Elbie at Trig dot Net

Sun, 25 Mar 2001


Once upon a time, there was a little boy who loved tea so much that he bought his own kettle to keep at work with him. He would then go and get water from the water cooler, and happyily brew whatever tea he decided he felt like having that day, choosing from his vast selection of assorted teas.

One day, the little boy decided that he wanted some jasmine tea. He looked around, but discovered that he was all out. Shrugging he looked for some oolong tea which he was also out of. The little boy searched and he searched, but to his dismay, he seemed to be out of every flavour of tea he could think of. Sadly, he found he only had regular tea left, so he took some tea beans, ground them up, boiled some water, and made his tea. Pouring the steaming black nectar into a cup, the heady aroma reached his nostrils and he salivated in anticipation.

A wandering coworker meandered by and noticed the whole production. "That's a pretty impressive cup of coffee you have there," he said. The little boy was so shocked to realize that he hadn't been drinking coffee instead of tea all this time, that he dropped his mug and it shattered into a thousand pieces, soaking the carpet. Before he could clean up the mess and make another cup, he died of caffine withdrawl.

The End

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Once upon a time, there was a little superhero who was young and idealistic. He was new to the superhero business, and had grand schemes of becoming respected and loved, and dreamed of such evil-doers as the Joker, Doctor Octopus, and Mr. Fear and Jelly Sandwich.

Sadly, his exploits were less than notable, and the little superhero was subjected to meager villans, and last-page headlines when he could get even that much until one day, to his delight, Mr. Fear and Jelly Sandwich was spotted riding his signature giant robotic cuisinart through Verylargecitiopolous leaving a trail of destruction and bread crumbs in his wake!

Joy wells up from within the very fibre of the little superhero's being. Finally, this was his big break! This was what he was put on this earth to do! His joy lasts until he is sucked into the robot's intake valve, and is julienned.

The End

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