> On Jan 8, 5:59 am, Bill Martin hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>>> Layla, of course, not only remembered me from last year but knew that
>>> she had taken part in a "special present" that she had left with Mia.
>>> So she came prepared -- she wore the same cocktail dress she had worn
>>> to the Hamilton Foundation holiday party (or at least that's what she
>>> told me) with a skirt short enough (and her legs long enough!!) that
>>> she knew she'd get my attention.

>>

>>> I told her:  "Layla, you're going to be the death of me in that
>>> thing..."

>>
>> ... but what a way to go!

>
> Oh yeah... Let's put it this way -- Layla can be a bit cold, but
> she's such a stunner that, if opened up (emotionally) just enough...
>

>>> Layla (taking my reaction in):  "Hello, Michael.  Good to see you
>>> again.  Wait until you see a tape I made of me kicking up my heels
>>> with the Rockettes -- they let me join for a few shows over the
>>> holiday..."

>>
>> *fires up Master device*  Okay... setting grab mode to copy, now let's
>> see, what can I miss from my collection... *grabs the VHS of the Star
>> Wars Special*  ... yeah, this'll do.

>
> Yep, the good ol' Star Wars Christmas Special. Whomsoever had the
> idea to bring that to television should be subject to endless "Stop
> the Chicken" reruns.

> That is, until:

>>

>>> "BAWR-RAWR-RAWR-RAWR-RAWR-RAWR-RAWR-RAWR-RAWR-RAWR!!!!!"

>>

>>> "Don't talk, or even THINK, about Layla like that!!", May shouted...

>>
>> Killjoy...

>
> Yep, that's May Wong for you. Killjoy Supreme.
>

>>> Rosetta's face contorted...

>>

>>> Rosetta:  "A whitewater rafting trip.  But what if we fall out?"

>>
>> Then you try to back-float with your feet pointing downstream to help
>> protect against rocks, both those visible and below the surface.

>
> But she doesn't KNOW that.
>
> (Of course, neither did I...)

> Michael: "They told us this was a whitewater rafting trip.  Maybe the

>>> challenge is just surviving the sensory overload of this group!"

>>
>> Nah... but that does give me an idea, or at least, a start of one...

>
> Ruh, roh... I can just imagine where the 2009 New Year's Challenge
> might go -- or at least one of them.
>
> "Survive being around all the other teams..."

> ?????:  "You and your three teammates, on a routine New

>>> Year's Challenge, get caught by the greatest time window ever known.
>>> Hastened by the rapids, it'll transport you over a thousand feet
>>> below,
>>> to the Land of the Lost (lost, lost lost), to the Land of the Lost
>>> (lost, lost lost)."

>>
>> *sighs*  great, forgot the line about the raft, didn't I...

>
> I pasted that quote right from the challenge itself.

>> Okay... little weak on the exit, but like the rules state, excellent
>> fic with questionable tactics surpass blasé fic with awesome tactics,
>> so you pass.

>
> Yeah. Meat and potatoes a little tough and watery respectively. But
> thanks for the pass.

> Any word on the Hard ruling yet?