home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- Date: 07-06-93 (16:57) Number: 7 of 102 (Refer# NONE)
- To: ALL
- From: BULL@MAC.CC.MACALSTR.EDU
- Subj: Day of the Barney
- Read: (N/A) Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
- Conf: alt.tv.dinosa (3194) Read Type: GENERAL (+)
-
- Message-ID: <1993Jul6.155740.6720@mac.cc.macalstr.edu>
- Newsgroup: alt.tv.dinosaurs.barney.die.die.die
- Organization: Macalester College
-
- Mrs. Thompson kissed her two children, Jenny and Robby, and sat them before the
- television set. Their eyes widened and gleamed as the picture faded in,
- revealing the one who had become a dear and cherished friend over the last few
- months. Mrs. Thompson smiled at their captivated wonder, and went to the
- kitchen to prepare dinner. As she readied the vegetables for stir-fry, she
- peered into the living room and watched the blubbery, purple dinosaur prance
- and roll across the screen.
-
- "Silly fat reptile," she muttered, and went back to her preparations.
-
- If Jenny and Robby were annoyed by her remark, they made no sign of it.
- Instead, they listened and watched in rapt attention to Barney the Dinosaur,
- who was being broadcast live from the nation's capitol. The plaza was filled
- with thousands of wide-eyed youths, who wriggled and squirmed for a closer look
- at the Purple One. Off to the wings, the green dinosaur known as Baby Bop
- giggled and preened, occasionally blowing a kiss to the children in the crowd.
- Finally, following a light song and dance about sharing, Barney sauntered up to
-
- the podium and spoke:
-
- "Hello, all my friends out there! I'm so happy you could make it to my special
- concert. Have I told you lately how much I love you?"
-
- Children world-wide simultaneously burst, "I love you too, Barney!"
-
- The Purple One giggled and for a moment appeared to blush. "Love is such a
- wonderful thing. Especially the love you and I share for each other. I also
- want you to know how much of a special friend you are to me. Are you my friend
- also?"
-
- The response was thunderous, rising from the kids in the plaza, across the
- living rooms scattered across the nation.
-
- "YES!!!"
-
- "Well, that's wonderful!" reeled Barney. "But do you know what, kids? I have
- something really, really sad to tell you." He sighed, letting his immense,
- dead eyes roll to the floor. "Not everyone is Barney's friend....some people
- don't even want you to be my friend."
-
- Protests and cries began to rise collectively within the entranced mass. The
- Beast of Purple quieted them with a raise of his hand. He continued:
-
- "There are people who don't want me to love you, and want to take you away from
- me. These people are very bad, and want to hurt your loving friend Barney.
- Some of them may be people who are very close to you. But do you know what?"
-
- The audience of children silently yet anxiously awaited the answer. An unholy
- stillness had fallen upon the crowd. Many of the adults began to feel
- isolated, targeted.....unwelcome.
-
- "None of them, not a single one, loves you as much as I do. I'm your only real
- friend in the world. I really love you, I do! But these bad people don't.
- Some of them may be your neighbors. Some of them may be your teachers. And
- some of them....."
-
- "Who, Barney, who?!?" shrieked a young girl from a barricade.
-
- "...some of them may be _your_ parents!"
-
- Children began screaming and crying instantaneously, their teeth and fists
- clenched in rage. Security guards who had been trying to keep the children
- back behind the lines began to fidget uneasily, as the sea of wide-eyed,
- growling, gurgling children began rising against them. Some guards broke from
- the line and ran down the street, screaming frantically. Others tried to push
- the youngsters back but were pulled in by grasping, clawing hands.
-
- The cries were horrible.
-
- One guard, as he was being simultaneously crushed and pulled apart by the
- mindless horde, looked back upon the stage. The Purple One and his green
- sidekick were laughing and dancing demonically about the platform, which was
- now spattered with blood and torn clothing. Next moment the world went dark
- and the guard was lost forever amidst the torrent of violence and unholy
- chanting...
-
- I love you, you love me.....let me have your family.....with
- a quick stab or kick, we'll set the children free....don't you
- know you were meant for me.....
-
- Mrs. Thompson finished washing the vegetables and figured either Jenny or Robby
- could take out the trash. She walked out into the living room only to notice
- the children were gone and the TV station was giving a dull, whining tone and a
- test pattern.
-
- "Jenny? Robby? Are you here anywhere?"
-
- Perhaps they've gone outside, she thought. She returned to the kitchen and
- looked upon the counter. Her tinsel-steel paring and slicing knives were gone.
-
- but they were there just a moment ago, she thought. Then, just as a flash of
- steel slashed across her legs and another just above her waist, she heard a
- muffled giggle and caught a glimpse of purple and green out the corner of her
- eye. She collapsed into a pile of her own entrails and blood, her life seeping
-
- into the tile. As the world faded to a lifeless grey, she heard a familiar
- tune sung by two familiar voices...
-
- "I love you, you love me, let us join with Lord Barney...with
- a great big kiss and hug, from me to you....let's purge the
- world of adults too...."
-
- Mrs. Thompson stopped breathing.
-
- "He's NOT a silly fat reptile!"
- _______________
-
- The moral of this story? Stop Barney before it's too late.
-
- --BCB
-
-