> > 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

Did you know odango means meatball in Japanese?

~Mina "Dave Barry cracks me up. Ever read his book about bad songs?" moon