Re: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Howard, on host 205.184.139.38
Saturday, November 6, 1999, at 09:51:53
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs posted by Morris Cecil Glalet, Th.D. on Thursday, November 4, 1999, at 22:13:24:
> 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
Seems like I remember a snip from that book or maybe some other work: "The spagetti factory just blew up!" "So?" "So it's raining meatballs." Howard
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