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- From: olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson@somewhere.out.there)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: New Year Pizza Party
- Message-ID: <OLSON.92Dec30231605@husc8.harvard.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 04:16:05 GMT
- References: <1992Dec31.003841.20212@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- In-reply-to: mar@physics.su.OZ.AU's message of 31 Dec 92 00:38:41 GMT
-
- In article <1992Dec31.003841.20212@ucc.su.OZ.AU> mar@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Mar) writes:
-
- >"G'day folks!" the radio blares with DM's voice, "Welcome to the first
- >ever Callahan's _Remote_Control_ New Year's Pizza Party!"
- >
- >At this, Mike pulls a discreet lever and the Place is transformed. Dappled
- >bottle-green filters cover the light fittings, bathing the bar in mottled
- >pools of light and shade. A medium weight net drops from the rafters,
- >hanging just above the heads of the tallest patrons. Suspended in it are
- >large globes of blown glass, smoky brown or deep green. A length of heavy
- >chain lowers an enormous, barnacle-encrusted anchor to the floor in one
- >corner. A shiny brass barometer appears by the counterclock. A layer of
- >golden sand appears on the floor in the area around the hot tub. The
- >potplants by the window now resemble a kelp forest more than a spray of
- >palms, and the window itself now looks like a porthole in the side of a
- >rusting wall of black metal. A huge metal-banded wooden treasure chest is
- >to one side, near the slowly opening shell of a giant clam.
- >
- >Mike turns around to face his customers; he has also transformed. He now
- >sports a flowing white beard, a crown of coral atop his head, verdigrised
- >copper armbands, a bare chest, and a rather impressive brass trident.
- >
- >"As Lord of this Realm," he booms, "I declare the party begun!"
- >
- >"So, on this New Year's Eve, and the beginning of the year 1993, let's
- >have some fun! Change into something appropriate - we are having an
- >undersea ball - and order your favourite foods from the VPM. Last year
- >everybody told us their choice for an ideal pizza topping combination.
- >The one or two non-pizza-lovers also managed to get something delicious,
- >so don't feel left out if in that category.
- >
- >"Mike! Champagne for those who wish it, and free choice for those who
- >don't. A New Year full of promise and excitement awaits! Party ***ON***!"
-
- Castellan emerges from Folks having somehow become green and scaly, with
- green leathery wings, tentacles around his mouth, and a "Smile! Cthulhu
- Loathes You!" button. Yup, it's Old Squid-Lips himself. He sloshes his
- way over to the VPM and orders a pizza with sil (Swedish pickled herring,
- which I've never actually tried on pizza, but must be interesting).
-
- "I'll be without net access all weekend, so: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!"
-
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- --
- -Chip Olson. | olson@husc.harvard.edu | ceo@{gnu.ai,silver.lcs}.mit.edu
- "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down?
- Maybe we would if they screamed all the time for no good reason." -SNL
-