang and the gang just went there because they were bored. So they all sat on Petie’s back as he hovered over the fire ocean. Pretty regularly, ocean fire flares came up and burned Petie in the legs or stomach, and he jumped severely everytime. He was getting sick of this, not to mention tired, so they flew back to the waiting room. Finally, Beelzebub had returned. “Walt says he can see you on Tuesday. His schedule is pretty full until then.” “But it’s only Friday!” Wang Wang complained. Beelzebub shrugged and walked out of the room. So, they all begged Petie to go back to the beach. But he refused. So they decided to play a little game of hide and seek. Lou was “it” first. It didn’t take him long to tag Mathilde. In fact, no one went and hid because no one wanted to hide in a bunch of fire. So they had all just stayed in the air conditioned waiting room. They moved onto the next game— an on land version of Marco Polo. They decided to call it Hernando DeSoto. Whoever was it had to be blindfolded. So Mathilde was blindfolded because she was “it.” Blindfolded, Mathilde was “it” for the first game of Hernando DeSoto. So, yeah, she was blindfolded. Because you know... Mathilde was “it.” She counted to 412 and then started waving her arms stupidly around her. “Hernando!” she called. “DeSoto!” they all answered. It was a hopeless cause. Mathilde was “it” for over five hours before she finally tagged someone. But it doesn’t matter who. They just played Hernando DeSoto for the next few days, until finally Tuesday arrived. Walt Disney walked in, and the first thing he said was... “You know what I hate? I hate it when dirty people interrupt me when I’m hooking up with my hot ass secretary. You see, I am a busy man. I have Hell to run. Do you have any idea how much work it is to run Hell? I’m working my ass off.” At this point Satan spoke up and mentioned that yes, in fact he does know how hard it is to run Hell. Satan was pissed and then told him to go to Hell. Disney told him he was a dumbass for obvious reasons. “Okay fellas,” Disney said. “What the Hell is going on?” Wang Wang explained the problem. He said that he’d like to just leave, but dirty Beelzebub told him that he must pay a dirty parking ticket. Disney was not pleased. He had to leave his secretary for this? He was not angry at the rest of the group. He was upset at Beelzebub because he interrupted him for a money issue. Disney doesn’t need money. He uses $1000 dollar bills to wipe his ass. He fired Beelzebub and sent him to Heaven. However, he wasn’t wanted in Heaven either, so he was sent to purgatory. Disney apologized to the group for making them wait. He also offered a special apology to Satan for taking over his territory. He offered, assuming all goes well in the trial, that they could be co-rulers of Hell when he would be available. Anyway, back to Earth they went and the trial was about to begin. There was one large problem with the trial, however. Who would the jury be? Would it be possible to get an impartial jury? I mean, first of all, the whole idea of jury duty is horrible as it is. A bunch of us have been called to do jury duty, and let me tell you, that’s just annoying. Granted, I have never served on a jury, but I just got something in the mail telling me I will have to and that’s just annoying. No one wants to do jury duty. At least those that do jury duty should get more rewards than the peanuts they’re given. Maybe every person that does jury duty should get a new car or something cool like that. But, anyway, how could they find a good jury? Everyone would already pick a side. Everyone is for God or Satan. There was only one person on the planet that could successfully be the judge and jury for this case and be completely impartial. That person is naturally pro basketball superstar Jack Haley. So, Haley gave each side two weeks to get their attorneys together and get a game plan. As a horrible, clichéd lawyer joke may indicate, all the good lawyers took on Satan’s side. But the ironic thing is that this really happened. You see, lawyers may have a poor reputation, but in this story, which is completely factual and has no false aspects or even stretches of the truth, the lawyers took Satan’s side. Imagine that. Well, God was stumped. Who would take his side? Seemingly no one. This caused God to cry and Wang Wang began to cry when God cried. So, Wang Wang, feeling sad for God took charge. To begin with, Wang Wang... went out and tried to find a lawyer, any lawyer, to represent God. Oh, by the way, when they flew up to Earth from Hell, they all went to the Australian Outback— mainly because it’s nice there and there’s no people there. This way, the courthouse that was plopped in the middle of the desert wouldn’t be crowded with reporters everyday. But naturally, since everyone was gathered in the middle of the desert, there weren’t many lawyers around. Bad news for God. But Wang Wang did get in contact with a talking jackrabbit who said he knew of an Aboriginal Irishman who once took an accounting class at the esteemed University of Adelaide. Accounting, schmaccounting. The guy would make a good lawyer. The jackrabbit told Wang Wang that the Aboriginal Irishman would be at Ayers Rock in two hours. Wang Wang grabbed Petie and rode him like a horse as they galloped across the countryside to meet up with the Aboriginal Irishman in time at Ayers Rock. They made it, and they saw him immediately! “Hey, are you the Aboriginal Irishman?” asked Wang Wang. What a stupid question. First of all, if he wasn’t the Aboriginal Irishman, who the hell else was? There were about as many people out here in the desert as there are yak herders in downtown San Diego. Second of all, the guy was your typical Aboriginal Irishman. He looked Aboriginal, yet with an Irish taste. Most likely, it was the guy’s red hair, green hat, four-leaf clover pattern on his pants, and the war paint on his face that gave it away. “Eh, that’s me all right. I’m the only lad in these parts that can skin a man with my bare hands and then throw him into my pot o’ gold over by that there rainbow.” Culture clash were the only words Wang Wang could think of. “What’s your name?” “O’Reilly,” he responded. “Nice to meet you O’Reilly,” said Wang Wang. Petie couldn’t understand him. “What did you say?” asked Petie. The Aboriginal Irishman replied, “The name’s Really O’Reilly.” Petie stepped back. “Oh, I never doubted that your name was really O’Reilly, I just didn’t hear you.” The Aboriginal Irishman paused, sniffed his shoes, and then said, “Yeah. I’m Really O’Reilly.” Again, Wang Wang and Petie defended themselves. “Listen, we know your name is O’Reilly. We believe you. Stop saying you’re really O’Reilly.” “But that’s my name. My name is Really O’Reilly.” With this, Wang Wang got frustrated. “Yes, we know. Stop saying that.” Petie agreed. To this, the Aboriginal Irishman replied, “Why should I stop? My name is Really O’Reilly.” “Really?” asked Wang Wang, sarcastically. “Yes, it is. I’m Really O’Reilly.” Wang Wang was about to turn red and smack this idiot. “Really?” “Yes, that’s my name, don’t wear it out,” said the Aboriginal Irishman. “What?” asked Wang Wang. “My name. My name is Really O’Reilly.” Petie was almost fed up. “We know! Now come with us O’Reilly. By the way, what’s your first name?” “My first name is Really.” Wang Wang and Petie stared at each other. “Ohhhhhhh!” they both yelled in unison. They finally got it. Then they laughed, because life is funny. Wang Wang then said that they needed Really O’Reilly to be the lawyer to represent God. The Aboriginal Irishman said that he would be honored. So they all got on Petie and flew back to the courthouse. So, you had your witnesses— Wang Wang, Lou, Petie, and Mathilde. You had the plaintiff, God, and his lawyer, Really O’Reilly. You had Satan and his batch of world class lawyers. Then out came Judge/Jury Jack Haley. Suddenly, he snapped his gavel in half after pounding it down on the gavel receiver thing. “Court is in ses- sion!” he yelled. Really O’Reilly called up his first witness... “For my first witness I would like to call up God’s son, Tony Danza.” Johnnie Cochran immediately spoke out against this. “Your honor, this is absurd. Tony Danza is God’s son? That’s not true. Jesus is God’s son. Everyone knows that.” Jack Haley, the expert of religion that he is, easily disputed this claim. “Johnnie, that’s bunk. See, not all religions believe that Jesus is God’s son. However, it is a common belief among all religions that Tony Danza is the son of God. However, I would like Really’s reasoning for bringing God’s son to the stand.” Really explained that he would like to use Tony as a character witness. He would explain that God is a great being and would never lie about Satan in this manner, so it must really be true. This worked for Judge Haley, so Tony Danza took the stand. The bailiff, Bill Walton, had Tony Danza take the oath and this trial was underway. Really O’Reilly began by complimenting Tony Danza on the show “Who’s the Boss?” and all his other terrific endeavors. Tony said he appreciated it, but he would like to just get to the point because he’d like to leave to return to his job of folding towels at the Red Roof Inn in Boone, Missouri. “OK,” Really said. “We can all appreciate all you’ve done for the world in the entertainment business. Could you tell the jury... errrr, judge, what role your father played in your life?” Tony took a deep breath and began to speak. “OK. To be honest, he didn’t do anything. He hooked up with my mother in the restroom of a White Castle restaurant and then got himself outta there. In fact, this is the first time I have ever seen him.” Really was stunned. This wasn’t exactly what he expected to hear. After all, this was God they were discussing. Well, maybe this is why you shouldn’t hire someone that has never seen a courtroom be your lawyer. At this point, Petie didn’t want to hear anything else from Tony so he picked him up and threw him in the Indian Ocean. Really was pretty disturbed by these events and decided to run for it. So he jumped on the back of the talking jackrabbit and off they went. What next? Would they try to track down Really or get a new lawyer for God? Well, their decision was... to take a recess. Judge Haley granted them a recess of four hours. The plaintiff’s side clearly need- ed to work out a strategy against Satan, or else Satan was going to walk out of that courtroom a free man. So Wang Wang, Lou, Petie, Mathilde, and God all rushed out and went after Really O’Reilly before he and the jackrabbit got away. After all, Really had proven himself to be a hard-nosed, in-your-face lawyer despite his lack of experience. He was a valuable asset to the team; the only problem had been that Tony Danza was just a plain idiot. So they caught up with Really and the jackrabbit. Then they all decided to go out to the only restaurant in the Outback, Outback Steakhouse. But upon their arrival, there were no steaks. But the place sure did have a lot of cheesecake. So, everyone looked at the menu and had to decide between getting an appetizer of cheesecake, a full order of cheesecake, or a dessert portion of cheesecake. It was a tough decision. But they all got cheesecake of some kind, as you may have surmised. Instead of talking about the stressful issues at hand, God decided to have some fun and just do some small talk. “Good cheesecake, eh?” Everyone nodded their heads. God frowned. Why was everyone so sad? He decided to change the subject. “Did you guys see the Chargers game last week? I love the Chargers.” No one looked up. “Guess you guys didn’t see the game. Oh well.” God thought again. What could be wrong with these guys? “Hey! How about after this we all go TCBY? My treat!” Lou said quietly that they were at the only restaurant within a 500 mile radius from here. God shrugged his shoulders and quietly ate the rest of his cheesecake. Suddenly, Petie threw his fork down in disgust. “This cheesecake tastes like lemon.” Wang Wang tried to turn this horribly negative situation into a positive. “I think we all realized that five minutes ago, Petie. But don’t worry bud. Lemon is a great source of Vitamin C. You should keep eating the rest of your cake.” Petie said that he didn’t want to, because when he orders cheesecake, he expects cheesecake, not lemon pie. This was a good point. Wang Wang conceded. “However, Petie, I’m worried about your Vitamin C intake. If you refuse to eat that cake, you should really start on some vitamin supplements.” Petie responded, “First of all, this isn’t cake because it isn’t cheesecake. It’s lemon pie, therefore it’s a pie. Second of all, well... I don’t have a second point.” Everyone laughed, because life is funny. Everyone also laughed because their cheesecake tasted like shit. Then everyone became concerned for Petie’s health. “Petie, do you feel all right?” asked Mathilde in her mothery voice. “I’m fine, I just...” “Oh, but Petie lad, you need some Vitamin C in ya,” chimed in Really O’Reilly. Petie was flustered. He flew over to New Zealand and got a bottle of Vitamin C tablets just to soothe everyone. Then he flew back, and everyone was happy. Petie was going to be all right after all. So, they all went back to the court house, even though they hadn’t devised a strategy. Suddenly, Wang Wang realized that he was buddies with not only God, but Satan too. He might have been the only one in the world who realized that both of them were essentially good guys. They just didn’t see eye to eye. For instance, Satan hates the Chargers. But that’s beside the point. Wang Wang decided secretly that he would take the stand and set the record straight. Then the world would know what he knew in his heart. Court readjourned and Haley snapped another gavel in half accordingly. Really O’Reilly moved on with his case. “Your honor, I... really want to leave. I jumped on the back of that talking jackrabbit over there and almost got all the way to Brisbane and then these fools caught up with me and dragged me back here. Then I tried to leave again and they sawed off my leg. Then I tried to hop off and they gouged my right eye out. Then I just played dead for a while so they wouldn’t hurt me anymore. At this point, they picked me up and hung me up on the tree and started beating me like I was a piñata. One of them was yelling ‘I wonder what goodies are inside!’ Another wanted a bigger bat. Finally, someone else called my spleen once I was beaten and broken. Then they proceeded to get in a huge argument over the rules when you use a piñata. One was claiming that you get to call what’s inside the piñata. Another claimed that he was full of feces. Another claimed that the whole idea of ‘calling it’ with a piñata defeats the purpose of a piñata. With a piñata you break it and then it’s a free for all. That’s really the fun way to have a piñata. I tend to agree with this point of view... but that’s really not important. Anyway, as they were having this discussion, I plopped down from my location and tried to run away. Unfortunately I couldn’t run away because I only had one leg. Also, I couldn’t see at all. You see, they gouged out one of my eyes, but I am blind in the eye they did not gouge so as you can see, I cannot see. Naturally I didn’t get far. After this happened, they decided that it was time to get back to the trial, so we came back here. Now I would really like to leave.” Haley got a disgusted look on his face. “Mr. O’Reilly, I am quite disappointed. That story is quite obviously false. Prior to returning, Wang Wang alerted me that you had been in a vicious bullfighting accident and that you would be okay, although perhaps a little dilusional. In fact, he told me that you would tell that exact story. So, I know the truth about your bullfighting accident. I’m glad to hear that you are fine and that whole thing you have about the blood pouring continuously out of your missing eye is amazing, but I’m happy that that is natural. Now, if you can quit telling your dirty lies and just get on with the trial, that would be great. Who would you like to call as your next witness?” Really sighed with frustration, however when he did this, the blood that was dripping out of his empty eye socket got into his mouth. He then vomited, sighed again and repeated the process. Then he got a plan. “Judge Haley, I would like to call up the talking jackrabbit.” Haley agreed and the talking jackrabbit went up. At this point Bill Walton spoke up in the direction of Really. “Really O’Reilly, you are a pathetic human being. You are horrrrrrrrible.” Really shrugged that off and got to the questioning. “Talking jackrabbit, whose story was correct, mine or Haley’s?” The talking jackrabbit didn’t respond. “TJ! Answer me dipshit!” The talking jackrabbit just ate a carrot. “This is horseshit! I am dying here. I can’t see! What the hell is going on?!” Well, here’s where the prank went down. Now that Really couldn’t see, they could mess around with him. You see, they didn’t put the talking jackrabbit on the stand at all. It was just a regular non-talking jackrabbit. Haha, silly guys. Anyway, Really was about to pass out when... he passed out. With this, Jack Haley decided to give the defense a chance. Satan dropped his pants and smacked his ass. Then he said, “Of course I was going to impersonate God and tell everyone how Hell rules! I’m sick of sitting in this damn courtroom. I’m outtie. Peace!” And with that, Satan turned himself into a shovel and he dug a hole to Hell. Everyone watched as th hole got deeper, and then everyone played an echo game where Lou kicked serioues ass. After a while, the tunnel was so deep, there were no echoes. Lou got sad. Silence pervaded the room for a few moments as no one knew what to do now. Even Jack Haley’s gavel seemed inactive, sad, and yet content in this wonderfully calm moment of tranquility. Kaboom! Walt Disney careened out of the tunnel up into the courtroom, smashing against the ceiling, and then plopping down on the floor next to Jack Haley. He was mucously wet and also bruised all over. Satan had had enough of his antics, so he threw Disney out of Hell. Jack Haley wanted to go home, and he ordered everyone to cover up the Hell tunnel with some dirt. God didn’t care much for Jack Haley. He also didn’t care much for Really O’Reilly or Walt Disney either. So he turned them all into a big mud pile and they consequently filled the hole that Satan had left. No more Hell hole. So the fearsome foursome of Wang Wang, Lou, Petie, and Mathilde had a courtroom in the middle of Australia all to themselves. But the talking jackrabbit and Bill Walton decided to revolt. Then it turned out that Bill Walton and the talking jackrabbit were one and the same. That’s why Bill Walton always sounds like an idiotic moron on TV. I mean, he’s just a blabbering talking jackrabbit seeking some attention. Walton the Jackrabbit went over and sucker punched Wang Wang and then he kidnapped Mathilde. But as soon as those exited the courtroom, the moon fell on them, and Wang Wang’s group was down to a terrfyingly terrific thoroughly thick threesome. Wang Wang Lou, and Petie decided to move to Small Town, U.S.A. and try to lead normal lives. Then Petie mentioned he was a talking flying raccoon and that that plan would never work. Then Wang Wang fell over and laughed until he could laugh no more. Then he took a break and laughed some more. Lou joined in. Wang Wang had fallen down laughing, so Lou sat down on his knees, and then he laid on his back and also laughed. They were borth grabbing their stomachs, gasping for air. Petie was cracking them up. Petie mused this over and elected to join in on the laughter as well. He laid down, eyeing what Wang Wang and Lou were doing. Then he forced some laughs and grabbed his chest too, even though he wasn’t short of breath. He grabbed his stomach because it was fun, and because Wang Wang and Lou were doing it. Then everything was just so stupid because everyone was copying Wang Wang’s way of laughing. But this was so funny that then everyone started laughing for real. Then this ceased to be funny, but Lou made a funny face, and then they all laughed again, rolling on the floor. Then they all just laughed because life is funny. If you can’t laugh at life, then you shouldn’t be laughing, because life should be all about laughing, and since laughing is funny and life is funny, life can be laughter if only people would be funny and laugh throughout life, because life is funny. Then they got up and walked to the nearest town... Chapter 22 Florida International University Small Town, Australia. Wang Wang approached Sheriff Muyanalala and asked if he knew where their United States affiliate was. “G’day mate! I am about to bail out to match of aerial ping-pong with a banana bender. He’s a bludger. We were going to bodge a counter lunch. Of course I’d pay because he hasn’t got a brass razoo. The bloke is built like a brick shit house though. Unfortunately my bunyip that I was riding is cactus. He was supposed to work today but he’s going to chuck a sickie. Hey, whaddya say we get a coldie at the boozer?” The threesome was confused, but followed him into a bar for more senseless rambling. “Let me hit you with the deadset. The grub here is dinky-di. It’s nice to have company. Normally when I’m in here, I drink with the flies. I’ll be back. I gotta run to the dunny and then have a durry.” In ten minutes Sheriff Muyanalala was back. “I’m sorry about the earbashing. Just a little bit more. Just give a bloke a fair go, eh? Damn this is exy. Fair fuck of the sav. Hey, give your grog a burl. Maybe I have too much. I have a gutful of piss. I feel like I have kangeroos loose in the top paddock. You blokes aren’t from around here are you? Around this time, the weather is as dry as as a nun’s nasty. Anyway, I’ve had a rip snorter of a time meeting you. I’m going to find a sheila and have a naughty.” Wang Wang sensed something wrong. “You’re not really the Sheriff, are you? You can’t really tell us where Small Town, U.S.A. is, can you?” Wang Wang asked. “You’re no drongo, that’s for sure. You got me,” Muyanalala said. Wang Wang then sarcastically thanked Muyanalala. “No worries,” Muyanalala replied. What next for the gang you ask? Well, they asked the same and eventually decided to head to the airport and at least get back to the United States. So they arrived at the airport. As they were waiting in line to get a ticket they heard a voice over the loudspeaker. “LAST CALL FOR SMALL TOWN, U.S.A!!! ALL ABOARD!!!” The group then ran aboard the airplane. Unfortunately the group had to be separated because there weren’t three seats together. Each member of the group sat next to someone that had an interesting story to tell. The people they sat by and stories they heard go as follows... Petie sat next to a flying, talking turtle lady who was probably actually a terrapin. “I prefer to be known as a really big turtle, because it would have given my poor daughter a better chance to win a scholarship to Florida International University. You know, terrapins are getting the shaft when it comes to scholarship opportunities these days. Those god damn right wing conservatists.” Petie sat silent and listened intently while a tall, attractive, yet robot looking flight attendant instructed everyone on how to use his seat belt. Petie couldn’t figure his out, so he pressed the “Need Flight Attendant Help” button next to his seat. But, he accidentally pushed the “Hepatitis B Emergency Squad Needed” button, and fifteen guys in full white suits and gas masks came on board and asked everyone to leave. Whoops. Petie blushed and didn’t say anything. Everone scurried off the plane back into Gate 29. The leader of the gas mask Hepatitis guys soon came out of the plane and gave a reassuring wave to everyone. “Mmmmmpph loooooolaaaaa mmmppph!” he said. Everyone yelled at him to take his mask off, because they couldn’t understand him. He looked over to his colleagues, who all gave him the shurgged-shoulders response. So the leader waved again, and the hepatitis guys all left. “Fuck,” said the captain. And with that, everyone decided to get on the plane anyway, Hepatitis B or not. Soon after take-off, Petie was sweating profusely and in need of some in-flight snacks. So he walked to the front of the plane and asked the robotic flight attendant for some pretzels. She said that unless he properly fastened his seat belt, that no, he couldn’t have any. Petie let out a large fart and instantly turned around. “Gosh, I hate it when people fart in planes. It’s sick, ya know?” The flight attendant gave him a weird smile, and then looked over his shoulder. She pointed directly toward his now vacant seat. “Sit the fuck down,” she seemed to say. Petie obeyed her silent wishes, sat down, and messed with his seat belt again. No use. “Aaaaaaah!” Petie jumped up in an extreme fashion and held his heart, making sure it was still beating. It wasn’t! But then it was. Whew. “What the hell are you wailing about, Ms. Terrapin?” he asked his airplane neighbor. “I’m a turtle dammit,” she screamed. Petie uttered something that sounded like the word “denial,” which prompted the turtle lady to give him a menacing look. But Petie was a quick one. “The... the... the NILE... wow it’s my favorite river. You gotta love the Nile. Who doesn’t?” The turtle, who was really a terrapin, shut Petie up before he could continue. “Listen, raccoon. I’m crying because my daughter is missing. After all of our hard work to prove to Florida International University that we were turtles [they were really terrapins], she was accepted and given a full ride. But now, she’s missing. What am I supposed to do with a full ride to Florida International when my daughter isn’t even going to use it?” Petie offered his condolences, but they were about as much use as putting ketchup over some dog shit in your living room. Ketchup simply can’t compete with the foul smell of shit, so the room is still going to smell bad even if you use some old Hunt’s ketchup. Likewise, Petie’s condolences weren’t doing the trick either. “Excuse me sir, you need to fasten your seatbelt, or we’re going to have to ask you to jump out of the plane.” Petie found this to be funny, since he can fly, and jumping out of the plane wouldn’t be so bad. But he was quick to hold his tongue. “I am sorry, Miss Flight Attendant. I just can’t get the hang of this thing. Could you show me?” He flashed the flight attendant, whose name was Molly, an obvious wink. Molly responded with an overwhelmingly fake smile, and then she fastened Petie’s seat belt— way too tight. But Petie was so afraid that if he tried to loosen it, there would be another Hepatitis incident, or possibly something worse. So he just sat there and took shit from the terrapin again. “Do you know anyone who could use a college scholarship? In my old age, I couldn’t possibly handle such an endeavor.” Petie gave this some thought. Meanwhile, back about ten rows, Lou was chatting with a blossoming businessman named Henry Banana. Henry was a facts man. He enjoyed spitting out every random statistic or fact that he could think of, because he liked to try to impress people. Little did he know that he was annoying the shit out of Lou. But Lou just kept smiling and responding to Henry’s little tidbits with enthusiasm. “Did you know that at the turn of the century, if you had purchased only three shares of stock in Coca Cola, you’d have enough money right now to buy an airplane identical to this one?” Lou was stumped. What was he supposed to say to that? “Why no, I didn’t.” Henry just laughed it off. Henry was fat and he had a disgustingly thick auburn mustache. If he had donned some glasses, he probably could have won a Theodore Roosevelt look-a-like contest, hands down. He gave Lou another friendly tap on the shoulder and kept on talking. “I bet you didn’t know this.” Lou chuckled. He coldn’t wait to hear Henry’s next enlightening piece of information. “Guatemela, yes, Guatemala has seven different national post offices all competing to be the head hancho. But the government is afraid to give any official sponsorship, because then there’d be a national monopoly.” Lou was fascinated. Not only had he never been to Guatemela, but he couldn’t think of a time in the last seven years when he had been faced with the monumental decision of deciding which packaging company to use. “I’ll be god damned,” Lou offered. Yet Henry continued. “You know, I never would have known all of these facts if it weren’t for my alma mater’s library.” Henry was now rubbing his bare forehead with a white towel. Jerry Tarkanian, what? “Oh really?” Lou desperately wanted to hear more. “Yep, that’s right. Well, I hesitate to use the word ‘alma mater,’ because I never really graduated from there. You see, I had a scholarship to Florida International University about ten years ago, but when I got there, I got fucking lazy. I didn’t want to do four years of work. So I just camped out at the library for about six weeks and consumed every bit of information possible. I figured that would be as good if not better than a diploma. One time, I read the C encyclopedia book twice in the same night. I know a hell of a lot about canaries, hahaha!” Henry was being obnoxiously loud. Lou was forced to laugh right along. But this time, life wasn’t funny. “Anywho, I’ve got this full scholarship to this university that I’ve never used, and I’ve never been able to give it to anyone!” Hmmmm. Up in the first class section, Wang Wang was sitting next to no one. Molly came up to him and asked him if he would like anything to drink. “Sure, I’d like an orange fruit punch flavored mango strawberry citrus fruit juice.” Molly was back in no time, but she wasn’t alone. Four men dressed in black suits and sunglasses accompanied her with Wang Wang’s tropical drink, which came complete with one of those colored miniature umbrellas that are absolutely useless. One of the men stepped forward and said, “As a proud sponsor of Delta Airlines, Florida International University would like to award you a four-year guaranteed scholarhsip to our distinguished school. You are the 1,000th person to order such a drink from Delta Airlines, and you have therefore won our random secret surprise gift.” Wang Wang warmly accepted the scholarship, even though he had no intentions of going to college. It’s not like you can turn down such a great gift in front of those people. Finally, the plane landed. “So how was your flight?” Wang Wang asked his compadres, as they walked toward baggage claim. Petie was grinning, and Lou was too. “Don’t just stand there, talk to me!” Wang Wang demanded. “I’m going to college!” Petie yelled, flinging his arms up in the air. Lou looked puzzled. “So am I! To Florida International University!” They all said “Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa!” in unison. Everyone around the baggage claim area gave them a long, meaningful stare. Wang Wang frowned and pointed to the ceiling. Everyone looked up but saw nothing of importance. Tricked them all right. Then Wang Wang held his stomach again, wheezed, and laughed like a monkey who is watching a jungle sex act being performed. Everyone stared at him again. Oh well. Even if no one else understood that life is funny, Wang Wang did. So, our boys got their bags and then caught the next subway train to Florida International University. Before they knew it, they were in line to register for classes... All three of the guys were fortunate enough to get into the classes they wanted. Petie got in “How to be a dictator as a large flying animal,” “Acting: Pretending to be a helicopter,” “Using mathematics to determine how to jump over a screw,” and “Sex Ed: Screwing Satan.” Lou got in “Stage technician acting lights camera,” “Time travel and sandwich making,” “Screwing friends as the sole member of Parliament,” and “Genealogy: The study of crazy ass family trees.” Wang Wang got in “Drafting and scouting in the drafting process,” “Telephone usage: A study of using letters to make calls,” “Creative writing,” and “Problem solving: Determining solutions to difficult problems.” After they all got into all those classes, they determined that celebrating was in order, so they all went back to their apartment to watch TV. They turned on ESPN and heard that North Carolina lost to Florida International in basketball. That was no surprise. North Carolina is horrible. Then they decided to go out and check out the ladies of Florida International University. They headed outside and were disturbed to find that they were all ugly. To make them more attractive they needed alcohol so they looked for a party. Unfortunately it was 10:30 on Wednesday morning and there were no parties. They decided they might as well go to the bookstore to buy their books for the semester. As they finally arrived at the bookstore, they saw a girl looking through the books. She was the most beautiful girl they had ever seen. Petie immediately gathered the courage to approach her. So, Petie walked over there and grabbed her by the ass. She immediately screamed and slapped Petie in the face. Petie then explained that he had just tripped and her ass was there so he grabbed it. She then understood the mistake and apologized to Petie for slapping him. Petie then explained that it was okay because he had actually just lied and he grabbed her ass because it was so fine. She then was about to slap him until she realized that it is better that he would say that than that she had a really ugly ass. So, instead she just thanked him and grabbed his crotch. She became curious as she found there was nothing there. Petie noticed that she was looking at a book entitled “Pseudo-Helicopters During the Fried Mushroom Crisis in South East Brazil: How the Crazy Rebel Unduroos Defeated Military Rule” by Travelle Insignio. That could mean only one thing: zany mystery erotic woman was in Petie’s helicopter pretending class! Petie mentioned this and introduced himself. She introduced herself as Ivanna Duyou. Petie chuckled and they exchanged schedules. Whaddya know?! They had exactly the same schedule! Petie then asked if she would like to go back to his apartment. She said that she wanted to buy her books. Petie then asked if she wanted to go back to his apartment after that. She said she had a better idea. She wanted to take Petie back to her apartment so he could meet all of her roommates. She gave Petie the option of bringing his friends. Petie immediately said he’d rather go alone because he has always dreamed of having a crazy foursome with three great looking women. Ivanna told him not to count his chickens before they hatch. Petie shouted obscenities and then said he would like to bring his friends with him. So, they all bought their books and headed to Ivanna’s apartment. They were all shocked to discover that her apartment... was a single! Ivanna had no roommates, rather, she had a place all to her lonesome. Rashly, Petie was about to scold his bitch for lying to him. But then he thought that this would be good, because he’d never have to be fake friendly to one of Ivanna’s roommates. More than likely, her roommates would have been biology enthusiasts seeking to split off parts of Petie’s ear for experiments every time he came over. But as already said, Ivanna was alone. Petie needed to think quick, so he could get rid of Wang Wang and Lou and be alone with this hottie. “Hey, Wang Wang, don’t you have a test in your drafting class tomorrow?” Petie hinted. Wang Wang thought and said that no, he didn’t. Ivanna scolded Petie. “Silly Petie, classes are only starting tomorrow. Why would he have a test in there?” Petie decided to change the subject. “So where are your roommates?” Ivanna said that her only roommates were three large ravens with clipped wings. Suddenly, one perched on Wang Wang’s shoulder, and Lou made a stab at it to protect his brother, only to be bitten in the ear by the raven. Maybe Petie’s theory about losing parts of his ear weren’t so farfetched. Lou then decided to go study for his time travel and sandwich making class. Ivanna then broke out a bong and asked if Petie or Wang Wang would like to smoke some stuff with her. Petie, in an effort for a drug-free America, asked his honey if she’d like to form a study group with him. “No one studies on this campus. I don’t even know why you bought books for all your classes. You’re only supposed to go to class on test days.” Petie shrugged his shoulders and said, “I want to get off to a good start. I feel like I’ve been given a second chance in life, and I want to make the most of it.” Ivanna smiled shyly, as if she were going to dedicate herself to studying day in and day out, but instead she shuddered and lit up a joint. When Petie and Wang Wang again refused to smoke with her, Ivanna offered her new friends some brownies. “Ah, I love chocolate,” said Wang Wang. Petie did too, and they ate the chocolate out of the oven tray like it was a damn trough. Of course, the brownies were rigged, and soon enough, they were all laughing. So were the ravens. Need I say what they were laughing about? Life. Yep. Life. “I have three classes tomorrow, and I’m not going to any of them!” yelled Wang Wang. That was funny. Petie cried out, “I’m a flying raccoon. What do I need college for?” Ivanna joined in, but she just wasn’t funny when she was high. “I never eat cereal for breakfast.” And yet, Wang Wang and Lou began to laugh uncontrollably after almost two minutes of silence. The ravens began to nervously fly around the room as if they were trying to sadistically cause a sandstorm within the apartment. Their efforts weren’t particularly successful. Meanwhile, Lou was feeling the effects of college as well. Once in the library, he began to be heckled by some football jocks, who were particularly confident today since they had just beaten Nebraska last week. So they let Lou have it for studying in the library. What they were doing in the library is not important. Only that they were picking on poor Lou. One of the linebackers, Big Foot Brigham as they called him, came over to Lou and threw his book on the ground. “Man, what are you doing? Trying to make this a college where everyone has to study? Come on, now. Just be lazy like us.” Lou wanted to pick up his damaged book and smash it in Brigham’s face, but he had a feeling that he couldn’t take on the entire football team. So he picked up his book, smiled at Brigham, and left. Lou decided to go back to Ivanna’s, because the trio needed to set up their apartment tonight. It was going to be fun decorating the rooms. They were planning on showing off as much as possible, hanging newspaper articles on every wall about their adventures— Wang Wang being king of England, their world famous rock and roll band, etc. etc. But when Lou got to the apartment, the ravens had taken over and were perched just in front of the door to the apartment. As soon as Lou decided to approach, the ravens nibbled at his feet incessantly. Lou stole a glance through the windows and saw that Ivanna, Wang Wang, and Petie were zonked out. Lou decided that the best way to get in would be to talk to the ravens, and then make a decision based on his enlightening conversation with them... “Hey ravens,” Lou started. “What is going on my friends?” The ravens did not respond, so Lou tried more. “You know, you guys had a great defense last year, although I would not say you were better than the ‘85 Bears. Congrats with the Super Bowl.” The ravens still refused to respond. “Edgar Allen Poe, eh? Wow, he was one crazy fucker, no?” Still nothing. Lou was perplexed. “Okay guys. I understand you aren’t so much in a chatty mood right now. That’s cool. I’ve been there. Anyway, if you could just let me in the apartment, that would be real nice.” The ravens did not open the door for him. “So... do you think you can let me in?” The ravens just weren’t talking. Unfortunately for Lou, he never took zoology and he did not know that ravens were incapable of speaking. He had to get in the apartment to see how his friends were doing. Luckily for Lou, he still had the “magic ferret becomer,” so he pointed it at the ravens. Just before he was about to shoot, he realized that he probably should not turn the ravens into ferrets. Ivanna really liked the ravens. Who knows if she likes ferrets. Lou briefly contemplated whether Ivanna would be able to tell the difference between ravens and ferrets, but quickly decided it was a risk he was unwilling to take. No problem however, because Lou could just change the setting on the gun. He changed the “ferret” setting to “door” and changed “becomer” to “opener.” Then, he enabled the back hyperanalization chamber in the outside vector humidifier ward of the lower left hand portion of the matter altering automatic iron throttle pistol antigeoholifoglinier. Inside the underbelly of the intestinal lining fortress of happiness, Lou activated the second setting. He made this perform the “magic raven paralyze” function. Perfect! He then pointed the device at the ravens to let it perform its duty. However, by the time he had finished this task, the ravens got bored and went to play leapfrog in the park. Lou walked up to the door and found that it wasn’t even closed, so he walked in. Lou was a little sad and lonely without his friends to talk to him, so he tried to wake them up. “Hey buddies! Wake up! I brought Boggle!” They did not move. “Oh I see. You’re already playing a game: sleeping friends. I like that game too. I’ll play.” Lou then layed down and fell asleep. Soon he woke up and saw his friends playing Boggle. He wanted to play but they all said they were getting bored and tired and were about to take a nap. They then went to sleep and Lou played Boggle by himself. Lou soon realized that it was boring to play Boggle alone so he went to sleep as well. Later he was woken up by the sound of his friends playing Boggle. Lou figured it would be more fun to play Boggle with his friends than it was to play alone so he asked if he could join in. They announced that they were done with Boggle and it was time to find something new to do. Petie then looked out the window and exclaimed, “Hey! Look outside! It’s raining cats and dogs!” Everyone looked outside and realized that it was literally raining cats and dogs. Lou closed the front door, which was still open, because he was afraid of Chihuahuas because they looked like large rats. They became a little alarmed because they had never seen anything like this. They turned on the television to see if they had anything to say about the storm. As soon as they turned on the television, they cut out of their favorite show, Blossom, for an important weather bulletin. “Hello, I am the channel 5 weatherman Joseph July Monday. We have a severe thunderstorm warning. Outside of the studio right now we can actually hear the thunder. Actually this storm is a little unique. It is literally raining cats and dogs so the thunder is actually most of a loud series of ‘meows’ and ‘woofs.’ Regardless, a storm like this is always troubling. These animals tend to cause much damage to housing not built to withstand storms such as these. Only those buildings around the area of Florida International University figure to be built well enough to handle the beating they will take. I do strongly suggest you bring your cars to a garage and fast. Actually it is too late for most of you as I am sure that most of the community is already screwed. Anyway, I have received this note from the Humane Society. With this amazing number of new cats and dogs that figure to be roaming the streets, they need your help. The Humane Society is looking for people to help capture these animals. The Humane Society will pay one dollar per pound of every animal anyone is able to bring into their shelter for the foreseeable future. This figures to be a great project for students of Florida International University, and in particular Lou, Wang Wang, Petie, and Ivanna. Thank you very much for your patience. I am Joseph July Monday, reporting for channel 5. We now bring you back to Blossom.” The four college intellectuals were surprised that Joseph July Monday picked on them in particular, but he had a good point. Perhaps it would be best to partake in this activity. They devised a plan until the rain stopped... They would all go to class. It was Monday, and the cats and dogs has continued to come down from the sky since yesterday afternoon. But then Petie decided not to go to class because he was tired, and he already knew everything about how to be a dictator as a large flying animal. Lou also wanted to sleep in, evidenced by the fact the he smashed his alarm into 37 pieces after the buzzer went off at 11 a.m. Way too early. Wang Wang, however, the good Samaritan that he is, decided to go to class. Problem solving: Determining solutions to difficult problems 101 was a great class for today (since the cats and dogs). Even the professor said so. He was an old decrepit man with a cane, only it wasn’t a cane, it was just a really bent up old stick. He looked like he belonged in some era where Greeks and Romans were imposing extreme poverty on him and also not letting him go to the local barber shop. Not that they had barber shops back then or even universities which specifically trained people to cut hair, but if they did, this man definitely wouldn’t have taken advantage of those shops. Or if he had wanted to, he wouldn’t have been allowed to, because as said before, the Greek or Roman authorities weren’t allowing him too. Professor Agapepper also wore your typical old school toga that was ripped to shreds and you could see his gray chest hairs all too plainly. His hair on his head was of course all the way down to the floor and a good five feet behind him, not unlike a bride’s wedding dress. He pointed his stick over to Wang Wang and said, “Looks like you’re the only one who signed up for this class, eh?” Wang Wang let out a long deep breath. “I guess so. What do you think about the cats and dogs?” Professor Agapepper stroked his long white beard as about 357 hairs came out. “Well, cats and dogs are good. Cats have a great knack for meowing, and dogs, well they’re just good friends to everyone. Never hurt a soul. But the problem comes in with cats and dogs when you start mixing them with those god damn liberal radicals.” Wang Wang wanted to point outside and mention that cats and dogs were actually falling from the sky, but Professor Agapepper was in another world. In fact, Wang Wang wanted to drop the class on the spot right there, but then he would only have 9 hours, not be a full time student, and lose his scholarship. At any rate, he was upset, because he thought this class would help him figure out what to do about the cats and dogs. But Professor Agapepper hounded Wang Wang like he was a criminal with constant philosophical questions and hard breathing right into Wang Wang’s face. “Sonny, are you a liberal radical? How did you react when Aristotle invented the steering wheel? Aristotle was my brother in law you know. Yep, a fine piece of machinery he was. I once was a machine too. A conservative one of course. But then this cane came along and beat me to a pulp and forced me to be its slave. But then Mickey Mantle came along and showed me how to get control over my stick. I tried out for the major leagues, but this thing makes for a shitty bat. Warren Spahn is overrated. Speaking of which, what are views on global water scarcity in relation to penguin geohydrobiochematology in economics?” Wang Wang rolled his eyes back at this stupid question. As if anyone thought that the penguin geohydrobiochematology sector was worth wasting millions of dollars on. No one invests in that shit. Everyone knows the penguins are fucking conservative right wing radicals that won’t open up their own ass wholes to spend another dime on research and devlopment. But Professor Agapepper was a hardcore Republican, so Wang Wang just said, “Yeah. I think they have a lot of potential once consumers begin to open up markets and invest in them.” Professor Agapepper flashed a smile, exposing no teeth whatsoever. But on second look, he did have two, they were just mustard colored and had beetles all over them. He gave Wang Wang a hearty slap on the back and then said, “Class dismissed.” Wang Wang rushed out the door and back to his, Lou, and Petie’s apartment. Although cats and dogs were everywhere, at least no more were coming down from the sky. Then Wang Wang decided to solve this whole problem using what he had learned from class. He simply took another classic saying and spoke to all of the cats and dogs. “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence!” All of the cats and dogs, seeking green pastures, leaped over the white picket fence and onto the greener side of the fence. Gone. Wang Wang smiled to himself, but he wouldn’t be smiling long. As soon as he turned the key and opened the door to his apartment... he realized that the apartment had been completely trashed. It truly looked like there was a hard core riot in there; a riot that would impress even the fans of Colorado University. Wang Wang yelled “HELLO?!” several times to see if there was anyone in the apartment. He heard a little whimpering coming from the closet. He approached the closet door and opened. Sitting in the closet in a wet, shivering bundle of human flesh, and raccoon I guess, were Lou, Ivanna, and Petie. Wang Wang asked what happened and if they were okay. They said they were fine. Wang Wang then asked why there was a fire in the living room. They then had to explain to Wang Wang that the whole reason of being for a fireplace was for fires. Wang Wang was intrigued, yet confused as to why he had never heard of these designed fire locations in the past. The four of them sat in front of the fire with hot chocolate and marshmallows and discussed why this happened. Then Petie’s tail wagged into the fire and they poured water on it to douse the flame. Then Wang Wang wanted to get a closer look at the fire but went to close and he got lit up too. He then remembered the whole stop drop and roll thing and was fire. Then he realized that he was never told what happened. Lou explained that it was an event too extraordinary to be explained in such a short period of time. It would necessitate no less than 30 hours of consecutive conversation to explain what happened. Wang Wang objected to this claim. He said he had only been out of the apartment for an hour and a half so there is no possible way that it could take so long to explain. Lou told Wang Wang that it was simple thinking like that that got them there in the first place. This made no sense to anyone, and they were about to throw Lou in the fire, but Kent Hrbek came in and told them not to. Lou then thanked Kent Hrbek and Kent Hrbek left the apartment to continue with his life. Ivanna explained that Lou didn’t want Wang Wang to know what happened because it would be very embarrassing to him and Lou didn’t want to be embarrassed. She was not afraid to tell the story. Ivanna began by explaining to Wang Wang the theory of the ancient tribe of Zacaladias that used to live in that location... but after about eight seconds, Wang Wang ended it. “Ahhhh, ahhhh, okay, you know what? I don’t care. Whatever happened, that’s fine. I just want Ivanna out of here before she causes any more mess. Plus, I want a smore.” Ivanna took offense to this, and told Petie that they were through. Petie was devastated, so Wang Wang offered him a smore. “Here, we’ll eat smores together.” Petie slapped the smore away and into the fire. “The only thing that’s going to make me feel any better right now is if I get a new pair of nuts. Otherwise Wang Wang, I’ll see you in hell.” Wang Wang frowned. “But Petie, I’m not going to Hell. And neither are you, right? Wait a second, have you been talking to Satan you fucking traitor?” Petie turned around and farted in Wang Wang’s general direction. “It’s just a saying, you idiot. I won’t literally see in you in Hell, but I won’t be seeing you for a long time after what you just did to me and my girl- friend.” Wang Wang responded, “Yeah, well at least I didn’t skip class today.” Petie laughed. “At least I’m not boning some ancient Greek guy to get an A.” “Fuck you Petie! I’m not screwing anyone!” Then Lou stepped in and took offense. “I skipped class today, too. You got something to say to me, Mr. Bigshot?” Wang Wang thought about all this. “Okay, come on guys. Let’s settle. We’re in college! What could be better? I’m sorry guys for what I’ve said. Here, have some smores.” And with that, they were buddies again. Suddenly, Petie realized that he had semi-superpowers, that he was very intelligent, and that he could be a canniving little bastard. So he decided never to go to class and rather scheme up some cool ways to get As in his classes and breeze through college until graduation. But this plan to scheme only left Petie in an even thicker web of problems, deceit, and pencil shavings. Here goes Petie’s sad tale. The flying, talking raccoon was not about to start attending his “Acting: Pretending to be a helicopter” class. So he asked the professor if he could complete the course by studying independently. “The only way you will get in A in this class without actually coming to class is if I have a personal home videotape in my hands by next week of you fucking Satan himself. Hahahaha!” Petie, who had had relations earlier with Satan, thought that this wasn’t too harsh of a demand. “So if I hand you that video by next Tuesday, I can get an A in here?” The professor laughed and said, “Sure.” Wow, Petie could kill two birds with one stone. Naturally, he could get an A also in his “Sex Ed: Screwing Satan” class if he screwed Satan. Then, Petie talked to his math prof, Professor Cock. “Now Petie, I will give you an A if you go to North Korea and bring to me the last screw remaining from the Screw-You Project. Then, all you’ll have to do is use math to jump over it, and you’ll be done with this class!” Finally, Petie talked to his “How to be a dictator as a large flying animal” professor. “Well you know, all of you have to do take over North Korea,” said his professor, “is find that missing last screw. If you do that, the throne to dictatorship is yours, and an A in this class is yours as well.” Great news, thought Petie. All he’d have to do is screw Satan, take the screw to Professor Cock and jump over it, and then go take over North Korea. 4.0 GPA. No problemo. It was time to phone up Satan. “Hey Petie! What’s that? You want to have sex with me and videotape it? Well if I do that for you, you’ll have to do something for me. I’ve always had this fantasy about screwing while having an actual screw in my mouth. Say, isn’t there one screw left from that Screw-You project? Why don’t you get that screw, bring it over to my place, and we’ll get filming!” So Petie decided that first, he needed to get the screw and then get the Satan ordeal over with. So he went to North Korea and paid off an informant, Dan Gladden, to find the whereabouts of the last screw. Then Petie grabbed the screw and flew out of North Korea over to Satan’s crib. They went at it like animals with the camera overhead and with the screw looking ridiculously stupid in Satan’s mouth. Finally, it was over. Petie stood up and yawned. “Well, thanks Satan. I’ll just be taking this screw and this videotape and I’ll be on my way.” Satan laughed. “I don’t think so. Don’t you dare leave this room with that screw. That thing is worth something. It’s the last remaining screw from the Screw-You Project, and I ain’t giving it up, buddy.” Petie tried to explain that he needed the screw so he could show Professor Cock that he could jump over it, and then so later on, he could take over North Korea so he could get an A in his classes. “Fine, take the screw, but I keep the videotape,” proposed Satan. “No, I need both, ass hole.” Satan wasn’t going to budge this time, however. “Jesus Christ, Petie. Pick one or the other. You can’t have the best of both worlds. So which will it be? The videotape or the screw?” Petie frowned. “FUCK!” he yelled in frustration. He walked slowly to the door, shut it, and then flew back to Florida International University. He would just have to go to class like a regular guy. Meanwhile, Lou was going to his first “Time travel and sandwich making” class, when to his surprise, in walked Professor Agapepper, the ancient idiot Wang Wang had complained about! Lou tried to escape immediately, but... someone was entering as he was leaving. If you will remember from way back when the group was trying to make a potion to bring back Johnno from the past they also thought a positive effect the potion could have would be that it would bring the Iron Chef and Martha Stewart to them so they could play three on three flag football. Well, the reasoning behind wanting those two to come was not clearly explained back then. The reason they wanted the Iron Chef to come was actually quite simple. He was a tremendous quarterback. In fact, back in their days with the Houston Texans, some in the organization would have rather had the Iron Chef than Michael Vick. The Iron Chef has ridiculous 4.1 speed and can launch a ball 70 yards flat footed and have it hit a dime. The problem was that he never played competitively and therefore he was pretty damn raw. Vick was well done compared to the Iron Chef. Plus the Iron Chef was looking for a ridiculous contract. Not only did he want 3 more years than Vick, but he also wanted $2 million more a year than Vick. In addition to that, he wanted four four lumped and five legged llamas, a 1974 Chevy Nova, and he wanted to live in a room in the Playboy mansion. Needless to say this was impossible, but I digress. Now the reasoning behind having Martha Stewart was far simpler. Lou just has had a huge crush on Martha Stewart for years. It always creeped his friends out, but it is just the way it was, and Lou has never been able to control it. If Martha Stewart was in that class, Lou would have to stay. Now Professor Agapepper asked Lou, “Hey, you little loser. Are you in my class or not? If you walk out that door, I will never let you return.” Lou responded by saying of course he was in that class. He just had to stretch his legs. With that, Lou returned to his seat. Then Martha Stewart asked “Hey, what class is this? Eerily Obsessive Compulsive Neat Freaks?” Professor Agapepper’s jaw dropped to the ground at that comment. “No, stupid bitch. This is ‘Time travel and sandwich making.’ Get the hell outta my classroom you god damn conservative nag. Why don’t you just go back to your brothel dirty tramp.” Oh no! Lou was flabbergasted. He went back to this class to be with Martha Stewart and now he was stuck with this crazy old man that apparently just completely changed his political view in the past day. He needed to make up an excuse to get outta there, and fast! Lou’s plan was a complicated one. He looked out the window and saw... the tryouts for the Florida International University’s panther mascot. Basically, if you’ve ever seen the Denver Nuggets’ mascot, this guy looks the same. He’s just a big goofy panther that is probably pals with Yogi Bear. At this point, the guy trying out was a complete tool. He was trying to be funny by doing some hip hop gang signs, but it was horribly annoying. The next guy just kept chasing his new tail, and that got really old. The overseer of the tryouts was a middle-aged man in short red shorts, a tight white t-shirt, and a Texas Rangers baseball cap. Lou could tell he was highly displeased with this year’s lot of wannabe mascots. The coach blew his whistle and ordered the tail-chaser to take off the uniform and to “scatter like a three-winged yield sign in the middle of a junior college cafeteria smothered with nacho cheese and highlighted by a hint of peppermint scent.” Lou turned to Professor Agapepper and told him that he had signed up to partake in the mascot tryouts, and he had forgotten about when they were. “If I don’t go, I will be shot tomorrow afternoon by the University firing squad.” Agapepper frowned and stroked his beard. This time, only 144 hairs fell out. The Iron Chef picked them up and said they would make for a great fried rabbit or an even better sauteed “hare.” Agapepper declined to respond to this comment and instead turned to Lou. “And if you walk out of my class, I will kill you also tomorrow afternoon. But not with guns, oh no. I’ll strangle you with my dirty hair. Ha ha ha!” Professor Agapepper was suddenly running toward Lou. To Lou’s surprise, Agapepper was light on his feet, and he probably could have stolen some bases off of Jack Morris or Mike Scott, but probably not off of Dwight Gooden or Dennis Eckersley. Oil Can Boyd was iffy, and that one could go either way. It would probably depend on whether Agapepper got a good jump or not. Nevertheless, Lou was sickened by the thought of Agapepper’s hair, so he leaped onto the window sill, jumped, and ran away from the classroom. Luckily for Lou, the Iron Chef was a cannibal, and he whacked Agapepper in the head with one of his trusty frying pans. We won’t go into the details of how Agapepper was cooked. But, needless to say, no more “Problem Solving” class for Wang Wang and no more “Time Travel and Sandwich Making” class for Lou. But even worse, Lou had now gotten himself into quite a predicament. The eerily1980s looking coach squinted and stared straight at Lou, who was running across the field toward the school’s football band practice. Lou suddenly noticed that the coach was eyeing him, and before he could slow down, he torpedoed into a bassoon player. This started a Domino effect and the whole horns section fell over. The band director was pissed, and all Lou could offer was, “GO PANTHERS!” The band direc- tor seemed pleased with this, and motioned for practice to go on. Lou stopped to catch his breath, when suddenly he heard a caveman yelling. “Walaaa braschy torcaweewee! Yentorgall Schikadoray!” The caveman was the coach, and he was running straight toward Lou. According to Lou’s calculations, this guy could steal of Jack Morris, Mike Scott, Dennis Eckersley, Dwigh Gooden, Oil Can Boyd, the whole lot of those 80s pitchers. This guy was fast. And Lou was too out of breath to keep running. “You’re what we need! Someone with school spirit! I heard you yell ‘Go Panthers!’ with great enthusiasm! Son, would you like to be the Florida International University mascot?” The coach extended his hand. “Mason. Lefty Mason.” Lou... had his mouth drop the the ground and he punched Lefty Mason in the jaw. Lefty staggered back and fell against a tree. He was about to get up and ask Lou why he punched him but then something horrible happened. Lefty had fallen into the tree pretty hard. In fact, it jarred something loose from above. Just as Lefty was getting up a pineapple fell on his head and Lefty was rendered unconscious. It was a pineapple tree. Lou was excited and did a victory dance. Then Wang Wang came up to Lou with urgent news. He explained that something happened to his professor for his “Time Travel and Sandwich Making” class, although no one knows what it was. He then told Lou that he had to go to that class. The new teacher was going to tell them how to make Agapepper sandwiches. Wang Wang thought that was weird because Agapepper was the name of his old professor. Lou did not respond at all, but instead just looked with hate in his eyes at Lefty. Wang Wang looked at Lefty and then at Lou. Then he looked at Lefty and then at Lou. Then he looked at Lefty and then at Lou. Then he looked at Lefty and then at Lou. Then he thought something weird was going on, so he told Lou he could explain what was going on later but he had to go because he could already taste the delicious Agapepper. Lou’s facial expression did not change at all and he did not say a word to his friendly brother. Finally, by this point, the band director had gotten over to Lou and he demanded to know what was going on. “What the hell is wrong with you boy? First you fuck with my horns and now you try to kill Lefty? You have some explaining to do.” Lou looked at the band directer and scowled, causing the band director to soil himself and run away. Two hours later, Wang Wang returned and it appeared as though nothing had changed. Then Wang Wang looked at his watch and realized it was two hours later so that was different. Plus the sun was beginning to set and it was a little bit colder. That’s not to say it was cold, however. It was just colder than before. Actually, that was a good thing because it was super hot earlier and having the weather be less hot than before but actually colder than before was a benefit from the super hot weather that they had that was hotter than the relatively pleasant weather they were currently experiencing. By saying relatively I mean to indicate that the weather currently was cooler than the weather was two hours ago because it was colder now than it was before when it was less cold but hot and less hot now then it was when it was really hot two hours ago. But other than that, it was the same as before. Wang Wang needed answers so he grabbed Lou by the shoulders and started shaking him. Lou finally came and spoke. “Hey Wang Wang, what’s up brother? Want to go grab some food?” Wang Wang said that he wasn’t so much hungry because he had an unfortunate experience in his last class. Wang Wang then asked why he had tried to kill Lefty. Lou had actually forgotten that whole experience. He was just in a zone. But there was a very good reason he had acted the way he did. Lefty Mason was not really Lefty Mason. He was living under a fake identity when in reality he was a man that had greatly harmed him in the past. Lou then told Wang Wang who the man was and what he had done... “Wang Wang, I have a story to tell you.” Wang Wang nodded. “About Lefty?” Loe responded by moving his mouth, but suddenly Lou was talking trumpets and drums. Had Lou been turned into a musical instrument? No! Band practice had resumed, and even though Lou’s mouth was moving, all Wang Wang could hear was trumpets and drums. They elected to go to a more quiet place on campus. A loud bell then rang. A large green rectangular box appeared in the middle of the field, just a few scant feet in front of the band director. Some thirty students exited the box, books in hand, walking as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. But in actuality, they were getting out of an elevator— an elevator that seemed to be fully functional in the middle of a grassy field. Where did it go? Where were its pulleys? The band director was furious and announced his resignation. The band members went into a frenzy as they were now a leaderless gang of nothing more than what they feared most— band members. That made no sense, but let us move on. Lefty suddenly woke up from his trance and tried to walk off unnoticed, but Lou was no fool. He picked up a pineapple and threw it at the back of his head. Lefty was knocked out again, this time laying in the burning oven that was the non-shaded area of the field. However, as mentioned before, things weren’t so hot now as they had been earlier in the afternoon, but it was still pretty hot if you weren’t under the tree. So, at this point, you had the band members going insane and playing their instruments out of tune and out of time if they weren’t bashing fellow band members over the head with their French horns and xylophones. Then you had Lefty passed out nearby, and you had Wang Wang and Lou trying to have a conversation about Lou’s odd behavior. Lastly, you had the students walking away from the elevator over yonder. Lou yelled out again, “Wang Wang, I have a STORY to tell you about Lefty!” This time Wang Wang understood clearly. The noise from the band practice from hell died down immediately. If there’s one thing that can distract band people from band, it’s a good ol’ campfire story. They all hovered over to Lou, waiting anxiously to hear his story. Lou said that they should all get out of the hot sun and take the elevator down to wherever it went. Happily, the elevator worked, and everyone got out once the elevator got to the bottom. They were all in a large cave-like room that was lit broadnaxtypiciously with candles. Lou took one of the candles and started a fire. Then Petie showed up with marshmellows, chocolates, and graham crackers. Smores! Now that everyone was comfortable, Lou began his story. “Once upon a time, I was a lighting technician. Now, it just so happened that a man named Righty Mason called me up one day. He said, ‘Hello there Lou the lighting technician. I hear you’re good with lights. See, I’m in a dilemma. I’m stuck out here on Lake Yahtzee in my yacht. And I’ve lost all power on my boat, so I can’t see a darned thing. I’m trapped in the lower quarters, and I just can’t find the door. However, I was lucky enough to feel for the telephone and call you. Please come out here right away and fix my lights so I can steer home. I’ll pay you a pretty penny.’ So I hung up the phone and felt called to duty. In the lighting technician business, we have an old saying: ‘Ask not what a lighting technician can do for you, ask what you as a lighting technician can do for some guy who needs help with his lights.’ So I got on my five-legged horse and rode out to Lake Yahtzee and swam as fast as I could out to Righty’s yacht. ‘Righty! Where are you? This is Lou the lighting technician! I’m here to fix your lights!’ So I found my way downstairs into the lower quarters of the yacht, when suddenly a trap door above me slammed shut. I too was trapped in the dark room. But I was sure that I would find Righty in there soon, and we would figure something out. Suddenly a loud popping sound startled me from above. Then another, and then another. Soon the loud popping noises were coming more frequently. I became terrified and I scrambled around the room, looking for Righty. Then I saw a faint light over in the corner. It was a window! I rubbed the gunk and mist off the window and I could see the shore of the lake, not too far away. There was Righty! I knew it was him, because he had a shirt on that said in big, bold, red letters: ‘RIGHTY.’ But what the hell was he doing on shore, I wondered. I made out what appeared to be a golf club and a colossal pile of driving range golf balls. He had a cigar in his mouth and was laughing hysterically. He carefully positioned his feet and his club and then reared back and smacked another ball. POP! The popping noises were the golf balls hitting his own boat. Suddenly it came to me. Righty was trying to kill me! He was going to sink me and sink his boat with golf balls. I had to get out of the room before the massive weight of thousands of golf balls sunk this yacht! I knew I had very little time.” The band members were enthralled by Lou’s story. They had figured out that Lefty Mason was a fraud and that he was really Righty Mason, the man who had tried to kill Lou years before. “So what happened next, Lou?” Florida International’s top clarinet player asked. “Well, I knew I had to get out of the room, so I... made a phone call. I called my friend Harry the locksmith. I asked Harry if he would come to the yacht and save me. Harry was terrified that I was in so much danger and vowed to come as fast as he could. In only about ten minutes, trusty Harry had arrived on the yacht, and I heard Harry struggling with the door only to finally find a way to open it. from an entire story to just a section of a story, and no Harry then yelled at me saying, ‘Lou, you jackass. one likes those things because they’re just annoying. The door was unlocked all the time. You know I’m So, what the band did was... trying to run for President and I don’t have time to put up with your idiocy like this all the time.’ Harry the locksmith was actually Harry Truman. Before he became the President of the United States, he was simply the best locksmith on the planet. Anyway, I explained that although I knew the door was unlocked, I could not open it when I was holding my pet, Colvert the chimp. I just needed someone to open it for me. Once the door was open, we got a better view of Righty. He seemed a little disturbed that I had gotten out of that tough situation. I threw one of the golf balls right back at him and he got scared and immediately ran away. The ball landed probably 175 yards short but he did not even notice. I quickly turned the yacht around and put it into high gear to chase after that bastard. Finally I got to the shore and chased him across the beach. But I could not catch him. Then I chased him across the desert. But I could not catch him. Then I chased him across the mountain range. But I could not catch him. Then I chased him across the plains. But I could not catch him. Then I chased him across the tropical rainforest. But I could not catch him. Then I chased him across the barren icelands. But I could not catch him. I never caught him. If nothing else I wanted to know why he wanted to kill me. I never found out. Perhaps instead of trying to kill him right now, I should have asked him why he wanted me dead and if he still wanted me dead. Perhaps he was over it and we could have had a good chuckle about that over buffalo wings at the local pub. But I just now thought of that. But I still want to know why he wanted me dead, and that will haunt me for a while.” “Well, gee Mr. Lou,” FIU’s lead trombone player exclaimed. “We could find it out for you. It couldn’t be too hard.” The rest of the band joined in unison jumping for the cause. Everyone wanted a conclusion to this story that has gone on for way, way too long. No one likes stories that never end and just seem to go on forever. I mean, sometimes when things like that happen other people wonder why someone would waste so much time with it. But people do it. It’s remarkable really. So, these people wanted closure on the story and they didn’t want it going on endlessly because things that go on endlessly are dumb. Things that keep going can be anything Chapter 23 The Carnival of Fire They all got back in the elevator and pressed “up” to go back to the band practice field so they could find the knocked out Righty Mason, who was under the alias of Lefty Mason. But there was an elevator error malfunction messup, and everyone ended up in the Land of Dwarves. The dwarves were all swinging on their playground swings tossing sticks at each other’s faces to keep from falling asleep. Petie asked the dwarves why they didn’t want to go to sleep. “Because the Carnival of Fire is tomorrow, and we have to stay awake, or else we’re disqualified.” Everyone gasped. Petie, Lou, Wang Wang, and the FIU band members suddenly realized the seriousness of their situation. Righty Mason then showed up, and Lou asked him why he had wanted to kill him so many years before. “I’m a Communist Lou. I knew you were friends with Harry Truman. I didn’t want him to become President, because I’m a dirty Commie. I was going to lure both of you to my yacht and drown you with the golf balls. And my plan would have worked had it not been for those damn lawnmowers.” Lou was confused. What lawnmowers? “When you started chasing me, all I could think of was a big ferocious man-eating lawnmower, so I ran. Then later on, I realized it was just you chasing me. But by then, I was so tired, I was no longer a Communist. I decided then and there to devote my life to mascot teaching.” Lou could see Righty’s line of logic, and gave Righty a firm slap on the back, as if to say “Job well done, friend.” It was a sort of congratulations after the great battle of life. Only it wasn’t. It was just a slap on the back. And Righty didn’t appreciate it. He moved to hit Lou harder on the back, but before he could, a dwarf shot an arrow through Righty’s neck. No more Righty. The dwarves said that the best way for them to stay awake would be to keep shooting their new guests with arrows because it was exhilarating. Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou knew that they would have to sacrifice the band members if they were to survive. So our Big Three ran back to the elevator and pushed the “Close Door” button, the way you do when you’re impatient because the damn elevator won’t hurry up and get a move on. But the band members ran toward the elevator in a fury, knowing that they were doomed. “Sorry, we were here first. Haha,” Petie laughed. “Looks like you’ll have to get on the next elevator. No room here.” It was kind of funny. The band members, abandoned by their hero Lou, knew that they must trudge on. So they struck a deal with the dwarves. “Don’t shoot! We will fix the Carnival of Fire tomorrow so you guys win. But in exchange, we want no arrows in our backs, and we also want you to help us get revenge in Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie — the bastards that just left us.” The dwarves agreed. They really needed to win the Carnival of Fire this year, or else they’d be forced to cede half of their land to the Midgets of the Bicycle Underworld. Meanwhile, Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie were having a good laugh in the magic elevator. Where would it take them next? No one knew. Then the elevator jolted to a stop, and the lights went out. When the trio forced open the doors, they had arrived at... the Carnival of Fire. More specifically, they were in the judges’ pre-carnival roasting pit of preparatory carnivalistic endeavors room. They were about to get back in the elevator when they heard some people talking outside. It was more little people, and they sounded like they were the judges as the occupation of being a judge at a carnival can easily be determined merely by hearing the sound of one’s voice. Anyway, the conversation went a little like this. Judge A began by saying, “You know what upsets me? It’s really hard to find a good dentist these days. Or if you do find a good dentist, the dental hygienists are dirty whores that care more about finding an adequate babysitter for Friday night when they go out with their bastard husbands to the poetry recital than they care about making your trip to the dentist an enjoyable one. So, in summary, I suppose my biggest complaint is that it is difficult to find a good dentist that also has good dental hygienists. That is my theory as to why people tend to avoid going to the dentist.” After a short silence, Judge B responded. “You know what really bothers me? The fact that I just can’t find a good spork. I mean, I can find plastic sporks although even that is not easy. I have never seen a nice regular set of real silverware with sporks. That’s bullshit.” Judge A nodded, although Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie could not see him nod because they were not in the hallway and instead they were in the room. “Yeah, the spork is an underrated utensil,” Judge A responded. Off in the distance the trio could hear some faint music that seemed to get louder and louder by the second. Before too long, it was quite loud and then stopped abruptly. Then a new voice greeted the two judges. “Hello, my name is Tommy Tansadury, the talented trombonist of the FIU band. I have a proposition for you. Here are your choices. Your first choice is to fix the Carnival of Fire to let the dwarves win and in return we will perform the song of your choice for both of you and a date. By a date I mean that each of you could bring a date and not one date to share. The second choice is to die.” Immediately Judge B responded. “Would it be acceptable if my colleague and I could discuss our decision before making it final?” After Tommy nodded (which, again, the terrific trio could not see) the judges pondered their decision. “Well Tommy,” said Judge B “here is our decision. We would like to take your first choice. Frankly, we believe the dwarves will win anyway, so we have nothing to lose. Plus I would love to hear a song." The band played a quick victory song and walked away promising to meet the judges after the Carnival of Fire. The judges, content with their decision, entered the judges’ pre-carnival roasting pit of preparatory carnivalistic endeavors room. Immediately, they saw Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie. Wang Wang said he had a proposition for the judges. The judges had two choices. First they could surrender their titles as judges to Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie, or they could die. Wang Wang heard what had happened earlier and remembered into his childhood of times he was screwed at carnivals and refused to let someone else be on the receiving end of a similar screwjob. The judges were in trouble. They already had an agreement with the FIU band. They could not break their agreement, but if they did not break their agreement, they would die. They decided to take neither option and instead have a fight to the death with Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie. Wang Wang said that was fine, and before they fought, he offered them a glass of water as a sign of good faith. The judges accepted. Little did they know that they were actually just glasses of poison, and they immediately died. Now Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie were the judges. The first order of business would be to figure out why the FIU band was still alive and why they they wanted to rig the Carnival of Fire in favor of the dwarves. Wang Wang had a good magic trick prepared to figure this out. In the trick Wang Wang... and his two fellow judges, Petie and Lou, dressed up like the old judges, so no one would know that something had gone amiss. When the Big Three exited the judges’ pre-carnival roasting pit of preparatory carnivalistic endeavors room, they found that all the competitors had arrived for the Carnival of Fire! Evidently, the dwarves had home field advantage this year. Nevertheless, there were groups from all over this mysterious underworld ready to compete: the Dwarves, the FIU band members (who weren’t really supposed to be in the Carnival), the Midgets, the Widgets, the Elves, the Goblins, the Kiblets, the Driblets, the Toadies, the Halfwits, the Fickets, and the Snickets. This was going to a big competition, and it all lay in the hands of the judges, who had no idea what they were doing. Wang Wang, in order to keep from being caught, decided to step up immediately and act all professional-like. “AHEM,” he coughed loudly. “Behold loyal competitors of the underworld! Henceforth today and tomorrow shall be held none other than the GREAT—” he paused to let this powerful word ring across the cavernous room — “the MYSTERIOUS—” another pause to emphasize Wang Wang’s oratorical skills— “the TREMENDOUS ... the DELIRIOUS ... wait no, not delirious. The MAGNIFICENT ... the ONLY—” One of the driblets had had enough. “Hurry the fuck up, Judge A!” Wang Wang paused. He didn’t know if he should disqualify all the Driblets, or if he should continue to be a forgiving and nice judge. He decided to waive the comment and continue. “The ONLY ... CARNIVAL OF FIRE!” A momentous roar exploded from the crowd. Everyone was anxiously awaiting for the games to begin. But soon, the cheers died down, and everyone waited on Judge A’s (who was really Wang Wang dressed up in disguise) command. But what was Wang Wang supposed to do now? He had no idea. So he continued in his booming voice. “The Carnival of Fire ... was started many moons ago when the great Judge A the First decided that...” “Oh come on now, what is this crap?” demanded the Leader of the Driblets. “Let the games begin already!” One of the fidgety Fickets, who had long had a grudge against the Driblets, went over and pulled off the Leader of the Driblets’ head. The Driblets were pissed, but they could do nothing in retaliation under the watchful eye of Judge A. Wang Wang knew now that he had to intervene. “I hereby disqualify the Fickets! Off with ye!” The Fickets knew it was all over. As in tradition with the Carnival of Fire, they walked to the center of the room where the big pit of flames lay. This was the famous “Pithole of Fire.” Every year, when a group was eliminated, all the members of that group had to walk over to the hole and jump in, falling 25 feet into the fiery pit of death. Soon, all the Fickets were gone. A hearty cheer erupted again from the audience. This was what the Carnival of Fire was all about! But suddenly, everyone grew quiet again, anxiously awaiting the word of Judge A, who was really Wang Wang. “Umm, well now, I hope everyone has turned in their lease agreement forms!” Wang Wang yelled. Everyone looked around, puzzled. “We never got those!” cried one of the Widgets. “And why are there three judges this year?” Everyone pointed at Petie with suspicion. Everyone was accustomed to only two judges. Petie was about to be mauled unless he offered some sort of explanation. “Well hey there everyone! Is everyone excited about the Carinval of Fire?” No one seemed too happy about this new, mysterious, third judge. Petie tried again. “I am the great Judge C, great grandson of Judge C the fifth.” Everyone gasped in his presence and immediately bowed. “Rise, please. Rise everyone!” Petie requested. He sort of like being worshipped, and he planned on repeating it in the future. It was back to Wang Wang now. But for the life of him, Wang Wang couldn’t think of what he was supposed to do to jumpstart the competition. Was he supposed to say “Go” or something? Who started first? How were they, the judges, supposed to determine who won? And by God, Wang Wang didn’t want to send another group into that awful fiery pit of death. He decided to go on with his little lease agreement form spiel. He ordered poor Petie, who had no idea what he was talking about, to hand out the lease agreement forms to all the groups. Wang Wang declared, “Judge C has been a little absent-minded and forgot to give these to you all. He’s coming around now. Just get your group leader to sign the form, and then we can start the games. And no letting dead people sign your forms!” An air of excitement once again took over the room. Petie, who had randomly found some pieces of paper, decided to use those as the lease agreement forms. “Here you go, here you go, remember to sign it, here’s your form...” he said politely, going around the room. Meanwhile, the Driblets were in trouble. Driblet 17 whispered, “Judge A just said we can’t have dead people sign our form. What are we supposed to do now? Our leader, Driblet 1, has been beheaded!” Driblet 5 butted in, “He’ll never know. Just take Driblet 1’s hand and sign the form.” Driblet 17 was opposed to this. “Driblet 1 is dead and has no head. We can’t just take his hand and force him to sign the form! We’ll have to forge it.” Everyone in the Driblet group gasped. In the underworld, the only sin that was worse than forgery was tardiness. So, no one wanted to forge the form. They would have to take the beheaded Driblet 1’s right hand and force the dead hand to sign his name. And so they did. But it turned out terrible. It looked like a fifth grader had signed it. But hey, have you ever tried to pick up a dead hand and make it sign its own name on a piece of paper? That can be tough. Unfortunately, Judge B (who was really Lou) caught the Driblets in their mischievous ways. Unlike Wang Wang, Lou was all about sending these groups to walk into the fiery pit of death. “I sentence all of ye to the Pithole of Fire,” Lou yelled to the Driblets. “You have all violated Judge A’s rule of not having dead people sign your form. Off ye walk, buggards!” Lou said in his best English accent. The Driblets were now gone as well, burned up in the fiery pit of doom. At this time, all the forms had been handed in, and everyone was eager to start the ol’ Carnival of Fire competition. Wang Wang couldn’t think of anything else to say, so he declared, “Since the dwarves have home field advantage and they must be awfully tired from having to stay up all night, they will go first.” This was clearly not how the Carnival was supposed to go, but who was going to argue with Judge A? Everyone thought he must be getting senile in his old age, on account of the fact that he had botched the Carnival’s traditional opening ceremony: the sacrificing of a bicycle, the devil’s instrument. Nevertheless, the tired dwarves began their performance and tried to impress the three judges. The dwarves kicked off their act by... singing the opening number in their musical masterpiece, “We may be short, but our talent is impossible to thwart.” The first number was titled “Because we lack sufficient verticality, we bring new meaning to the phrase petite bourgeoisie.” This song brought the audience out of their seats. The dwarves were big fans of the sea, and their next song was the one that made the dwarves who they are today: “I once knew a dwarf who lived at the wharf.” Some experts on musicals have said that that song alone is the only reason that the dwarves have been able to stay on Narrownail (the Dwarf world equivalent of Broadway) for so many years. Basically, the rest of the play sucked harder than a dirty whorish porn star. There were two more songs in the musical. The third overall was called “The guy said we were small, so we put him up against a firing wall.” The grand finale of the musical was entitled “Thank God we’re finally finished; we hope your opinion of us has not diminished.” The thing was that “I once knew a dwarf who lived at the wharf” was so good that it was still in everyone’s mind, and everyone had forgotten how terribly, horribly horrible the rest of it was, and everyone cheered wildly. They wanted an encore, but the dwarves refused as an encore would have broken the Carnival of Fire Constitution. Everyone understood and respected this decision. Another tradition at the Carnival of Fire is that if one group realizes that they cannot win because another group did such an excellent job, the would-be defeated group would enter the Pithole of Fire voluntarily as a sign of respect. After the dwarves completed their act, all groups got up to enter the Pithole of Fire. However, just as the first person was about to enter the Pithole of Fire, Wang Wang spoke up. “Halt ye! Permissible it is not to enter the Pithole of Fire with the compliance of which I given not. Now, I, Judge A, order all constituents of sects of exotic entities to begin to embark on a voyage to their seats at the present time immediately. After a seat has been taken and personnel have taken seats in their respective locations, the proceeding of the Carnival of Fire shall commence forthwith. In spite of the magisterial procession of the citizens of the delegation of dwarves, I must stipulate that all congregations persevere at the present carnival in preparation of their intimate exhibition. Currently for the representation of which was done exgravantly the society of dwarves I would like to recognize. However, I must assert that seats be taken of by the dwarves and that the seats taken that belong to the dwarves go to dwarves that the dwarves take. Thank you. The subsequent assemblage of freaks to adorn the stage of excellence is... “Pizza delivery!” Wang Wang was momentarily interrupted. The entire audience fell to a funerallike silence. “Uhh, I have a delivery for a Judge? The name here says Judge A. Does anybody know—” Wang Wang stepped forth, under the alias of Judge A. “Yes, that’s me, but I didn’t order any pizza. How did you just waltz on in here to the sacred Carnival of Fire?” The Kiblets all grinned. “FOOLED YOU!” all two of them yelled. And that was the Kiblets’ show for this year, a silly prank. Wang Wang was quite impressed. However, now that his pizza was here, he figured he was pretty hungry, and that he damn well better eat it. “Oh ye Kiblets!” he demanded, getting more comfortable now with this kingly gibberish. “Hence cometh ye both hither toward my graciousness. For without my pizza o’ joy, shall I ever perish into the night without a trace of gladness in my what would then be a wretched, forlorn soul.” The Kiblets stood motionless, trying to analyze what the great Judge A had just stated. Wang Wang frowned. “I liked your performance, but give me the damn pizza. I’m hungry.” The Kiblets stood wide-mouthed. “But sir, we don’t really have a pizza. It’s all a joke. All our performance,” said the first Kiblet. “Yeah,” responded the other. “It’s just an empty box.” Wang Wang was astounded. “Crawl on thy despicable bellies into the Pithole of Fire and burn. Burn! Burn until you can burn no more. Burn until the oven that is the hole of flames over yonder eats at your flesh until it becomes a fiery black smolten lava form that resembles my Aunt Becky after she has bathed in hot, fiery Oreos o’ plenty! Burn I say! Burn till the twilight of your essential souls has burned a new horrific hole into your very hearts like a chimney mourning the last of K-Mart’s on sale lipstick! Burn! Buuuuuurn!” he said in a powerful rage. Wang Wang sure did want that pizza. No more Kiblets. The FIU band members followed suit and walked into the Pithole of Fire, realizing the wrath of Judge A was simply too much for them to handle. Suddenly, the Dwarves became even more angry than Wang Wang had just been. For the Dwarves knew that the FIU band members had violated their end of the deal. They had promised to fix the Carnival of Fire in exchange for life, but now they were gone. Surely, they could no linger fix the contest. Those suicidal bastards. The dwarves immediate- ly sought justice. “Judge A! The Florida International band members had promised us that if we spared their lives and helped kill three guys named Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou, that they would cheat and fix the Carnival of Fire so we could win and regain all of our homeland. But now they’re gone, and—” The dwarves had made a fatal error— telling Wang Wang (who they thought was Judge A) to his face that they had planned to kill him. Judge A, who was really Wang Wang, ripped off his mask as did Lou and Petie at that moment. Ah, the point of no return, commonly referred to as a climax in your high school English classes. “You’re not Judge A, B, or C! What have you done with them?” the Dwarves demanded to know. Meanwhile, the mad Midgets, the wicked Widgets, the ever-present Elves, the gooey Goblins, the terrible Toadies, the hairy Halfwits, and the sewagy Snickets didn’t know what to think. First, they had just learned that the Dwarves had tried to fix the holy Carnival of Fire. Now, the contest was even more full of corruption as the true judges weren’t even there. “We killed them,” announced Wang Wang. Gasps consumed the room like bees on an alcoholic train trying to make it from Timbuktu to Wisconsin in less than four hours. “We killed the judges trying to figure out why you had spared the band members’ lives. Now we see. You thought they could fix the contest for you. Well, let me tell you, I’m not really Judge A. I am Wang Wang, the person you are supposed to kill. And I will see to it that you won’t win this contest!” Lou halted his brother, putting a firm arm on his shoulder. He whispered to Wang Wang, “I don’t know, bro. Their song ‘I once knew a dwarf who lived at the wharf’ was fucking awesome. They deserve to win.” Wang Wang was shocked. “You don’t understand the seriousness of the situation. The dwarves are under contract to KILL us. Whether that song was good or not ... well yeah, Lou, you’re right, that song was damn good.” Wang Wang stroked his beard for a minute, even though he didn’t have a beard to stroke. Petie chimed in, “Yeah, ‘I once knew a dwarf who lived at the wharf’ was the most amazing thing ever. Of all the things we’ve been through guys, that songs tops it all.” Wang Wang agreed. He also stipulated that since the FIU band members were now dead, the dwarves weren’t under contract to kill them anymore. He decided to announce their decision. “Dwarves, I call you to the bench. Come forth.” The dwarves approached. “As the presiding head judge,” Wang Wang said in a quiet voice, “we have determined that since your counterparts — the FIU band members — in your illegal contract are now dead, you are no longer bound to the terms of that contract. Hence, you are not under any allegiance to kill me and my two partners. Is this agreed to?” The dwarves mulled it over. The head dwarf said, “Well that depends. Technically, you’re right. We’re no longer under contract. However, we severely outnumber you, and we will kill you anyway if you don’t fix the contest yourself and let us win.” Wang Wang saw their point. “It’s a deal. I’ll announce that you guys have won right now.” The dwarves, in a weirdass roundabout way, had achieved their goal. Wang Wang turned to the audience. “I would like to announce that the Dwarves have won this year’s Carnival of Fire due to their unbelievable performance of ‘I once knew a dwarf who lived at the wharf.’ Goodnight.” The audience fell silent again. But amidst the saddened, disappointed faces arose a single face of bitter resentment, rage, violence and revenge. It was one of the Snickets, Sergeant Slappy Snicket. “Wait a minute! This whole Carnival of Fire has been nothing but corruption. First, you dwarves try to rig the whole thing. Then, the real judges get killed off. Who are you, Wang Wang, to judge who wins and loses? You’re not even a real judge.” The entire band of creatures still in the audience cooed a sombering “Oooooo” toward Wang Wang, knowing that Sergeant Slappy had badly dissed him. “Furthermore, I know exactly what’s going on. The dwarves threatened to kill you if you didn’t let them win. That’s what this all boils down to. I declare war on all who have disgraced this year’s Carnival of Fire. CHARGE!!!” cried Sergeant Slappy. And with that, the Midgets, the Widgets, the Elves, the Goblins, the Toadies, the Halfwits, and the Snickets— all underground groups who had been feuding for centuries on end— were amazingly united in a cause against evil. Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou were stuck in a precarious situation. Our heroes were suddenly, and hilariously, the root for all evil which had been bestowed upon this underworld. Had they not been cowards and left their fellow university students and band members, none of this would have happened. Nevertheless, the terrific trio saw that once again, it would be critical to strike a deal at this point. “Dwarves,” called Wang Wang. “We have but little time. As you can see, whether we like each other or not, we might as well gang up and fight off these groups together. We’ll be more effective that way.” The dwarves disagreed. Dwarf 1, who had never lived at the wharf but knew a second cousin of his who had built a wharf of his own, spoke up. “Listen. You are only but three men. What good will three men do us? And furthermore, you were supposed to fix the contest for us. You tried to, but you didn’t enforce the rewards. Regardless of whether we won the Carnival of Fire or not, we now have to fight for our lives to keep our land. Screw off and fight for yourselves.” Wang Wang was taken aback. If the Dwarves didn’t want them, they might as well just run away. The Dwarves were right. They were but three guys. They couldn’t do crap. Enough of the underworld. They decided to let the evil dwarves fend for themselves. Petie pushed out his rusty wings, and Wang Wang and Lou crawled on top. Boy were they cowards and dirty cheaters, and in general, bad people. But hey, if you haven’t learned to love them by now, you can fuck off. Or, if you want to stick around for another 200 pages and learn to like our terrific trio, go ahead. The point is, they’re leaving this underworld, and they sure as hell left it a worse place than when they found it. And they think it’s kind of funny. Petie flew all over the underworld but couldn’t find a way out. The Big Three decided to make camp for the night. Just as they were getting ready to go to sleep, Enrique the Delivery Boy of the Underworld came riding by in his trusty bicycle. “War declared on Dwarves! Read all about it!” He threw the “Underground Gazette” at Wang Wang and rode on by. The lead story of the newspaper, of course, told the outcome of the day’s earlier events. The winner of the war had been... inconclusive. After fighting the traditional twenty minutes, they all took a break and left it up to the judges of war fo the Underworld. Unfortunately, the judges of war of the Underworld were also the judges of the Carnival of Fire. So, the fighting was over, and they did not know who won. They decided to hell with it and went on with their lives. Lou recognized something that just did not seem right. As we have seen throughout our epic story, Lou is a man obsessed with the history of two things: hot dogs and the Underworld. He actually considers himself an expert on hot dogs from the Underworld, but that is not important right now. What was important was that Lou was hungry and needed a hot dog. Then after he ate, he thought about history of the Underworld and saw that something was wrong. He knew that according to the ancient history of the Underworld, any time the judges of war are killed, those who killed them become the new judges of war. It all goes back to a story written in the Underworld Constitution. Before the members of the Underworld received their independence from the evil Guandalafeo Empire, they were forced to kill the judges of war presiding over the Underworld and Guandalafeo. Once they were defeated, they had no rules as to who would take their place. They decided to make up the rule that they would decide who would take the positions as judges of war. Naturally they appointed their own men to have these positions, so they could declare the Underworld winners of the war, and the law stuck. The Guandalafeo empire was soon thereafter crushed, and the Underworld broke up into their separate tribes but kept the judges of war in case hostilities would arise amongst the new tribes. This basically worked as a faultless system. (Except for the time when the Russians attacked and then the Russians paid off the judges of war and threatened them unless they would give victory to the Russians, and the judges of war complied with the threat. It was at this point when it appeared as though the Russians were victorious over the Underworld. However, after they had already received their medals of victory, the ruling body that rules the judges of war ruled that to be unfair because the Underworld clearly seemed to defeat the Russians. The final result of this mess was that the Russians would keep their medals indicating their victory, but the Underworld would receive medals saying they won so in the history books both sides won. However, the Underworld was also allowed to keep their land, and this late decision by the supreme governing body of war made it clear that the Underworld was successful and that the Russians, in this case, were goons that tried to alter what was truly right.) Now all has changed though. Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie were the true judges of war and they had the responsibility to declare a winner. Petie spoke up and said he really didn’t give a shit who won, and Wang Wang and Lou agreed, since they did not care about the Underworld, and they just wanted to get the hell outta there. They agreed to set off again and off they went in search of a way out... Chapter 24 Black stuff President Bush rode by on his motorized bicycle at this point. “Hey there cowboys! The United States of America is greatly in need of your service. Follow me.” Petie flew close behind George, who, although he didn’t have epilepsy, was in fact from Texas. They exited the Underworld on Route 19, which is east of the old barn with the makeshift haystack fence. Suddenly, they were in Washington, D.C. George invited them into Dairy Queen, where Mark Cuban was busy hassling a customer who wanted to order the “Dairy Queen Frosty Referee Special.” George smiled and sat down in a booth. “This one’s on the government, boys. Tell me what ya want, and good ol’ George will go get it for ya.” Petie, Wang Wang, and Lou weren’t really in the mood for anything cold. “We have gotten really accustomed to the heatness of the Carnival of Fire — we’re all freezing our asses off right now,” the trio said in unison. Everyone exchanged a weird moment of accusing glances. Just so you know, twigs make great steering wheels in case you have bricks flying at your head from an insane masoner named Wally who doesn’t want you to smash into his carefully crafted pumpkin collection which resembles a giant lopsided basketball. George responded, “Okay, your loss.” George went up and ordered a parfait and a blizzard. Mark Cuban accommodated George by making the parfait and the blizzard, but not without a disgruntled and forced smile. George was a sloppy eater. Even though he was a sloppy eater, he explained the big task that awaited Wang, Wang, Petie, and Lou. As he explained the task, he got more ice cream on his face. As his face continued to compile ice cream, George began to explain what his big project was. “Well, now that I have ice cream all over my face, I guess I’ll start explaining what this project is all about. Basically we have found oil in Madagascar. A lot. We need the oil to powersurge our industrial sector. Without this oil, the United States will go under, henceafter sparking a severe worldwide recessionary. So, in the interests of the world, we told the Madagascarans that there was a new species of mutant beetles that liked to feed on human heads. So, everyone left Madagascar. Now is our chance to go in and extrapolite the oil. Now, I know all about you three and your worldwide travels over the past few years. We especially liked what you did in the Underworld just recently in your positions as presiding head judges. So I want to appoint you three the heads of a temporarical Madagascaran government, which is part of Operation Horticulture. While we occupy Madagascar, you three will comprise the highest governing body, called the Council of Domestic Madagascaran Affairs. You have one year to extract 9 million tons of oil and secretly ship it to a location which will be disclosed at a later date. Every four months, your shipment of 3 million tons should arrive at this location. Your budget is not limitlessful, but we are allocating several billion dollars to your project. However, keep in mind that all banks, grocery stores, whorehouses and gas stations are vacant because literally no one occupies the island at this point. We will ship you necessarity goods and equipment when we deem it necessary. You are to sail to Madagascar tomorrow morning on the U.S.S. Essessess. On your journey, you are to bring clothes, tents, duct tape, a life-size chess board, baked beans, our fully-assembled oil drills, and the step-by-step instructionalisms on how to use them properly once in Madagascar. We will also send with you the Florida football team, since they are a good-for-nothing group that can only be expected to be big and fat and also to be good at exporting oil. You are to keep all information about Operation Horticulture in the highest of secrecyness, because exposing the fact that we are extracting oil from Madagascar and not our own soil would prove deadly to my administration and also to the world economy. Upon completionedness of your task, you will be given a sum of no less than $3 million per person. That’s $1 for every ton of oil you ship. Do you accept?” Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou were flattered and immediately took the job. The next morning, they arrived at the D.C. port and boarded the U.S. Essessess. As they began sailing toward Madagascar, Wang Wang got out his new $5,000 laptop from the government and outlined his plan for the first four months... Wang Wang had typed “Month one: AKA Oiltransportuarytember.” Then he didn’t know what to do next, so he began to procrastinate. He played a few games of Snood but was not able to beat the evil level, so he got upset and threw his laptop into the ocean. After the computer splashed into the oceany blue, a man came out from around the corner. The man was dressed in a black suit and had black sunglasses on, despite the fact that it was night time, even though it was just said that it was morning. The man approached Wang Wang and said, “Hello Mr. Antzelberry. My name is Captain Overboard. I’ll be assisting you on your way down to Sierra Leone.” Wang Wang was confused and explained to Captain Overboard that his name was not Mr. Antzelberry but was instead Wang Wang. Also, he was not going to Sierra Leone but Madagascar. Captain Overboard shouted obscenities and explained they had the wrong guy. They turned around and returned to turn towards the direction towards Washington D.C. They got to the port and got on the right boat. Wang Wang sat outside on the boat in his Speedo sipping on butterscotch schnapps when a man came from around the corner. The man was dressed in a black suit and had black sunglasses on. The man approached Wang Wang and said, “Hello Mr. Antzelberry II. My name is Captain Overboard II. I’ll be assisting you on your way down to Madagascar.” Wang Wang got disturbed. He explained that he was not Mr. Antzelberry II. He was told by President Bush to go to Madagascar, and he did not understand what was going on. He also wondered if hot lesbians masturbated to themselves when they looked at their naked bodies in the mirror. But most of all he wanted to know what was going on. Captain Overboard II did not know what was going on either. He called the President and asked if he knew what was going on. President Bush explained that he was confused. He thought the people he talked to were all members of the Antzelberry family and not Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie. Oh well, no matter. Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie could go hold down the fort at Madagascar while they waited for the Antzelberry to arrive. Wang Wang had a question for President Bush before Captain Overboard II hung up the phone. Wang Wang asked President Bush why they felt the need to sail to Madagascar. After all, it is the 21st century. You know, it has been a long time since Pietro Lorenzetti died. They could probably just fly. President Bush then didn’t say anything for a moment. Then he coughed and mumbled something quickly and quietly and hung up. About three months later the group arrived in Madagascar and they were shocked to discover... that President Bush, while they had been sailing, had left a note on the beach. In the sand, the President had written with his feet: “WHEREMYOLLATYOUFIRED.” No one knew the meaning of this maddening collaboration of letters. Clearly, President Bush was on a different plane of intelligence than these mere mortals. But Lou figured out what many experts believed impossible to decipher. He explained that President Bush had misspelled ‘oil’ and had meant to say, “Where my oil at? You fired.” Wang Wang was relieved. But then he was not relieved. He realized that this was all President Bush’s fault. Wang Wang decided to send President Bush a telegram. Then Wang Wang realized they weren’t living in medieval times and also that he still had Mathilde’s cell phone, so he used it. “Hi. President Bush? You made us sail. Yeah, that’s correct. It took us three months to get here. So it’s your fault you don’t have your oil. What’s that? Oh yeah, right. Uh-huh. Okay, will do. Yep, sounds like a plan. Ostriches? Okay sure. Yeah I got it. Uh-huh. No problem. Hmmmm. Yeah I can do that. You know me, George. I’d rather not go that far. Okay then. Yes, we tried, but—. Oh, I understand. Really? Hahahahahaha. Yes, yes, I know, I got it. Oh, yeah I know. Yep, got that right here. Maybe in the future. Three, why do you ask? Well, that would be correct, yes. Rochester, uh-huh. You don’t? I see. No, we won’t do anything you wouldn’t do. Okay, sounds good. Yep. Uh-huh. Right-e-o. Yep. Bye-bye George.” Petie was dumbfounded. “What the fuck was that all about? What’s going on?” Wang Wang sighed. “Okay. First I confirmed that he made us sail by saying ‘Yeah, that’s correct.’ Then he said ‘Okay, fine. I will give you an extension,’ so I said ‘What’s that?’ because I thought he said ‘attention.’ And he said, ‘No, I said extension— on the oil contract. I’ll give you the whole year to make one big shipment instead of three small ones.’ So I said ‘Oh yeah, right.’ And he goes, ‘Understand the new contract?’ And I said ‘Uh-huh.’ George then said ‘Remember. One big shipment. Be sure to deliver it to my garage.’ So I said, ‘Okay will do.’ Then he said, ‘My underground garage in Texas.’ So I said, ‘Yep, sounds like a plan.’ Then George told me I’d recognize the house and the garage because of all the ostriches around. So I said ‘Ostriches?’ And George confirmed this. So I said, ‘Okay sure.’ Then he said, ‘Don’t forget. I want my oil in nine months. You’ve already wasted three.’ So I said, ‘Yeah I got it.’ George told me that he had just brushed his teeth and that he was about to eat some vegetable lasagna. Making conversation, I said, ‘Uh-huh.’ George asked me if he he could cook me some of his famous vegetable lasagna once I got back to the States. So I said, ‘No problem.’ He asked me if i liked mushrooms or broccoli in my lasagna better. I didn’t know at the time, so I said, ‘Hmmmm.’ George demanded I figure out which one I preferred. So I said, ‘Yeah, I can do that.’ George asked how I was liking the Madagascar weather. So I said, ‘You know me, George.’ Then George said, ‘Once you get all the oil out of Madagascar, how about going to some small Japanese islands for me?’ So I said, ‘I’d rather not go that far.’ But George insisted and said, ‘I own the best little whorehouse in Texas, Wang Wang.’ So I said, ‘Okay then.’ Then he said, ‘Now, remind me again, why do I have no oil yet?’ So I said, ‘Yes we tried, but—’ George interrupted. ‘Oh, yeah I made you sail. You understand, airplanes are so ... well they’re airplanes.’ So pretending to be sympathetic, I said, ‘Oh, I understand.’ George then told me he had a fear that one day he’d stick a bunch of pencils up his ass. So I said, ‘Really?’ George told me that Andrew Jackson had done it many times. So I said, ‘Hahahahahaha.’ George reverted back to the oil. ‘Now remember, nine million tons in nine months from today.’ So I said, ‘Yes, yes, I know, I got it.’ George told me to be wary of the tsunamis. So I said, ‘Oh, yeah I know.’ He asked me then if I had brought along the life-size chess board. So I said, ‘Yep, got that right here.’ He asked me if we had played a game yet. So I said, ‘Maybe in the future.’ George then asked, ‘What’s your favorite number?’ So I said, ‘Three, why do you ask?’ George replied, ‘Well, Wang Wang, I’ve been having trouble with my math homework lately. Does three times three equal nine?’ So I said, ‘Well, that would be correct, yes.’ George then changed topics. ‘Do you know where the last legalized witch hunt was? Rochester, New York!’ So I said, ‘Rochester, uhhuh.’ He said he didn’t believe in witches. ‘You don’t?’ I asked. ‘Not at all. Brooms can’t fly by themselves, so why would they work when a human commands it to?’ I thought about his logic for a moment. ‘I see,’ I said. George have me a brief motherly lecture. ‘No we won’t do anything you wouldn’t do,’ I said. ‘Remember not to eat the insects on the island,’ said George. So I said, ‘Okay, sounds good.’ George said, ‘Take care.’ I said, ‘Yep.’ Then he said, ‘And wear your suntan lotion.’ Eager to get off the phone, I said, ‘Uh-huh.’ George continued. ‘Don’t come back without the oil.’ I responded by saying ‘Right-e-o.’ George said, ‘I’ll see you in nine months.’ So I said, ‘Yep.’ He said, ‘With the black stuff.’ I was sick of him, so I said ‘Bye-bye George,’ and hung up.” A pause. “Oh,” said Petie. Since they were now on the island, everyone decided to get to work. Wang Wang ordered the Florida football players to... go fuck each other like the losers that they were. They got insulted and jumped on the back of a bunch of Madagascaran gators and swam back to the dirty ass stankhole that is Gainesville, Florida. Then they started crying because Steve Spurrier left them to become a monumental failure, and some tool from New Orleans came to drive their precious little football program into the ground. Then they got help from ex-Gator Jabar Gaffney on how to steal from other player’s lockers, and after they got caught by the police, they took their visors and threw them to the ground like stupid ass fairies. When they got to jail, immediately love-hungry criminals from all over anally raped them for hours. Back on Madagascar, trouble was afoot. There was a big argument between Petie, Wang Wang, and Lou. Lou was upset that Wang Wang was the most important person of the three. Petie was upset that he wasn’t a person and had yet to evolve opposable thumbs. Wang Wang was pissed that his superiority was being threatened. Lou opened by claiming, “The fact that you obviously think you’re more important than us obviously proves that you obviously have a tiny penis and try to overcompensate by being a fucking jackass. Why don’t you just go to hell, fucknuts?” Wang Wang was taken aback and countered with his own insult. “Hey cuntbags. Why don’t you just go fuck your mom? Leave me alone. I’m trying to run my life. The last thing I need is some retarded camera man and a fucking giant ass flying raccoon following me around everywhere.” Lou reminded Wang Wang that they had the same mom, so his comment was bad, and this is when Petie finally spoke up. “Hey dipfucks! Do you even see me here? I’m a fucking raccoon. You guys think you have room to complain? Well, fuck you guys. Fuck you and your opposable thumbs. If I wasn’t a fucking raccoon, I’d kick the shit outta you and take over the world. I already tried that once, and I would have been successful if that highway shithead hadn’t shot me in the genitals. Do you guys have any idea how we’re going to complete our newest mission? You can’t carry 9 million fucking tons of oil in a canoe. Why don’t you guys get your head out of your asses and try to figure out what we’re going to do?” Quickly Wang Wang responded. “You know Petie? It’s times like this that I realize that if you couldn’t fly, I would have put a shotgun in your mouth a long fucking time ago. Your only asset to the world is that you can fly. You are a horribly worthless being. I hope when you die, you rot in hell with this cock gobbler over here,” Wang Wang said while pointing to Lou. Basically out of nowhere, these guys were all pissed at each other and they started going at it. Petie took his tail and whacked Wang Wang and Lou damn near into the Indian Ocean. Wang Wang grabbed a seashell that he found on the beach and heaved it at Petie’s head. As Petie’s head began oozing blood uncontrollably, Wang Wang briefly chuckled and then turned his attention to Lou. Wang Wang grabbed a stick and jammed it into Lou’s jugular, and he nearly died. Just before he died, Doogie Howser, M.D. came out of the woods and saved Lou’s life. As Lou was thanking Doogie for saving his life, Doogie was explaining that after his horribly worthless TV show was cancelled, he was kicked out of his house because everyone said he was a gigantic loser, and he was forced to live alone in the jungle of Madagascar. He was thrilled to finally see people again. Then Wang Wang grabbed his rocket launcher out of his pocket and blew Doogie’s head off. Lou was upset that Wang Wang just killed the guy that saved his life and was about to attack Wang Wang, but then realized that he shouldn’t get up because he had lost a lot of blood. Word had gotten to the United States of this battle and President Bush took Air Force One to Madagascar immediately to solve this problem. Wang Wang told him to leave, but instead a tank came and ran over his legs. Before long Petie, Wang Wang, and Lou were all passed out on the beach of Madagascar. They went to the Madagascar National Hospital to get better. When they were all healthy again... their year to extract the oil had passed. By then, George had done the whole damn task himself. He was very bitter at Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou for failing him miserably. Luckily, since the terrible trio had been in the hospital for nearly 10 months recovering, they had worked out their differences. Now they had to unite against George, because George had thoroughly embarrassed them for 10 months, using any media means available to him (i.e. everything) to make Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou look like fools. George hosted a full-hour weekly TV show called “Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou suck” on NBC, since NBC desperately needed shows after losing every worthwhile sport known to man to other networks. George would often run clips of him wandering aimlessly around the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, passing out pamphlets about why Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou were worthless. Even though the show got horribly pathetic ratings, George used to be the President of the United States, so he can do whatever the fuck he wants. However, NBC pulled the show after they told George that their antenna satellite receptor thing was broken, which wasn’t true, but they had to tell a lie to George, who was gullible enough to believe it. Besides TV, George embarrassed our heroic trio in the newspapers, the magazines and the Internet for 10 months. His influence over the entire world was so controlling that he was able to damage Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou’s reputations forever — or so it seemed. Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou, now out of the world-renowned Madagascar hospital, couldn’t get shit done because everyone in the world thought they were losers who couldn’t complete a job when the President of the United States asked them to. They first thought about suing George for libel, but that wouldn’t be very easy, because Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou were public figures. And, as everyone knows, the U.S. Supreme Court holds that public figures must prove malice to win a libel action, which of course means that Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou would have to show that the defamatory statements made by George were made with the knowledge that the statements were false, or, that there was reckless disregard of whether the statements were false. Instead, Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou decided to rip George’s new oil business monopoly a new ass hole. By this time, George had served his two terms as president and had gone back to his ostrich farm in Texas, freshly equipped with the 9 million tons of oil from Madagascar. He now had a worldwide monopoly on oil, dubbed “George’s Gooey Gas.” His prices were always one-tenth of a cent lower than the lowest price. Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou decided to attack George publicly on several valid points. The gang overtook the CNN Center in Atlanta by threatening giant raccoon shit all over the place if they weren’t obeyed. Wang Wang went on the air. “Hello world. Okay, now when I am on the right side of this desk, which will be your left side as viewers at home— I’ll be me, Wang Wang. But when I roll over to this side— your right side— I’ll talk in a high voice and be Ex-President George Bush. Okay? Okay, here goes. ‘Hi George fucker Bush. How are you doing?’ ‘Well, I’m-a doing just great Wang Wang. You really dicked me over in that oil project a while back.’ ‘Ah yes, I am sorry about that George. Did you ever tell the public that you LIED to Madagascar about the beetles just to STEAL their oil?’ ‘Well, no, of course not. I would be in big trouble if the WHOLE WORLD found out about the details of that projectism.’ ‘Why, yes, George you would. That would be terrible. So tell me. Now that you kept all 9 million tons of oil to yourself and you are an ass hole, what have you been doing with yourself lately?’ ‘Well, Wang Wang, I have started my own oil company called George’s Gooey Gas.’ ‘You mean oil monopoly.’ ‘Well, sure. I have the lowest prices on earth.’ ‘Naturally. I mean it must be hard setting those bargain prices when you STOLE all the oil.’ ‘Well, I am certainically proud of my company. We’ve been doing real well-like.’ ‘You know what I find to be bullshit? Why do all the oil companies, or MONOPOLIES, in your case, list the price up to the tenths digit? Who really gives a shit? We don’t have tenths of a cent in our currency.’ ‘Well, I always set my prices one-tenth of a cent lower to give everyone the lowest prices.’ ‘And I think that’s bullshit, George. Basically, what you’re saying to the customer is — hey! If you pump ten gallons of my gas, you’ll save one cent! That’s fucking retarded.’ ‘Well, I never saw it from that angular, Wang Wang. Thanks for pointing that out. And thanks for pointing out the facts about the secret MADAGASCAR OIL SCANDAL and also my MONOPOLY,’” Wang Wang emphasized. The CNN broadcast was enormously effective, and Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou were once again hailed as international heroes for exposing the evil people of the world. The next day, when the federal authorities came to arrest George... said he could. He would need some help from Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie. He told George he needed to... he was gone. The federal authorities panicked because their man was missing. Quickly, they realized that he was just playing on the swingset in the backyard the whole time, and they just didn’t see him. They approached George and said, “Mr. President, you’re under arrest for your participation in the Madagascar Oil Scandal.” George put his head down and said, “Fuck.” He then looked up at the authorities and asked for a second before they put the cuffs on. “Just let me do one thing. Look how far I can jump off the swing when I go real far in a fast-like way. I’m a good swing doer. Okay, let me just reach a level of optimum heightness of swingery... and, I’m ready. One... two... four!” With this, George flew off the swing and landed about four feet away. “Wowzee! Whew! That was a good one. Haha. Spectanfabular. Okay. Take me away boys.” George hopped in the cop car and off they went. Actually, that’s a lie. He didn’t hop in the car. They did that thing where as he got in the car they put their hands on his head to make sure that he wouldn’t hit his head on the door. But, regardless off they were to headquarters. They got there and George went through Door A to a smoky room with two filthy detectives. They stood up and yelled at George who was seated in a chair across the table. They told him to leave and head into the room through Door B into the second interrogation room. George entered the room and all lights were off. He ran his hand across the wall looking for the lightswitch and after about 15 minutes, he found it. As the light went on, Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie all jumped out from behind the cabinet and yelled, “SURPRISE!!!” George had a good laugh and asked the trio if this whole thing had just been a joke. Wang Wang explained that this “Surprise” thing was a joke, but the rest of it was real. Next thing George knew, he was locked up in a jail cell with a heterosexual man in jail for armed robbery named Jim Jim Clutchmeyer. George couldn’t believe what was happening and decided to do something about it. “This ridiculosity must end now. The antifairness of this is horribular. I want my lawyer.” With those words, Mighty Mouse showed up. As was mentioned earlier, Mighty Mouse was a lawyer and he was George Bush’s lawyer. George asked if Mighty could help him, and Mighty collect all of the oil specimens remaining on Bush’s ostrich farm. Mighty told George that he hoped that he could come up with some big bullshit defense about how it wasn’t even really oil that George had stolen. However, George pointed out that it really was oil that he had stolen from Madagascar, because over 3 million customers can’t be wrong. “It would be one thing if there were reports from New Jersey about a family who had purchaseteered George’s Gooey Gas only to find out later that it was a bunch of black paint and their car didn’t run properliness. But nothing like that happened. All the oil and gas that I stole was real, and I had a monopoly.” Mighty saw the futileness of this defense. Then he suggested mistaken identity. “Wang Wang, Petie and Lou might have thought that you told them to do this big project, but they were wrong. It was another guy who looks exactly like you and has all of your connections by which to export the oil.” George pondered this for a moment. “You mean someone who looks like me and would have had all that equipment at his fingertips? Well, it’s not true. I am guilty of this whole thing. I’m in deep shit. But, I wonder if this could work. Have you ever heard of George Bush, Sr.?” Mighty clicked his fingers in exultation. “That’s it! We’ll blame the whole thing on your dad. He looks like you, has the same name, and is also a former president. He framed you!” Young George loved the idea. “Sounds great. When do we go to court? I am dying to get out of here and lock up my dad’s ass.” Mighty said he would have to contact his main three witnesses: Wang Wang, Petie, and Lou. If he could rattle them on the stand and convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that it might not have been Dubya, he’d be home free. Mighty called up the trio. But the line was busy. In such a catastrophic moment, Mighty elected to use the last of his three wishes from the genie in his magic lamp. Mighty wished for... the line not to be busy anymore. So, he called back but the line was still busy. With that, Mighty threw the worthless magic lamp out of the cell. The lamp bounced off the ground then off the wall opposite the cell, and it jumped up to the ceiling. It then hit the ground and hopped back up toward the cell. As it was ascending back up toward the cell, it happened to find its way into the lock and it unlocked the door. The door popped open and it seemed as though the whole plan they had just developed would be unnecessary. They ran out of the cell and busted outside. They had escaped! They wanted to spread the good word to their friends, so they went looking for Wang Wang, Petie and Lou. They knew that if they had some free time they could only be in one place: the local gay bar. Now, Mighty Mouse said they don’t go to the gay bar because they are gay. They just go to the gay bar for the nice decorum on the walls. They arrived at the gay bar (which Mighty Mouse was able to find easily) and looked for Wang Wang, Petie and Lou. Mighty Mouse approached the bar and summoned the bartender. “Mighty! Welcome back! Would you like the usual?” “No thanks Julius,” Mighty responded. “I was just wondering if you knew where Wang Wang, Petie and Lou are. Do you have any idea?” “No, I’m sorry Mighty. You might as well hang out here for a while. Who is your friend?” Mighty introduced President Bush and then asked George if he would like to stay, considering they had no idea where Wang Wang, Petie and Lou were if they weren’t at the gay bar. George responded by saying that he’d rather not stay and not only that, but he believed that the three guys had never actually been to a gay bar. Mighty looked up to the left and said he didn’t know what George was talking about. At this point, our heros were lost. There is only one person in the world that would know where these guys are. Well, maybe there’s more than one, but there’s at least one that would know for sure. That one guy was, of course... Mr. Fancypants. Mr. Fancypants is, after all, Mr. Fancypants. Mr. Fancypants knows everything. I mean, come on, his name is Mr. Fancypants. With a name like Mr. Fancypants, you’d expect Mr. Fancypants to know everything, right? You better believe that’s right, because his name is Mr. Fancypants, god damn it. Mr. Fancypants is a camera man by day, and an aging father by night. Put those two together and who do you have? You guessed it, Frank Stallone. Just kidding. Actually you have Wang Wang and Lou’s father, whom we neglected to give him an actual name until now. So, as you know, Mr. Fancypants was a camera man. He just so happened to be so incredibly adept on all facets of the camera that, being the normal father that he was, he instilled lifelong mini-cameras on his two sons when they were born, so that he would know where they are at all times, just in case he needed them to do some heavy lifting or something. George and Mighty decided to go to Mr. Fancypants’ home to find out where Wang Wang and Lou were. And Petie, too, if possible. George called up his CIA buddy, Wilhelm, and got the address of Mr. Fancypants: 2180 Cattle Drive; Memphis, Tenn. George realized he couldn’t be seen in public, because he was supposed to be in jail. So he and Mighty decided to make it a road trip from Dallas to Memphis. It just so happens that they got stuck on the pathetic one-lane highway in Arkansas behind a truck that was towing one of those ridiculously large quasi-mobile homes that no one ever actually intends to move from state to state but you see them on the highway anyway with the big yellow signs, and everyone goes, “Hey look, someone’s moving their house on wheels.” Mighty got some balls though and passed the damn people and gave them the bird as they passed. The guy in the truck stared back for a second and then gave Mighty a huge thumbs-up to go along with a friendly smile. Aha! He had used the oldest trick in the book. The best way to make a pissed off man look like an idiot is to give him a huge thumbs up and a smile. Mighty frowned and stepped on the gas. They still had an hour to go to Memphis. Finally, the highway opened up a little bit. But then all the slow drivers kept hanging out in the left lane, which is really annoying. To all drivers out there: if you’re driving, especially on the highway, and you’re not passing anyone, get the hell out of my way and stay in the far right lane. It makes everything much easier and everything flows better. It’s really annoying when you slow asses clutter the highway. So Mighty kept weaving in and out of both lanes, passing old grandmas and more than a few low-riding Cadillacs. Then came the trend of the 25 trucks running back-toback. Every two miles or so, one of the trucks decided that the truck in front of him was going too slow, so he got in the left lane and tried to speed up. After about a mile of not speeding up, he would give up and move back over. After passing all the trucks in no less than 30 minutes, Mighty encountered a really slow Honda Civic in the left lane, going about 45 miles per hour. First of all, anyone going under 60 on the high- way should be exiled. Second of all, if you are going slow, must I repeat? Get to the right lane, dammit! Mighty started to pass him, but as he did, the Civic started to speed up. This is another annoying habit that many drivers tend to have. Don’t speed up while I try to pass you, fucker. The Civic accelerated to 90, leaving Mighty in the dust. Mighty was pissed, so he decided to turn on some music. He got out his CD collection case and looked through it. George yelled, “Look out!” Mighty was suddenly driving through a cotton field. “Woops, I guess I wasn’t paying attention while I was driving and veered off the highway. I just wanted to find a good CD, ya know.” George agreed. Everyone knows that it’s not important to pay attention while you drive. Other things are much more important while you are in a car, such as putting on your makeup, picking the perfect CD or radio station, or catching up with family members on your cell phone. By all means, don’t watch the road. Mighty Mouse swerved back onto the highway and then resumed his search. Finally he found his Elvis CD. “This will get us in the mood for Memphis.” Soon, George and Mighty were singing along to such Elvis hits as “Hound Dog” and “Heartbreak Hotel.” They crossed over the I-40 bridge, and into Memphis they came. They saw the Pyramid and the recently-built NBA stadium and also the country’s finest Triple A Ballpark— Autozone Park. Downtown Memphis was really great, Mighty and George thought. Even some of the housing developments around the downtown area were great. If they owned a house in Memphis and had a friend from Omaha, Nebraska, they would surely invite that imaginary friend from Omaha to come visit them for a few days that summer. But unfortunately, they didn’t have a downtown Memphis house or a friend in Omaha, although George and Mighty both thought that it would be cool to have a friend from Omaha someday. They put it on their “Things to Do List.” Next, the dastardly dynamic duo drove over to Mr. Fancypants’ house. He lived in midtown Memphis by the world-famous Corky’s Barbecue restaurant. Mighty and George now faced a stunning dilemma: should they first go to Mr. Fancypants’ crib to try to locate their three witnesses, or should they satisfy their yearning hunger for ribs? Chapter 25 No George and Mighty got lost and ended up in Tuscaloosa. At this time, Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie were hungry and lonely and wanted to find Mr. Fancypants. They decided to head to Mr. Fancypants’ crib to see if he wanted ribs as well. They arrived at his doorstep and the light turned on. After two seconds of standing there, Petie figured Mr. Fancypants was not at home, so he suggested they leave to get their ribs. As he was explaining his recommendation, Mr. Fancypants arrived and they all sat down in his living room. When Petie was done explaining that they should leave because Mr. Fancypants would never arrive, Wang Wang asked Mr. Fancypants if he’d like to go get ribs. Mr. Fancypants explained that he could not get ribs because he was a vegetarian. Instead, he would go in his backyard and eat grass. Lou told him that was stupid and that instead of eating grass, he should eat delicious pigs. Mr. Fancypants realized that his being a vegetarian was an ill-founded decision based on a complete lack of knowledge of the idea of the food chain and perhaps human beings could recognize their superiority over pigs and eat them. They all went to Corky’s and ate their fill of delicious baby back ribs. Soon after eating the ribs, Mr. Fancypants had a heart attack and died. Perhaps he would have been better off eating grass. Wang Wang and Lou were less than devastated about his death, because he had been a rotten father and he had a tendency to jaywalk. Bastards like him need to be put away anyway. Now nothing was going on, and they were all pretty bored. There was only one thing that could cure their boredom. You guessed it, Frank Stallone. So as the gang was driving on a highway through a field of wheat, Frank Stallone came down from the skies in a spaceship. Frank Stallone created a quick crop circle in the field and jumped back in the spaceship, preparing to fly away. Little did Frank Stallone know, however, that our heroic trio (who from now on will be known as the Little Opulent Souls Eternally Remembering Sagittarius, or the LOSERS for short) saw Frank Stallone’s work. “Hey, Frank Stallone! Halt! I know what you are up to! You are the one responsible for all the crop circles.” Frank Stallone replied, “Maybe so, but good luck proving it. I am going to fly off now in my spaceship. Unless that giant, winged raccon can fly, I highly doubt you can catch me.” Frank Stallone then hopped in the spaceship and flew off. The LOSERS were quite disappointed at this time. Frank Stallone was responsible for the crop circles, but they could not prove it unless they could catch him. They could not catch him unless Petie could fly. After sulking for a few seconds, Petie remembered that he actually could fly. The LOSERS rejoiced. However, by this time, Frank Stallone was gone. They had to catch him yet again, and that could not be easy as Frank Stallone is not an easy man to find. They had to come up with a plan, however, and this, the LOSERS were able to do. The LOSERS decided the first step would be to... go back to college to learn about Frank Stallone and how you could catch him. But upon returning to Florida International University, Wang Wang, Petie and Lou found out that they had flunked out because they hadn’t been to class in almost two years. They decided to re-enroll, but then they found out that they had lost their scholarships. Without money to pay for school, the trio decided to screw college once and for all. Mighty and George, meanwhile, were driving all over the South and had just so happened to end up in Miami, Fla., where our trio was hanging out near the college. Mighty explained to the trio that he needed them to appear in court, and he had the subpoena to prove it. George chimed in with something about his love for the word “buttons.” Wang Wang gave him a strange stare and that looked at Mighty, scratching his head. He didn’t want to go to court. He decided to divert Mighty’s attention by pointing out the pickle stand across the way. “Look! Playboy Pickles for sale! And they’re selling like hotcakes!” Mighty stopped Wang Wang in his tracks right there. “Wang Wang, stop right there. What the fuck are hotcakes? That expression makes no sense. Have you ever been walking down a street when all of the sudden, you see hoards of people crowding around one vendor, who is selling hotcakes and making a fortune? No. Hotcakes don’t exist. Hot and cake don’t really mix. So hotcakes wouldn’t sell very well. I’ve never seen a damn hotcake stand. Anyhow, let’s go buy a Playboy Pickle.” Wang Wang smiled and gave his old pal a firm pat on the back. The fearsome fivesome strolled over to the pickle stand. The sun was out and not a cloud was in the sky. It was a warm, pleasant day, and it made Lou wonder why the hell anyone would go to college in a cold weather climate area, like Ohio or Minnesota. On the way over to the pickle stand, King Kong picked up Mighty and ate him raw. The now fearsome foursome trudged on in their quest for glory. “Hi, welcome to the Playboy Pickle stand,” said the short, obnoxiously red-headed man with a very large, curly mustache. He was wearing red-and-white pinstripe pants with a loosely-buttoned red shirt that was much darker than his red pants. His teeth were like the color of a very old and rotting newspaper. A curious, yet quiet and very still, squirrel perched on his shoulder. Next to the dirty man stood a knockout blonde who had probably posed for the magazine recently. Petie was immediately interested in purchasing a Playboy Pickle. The redheaded man with the squirrel announced that if Petie bought a Playboy Pickle for $25, he’d get a free magazine as well. Petie reached into his ass, since he had no pockets, and pulled out the cash and made the exchange with the red-headed merchant. Petie then fondled his pickle in one hand while perusing the magazine in the other. George yelled out that the Playboy Pickles were “buttons,” and Lou slapped George across the face, but all George did was continue to smile. They continued to stroll along Main Street, and George pointed out that he thought Lou’s shirt was “buttons.” Lou was catching on now. “Thanks, George. You know I’ve always liked your flashy maroon shoes with the banana peels as shoelaces. Those are buttons, dude.” George smiled. George had been smiling all day long. Wang Wang turned around and saw that the squirrel from the redheaded man was following them. Why couldn’t the knockout blonde follow them? The squirrel jumped up and bit Wang Wang on the ass. “Here’s your free pickle, birthday boy,” he said. Wang Wang thanked the little squirrel but then scolded him for biting him in the ass. Suddenly all of Main Street turned into a wild parade. “Happy Birthday Wang Wang!” yelled Lou and Petie, Wang Wang’s oldest and dearest friends in the world. George took advantage of the situation by mingling in with the crowd and disappearing. George decided not to blame the oil scandal on his dad. He also decided to leave the trio and start life anew as the mascot for Florida International. He would go on to be the greatest Golden Panther mascot there ever was. But after 15 years of being the school’s mascot, George became frustrated. The Golden Panthers hadn’t been to the tournament in his reign. In fact, they hadn’t been since 1995, their only trip ever to the Big Dance. So one time, FIU made it to the Sun Belt title game. With five seconds left, the Golden Panthers were up by two against South Alabama, the best three-point shooting team in the country. George, the ill-fated mascot, feared that South Alabama would make a three and stop Florida International from going to the tournament once again. So George interfered, running out onto the court and tackling three of the Jaguar players the final five seconds. The referees called a technical foul against George and Florida International, and South Alabama won the game because of that. George was exiled to an undisclosed area in Wisconsin and was never allowed to be a mascot again. But back to Wang Wang’s birthday. Wang Wang was happy and was ready to celebrate his birthday. “This party is buttons, guys! Thanks!” Then a feeling of oozy oddness came over Wang Wang. How old was he? He hadn’t celebrated a birthday in years. Or weeks? Or hours? Or buttons? Or centuries? Wang Wang suddenly remembered his journey on the boat from North Korea. How old had he been then? Wang Wang turned to his brother Lou and asked... if he would go to the red fellow and get him another pickle. Lou was happy to help his birthday buddy. As soon as Lou turned around Wang Wang made a break for it. He went to run away because he hates attention. That’s why throughout his whole life, he hasn’t done much and has basically stayed at home on the couch, out of the public spotlight. This whole experience was frightening to him. As he got into an alleyway, he ran into Kent Hrbek. Kent threw him back in the parade, saying, “You can’t leave your own parade, silly.” Wang Wang landed on the street and was a little shaken up. Then an elephant stepped on him. The paramedics rushed over to check on him. Paramedic Cedric jumped out of the ambulence and rushed to Wang Wang. Immediately he shouted, “OH MY GOD! HE’S DEAD!” And that’s the end of our story.......... or is it? If you stopped reading, shame on you. Shame on you for two reasons. One being that you should know the ending of this story will not be that lame. Second of all, shame on you for stopping reading when you can blatantly see words following that sentence. If there are words following the sentence, I don’t see how the story can be over. You would have to be stupid to stop reading. But if you’re still reading, this that means you’re still reading and therefore, I feel compelled to tell you what happened. It ends up that Paramedic Cedric is just a silly guy. “April Fools!” Paramedic Cedric exclaimed, shortly after proclaiming Wang Wang’s death. “Why don’t you get up and take a bow, son?” Paramedic Cedric said to Wang Wang. Wang Wang whispered into Paramedic Cedric’s ear that he was exceedingly nervous and hated drawing attention to himself. Paramedic Cedric yelled to the crowd, “Hey everyone! Wang Wang doesn’t want to be noticed. Why don’t we show him how fun it can be?! Everyone yell at him!” Everyone did and Wang Wang instinctively jumped in the back of the ambulance. He noticed there was no one in the driver’s seat, so he got up there, turned on those ambulance lights, and drove away. There were people in the way, but no worries, he just ran over them. He decided since he was in an ambulance, he should go to the hospital. Once he got to the hospital he missed his friends, so he started crying. Next there was a tapping on the window, so Wang Wang looked up to his left and saw... the Florida landscape in the distance literally rising and pushing its way toward the clouds. The sound was like the deep rumbling of a continuous thunderstorm which had no gaps between its mighty roars. The ground seemed as if it was trying to grasp some prize in the sky before it disappeared. Wang Wang watched in awe is the ground pushed, climbed, elevated, roared, and staggered its way higher and higher into the horizon. Wang Wang slowly got out of the ambulance. He saw the flashing red lights swirling around, casting their red shadows on the hospital foreground ahead. Wang Wang realized that he could not hear the sirens. He crawled back into the car in terror and turned on the radio full blast. He could not hear it either. He turned back and watched as the ground seemed to reach its peak. Finally the noise from the impending mountain stopped and the siren and the radio were alive again. Wang Wang lurched into the ambulance to turn off the deafening sounds. They wouldn’t cooperate, so he gave up and ran inside the hospital. Lou and Petie were waiting for him. “We’ve got to do something! We’ve got to stop plate tectonics!” cried Petie. Lou nodded in agreement. “Wang Wang, we were just watching the news report, and they said that the earth’s plates have woken up from their long deep sleep and this is their way of exercising. There have been earthquakes all over the world! The Rocky Mountains have moved to Florida! And the U.S. is now neighbors with China. It’s less than 100 miles off of the California coast!” Petie broke in. “Yeah and from the southern tip of the Florida peninsula, we can walk to Africa. Everything’s all messed up!” Wang Wang knew the world would be counting on himself, Petie, and Lou once again. It was time to get to work. “Okay,” Wang Wang said, “we’ve got to put a stop to this. Let’s go talk to the North American Plate himself. I know where he lives.” So the trio got on Petie’s back and flew to... Montreal just in time to hear that the Cubs lost to the Expos 351,187,132,186,135,715-2. There was a huge riot because the four people in the stands were all pissed off because they did not get an equal amount of baseballs as souvenirs from the 783,398,313,235 home runs the Expos hit. To avoid a potentially extremely dangerous situation, they left as soon as possible. It was a good thing too, because those four Expos fans got really pissed off and burned down the whole city. Montreal no longer exists. There was much rejoicing. Next they had to figure out where North American Plate lived. Wang Wang claimed to know, but chances are he was just blowing smoke up everyone’s asses. That’s because sometimes Wang Wang is just a huge asshole. His world popularity had gone way down because he’s just a dirty liar. After flying around in circles for seven hours, Petie got the sense that Wang Wang is just a bastard that was fucking with him. Turns out that Petie was dead on balls accurate with that assessment of the situation. Wang Wang is just a bad person. Petie then tossed Wang Wang off his back onto the ground thousands of feet below. Let’s continue the story presently by following the next journey for the now lonely Wang Wang. Wang Wang was extremely lucky to survive this fall. He happened to land on the big top at the circus. He landed on the top and then slid to the bottom. When Wang Wang finally came to his senses, he noticed he was laying face down on a big pile of hay. He rubbed his eyes and turned onto his back. Wang Wang looked up and saw a man dressed in a brown suit with a top hat. He wore a monocle on both of his eyes and he smoked a big giant cigar. "Rise and shine, shitbags!" the mystery man said. "Hi, my name is Charlie Bannister. Welcome to my circus. I have some bad news for you though. You destroyed my big top. You’re going to have to work off the damages." Wang Wang turned around. "Hey, I don’t see anything wrong with the big top." He turned to look at Charlie Bannister who started chuckling. "Oh, Wang Wang. You’ve been out for three months. We already got it fixed." Wang Wang was stunned. He couldn’t imagine that he was unconscious for three months. In fact, there was one thing in particular that was quite disturbing. “Wait a minute. Are you telling me that you stood there and stared at me on this hay unconscious for three months?” Charlie looked to his left and then quickly back to his right. “Uhhhh, I gotta go. I’m going to have you talk to my assistant, Sinister Bannister.” Soon another man that looked exactly like Charlie Bannister, only 25 years younger, approached Wang Wang. “Hello Wang Wang,” said the new man. “My name is Sinister Bannister. I am Charlie’s son. Some might say I look exactly like my father, only 25 years younger. That would make sense, because I think I look like him and I am 25 years younger than him. Anyway, what’s your story?” Wang Wang couldn’t believe what he just heard. “You don’t know what my story is? Your dad owns this circus, and I’ve been here unconscious for three months and you don’t know my story? You’ve gotta be kidding.” Sinister got upset. “Listen, I’ve been out of town on a sabbatical the last three months. Have you heard of the Corn Palace?” Wang Wang rolled his eyes. “Just because I don’t know your story,” continued Sinister, “does not mean I don’t have feelings!” Wang Wang apologized and told Sinister his story. “I see,” Sinister said. “Well, do you have any freakish qualities? Nipples of steel or something?” Wang Wang couldn’t think of anything and had to reply no. “Well, here’s what we’re going to do for you, Wang Wang. We’re going to have you sit in that cage until you or I can figure out what is wrong with you. At that point, we’ll let you out and put you on display.” The guards then showed up and they stuffed Wang Wang in the cage. Now let’s see how the other two LOSERS are doing. Immediately after Wang Wang was tossed off of Petie, Petie decided he wanted a break to he landed in the middle of a forest. Just smack dab in the middle. They pulled a blanket and picnic basket out of the trunk of the plane and ate ham sandwiches with potato salad and nice cool glasses of lemonade. The two LOSERS got to talking. Lou was curious about Petie’s background. For example, how does a raccoon get so freaking huge? As Lou asked this question, Petie quieted and looked towards the ground. “It’s a long, personal story that I don’t like to talk about,” Petie said. “But, you’ve grown to be a close friend to me, so you deserve to know the truth. The truth is that both of my parents are not raccoons. My mother was a raccoon but my father was a cross between a hippopotamus and a parrot. They called him a hiprot. His history is why I can talk and fly and why I’m so big. Now, I know what comes to mind right now. How can a hiprot have sex with a raccoon? I think it’s a fair enough question. Well, I will tell you that my parents are not together. I talked to a doctor once... well, that’s not really true. He was a veterinarian. Anyway, I asked him, ‘Doc, how do I exist?’ He replied that he wondered the same thing. It would be impossible for a hiprot to mate with a raccoon. His theory was as followed, but it’s not for the faint of heart. If you don’t want to hear something disgusting, skip a few lines in the story... I mean, plug your ears. Here is what happened, according to my vet. He theorizes that my father was masturbating by my mother’s home one day. Almost immediately following this disgusting happening my mother, well, for lack of a better phrase, sat on it. He said it is a billion to one shot, but it is the only possible answer. That is probably how I exist.” Lou was clearly fascinated by the story, but he had one question. “So, Petie, here’s my question which I have for you. I can understand that story. That makes sense. But how did your dad exist? I mean, a hippo and a parrot? That’s tough to imagine also. I could see possibly the same type of story, but if it’s a billion to one shot, what are the chances that both your father and you exist? I would assume that it would be such a long shot that there is no way you could exist.” Petie looked instantly puzzled. “My goodness, I never thought of that. Shitballs! You know, we used to be friends with God. How could I not ask him that question? Awful. Terrible. What a stupid mistake. Ridiculous.” Lou consoled Petie, explaining he was sure they’d get another chance. As they embraced in an emotional moment, they heard a voice from behind saying “Hello my sons.” Lou and Petie opened their eyes immediately and simultaneously hopefully asked “God?” The voice from behind laughed. “Silly guys,” the voice said. “My name is Charlie Bannister. I run a circus just over out yonder. One thing that our circus is desparately missing is a hiprotoon. Come with me guys.” Petie and Lou explained that they didn’t want to be in a circus, but they changed their minds when they saw a gun pointed in their faces. So, they walked to the circus with guns pressing into their backs and when they arrived, they were told to go wait in a cage. And wouldn’t you know it, they were both in cages right by their good ol’ buddy Wang Wang. The three had a lot of catching up to do, and they also had to escape. To escape they... decided to wait until a show. Wang Wang suddenly felt his cage being picked up from behind. He tried to weasel and squeeze his way around the cage to see who was carrying him, but it was to no avail. The cage was too small. Wang Wang couldn’t move an inch. All he could see were two enormous, hairy hands above him, which had warts all over them that had attracted quite a population of miniature ants around them. Wang Wang soon saw that he was being carried over to an old-school, reddish-brown train with exquisite, curly-Q circus lettering on it that read “Bannister’s Circus Bazaar.” He was in the middle of some Canadian field, and the railway line extended for miles both ways, with nothing else in sight. The big warty hands were soon gone, but two more cages plopped into the dark train car next to him. Petie was asleep in his cage, and Lou was counting the number of buttons on his overalls. Wang Wang had never seen him wear that outfit before. Soon, the door slammed behind them, and everything was pitch black in the train car. Wang Wang gripped the bars of his cage and shook, screaming a myriad of obscenities. Petie woke up and farted. Then he went back to sleep. Lou mumbled, “Eight, nine...” Wang Wang told him to shut up. Suddenly there was movement. They were heading west. The car jolted several times, but soon enough, the train was gliding along and gaining speed. Ten minutes went by. Silence. Lou had finished counting long ago at 23 buttons. Petie was still asleep and reeked of poo. Wang Wang realized he was hungry. Another 10 minutes passed. Wang Wang tried to go to sleep. Then a faint light appeared about five feet away. The shadows on the wall danced around as the flicker of light became a consistent flame. A bearded lumberjack, at least seven feet tall, held the match in front of his face in awe. Wang Wang noticed that the lumberjack may not have been a lumberjack. After all, do you really know what anyone’s occupation is when you see them for the first time? No. I mean, this guy could have been a rat collector, a sewage management manager, or even a school bus driver. The large man, whom Wang Wang believed to be a lumberjack, coughed twice. He was still amazed at the fire he had created. Then the large man realized he wasn’t alone in the tram car. Something told Wang Wang that the circus workers didn’t know that this lumberjack had snuck onto the car. “Well hey there fellas! I’m Larry the Lumberjack!” Wang Wang was right! He was a lumberjack! “And this is my friend, Pinocchio the Puppet.” Larry stuck up his right foot high in the air, and attached to it was a wooden puppet with an extended nose. Larry jerked his foot around violently, thus moving the puppet. Larry pretended to be Pinocchio, but he was a horrible ventriloquist. “Hey! I’m Pinocchio the puppet! I live on Larry the lumberjack’s foot. I like living down here. I get to smell Larry’s feet, and I have a long nose.” Larry bellowed out in laughter. But Wang Wang wasn’t falling for it. “I know your puppet isn’t real. I know it because when you talk and your puppet talks, you both sound the same. Plus I see your mouth moving and Pinocchio’s mouth not moving. And why would a wooden guy want to live on your foot?” Larry began to sob quietly. He sniffed incessantly, trying to hold back his snotty tears. Petie woke up. He farted again. He squinted his eyes and looked over toward the light. “How’s it going? Who are you? Are we there yet?” Lou had also woken up from his nap. He was farthest away from Larry’s corner. Petie was is the middle. Wang Wang was on the left. Larry was also on the left but in the back. It is important to know where they are in the tram car. I don’t know why, but it is essential. Lou had begun his counting fetish again. This time, he was tallying the number of nails in the railway car. “27, 28, 29...” Larry began to cry harder and looked up to Petie. “Hi,” he responded between sobs. “I’m Larry the Lumberjack, and this is my... this is my ... Oh!” He burst into an uncontrollable wail of despair at this point, knowing that no one would ever again believe his story of the puppet who lived by his shoe. Petie told him not to cry, but Larry continued. Wang Wang let out a laugh. Larry gave him an evil look and suddenly realized that he was seven feet tall and was also not confined to a tiny cage like the others. He went over to Wang Wang, picked up his cage and turned him upside down. Wang Wang, whose cage was the smallest of the three, couldn’t move. His head began to swell, since he was upside down. Petie chuckled, but did not want to receive the same fate as his North Korean companion. Larry, who despite his gigantic stature, is a touchy-feely kind of guy. Wang Wang let out grunts of frustration and pain, and Larry got all apologetic. “I am so sorry. I promise never to hurt you again. I’m so sorry.” He turned Wang Wang’s cage back over, and our hero let out a long sigh. Petie introduced himself to Larry, and Lou followed suit. Larry found Lou to be quite a funny-looking guy and decided to pick on him. “Hi, caged-up Lou. I’m Larry.” Lou rolled his eyes. He hated that nickname. Petie reflected on the situation with ironical intent. “You know, it isn’t many times in life that you are called the same degrading nickname by two completely different people. I think that’s great, Lou.” Lou frowned. Petie laughed. Wang Wang farted. Larry sneezed. Petie wanted to know all about this Larry character. “So what’s your story, Larry?” “Well Petie, I’m glad you asked. My story is a long and boring one. It all started on March 13, 1958. That is the date of my initial and only birth. I was conceived nine months earlier on the passenger seat of a contemporary Ford Thunderbird by my parents, Sparrow and Jed in New York City. Sparrow was a 20 year old college student at NYU who had planned to drop out of school to move to Iowa to plant corn. Jed was a 49 year old dirty old man whose lifelong ambition included the goal of bonking a young woman. Jed had been posing as a homeless man on the campus while stalking Sparrow. Sparrow, heavy hearted after the death of her dog Philstiggrimstein, finally fell for Jed’s begging for a meal and took him out to the Stage Deli. Sparrow ordered a bowl of soup and crackers while Jed ordered a big ass corned beef sandwich. They began to go to lunch every Thursday at noon, although they decided to test different restaurants. As good as deli sandwiches are, New York is a big city with many delicious restaurants so they decided to go all over. They visited restaurants from Big Tony’s Spaghetti Shack to Cannibal Jorge's House of Hunan and enjoyed each and every one of them. Anyway, soon the weekly lunches became more frequent. I guess technically once they became more frequent they were no longer weekly lunches. Then they were just lunches. And then dinners. And then dinner and a movies. And then walks in Central Park. And the list goes on. In other words, they became closer and closer. Eventually they became sexually active and that is where I come in. After it was discovered that Sparrow was pregnant with me she realized she must scrap her plans to go to Iowa. Instead she moved in with Jed and she dropped out of school to take care of me while Jed built on his successful career of swindling innocent people out of their money. Soon the 60s arrived and with it the hippie revolution and my parents were swept away by it. In other words, they began to have unprotected sex more often, they did many more mind altering recreational drugs, and Sparrow let her armpit hair grow. Afterall, that’s what being a hippie is all about. Unfortunately, being a hippie isn’t all about that. If being a hippie was all fun and games there would be many more hippies around today. Sparrow and Jed were hanging out with their friends one day in 1965, dropping acid in the park when they brought up the Wyoming Environmental Crisis. It seems that some big corporations in Wyoming were cutting down an extraordinate number of trees so they could build office buildings and power plants. Nothing was more important to these hippies than trees in Wyoming, so they decided it was their duty to go to Wyoming and tie themselves to the trees to try to prevent the big corporations from cutting them down. The rest was history. As the world knows, they were partially successful. In August of ‘65 seven hippies went to Wyoming to protest the cutting down of trees and only the child of two of the hippies, that’s me by the way, made it out alive. See, I was just seven years old at the time. I didn’t tie myself up to a tree. They did. They wrongly assumed the corporations wouldn’t cut down the trees if they were tied to it. Instead the corporations cut down seven trees and seven hippies that warm August afternoon. My parents died by being violently cut in half by a machete. It was at that moment that I discovered how much I hated trees and I wanted to dedicate my life to destroying trees. Trees killed my parents, and I must get my revenge. I then lived in a foster home and I realized the first step to exacting my revenge would be to go to lumberjack school. I studied hard through high school and in 1975 I was accepted to the Northern Arizona University Lumberjack school. Imagine my disappointment when I realized that Northern Arizona University isn’t actually a lumberjack school but instead the lumberjacks are just their mascot. When I asked my guidance counselor about how to become a lumberjack he replied to me by saying that lumberjacks don’t need to go to college at all and I had wasted my life up until now. He gave me the name of a man in Washington that could teach me the tools of the trade. Due to my dedication and motivation within three months I was the best lumberjacker in the entire Pacific Northwest. Trees shuddered in my presence. They had no prayer against my rage. However, I had a problem in that my rage towards the trees became too strong. I had difficulty channeling my rage to the trees and instead my rage was being felt by everything. I realized I had a problem and needed to take an anger management class. I did not want to dispose of my anger, I just wanted to channel it. Soon I learned that a peaceful hobby could keep me cool-headed during off hours and that’s when the puppet came in. For the last 26 years I have been working on mastering my skills as a puppeteer. If I do not have puppeteering I fear I will become violent again. That is why I became so distressed when you said I suck at it. I do not want to hurt you, but it is just in my nature if I do not have puppeteering to fall back on. Anyway, the reason I am on this train is... my puppet is on his last legs, so to speak.” Lou gave Larry a long, meaningful stare. Larry continued. “He’s got cancer.” Lou still stared, he moved his face forward and widened his eyes, as if to say “Elaborate, assmunch.” Larry sighed in annoyance. “Of the nose! That’s why it is so big.” Wang Wang asked Larry if he knew about the revolutionary techniques of puppet cancer treatment. Larry said that he did, but that that would require him actually taking Pinocchio off of his foot. “Part of my rage complex is that if I actually take my puppet here off my foot, I will become enraged and choke to death the first person I see. So I can’t do the puppet cancer treatment you’re talking of, Wang Wang. That’s why I’m on this train. I’ve got to get to St. Paul before my Pinocchio here dies. St. Paul is world-renowned, as you know, for puppet cancer treatment.” Petie frowned in sadness. What an unfortunate situation. Lou stuck his legs through the bottom of his cage, and walked awkwardly over to Larry, leaned over and gave the lumberjack a pat on the back. It was quite a moment of bonding. But all that came to an end as the train jolted to a stop. Petie shat in the excitement. The tram car door burst open. The light was blinding. “Okay, we need a long wooden shaft right now!” the man yelled. Wang Wang started to giggle. Lou did too. Larry tried to cough to hide his laughter. Petie turned bright red. The man was flustered. As soon as Wang Wang could open his eyes enough, he realized he knew this man from before. It was the red-headed man from the pickle stand in Florida! He had the same red-and-white pinstripe pants with his trademark squirrel perched on his shoulder. “Wait a minute, you work for the circus?” Wang Wang asked. The red-headed man chuckled. “Always have, always will. Once a carnie, always a carnie, son. Now where’s my long wooden shaft?” he demanded again, losing his friendly tone of only a few seconds before. “Charlie needs one now. We’re going through all the tram cars to look for something that will work. The train is stuck on a splintered jutspike on the railroad, and we need a shaft to reverse the gap.” The red-headed man’s eyes beamed straight at Pinocchio, specifically his long nose. “That shaft! I need it. Give it to me now. Hand over the puppet.” Larry stared straight-faced back like a little kid whose toy was about to be taken away. “Now!” the carnie yelled. Larry mumbled that the red-headed man would be sorry. But he only held out his hand, insisting for the puppet. Larry slowly got up. He was truly massive. The red-headed man began to tremble, but his arm remained firm and outstretched. Larry walked over with the puppet on his foot. The squirrel was shaking violently in fear, sensing that something was about to go horribly wrong. Larry stooped over to take off the puppet and... did a quick pump fake and ran away. Larry refused to get his puppet taken away and he ran off into the woods. Playboy pickle guy was shocked and fell to his knees. Wang Wang realized at this exact moment that his cage was actually open the whole time. He quickly busted out and let out Petie and Lou. The LOSERS then hurried into the forest to try to find Larry. They were touched by his story and wanted to help him and his puppet. The three carnie fugitives ran through the woods, screaming, “Larry! Larry’s puppet! Where are you? We want to help!” Unfortunately, there was no response. They decided to call it a night, so they pitched a tent that they found in the forest. They realized that it’s just as good that they didn’t find Larry, because they didn’t know where they were anyway, so they didn’t know how they could help. Then they all rested for some much-needed sleep. You know how much it sucks when you’re tired as all hell and you have to go through the day even though you really can’t? Obviously you do because everyone experiences that. They didn’t want to experience that the next day, so they decided to try to get about 10 hours of sleep that night, something some of us would just love to have a chance to get. Unfortunately, that sleep is quite elusive and asking for that much sleep is probably just a pipe dream. It’s a shame, but it’s a shame that we all have to live with. Well, actually, the people that do get plenty of sleep do not have to live with that shame, but there are not many people that do get that much sleep. Too fucking bad. Anyway, they were all right, because they were going to get the ample amount of sleep necessary. Just thinking about sleep makes some people tired. So they were all sleeping pleasant dreams of their lives and having wonderful memories of the many people they had met and left along the way. Wang Wang wondered whatever happened with the trial between God and Satan. Lou wondered where his good buddy Mathilde was and how she was doing. Petie longed for his testicles. Alas, not one of them would get the answer they longed for in real life or even in their dreams. You see, just as they were about to dream up a wonderful answer to all their problems, they were rudely awaken by a voice outside. The voice crackled “Wang Wang, Lou, Petie. Come out. We must talk.” The LOSERS were petrified. They didn’t know. They also didn’t know why there are times when just nothing works. For example, you may sit down to write a letter or a story or something, but nothing comes out. Some might call it writer’s block. I don’t know. But regardless, they were a little upset by a lack of things to say, or do or anything. They couldn’t do anything and it was annoying. So, they laid there, but the voice persisted. Eventually, they had to see who this voice was, from someone that obviously knew them from before. So, one by one they went outside... It was Charlie Bannister and his gang of evil bastards, including Playboy Pickle man and his shoulder squirrel. Charlie threw a burlap bag over the Working Inventors of Northkorea who Never Eat Raw Spinach— which were of course, Petie, Wang Wang, and Lou. They were trapped again, but this time in a large burlap bag with a rubber band tied fiercely on the end. Sinister Bannister threw the bag over his shoulder and carried the trio back to the train, dragging them along the ground. They were back on the moving train, heading for God knows where. Why hadn’t they had a circus show yet? Meanwhile, Larry was running desperately through the woods in a race against time and time, too. But little did he know, the he was actually running straight for China, since the worldwide tectonic plate disaster thing had happened recently. Pinocchio was running out of time. But Pinocchio wasn’t going to die from puppet cancer. He was actually going to die from Larry’s violent running pattern of over 20 miles an hour. Puppets can only have their faces stomped into the ground so many times before they die. Can you imagine how painful it was for Pinocchio to continually have his long, delicate nose smashed into the ground every second for three hours? Larry finally ran into a medical clinic. “Welcome to Shanghai. I speak English basically for the convenience of this story. How can I help you?” Larry tried to catch his breath and violently shook his right foot, hoping the attendant would realize without question that this puppet was dying. But the attendant was catching on. Larry finally caught his breath. “Why am I in China? Oh well, it doesn’t matter. Pinocchio here needs help. Now! I need the cure for puppet cancer shot!” The attendant, named Mingaling Anderson, informed him that doctors around the world didn’t have that cure. “Think about it numbnuts. If doctors come up with cures for diseases, they’re useless. If there’s no sick people, then who do they treat? Doctors can only make money when there are sick people in the world. A cure for any disease would be really bad for health insurance companies, doctors, and everyone. Why do you think it’s been over 50 years since the least disease was cured? Polio ring a bell?” Larry was flabbergasted. Pinocchio needed urgent care. Larry decided to go find his three loyal friends. But on his way to catch up with the cir- cus train, three things happened... Chapter 26 Pod System First an angry swarm of termites caught wind of Pinocchio running through the woods, and they chased after Larry and Pinocchio with a vengeance. As Larry was desparately trying to avoid the termites, he got lost and entered in a town. As he was running down the streets, he realized that he accidentally got caught in the running of the bulls. So here, Larry was trying desparately to avoid the termites and now the bulls as well. Finally, the third thing that happened as he was running away was that a giant land whale named Monstro was trying to eat Pinocchio. Now Pinocchio was being chased by a swarm of termites, a group of angry bulls, and a giant hungry land whale. Larry continued to run and eventually entered that big stadium that people end up going to when they do the running of the bulls. Larry and Pinocchio stood there on the main stage of the coliseum looking at the entrance. Soon the termites, bulls, and giant hungry land whale entered. Larry was cornered and it appeared to be the end. But it wasn’t the end. The termites entered first and immediately ate Pinocchio. So, that was the end of the puppet. The termites weren’t interested in Larry however, so they went off to eat the local library. As Larry described earlier, Pinocchio was the only thing that kept him remotely sane. Now, without Pinocchio, Larry lost it as his emphatic wrath returned. With supreme anger, Larry grabbed Monstro by the tail and picked him up. He swung Monstro like a Louisville slugger and hit all the bulls, knocking the large beasts into the crowded stands. With the bulls out of the way it was now a one-on-one match between Monstro the giant land whale and Larry. Monstro didn’t stand a chance. Larry took off his shoe and put it in Monstro’s blow hole. Monstro then became concerned with his inability to breathe, and as Monstro faced this added predicament, Larry took advantage by kicking Monstro repeatedly in the face. Within hours, Monstro was dead. Danger now faced the city as Larry’s rage was not quenched. While performing his own personal riot on the city, Larry yelled and screamed for his friends that he had met on the train not long ago. He felt they were the only ones that truly understood him and he would not stop until he met his friends. Unfortunately, his friends were not there. They were... somewhere else. So Larry was stuck in his city, and the WINNERS — the Working Inventors of Northkorea who Never Eat Raw Spinach — were still on the godforsaken circus train, bowing down to the likes of Charlie Bannister, Sinister Bannister, and the nameless red-headed pickle squirrel man. Meanwhile, Larry was going through the streets yelling. “Argh baaaaah, argh baaaaah,” he screamed, terrorizing all who lived in within the realms of the city wall. Everyone had run into their homes but peeped out to see the living legend that was the eight-foot tall lumberjack o’ lantern. But then Fredlicious, a neighborhood kid who liked to make lif-size boats out of plastic cups, brought up the point that the phrase “lumberjack o’ lantern” makes no sense, because it’s just a stupid pun. So Fredlicious spread the news that the giant’s new nickname would be “lumberjack o’ rage.” This pleased everyone. At this point, Larry was picking up his hated trees and smashing buildings in half. In fact, Larry was growing. He was getting bigger by the minute. However, Fredlicious and his buddy Tomahawk Jack formed a plan to stop the dastardly Larry. They took a chainsaw and added their secret potion to it to make the chainsaw really big. Then they went outside and chopped off Larry’s lunatic right foot which had caused his insanity. Larry fell over, went back to normal size, which was about 7’2,” and just went to sleep. The whole city had been saved. Everyone exited their houses to praise the heroic boys, but then lightning struck Fredlicious and he died. Tomahawk Jack had been holding his friend’s hand, so he died, too. The town was without a hero. All the village could do was watch this large man sleep in their street. But then everyone realized they weren’t a village. Or a town, as was hinted by the previous two sentences. Rather, they were a city. A city that needed some rebuilding, but nevertheless, a fine city. I don’t remember what city it was. Let me go check. Okay, I’m back now. Apparently, the city that Larry had been terrorizing was, umm. Oh shit. I forgot already. Be right back okay? Hey fuckface, don’t you go anywhere. Don’t you dare put this book down. Keep reading ass hole. In the meantime, while I go check on this fact, why don’t you guess what city it is? That’ll be fun. See if you can guess. Okay, sounds like a plan. Just give me five seconds. Okay! And the city was Mexico City! Did you get it right? I hope so. Okay, so Larry is sleeping in Mexico City. Some say he is dead, but others believe that he is in a deep sleep and will remain in that state for three to five years. Others think he’s just really tired. Meanwhile, the WINNERS were on the train and didn’t know where Larry had gone. They missed him. They were also becoming bitter toward their captors. Soon the train pulled into an early 1900s-looking station. Charlie opened up the hatch and again, the light was blinding. A locomotive whistle hooted three times. Women in long, elegant dresses and lightly-colored fans passed by. Wang Wang and Lou’s clothes were tattered, and Petie had a leash on him. Everything had transformed. Charlie wore a sly smile on his face. He gave them a wink, snapped his fingers and disappeared. Wang Wang, Petie and Lou slowly stepped out. When they turned around, the tram car no longer said anything about a circus, but instead it read: “Miller & Co. Textiles.” They had indeed gone through a certain time-traveling ordeal. “All aboard!” yelled the conductor. The train on the next track had started to push off. “I love you my darling!” yelled out a tall businessman in a top hat. “I’ll send you a telegram when I arrive in Chicago!” the young woman answered. The man chased the train for about 50 yards and then tripped and fell on his face. The trio felt they should help this man. They also sought his friendship so they could find out what the hell was going on. Charlie had played some very odd trick on them. The man picked himself up, wiped off his pants, and soon regained his bearings. Wang Wang walked up and introduced himself. “Hello there, good sir. My name is Wang Wang.” The man kindly responded with a smile. “Why, good day,” he said. Lou jutted in. “Good afternoon. They call me Lou.” The man smiled again and was about to offer his name when Petie nearly spoke up. In an instant of sheer instinct, Wang Wang let out a ridiculously loud cough to overpower Petie’s attempts to introduce himself. Petie, already with the leash and now with this outburst from Wang Wang, got the message. A flying, talking raccoon just wouldn’t be as accepted in an early 20th century society as it would be today. The kind man made sure Wang Wang was okay, and he finally introduced himself. “My name is... Beef Sweeney.” The LOSERS all stood there in stunned silence. Could it be? Could this man have been an old relative of the famous football hero Bacon Sweeney? “Pleased to meet you Beef,” Wang Wang cordially said. “Could you do us a favor, kind gentleman?” Beef said he would be happy to. “My friend Lou and I have a problem. We decided to take our pet raccoon out for a walk in the park back in Vancouver. Next thing we know we were all tossed violently into this burlap sack and thrown on the train. We do not have any idea where we are. Could you dispose of this information to us? Oh, and, yeah, also, what year is it?” Beef looked at Wang Wang with utter dismay. “You were kidnapped! We must get you back home to Vancouver instantly. What a dreadful story.” Wang Wang told Beef that they were thinking of moving anyway, so going back to Vancouver would not be necessary. What they really needed to know is where they were and what year it was. “Okay, Wang Wang. I can tell you that,” Beef said. “You are in Seattle and the year is 1908.” The story could be true. Seattle is where Bacon Sweeney High School is. “I would love to talk with you fellows more,” Beef said. “Unfortunately I have to go back to work. You would be more than welcome to accompany me, however. I know the students would be thrilled to have a guest!” The LOSERS looked at each other. “You’re a teacher?” Wang Wang and Lou said in unison. “Why yes,” replied Beef. “No, I am the principal at Bitch High School. It is right around the corner. Why don’t you accompany me for a chat there, eh?” Is it possible? Could Bacon Sweeney have had the school named after him not because he was a great running back that accumulated 18 yards throughout his career but because of politics instead involving his family members being the principal? Regardless, the LOSERS readily agreed to the invitation. When they got there, Lou asked Beef about the woman who was running on the train to go to Chicago. “Oh, that was my girlfriend, Mathilde.” Could it be? Beef continued. “She was going to visit an old chum, Frank Chance. Frank is a competitor for the Chicago nine baseball team. They have the best squad in the land, they do.” The LOSERS were in shock. “Yes, the Cubs are playing in the World Series and Mathilde wanted to support her friend.” The LOSERS were too shocked for words. At this point, a man in an apron knocked on the door and asked Beef if he and his guests would like some breakfast. Beef announced that the group would like to share a vast plate of bacon. “That was my school servant. He makes tremendous meats and other assorted dirty foods. His name is George. George Alouhopalou. You should stay for lunch. His hot dogs are out of this world. Unfortunately, we are going to lose George at the end of the month as he is going to leave Seattle for New York.” That settled it. There was a reason the LOSERS were there. Not all of this could have been a coincidence. Charlie Bannister knew what he was doing when he sent the LOSERS to Seattle in 1908. But why? And just who was this Charlie Bannister? What was it about their past that the LOSERS were supposed to discover? And why were so many of the people they met or heard stories about in Seattle so inconsequential to the story? Were they going to meet more people? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? All these questions and more can and will be answered in the following addition... When the gang arrived at the school, Beef’s boys were up to nothing but mischief. One student, a young lad by the name of Harry McDougal, had brought in some bituminous coal and had then made a curious bet with another lad, James Jumparicci. James, unable to muster enough strength to pick up the school with his bare hands, lost the bet. Harry then forced James to eat the coal. At this point, the WINNERS and Beef Sweeney entered the classroom. Beef ran over to James, whose face had not only turned black in color, but there was grass growing so fast on top of his head that he had no hair left. Beef did all he could, which was nothing but stare, but James died soon after. Beef grabbed James’ body and began running out of the classroom. “To the holy land! He’s the only one who can save him!” Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie trudged along, and the kids followed too, including the forlorn Harry. The whole group arrived at the wharf and took a ferry deep into the mainland. As the ferry docked, they were surrounded by a heavily wooded area that oozed with a thick fog. Out of the smoke came a great man dressed in Native American clothing. “What up Beef? How’s it been hangin’ in da hood, bro?” Beef smiled, but remarked that they had no time for ghetto talk now. “The boy is dead. Can you save him?” The chief waved his hand over the boy’s grass-filled head and muttered a few strange words. Slowly, the chief drew his right hand farther and farther away from James’ body. Then, he closed his eyes and began humming a chant. He soon let the body go limp and released his left hand from under James. The boy was now floating in air as the gang looked on in amazement. The Indian chief spread his arms wide and began to shake. What was happening? Suddenly, the trance broke. “Ah, shit dawg, I gotta be goin’ to get me mah bizuffalo. They only come by my crib today, you know what I be sayin’?” The chief turned around and ran off to hunt for the buffalo. Beef grew angry, but just as he was about to run after the chief, James stood up. “No lawsuit!” was all Beef could say in his rejoice. James looked disoriented, and although he was alive, his hair was no more. He now had an afro made of thick, dirty, bright green grass growing in all directions in all different lengths. Our trio stood amazed. “Who was that Indian guy?” asked Wang Wang. Beef smiled and replied, “My dear friend, that was Chief Buffalo Sunday, the holiest of all Indian gods. His praying wall stands right over there. We’re on very sacred ground, Wang Wang,” Beef whispered. The trio now had to factor in another “Seattle factor” to their mystery. On their earlier trip to Seattle, which was really later since they were in the past now, they had run into Chief Buffalo Sunday. Earlier than now, even though it was really after now because they were in the deep fucking past, the Chief had loyally followed them all the way to Mount Mitchell, where Wang Wang, Petie, Lou and the others witnessed his death thanks to the hands of Satan. Hmm. Mathilde the Tooth Fairy, Frank Chance, Beef Sweeney, George Alouhopalou, and now Chief Buffalo Sunday. The mystery thickened, not unlike Wang Wang’s grandmother’s special sauteed seaweed souffle, which got about as fat as a Shawn Kemp who only ate Wang Wang’s grandmother’s special sauteed seaweed souffle. Yeah, that’s right, bitch. Wang Wang’s ass itched. So he scratched. But it wouldn’t go away. So he scratched again. Then he felt something move. So he pulled down his pants and mooned the students. “Is there anything protruding from my ass?” Beef told Harry that he wouldn’t be punished for his coal deed if he would go remove the white thing that refused to take a vacation from Wang Wang’s ass. Harry frowned and walked up to Wang Wang. He reached in slowly, closed his eyes and pulled. Wang Wang screamed like a little girl. “My hairs are supposed to stay there, you little shit.” Harry apologized and tried again. This time, the white thing was removed. Harry dropped it on the earth and ran away. Wang Wang pulled his pants back up and then picked up the white piece of paper. It was a note from Chief Buffalo Sunday, the holiest of all Indian Gods. It read, “Let the games begin. Here’s hint No. 1: I am Charlie Bannister. Now let’s start our scavenger hunt, so you can find out why I sent you here, and how you can get back to the future. Here’s your first riddle... First you must...” Lou grabbed the note from Wang Wang's hand. “Just a minute! Hold on!” Lou yelled. Then Lou looked at his hand and the piece of paper that was in it. His nose curled up and his eyes began to water. “Aggghhhh, dude, that's not cool,” Lou proclaimed, clearly referring to the fact that the letter smelled like Wang Wang's ass. “Anyway, this is bullshit. I hate scavenger hunts. It all dates back to my childhood days at friend's birthday parties. We would participate in scavenger hunts for little prizes. The prizes were never worth the humiliation of not being able to figure out what came next. Besides, this seems like way too much work. Why don't we just fuck around for a while and then we're sure to figure out what's going on before too long.” Everyone paused and contemplated Lou’s speech. “Nah,” said Wang Wang. “That’s probably the dumbest idea I've ever heard. I really like the idea that we do this. I mean, what the hell are we going to do while we're here anyway? Let's face it. Playstation 2, and for that matter, television, aren’t going to be invented for a long-ass time. We really have nothing else that’s even remotely interesting to do. I say we play this game. I mean, who knows. This could be fun!” Everyone nodded and made sounds of agreement such as “uh huh,” “yep,” and “yeah, Wang Wang is clearly the smarter of the two brothers. There is zero doubt that we should follow Wang Wang's advice rather than Lou's.” Lou cried. Wang Wang then realized that this was an assignment for his immediate group and not the whole town. Because of this, Wang Wang decided to tell everyone else to “get the fuck outta here, you filthy doucebags.” Anyway, with that out of the way, Wang Wang could begin to read the first clue, so again he began. “Here's your first riddle... In the future, pretend that you’re driving your fancy minivan on the highway, going about 80 miles per hour. Suddenly, in the corner of your eye, you spot a fly. This motherfucker is just hovering in the middle of your van and isn’t moving any which way. Just hovering. What I want to know is, how the hell is this possible? It would seem that since you’re going 80 miles per hour, then the fly must be traveling at that same exact speed, in the same exact direction, if he wants to stay in the same place. Now, if you want to say that houseflies can’t fly as fast as a Randy Johnson change-up, then I say screw off. Because that fly, if he weren’t moving at all as he’s riding in your car that’s going 80 mph, then he would just lurch back and be pulled into the backseat. But no, he’s just chilling in the middle of the air space in your minivan, staring at you, seeming to say, ‘I can travel just as fast as you can. Put the pedal to the metal, shitbags.’ But no matter how fast you go, the fly just hovers in the same spot. Now, let’s change up our variables. Let’s say you’re in a fancy convertible. Well, now, the fly can’t do shit. If you place him in that same air spot, right between the two front seats and above the parking brake, there’s no way he will stay in that spot after you peel out and get on the highway. So I’m confused as shit. This doesn’t make any sense. When you figure out the answer, go recite it to the tree with no branches or leaves to your right. If you give the right answer, I, Charlie Bannister/Buffalo Sunday will reappear and then give you some other crap to do. Good luck.” Wang Wang didn’t feel like doing shit, and neither did Lou, so they told Petie to come up with the answer or else they’d cut his nuts off. This was reverse psychology, because Wang Wang and Lou both knew that Petie had no nuts anymore. But they also knew that Petie liked the fact that other people thought he still had his nuts. So instead of saying “I don’t have testicles anyway,” Petie responded by saying, “Oh no, I want to keep my nuts right where they are. I will solve this puzzle.” And so he did, in a way... Petie sat under a tree and ate an apple as he thought the riddle over. After a while, he got sick of thinking of the riddle. I mean, who really cares about flies anyway? They really seem to serve no purpose. I mean, does anyone really even like flies? They just fly around with that annoying buzzing noise and piss people off. Hell, most people own a fly swatter somewhere. If people liked flies at all, why would most people have access to a piece of equipment designed to kill them, or swat them, as the name suggests? Basically, Petie decided that this was a riddle completely not worth solving. He didn't care and he couldn't imagine that anyone would care, Charlie Bannister or Buffalo Sunday, or whoever the fuck that dude is anyway, included. If nothing else, it was worth a shot. So Petie walked over to the big ass log that stood perpendicular to the ground and recited his answer. “Here's is what I say about the riddle. It is completely pointless. No one gives two brown shits about that fly and no one cares about you either. Why don’t you quit yanking me around by the nuts.” With this phrase, Wang Wang and Lou who were standing just off in the distance began to laugh. Petie turned around to look at them and then continued. “Why don’t you quit yanking me around and just tell me what’s going on here in the past in Seattle.” Petie sighed, as there was no immediate response. Just then he heard a rustling from the bushes over to his immediate left. Chief Buffalo Sunday emerged from the bushes, munching on a giant hoagie-style turkey sandwich. “Hey dude, what's happening?” Chief Buffalo Sunday said. “First of all, I just delayed coming out of the bushes for a bit for dramatic effect. I wanted to see your reaction if I did nothing for a minute. You like that?” Petie just rolled his eyes. “Well, anyway, that wasn’t exactly the answer I was looking for, but in retrospect, I really think you're right. See, I don't care about the fly thing anymore. Thinking about it just made my head hurt. You're really right. No one likes flies and no one likes thinking about them. I can't imagine why I ever cared. I mean, the simple fact that anyone would go on as long as I did earlier about such a stupid subject such as flies in cares really should just be shot in the face. Honestly, why did I care? What a stupid riddle I gave you. I apologize and I promise it will never happen again. Well, I suppose it could happen again, maybe even in the next paragraph. Regardless, congratulations for passing the first test and here is your second.” By this time, Lou and Wang Wang had arrived and they were also prepared to hear the next mission... Chief Buffalo held up his index finger, signaling he would need just a moment to finish his giant hoagie-style turkey sandwich. He moaned with delight. Just then, Bon Jovi and Chewbacca came running through the scene. Chewbacca was gaining ground on Bon Jovi, who was running like a little girl. Chewbacca then had him cornered between the log house, Wang Wang and the gang, and the stream behind them. Bon Jovi would have to swim or die. Everyone knows Bon Jovi hates to swim. In a last ditch effort to save his life, Bon Jovi swung out his bright red back pack and emptied its contents, hoping against all hope to find something that would ward off the mighty Wookiee. Bon Jovi frantically picked up the first item from his backpack, a best-selling book from the 1880s entitled The Best 100 Jokes that will be made up about Lenny Kravitz. Bon Jovi giggled, recalling one of his favorite jokes from the book: “Why does Lenny Kravitz only have one good song? Because if he didn’t, there wouldn’t be any cheesy fried marinara dip for those god damn left wing radicals from Havana to eat on their lazy Saturday afternoons when they’d rather sit around and listen to Kravitz than save the world from desert-induced mononucleosis.” Bon Jovi continued to sort through his backpack shit. Next up was a pound-me-in-theface pummeling from Chewbacca. Thrown to the ground, Bon Jovi looked up, crying for mercy from the seven-foot tall Wookiee. Chewbacca roared and picked up the singer over his head, roaring even louder. Chewbacca began to beat him to a bloody pulp, and Chief Buffalo Sunday, a.k.a. Charlie Bannister, tried to intervene. Chewbacca killed them both and then threw their rotting carcasses into the river. Petie and Chewbacca became instant friends. They were both hairy and no one could see their nuts. And they were both notorious for their loyalty to great human beings — Wang Wang and Han Solo. Wang Wang commented that they were still in the past, and the only person that knew how to get them to the future, Chief Buffalo Sunday (the holiest of all Indian gods), had just been killed thanks to Chewie. Petie stood up for his new friend and told Wang Wang that everything was his fault, so he should just figure it out. Lou agreed. Wang Wang then found a herd of boa constrictors at his feet, and he realized that a time machine must be close by... Chapter 27 Chewie Obviously this refers to earlier in the story when Wang Wang discussed boa constrictors and time machines. I would go into more detail about that right now but unfortunately I don't have a copy of the story at that time with me at the moment so I trust that you’ll be able to look back in more detail about what this reference is if need be. Trust me, I’d do it for you if I could, but due to powers beyond my control, it is not possible for me to do this. Anyway, although Wang Wang was not aware of this fact, occasionally boa constrictors exist without being accompanied by a time machine. Also, I’m not entirely sure that a group of boa constrictors would be referred to as a “herd.” Either way, this is not all that important right now. What is important is that these boa constrictors were trying to kill Wang Wang. Unfortunately for this story, the boa constrictors were successful and Wang Wang died. Lou looked at his dead brother and expressed his disappointment. “Oh poop,” Lou said. “That’s really a shame.” Petie looked at Chewie. Chewie shrugged his shoulders. Fortunately, this was not the first time Wang Wang died. In the past when Wang Wang died, Satan or God came and resurrected him. Again, I would tell you exactly which one (Satan or God) resurrected Wang Wang, but I don’t have a copy of that part of the story on me either at the moment. Ideally I will have it soon, but I don’t. The fact of the matter is that to really help you now I’d have to have it now, but I just don’t. If it really matters to you whether Satan or God resurrected Wang Wang in the past, you can look it up yourself, fucking lazy ass bastard. So, Lou looked at Petie and said, “Hey, remember when Wang Wang died before and [Satan/God] resurrected him? How about we call up [Satan/God] and have him come do it again. Besides, we haven't seen [Satan/God] in a while and maybe [Satan/God] would like to come out for pizza with us, or something like that anyway. Either way, let’s get on that, eh?” Petie nodded, but now they had to figure out how to get Satan or God to know the situation and come to the rescue. To do this... the trio of Chewie, Petie and Lou summoned Rick Moranis who had appeared in the infamous flick Spaceballs. They asked him to give a lecture on instant cassettes. “We’re at now now. Everything you’re looking at now is happening now,” joked Rick, the old jokester. Rick agreed to give a lecture on instant cassettes at the town hall in Seattle. Since everyone in the early 1900s was not only a Mel Brooks fan, but also a VCR owner, everyone attended. Rick gave a powerful sermon about instant cassettes, and for Chewie, Petie, and Lou’s sake, he touched briefly on instant novels. Rick, in fact, had a copy of “Refrigerators Vs. Checkers: How to Write a Solid Essay” in his hand — the unfinished copy of course. Petie asked to peruse it and realized that it was so fucking long, he didn’t care anymore about the God vs. Satan debate over who had resurrected Wang Wang in the past. Lou also looked astonished at how long and ridiculous the instant novel was. “Fuck this, let’s just guess.” They played paper-rock-scissors in a best-of-99 series. Petie, who is one-fourth French, demolished Lou, 50-6. It stands alone in the Guinness Book of World Records as the worst annihilation a human being has ever suffered in a best-of-99 RPS match. Of course, it is about the only time that two beings have ever been dumb enough to play a best-of99 game series in one sitting, but 50-6 was so horrible, Guinness felt he should include it in his book anyway. However, Petie and Lou had not designated who represented God and who represented Satan prior to the match. So they had to have a rematch. Petie would be Satan and Lou would be God. If Petie won, they would guess that Satan had resurrected Wang Wang. If Lou won, they would pick God. Lou got revenge and beat Petie, 50-49. A pissed off Petie demanded a rematch, claiming that he was obviously the better player. Meanwhile, Chewie was devouring Rick Moranis’ limbs and was also perusing the RVC book. He didn’t know how to read, but he howled with laughter because the book is just that funny. Including the last sentence that I just wrote. Chewie you’re reading it right now and you’re laughing. Irony, laughter, oddity, rainbow, lists, that, sense, make, any, don’t, commas, I, use, them, incessantly, meanwhile, Chewie, laughing, very, hard. Okay, so Petie got his rematch and topped Lou in a nailbiter, 50-7. So they guessed Satan. Satan appeared. “What’s up fellas! Long time, no see! What can I do you for?” Petie, recalling their previous affair, declined Satan’s offer. “Listen, Satan. No sex this time. There isn’t a price you can name that I would let you do me for.” Satan frowned. “That’s not what I was asking, ole Pete. What can I DO for you guys?” Lou explained that they would like to have Wang Wang back — again. Satan agreed, on one condition... Chewie had to be eliminated from the story. There are already too many characters in the novel, and adding another is utterly ridiculous. Luckily, Lou and Petie didn’t care about Chewie so they happily agreed to Satan’s condition. They all looked over at Chewie who was currently nibbling at Rick Moranis’ ribs, and Chewie looked up with a forlorn look on his face. A large puff of smoke appeared around Chewie and when the smoke cleared, Chewie was gone. Forever. There was much laughter. Satan, pleased with his work held his part of the deal, as Satan is known to do. Wang Wang arose from the river and gave Lou a trout. “Hey guys,” Wang Wang said. “How's everyone doing here? Hey Satan, what's shakin’?” Satan said nothing. “Well, it's nice to be back,” Wang Wang said. “Satan, you with us for the long haul again?” Satan shook his head violently. “No, I'd never get involved with you guys again long term. But it sure is nice to see you all again. Unfortunately, I must get going.” Wang Wang didn’t want to have his friend walk out on him when he hadn’t seen him in so long. “Why don't you come have lunch with us. Earlier I recommended we should go out for pizza if you came to resurrect me. How does that sound? Could you go for a pie now?” Lou looked puzzled for a minute. That made no sense. How could Wang Wang recommend that whole thing when he was dead at the time? Then Lou remembered that it was actually he who proposed that. “Hey man. I was the one that said we should take him out for pizza. You were dead at the time. How would you even know I said that? What's it like to be dead, anyway?” Wang Wang suggested that they talk about that over a large supreme pizza and they all agreed that would be a tremendous idea. Little did they know what was about to transpire at the restaurant... On the way over to J.P. Morgan’s Pizza Cafe, they walked into a black hole and were back in the present time. Wang Wang then felt a sudden need to play Tetris. Luckily for Wang Wang, they were in Russia for some reason. Boris Yeltsin then came along and offered to give the non-Tetris fiends — Lou, Petie and Satan— a tour of the Tetris church. Jesus christ, give me god damn break. Okay, timeout. I am tired of following these LOSERS around. We’re pushing two years now. My brain is running on empty. I need to take a break and sit down on this bench in the middle of a big Russian city. My name is ... I don’t even remember. I’m a newspaper reporter for a major newspaper, and I’ve been following around Wang Wang for a long time, and I’m fucking sick of it. You want to know whose shit you’ve been reading for the last 50 pages or so? My shit! And I’m fucking sick of writing down every detail, of documenting Wang Wang’s every move for this god damn novel. So here and now, I quit. I quit writing this story. No more fucking narrative. Fuck you, Wang Wang. No more writing, no more in-depth, behind-the-scenes interviews, no more Pulitzer-Prize winning photographs. Find someone else to write your god damn story. My novel is done. ***INTERMISSION*** Do not leave! Stay! Story not over [surprise]! Writer guy just left us. Never knew his name. I do documentation for us now. Must find new writer bitch. Must follow us around. Must document my all-important life. I do it for now. Dear Diary, this Wang Wang. Just played Tetris. Great game. Will start international Tetris league. Rosters in cities around world. Tetris to be big. Bigger than baseball, basketball, football, hockey. Want to leave Lou, Petie, Satan. Can’t do anything for themselves. Must stop writing my own story. This no fucking fun. Fucking sucks actually. Miss having invisible guy following us around. Writer guy collected notes for novel he will write later. Called Refrigerators and Checkers or something. Off to recruit new writer. Must follow me around. Write this shit for me. Goodbye diary. ***NO DOCUMENTATION OF WANG WANG’S WHERABOUTS DURING THIS TIME OF RECRUITMENT FOR NEW “WRITER BITCH”*** ... I ran into Wang Wang, Lou, and Petie at a Roy Rogers restaurant in a small town in coastal Maine. I was enjoying a cup of coffee and reading the paper. Turns out the French government just surrendered to Syrianese rebel forces in the suburbs of Paris. The interesting part of this story is that the rebel forces was actually just one guy with a Super Soaker 500 water gun. Granted, that's a powerful water gun, but it is still amazing that the French keep getting more ridiculous. I guess the French were just so used to surrendering to anything that even remotely threatens them that they felt they should continue the tradition. I was about to flip over to the fashion section of the paper and as I read the headline “While Surrendering to Rebel Forces, French Mock Rebel Uniforms,” I heard a commotion from the other side of the restaurant. It was behind me so I could not get a look at the people involved in the conversation, but it seemed like an interesting story, and soon I was hooked. There were three men, apparently housemates. One man was complaining about a vicious prank one of the other men did. The way I understood the situation is as follows. In the sink in the kitchen of their house there was one of those hose things that you can pull out and press the “trigger” and water comes out in a stream and it helps to clean dishes. Well, it seems that one of the men put tape around the trigger to force it closed. That way, when someone turned on the water instead of coming out the faucet, water came out of the hose. One of the guys tried to get a glass of water and was soaked. He did not take the prank well and decided to get the other man back. He called one of his female friends and convinced her to call the house and talk to the original prankster. She was to pretend to be the recent object of his affection and imply that she was sex hungry and needed to see the original prankster immediately. Naturally, he became thrilled and quickly put on his shoes and announced that he had to leave to “put the sausage in the oven.” At this point the other guy laughed at him but the other guy thought this laughter was just at his clever metaphor. As he walked out the door to visit the young woman, the other man said goodbye and wished him good luck. About a half-hour later the man came back upset and this is when they decided to go to Roy Rogers. Now that I think about it, I suppose it seems odd for them to rehash the whole story right now, especially because the whole scene just happened. Either way, they did. After the storytelling session was over, I turned around to look at them. What I saw I will never forget. They were sitting in a booth, the three of them. There were two men sitting opposite each other. One seemed to have come from East Asia, Korea maybe. The other wore a camera around his neck. Next to the man with the camera around his neck was a colossal raccoon looking animal with what appeared to be wings. The left side of the face of the Korean man was swelled up and his left eye was completely swollen shut. I must have made my shock obvious as the cameraman looked my way and asked sarcastically, “May I help you, douche bag?” I was not quite sure how to respond so I didn't. I just sat there in awe. Before long the three came up to talk to me and I was terrified. Luckily, they were not overly cruel. In fact, the opposite was true. They then offered me a proposal... Chapter 28 ??? Needless to say, I’m the new writer bitch. Let Part II of RVC commence! You need not know my name nor my history. I simply am the notetaker. During my first few weeks with the crew, I basically read and organized the thousands of pages of notes that the previous writer bitch had taken. Rather than show you the results of my work (see Part I of this novel), let’s fast forward a few weeks. Wang Wang, Petie and Lou decided to settle down in a lazy town known to many the world traveler as Winkler, Kansas, just west of ol’ Route 77. The three had bought a rundown old house but had fixed it up quite nicely. Wang Wang was loving the small town life, and he was in the running for a local government seat. Actually, he had decided to make up a new position for the booming metropolis that is Winkler: Recycle Management Coordinator. Unfortunately for the Republicans, Wang Wang the democrat was the only candidate running for the position and was virtually a shoe-in. Meanwhile, Petie had developed a wild affinity for strawberries. He hoarded them whenever they came in stock at the WinklerMart just past Main Street. Everyone in town, especially Farmer Jones, warned Petie that if he didn’t stop eating strawberries, “you’re gonna turn into one of them someday!” Petie shrugged it off and silently wished he could remove their limbs. Lou was also busy making his presence known in and around Winkler. Lou was dating a local girl named Wanda Fargo. She was a cute broad with long, brown hair. She and Lou made quite a team, although recently, they had started to fight with each other as couples tend to do. Wanda claimed that Lou was insensitive and didn’t really listen to her, but Lou didn’t pay much attention to her complaints. Lou’s problem, on the other hand, was sex. Or the lack thereof, I should say. Therefore, Lou went to the local whorehouse, where the abandoned Subway used to be. Not feeling satisfied with Gigi Melons, he went back to Wanda, but she still refused to bone him. Lou surmised that if he could go on a double-date with Wang Wang, then maybe his problems would be solved. So he approached Wang Wang, but he was too busy preparing his acceptance speech. Lou explained that no one cared about the Recycle Management Coordinator, and Wang Wang fumed out of his new office. Finally, Lou convinced his brother that Wanda’s cousin, Tracy Tadpole, was interested in him. Wang Wang instantly jumped up like the fat kid on the playground who thinks he isn’t going to get to play basketball with the other kids, but then everyone realizes they only have nine players, so they need the fat kid to play, so they point at him. Wang Wang decided he would ask out Tracy out that night at the high school football game. But upon arriving at Winkler High’s field, some people started giving him weird looks. After all, Wang Wang was 23 — not exactly your typical high school student. Then one of the “cool” kids had an idea for a funny prank and told the principal that the “funny-looking, older Asian man” had grabbed his ass. The principal went over to Wang Wang and asked what he was doing there. Wang Wang, unaware of the student’s words, joked with the principal, “Just getting a look at all the hot young studs that Winkler has to offer.” Oops. The principal immediately called the prestigious Winkler police force and had Lou and Wang Wang removed. Wang Wang posted bail and then found Tracy Tadpole later that night and asked her out. Tracy, who had been frozen at birth for seven years due to unspecified DNA counts by the local census bureau, was actually the same age as Wang Wang, so there was nothing wrong there. She just happened to be in high school at age 23. And that’s why I think freezing people is just an excuse to give taxpayers back their goddamn motherfucking rights to protest a legal document which calls for cooped-up chickens to run up the price of disease-laden mushrooms. So Wang Wang, all smooth, asked out Tracy on a double date with his brother Lou. “Oh, I can’t Wang Wang.” Why the fuck not, Wang Wang thought. He gave her a look which required a more detailed answer. “Ummm... my uncle from Japan is coming into town tonight. Oh yeah, and also I have a project to do for the blind kids who live in my basement. And also my boyfriend might get mad at me.” Wang Wang frowned. Do you know what the easiest way to tell a lie is? Think about it. When someone gives you three or more reasons they can’t or didn’t do something, it’s a crock of shit. Everyone does it. People think that since they don’t have one good excuse, it’s better to make up three decent ones. Then, of course, the person they’re lying to will think, “Gee, wow. This person had three excuses. I can see that by adding them all together, that there is just no way that he/she could have done that thing.” But it’s bullshit. In addition to Wang Wang’s factoring in of the “three-or-more-excuses-means-a-lie” rule, Wang Wang also had a strange hunch that Tracy didn’t have an uncle from Japan. And he couldn’t quite put a finger on it, but he also surmised that she didn’t have blind kids living in her basement. Wang Wang knew he had been flat out rejected. Lou and Wang Wang, like a couple of defeated bowling partners, solemnly walked back to their house at 123 Joobaloo Road. Petie was sprawled out on the couch eating a bowl of strawberries. “Whatcha watching on the tube, Pete?” asked Wang Wang. Petie suddenly looked up and frantically changed the channel, dumping his bowl of strawberries everywhere in the process. Lou and Wang Wang figured he had been watching porn, but they were wrong... Petie was watching a Home and Garden channel special on strawberries. It turns out Petie has begun to like strawberries so much that watching strawberries is basically porn to him. So, Petie quickly tossed his giant cock back into his pants and asked his friends how they were doing. Wang Wang explained he had just gotten rejected and Petie was shocked. Petie was kind of like everyone’s mother in regard to his friends. Just like a mother might have irrational beliefs about her child’s attractiveness to members of the opposite sex, Petie felt that Wang Wang was a great catch and any lady that he goes after should be thrilled to have a chance with him... Petie then had a wild illusion that Wang Wang was a giant strawberry. Petie walked over to Wang Wang and stroked his green stem, which was actually Wang Wang’s head. “I’d love to get in your strawberry patch, if you know what I mean,” Petie said to the giant strawberry. Wang Wang freaked out and slapped Petie. Then our little raccoon realized what was going on, and he retired to his bedroom in shame. Wang Wang and Lou decided to play two-man euchre for the rest of the night. Since you can’t play euchre with two people, though, Wang Wang and Lou only pretended to play. Wang Wang slaughtered Lou. Every time, Wang Wang went solo, euchred Lou, and won all five tricks. It was an impressive display of makebelieve-euchre tactical genius. But that all got old after about four or five minutes. Wang Wang and Lou decided to raise some hell at the WinklerMart just past Main Street. The WinklerMart was open 24 hours, and there were always dirty townies there after 10 p.m. buying beer. Wang Wang and Lou went anyway, parked their nifty 1993 black Mazda RX-7, and then looked up to see the county sheriff staring them down. Wang Wang didn’t feel like taking any shit, so he just brushed right past Sheriff Douche. Lou, with his defiant attitude, gave Douche a sly smile as he walked by. Sheriff Douche scanned over the suspicious-looking sports car. It had no license plate on it. He ticketed the car and went on his way. Meanwhile, Wang Wang and Lou were in the WinklerMart, which is basically a giant WalMart that sells a lot of food, too. The brothers, seeking to eat more healthy, went to the fruit and vegetables section to stock up. An overweight black lady stumbled over to the young men, wearing a name tag that proclaimed her to be Vuhjetta. “Hi Vuhjetta, my name is Wang Wang. Do you like Billy Joel? I didn’t think so. We’re here to buy some fruit and vegetables ... but NO STRAWBERRIES!” Vuhjetta took a deep look into Wang Wang’s sexy eyes. “I know just the thing for you, honey buns. Follow me.” This was clearly the best customer service that has ever been rendered by any sales associate in the history of the world. Vuhjetta picked out a luscious yellow pepper and also handed the brothers a voluptuous pineapple. Wang Wang thanked Vuhjetta for her expertise. He and Lou went and made their purchases. “You know, that Vuhjetta was something else. In fact, she was remarkable. I’m going to commend her to the manager.” Lou agreed. They went and found the manager, a nerdy-looking man named Ned. “We’d like to say that Vuhjetta rules. You should promote her.” Ned stared back with a look of horror. “Which Vuhjetta?” Wang Wang found it hard to believe that more than one Vuhjetta worked in the WinklerMart. In fact, Wang Wang found it difficult to believe that there was more than one Vuhjetta in the entire universe because it was such an ugly name. Ned’s look was so terrifying that it made Wang Wang freeze right there in his tracks. Lou was able to mutter, “Fruit... vegetables... helped us.” Ned instantly flashed a huge warm smile. “OH! Why the fuck didn’t you say so, god dammit? That’s Vuhjetta Bulls. She is great, isn’t she? She’s also not bad in bed. This one time...” Wang Wang and Lou ran away. Vuhjetta had been a great sales associate, but she was very ugly. They didn’t want to hear about her and Ned getting it on. At any rate, they were thrilled will their pepper and pineapple. But when they got back to their radical sports car, there was a ticket — on the license plate. It read: “Failing to properly display a valid license plate.” Wang Wang stared. “Are you fucking serious? The ticket is on the fucking license plate. How fucking stupid can somebody be?” Wang Wang drove home in a fury. I’d like to take a timeout here. The above scenario about the ticket is more likely to happen than you’d think. Why? Because people are fucking morons. They are stupid, inconsiderate, rude, incompetent and useless. Okay, game on. When the brothers got home, Petie was back at it. He had painted the west side of the house — it was a gigantic mural of a strawberry patch. Wang Wang and Lou shook it off, but they told their friend that if they found another wall painted with anything strawberry-like, they’d cut off his nuts. Petie pointed out that he had been nut-less for quite some time, and Wang Wang and Lou were flabbergasted. Instead of trying to think of a new threat, Wang Wang decided to go check their mail. He brought back in three letters, two for himself and one for Lou. All three of the buddies gathered ’round to read their mail. Lou read his aloud first. “It’s from Wanda!” Wang Wang and Petie were tired of Wanda and didn’t really care what she had to say. “What does it say?” Wang Wang said, pretending to be interested. “‘Dear Lou, I hate you. I am breaking up with you.’” Lou cried. Wang Wang tried to console him without laughing hysterically. Petie went to his room and laughed. When Lou was done crying over his useless girlfriend, Wang Wang opened his letter, from the Winkler Police Department. “Dear Winkler citizen: You must pay your parking ticket within 24 hours of receiving it.” Wang Wang fumed. He had forgotten all about the ridiculous incident, but now he was reminded of it. He decided to open letter No. 2. It was from the Winkler City Council. “Dear Wang Wang: You have been elected City Recycle Management Coordinator by a vote of 6-to-1. The first city council meeting that you will be required to attend is Jan. 1. Please come prepared with a presentation.” Wang Wang could hardly contain his excitement. He had two weeks to prepare his presentation before city council. Meanwhile, the trio decided to celebrate Christmas by... trying to find Santa Claus. Afterall, they had a previous relationship with him. They decided to go to the bus station to see when the next Greyhound was taking off for the North Pole. They were shocked to find out that there were actually no buses leaving for the North Pole at all, anytime in the near future. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. Anyway, on the way out of the station they saw a scantily clad woman sleeping on one of the benches covered in newspaper. She clearly had not showered in weeks or changed her clothes and she also clearly was not a virgin. Thefellas looked at her, shook their heads and walked away. As they turned their backs they heard a rumbling of newspaper and the woman called out “Wang Wang?” They all turned around. “Do I know you?” Wang Wang asked. “It’s me,” replied the filthy slut. “I’m sorry,” Wang Wang replied. “I have no idea.” The disgusting woman sighed and offered to give him a hint. Wang Wang accepted the offer. The woman pulled a pickle out of her purse and began to suck on it seductively. “Mathilde?” Wang Wang asked. Mathilde responded that he was correct. “Wow Mathilde? You’ve become a dirty bus station skank? How did you sink to such levels?” Lou asked. Mathilde solemnly looked towards the ground and shrugged. Wang Wang approached her and gave her a hug in an attempt to cheer her up. Mathilde hugged him back and cried on his shoulder. “I’ve missed you all so much,” Mathilde explained. “Without you all I got lost and ended up turning tricks for food money here in this bus station.” Petie’s reaction was one of disgust. “Well, sucks to be you, skank,” Petie said. “Why don’t you go give some transient a hand job?” With that the crew left the train station and returned home. As they reached home they realized they had not yet made plans for the holidays. Petie recommended they just have a few strawberries and call it a day. Wang Wang told him to go ahead and blow his load all over some fruit for all he cared. Afterall, Wang Wang had a fever, and the only prescription was to get his recycle on. The first matter of business for Wang Wang was to thank his supporters for electing him to office. Therefore he first set out to find who the six voters were. After doing that he planned to find the person that voted against him and stab him in the eye with a fork. Wang Wang could only think of one place to start his search and that was... TO BE CONTINUED
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