-[I]- Birthdays!!!
Paul Jamison
(Four ferrets - Murphy, a handsome Sable in the red serge of the RCMP;
Sammy, a Dark-Eyed White wearing a yarmulke; Sammy's Cinnamon wife Clarissa;
and Max, another handsome Sable with his hind legs strapped into a
wheelchair - come up to Paul.)
Sammy: Present and accounted for, sir! And And a Happy new Year!
Paul: Thank you! And the same to you. We have a new year of birthdays to
salute. Is the Cannon ready for firing?
Murphy: Well. I'm afraid not, sir. You see, the Skippys decided to celebrate
the new year on their own, so they rented the VIP suite at the local Hilton
and had a real blowout of a bash.
Paul: Oh, dear. the Skippys can get pretty wild when it comes to partying.
Murphy: Oh, yes. They're all still sacked out - hangovers and all that. You
wouldn't believe how many ferrets can swing from a chandelier at once! And
the noise! The front desk fielded a lot of complaints from other guests. I
think the carpet is a write-off, too.
Paul: Man, I'd hate to be the one to pay for all that! Speaking of pay, have
any of you seen my income continuation check? It's supposed to have come by
now, and I've got some bills to take care of.
Murphy: Hmmmm. Was it in a blue envelope with "Boeing" on the front? I know
that I saw Skippy with something like that on Friday, while they were
planning the big Skippy Bash. He was saying something about "practicing
signatures", too.
Paul: He did WHAT!? With MY check?!
Murphy: Could be, now that you mention it. Actually, the suite was in your
name, too.
Paul: Oh, NOO!!! (Runs away.)
(Skippy, Skippy, Skippy, Skippy, Skippy and Skippy - crack members of the
ferret mechanics - come up with the Civil War cannon. They watch Paul
running off.)
Skippy: Now what was *that* all about?
Murphy (holding up blue envelope): Oh, I don't know. You never can tell with
him.
Clarissa (to Murphy): Now, why do you do that to him? You know very well
that the Skippys had a quiet New Year's celebration last night.
Murphy (smiling that Murphy smile of his): Hey, I've gotta have my fun. It
keeps him on his toes, anyway.
Max: Yeah, well, keep in mind who comes up with all this. He could just as
well write you out of the continuity.
Murphy: That works both ways, though. He's the one who wrote all this in the
first place. So, he's doing it to himself.
Sammy: Murphy, let's not get into the self-referential stuff again, okay? I
get to thinking about it and I start bleeding from my ears.
Skippy: Hey, me and the boys have the Cannon all primed and ready, so can we
get to it?
Murphy: Okay, may as well. It'll take some time for him to come back from
the Hilton. On my mark, then. Ready. aim. FIRE!
*BOOOOOOOMM!!*
*WHOOOOOOOOOSSSHHH!!!*
(Charge soars to altitude and explodes, showering AFP with confetti,
streamers, balloons and M&Ms (Plain, Peanut, Ferretone, Green Chili, Haggis,
Vegemite, and all the popular flavors). A banner floats down beneath
parachutes: HAPPY BIRTHDAYS TO MARK ALLEN ALLSORTZ, MURKY B, KIMBERLEY
VERBURG, LINDSEY, STEVE SHADBOLT, HELEN HIGHWATER, HENRIK OLSEN, RANDOM
COMPANION, CHRIS CROWTHER, PAUL WILKINS, SOFIE, IAIN HALLAM, JULIA HARRIS,
HARVESTER, ANTHONY "REDTIGER" NEVILLE, LONEWOLF, ANDREW NEVILL, PAUL MC
AULEY, DOM, STEPHEN JUDD, ROSEMARY WARNER, THE YUM YUM BOY, BEN HUTCHINGS,
RUTH LIVINGSTONE, NATHAN YOSPE, MARK LOWES, RICH MIELKE, ANDY FAWCETT, TOBY
HAYNES, GLENN ANDREWS, BOGGLY CHARLES COLLICUTT, MICHAEL "THE ROACH"
JANSZEN, TONI KESKITALO, C(ARL) D(AVID) SKOGSBERG, REMINGTON STONE,
AQUARION, THE FAT AARDVARK AKA GRAHAM O'MARA, CHRIS WRAY, DAVID KIRBY, PETER
"PJOTR" MOLENKAMP, ADRIAN OGDEN, LEIGH ROONEY, PENNY WYTHES, J.L.DOMINIK,
ALT.FAN.PRATCHETT, FIZZY ORANGE SIMON CROUCH, GID HOLYOAKE, AND ANYONE ELSE
FROM JANUARY THAT WE'RE FORGETTING!! REMEMBER, TO GET ON THE BIRTHDAY LIST,
SNED AN EMAIL TO BIRTHDAYS AT LSPACE DOT ORG!! Sammy, Clarissa and the
Skippys do a ferret conga while Max plays the ocarina.)
(Murphy is packing his satchel when Sammy comes up to him.)
Sammy: Murphy -
Murphy: Not now, pal. I've only got a few minutes to catch that train to
Anaheim, Asuza and Kook-amonga. If you'll excuse me -
Sammy: *Ahem*! (Holds paw out.)
Murphy: What is it - Ohh... all right. (Hands blue envelope over to Sammy,
picks up his satchel and trots off to the railroad station.)
Hope everyone has great birthdays!
Paul
Andrew Nevill
wrote:
<Most reluctantly snipped>
>*WHOOOOOOOOOSSSHHH!!!*
>
>(Charge soars to altitude and explodes, showering AFP with confetti,
>streamers, balloons and M&Ms (Plain, Peanut, Ferretone, Green Chili, Haggis,
>Vegemite, and all the popular flavors). A banner floats down beneath
>parachutes: HAPPY BIRTHDAYS TO , KIMBERLEY VERBURG, HELEN HIGHWATER,
>RANDOM COMPANION,ANTHONY "REDTIGER" NEVILLE, ANDREW NEVILL,
>ROSEMARY WARNER, AQUARION, ADRIAN OGDEN,
>ALT.FAN.PRATCHETT,GID HOLYOAKE,
Thanks to the salute Paul. I always look forward to 'em especially when
my name is included.
Yay, Another year older but thankfully no wiser. Happy Birthday to
everyone who shares my month of birth but especially the people above
and to AFP itself. I must admit I don't know Anthony but he has a
brilliant surname - even though he spells it wrong! :-)
--
Andrew Nevill B.F. D.W. FdV. Reply address: ane...@ntlworld.com
AFPWorshipper to Spooky, AFPfiance to Sarah (Nanny Ogg) pia & Esmeraldus.
AFPUncle to James Vaughan. You cannot value friends as pennies,
nor can you replace them as easily (Spooky in email, Aug 2001.)
Ssirienna
"Paul Jamison" <pjam...@cox.net> wrote in message
news:5Xx%m.102$Ef7...@newsfe07.iad...
> Ah, celebration time - Murphy! Clarissa! Sammy! Max! Front and center!
>
Oh Lovely!
(reluctant snippage of excellent work)
>
> *BOOOOOOOMM!!*
>
> *WHOOOOOOOOOSSSHHH!!!*
>
> (Charge soars to altitude and explodes, showering AFP with confetti,
> streamers, balloons and M&Ms (Plain, Peanut, Ferretone, Green Chili,
> Haggis, Vegemite, and all the popular flavors). A banner floats down
> beneath parachutes: HAPPY BIRTHDAYS TO
KIMBERLEY VERBURG,
RANDOM COMPANION,
ANDREW NEVILL,
, DOM, ,
> AQUARION,
> ALT.FAN.PRATCHETT,
, GID HOLYOAKE, AND ANYONE ELSE > FROM JANUARY THAT WE'RE FORGETTING!!
Hippo Birdbath to all mentioned in the original and those whose names I
recognised :-))
Ssirienna
--
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person
who doesn't get it
redtiger
"Andrew Nevill" <spooky...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1lhuj5tggm2721735...@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:11:14 -0600, "Paul Jamison" <pjam...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> <Most reluctantly snipped>
>>*WHOOOOOOOOOSSSHHH!!!*
>>
>>(Charge soars to altitude and explodes, showering AFP with confetti,
>>streamers, balloons and M&Ms (Plain, Peanut, Ferretone, Green Chili,
>>Haggis,
>>Vegemite, and all the popular flavors). A banner floats down beneath
>>parachutes: HAPPY BIRTHDAYS TO , KIMBERLEY VERBURG, HELEN HIGHWATER,
>>RANDOM COMPANION,ANTHONY "REDTIGER" NEVILLE, ANDREW NEVILL,
>>ROSEMARY WARNER, AQUARION, ADRIAN OGDEN,
>>ALT.FAN.PRATCHETT,GID HOLYOAKE,
>
> Thanks to the salute Paul. I always look forward to 'em especially when
> my name is included.
>
> Yay, Another year older but thankfully no wiser. Happy Birthday to
> everyone who shares my month of birth but especially the people above
> and to AFP itself. I must admit I don't know Anthony but he has a
> brilliant surname - even though he spells it wrong! :-)
>
Funny, I've always thought the same of you.
:-\
Happy birthday to us all.
Anthony
--
The most wasted day of all is one in which we have not laughed.