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- From: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: BLAZEMONGER's response to all this "jumping ship" stuff
- Date: 10 May 1993 19:49:17 GMT
- Keywords: vitriol, stampede, parental guidance, roast beef
-
- With so many prominent Amiga WEENIE-HEADS talking about "jumping
- ship" recently, BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED has decided to do something about
- the problem.
-
- Something unusual.
-
- Something drastic.
-
- Something just plain WEIRD.
-
- As of May 15, 1993, BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED itself will be
- officially "jumping ship" too!! Yes, we've been with you all these years,
- producing ViolentWare in our secret headquarters in Chickenmilk,
- Wisconsin... but it is time for a change. Time for a little... heh heh...
- "ship-jumping."
-
- And so, on May 15, at exactly midnight our time, the entire "crew"
- of BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED will cast off from shore in our brand new luxury
- yacht, "The Flesh-Hacker." We will proceed at VERY high velocity, straight
- out to the middle of the ocean, until we reach an as-of-yet undisclosed
- location. Donning our custom, pressure-resistant SCUBA gear, we will then --
- officially, literally, and with mind-blowing SOUND EFFECTS -- jump ship.
-
- Moments later, "The Flesh-Hacker" will explode in an awe-inspiring
- display of highly illegal pyrotechnics. And BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED's
- devoted staff will swim downward into the murky depths... to our brand new
- corporate headquarters!!
-
- Yes, it's true. For the past year and a half, we've been secretly
- building a new, truly high-tech installation at the bottom of the ocean. We
- have many happy memories of Rancho Destructo, our old hangout in Chickenmilk,
- and we hate to see it go. But these are Troubled Times, and drastic measures
- are called for. Only in our new underwater think-tank can we complete
- development of the latest game in our ViolentWare series:
-
- BLAZEMONGER LXXVI:
- The Atlantis/Bronchitis Connection
- or
- "Bloody Lungs of Steel"
-
- I can't give away too many details of the new game yet. But one of
- the more deadly levels requires you to toss thousands of cheap '486 clones
- off a ravine into a river of boiling saliva. Each PC has a well-known
- Amigan's name on it, and it's your goal to destroy them before each Amigan
- "jumps ship" and trades in his/her Amiga for a clone. Some of the PC's are
- booby-traps, though, so watch out! (The one monogrammed "-MB-" is
- particularly nasty.) Watch for "BM LXXVI" late in the 5th Quarter of 1993.
-
- Finally, in honor of our new aquatic enterprise, BLAZEMONGER's
- "Customer Service" department would like to announce that the following
- types of USENET jokes are now punishable by death (see your manual, volume
- 91, section 584):
-
- "BLAZEMONGER is all wet..."
- "BLAZEMONGER has sunk to new depths..."
- "BLAZEMONGER is all washed up..."
- "BLAZEMONGER bails out..."
-
- and any other WATERY and SLANDEROUS references. So unless you enjoy having
- your private parts fed to rabid woodchucks: DON'T MESS.
-
- Tickets for our yacht launch and the subsequent "mushroom cloud"
- party will be on sale at finer Amiga dealers around the world. (Though
- transportation may be tricky. :-)) See you there, maybe?
-
- Dan
-
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- Copyright 1993 by Daniel J. Barrett. All rights reserved.
- This article may be freely distributed as long as it is distributed in its
- entirety. It may not be included in any publication without the written
- permission of the author. So nyaaah.
-