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You never know. When they pull her out of the brine, she may eventually start looking like an ordinary human being after all..

Sadistic Bastards. I remember Martinpuke teaching that good and evil could not exist together, that evil would win. I guess he spent his life trying to prove just that..

Interesting. Reminds me of some comments of one of old leaders after one of Ole Loys verbal beatings- "he does this because he loves us."

When they "prepare" the next president, I suggest that they should back off on the amount of salt and vinegar in the water. Look how poor Rosie turned out. Hopefully they learned their lesson this time.

Quite true. Ole Loy may have made something of himself if only he didn't get kicked in the head by a mule in his young, formative years.. that would at least explain the low forehead.

But "kinder and gentler" is a relative term, compared to what? "Instead of shooting you in the head, we have chosen to beat the he** out of you."

He would be wallowing in a sea of "interns". He'd make ole Loy look like a piker..

I nominate William Jefferson Clinton.

Thanks for the fine compliment. Now, all I need is for some generous folk to give it a home on the web somewhere. Then maybe Paw would pay me not to post it here.

Pleny-o-cash.. heh heh. One thing. You may want to bring the cash pre-packaged in a horn of plenty. Don't just think of yourself though. Bring a fifth or two of tequila for the chief presenter. May save you from the enduring more of the same bland, useless drivel.

Round about the cauldron go; Round about the cauldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Sorry, this should have gone in the Christmas at The Veq thread.

Of course it requires little imagination to picture Rosie stirring one..

Yep. I can almost see them stirring the cauldron as we speak..

Forgive me WG- I thought you were talking to me. Hope you enjoy the picture anyway.

Good point Steve. I think they should leave it blank though. Then they can fill in the blank as the present spewth dictates. Oh, sorry! They thought of that already!

At the "question and answer" period (right..) when the new students ask, "why do all of the teachers sound the same"? They would have a standard corporate answer, "well, aren't we all supposed to speak the same thing?"

All of this could be done with a pittance compared to refilming. They could simply rename it "The way of a bun dance and spewer", and get to charge everybody once again for such great "new light".

If they ran audio-only classes like they used to, it would be even easier. Instead of the customary flip charts, a picture of who was supposed to be teaching the class (rosie, harve, etc) could be displayed.

Why all the fuss of refilming everything? With the computers of the day, they could simply take the old foundational class, and cut and paste the face of various "personalities" over the face of the teacher. Even Roseybark could participate. Just don't use her face for the "ambassador" presentation. No one would go to church with her..

Reminds me of old Star Trek episodes, Sulu (I think) wrestling with the navigation computer. "The helm is sluggish, Captain."

W.G., I sent you my "picture" as an attachment. Let me know if you got it.. as you may see, I perfectly fit the cast of "Santa's evil helper."

You know.. old guy, lots of extra skin, you get the picture. When I jump, have to wait fifteen seconds for stuff to stop moving. Hope that helps!

Definitely not. Paw would throw it away..

and I'll bet the price tag for the event does not change, either.

Have to travel light (-er of wallet) you know.