Voyd of Course

"It's like the Onion, only skinnier!" --Milton Swift "Still worth the price of the paper it's not printed on." --Felicia DuBois "The unspeakable, spoken." --Malin Wuptke "More interesting than computer solitaire, though perhaps not so effective a distraction from the void." --Harlan J. Rippington "Satire today, history tomorrow." --Steven Wallace

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In 1966, I wrote a fake newspaper article under the headline "JACK CASS SETS WORLD SHOWERING RECORD." Mr. Yohans, my 9th grade English teacher, liked it so well that he read it aloud--to much not-quite-suppressed giggling, at the sound of which, Mr Yohans said, "What? What? Did I miss something here?" I spent the rest of the afternoon in Principal Leon Duff's outer office. When Mr. Duff, who was a busy man, decided he didn't have time to see me, his secretary sent me back to the classroom, where I was greeted like McMurphy returning from solitary. Emboldened by my de facto exoneration, my friends began work on their own fake news stories. I remember a spate of Russian names in the stories, including "Ivan Kutchikokoff" and "Ivan Jerkinov." Needless to say, our newly suspicious teacher sent both of my friends to Mr. Duff's office, where they were not as bureaucratically blessed as I had been. They sat detention for a week. This I took as a lesson in subtlety--and in how to start a commotion and slip from the room before the law comes down.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

World Headlines

CHENEY EXPECTED TO INSULT "SEVERAL MORE" MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES ON TOP SECRET JUNKET
Claiming "Mission Accomplished" in Pakistan, VP Moves on to Afghanistan; "Surprise Insults" Also Expected in Syria, U.A.E., Other Undisclosed Locations

2 Comments:

Blogger Brown Jesus said...

I also hear he is working on his facial expressions in the mirror as he is voicing his insults.

3:00 PM  
Blogger the unreliable narrator said...

Keep the election campaign parodies coming, Davissimo! (Of course Clinton and Obama are already parodying themselves, but still....)

10:41 PM  

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