> Has anyone ever read "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs"? I love it! It's about this little...well, I'll ultra-condense it.
>
> (A grandpa, who is apparently on drugs, tell his grandkids a a story about Chewandswallow, a made-up town.)
>
> CITIZENS OF CHEWANDSWALLOW: Oh, look, it's raining orange juice and toast again. How typical.
>
> OTHER CITIZENS: My goodness! We're getting terrible storms of giant food! We're only supposed to have regular weather of regular-sized food!
>
> READER: That picture is funny. The lady has a pickle falling through her roof. The man has a giant macaroni tube on his head. Hee hee hee!
>
> SOME MORE CITIZENS: Let's make giant-stale-bread-slices-boats and sail away to America!
>
> SOME OTHER CITIZENS: OK!
>
> (They do.)
>
> FORMER CHEWANDSWALLOW CITIZENS: Oh! Look, they store their food on shelves. My, my, my! It rains rain! How strange! Let's never tell anyone our story.
>
> GRANDPA: The end.
>
> KIDS: Now we have that burned in our memories forever, so every single weather occurence will remind us of food. Thanks a lot, Grandpa.
>
> READER: This is SUCH A COOL BOOK! I have GOT TO GET IT!
>
> (Reader finally goes to bookstore and FORGETS UNTIL HE IS AT HOME.)
>
> READER: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> -Morris Cecil "But I DID remember to buy 'Caps For Sale' and 'Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need'" Glalet, Th.D.
> Thu 4 Nov A.D. 1999


Nice ultra-condensation! As for CWACOM, I haven't read that book in ages. I remember the pictures scared the heck outta me... but that aside it was kind of a cool story.

-Eo"and you can never go wrong with Dave Barry"wyn14