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Friday, December 05, 2003word challenge: priority, epiphany, poopersnickle
I am not sure I remember what "poopersnickle" means... so here goes nothing.
I like to think that I am a perfectionist. That is, as much of a perfectionist as one can be when one is a rat. I don't mean "rat" like when a human calls another human a rat, you know, like, "You dirty rat". I mean, literally, I am a rat - rattius rodentis. I am not a huge rat, which might be why I don't get priority when it is time to line up for food.
I used to think of myself as attractive, but I guess I am rather plain now that I think about it. I am white, which in itself isn't very exciting when you have other rats in the neighborhood who are white with spots of some color or another. Once there was a rat on TV (or maybe he was a mouse, which doesn't really amount to much of a difference if you ask me.) Anyway, this mouse had spots arranged so that it resembled the "MickeyMouse Ears" One large circle in the middle and two smaller ones just above and to the sides of the bigger circle. That was the moment of my epiphany. Finally, I would stand out. I would be *special*. I might even get on the news and be FAMOUS!!!
I rummaged through a dumpster behind the BINGO hall where the funny-smelling hunched over people with the blue hair hang out. I found it. It was perfect. One bottle of purple ink - with the sponge circle thing on the top of it. I think the blue haired ones use these to mark their numbers on those cards. I don't understand what the hell they are doing with this, but it seems to cause a commotion. This one old man named Bingo in a black dress and a white collar says a bunch of numbers, and then suddenly one of the old ladies stands up and yells his name. Then she goes to his desk and he gives her some more paper with pictures of men on them. Then they start over again.
Anyway - I put the bottle on its side and then stepped up to it sideways trying to get the ink to make circles on me; so I could be like that mouse on TV. Ah, poopersnickle! Just my dumb luck -- the damned thing was all dried out.
posted by pero on 12:43 AM[link to this story!]
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