In the cargo hold of the Supersonic Airship Unsplodable, Samuel
L. Jackson cobbled together a kick-ass motherfarkin' flamethrower
fueled by perfume bottles taken from checked luggage. Meanwhile,
Courtney from "Survivor: China" turned a set of skis, some Number 2
pencils, duct tape, a designer handbag, and a bottle of Coca-Cola Blak
into a recurve bow with a quiver of poison-tipped arrows.

"What have you found over there?" Samuel called to Mickey Dunne.

"Ground zero of our lemur infestation." Mickey pointed out a
broken wooden crate that had once held "DANGEROUS LIVE ANIMALS,"
according to various warning labels.

"Whoa," said Courtney, taking a break from whittling pencils into
additional arrows. "How could harmless little lemurs break out of a
giant crate like that?"

Mickey rubbed the edge of the crate and sniffed the thin residue
that came off on his fingertips. "These lemurs were under the
influence."

"Of what?"

Lalo Martins wrote:

Yeah, thanks...

Arthur "when did I get my PhD...?" Spitzer

Arthur Spitzer wrote:

And now eight people... which is better than last year's
five... although I suppose it's lower than the existing
record...

You still have time...

Arthur "Jan 31st..." Spitzer

Arthur Spitzer wrote:

Now.. three ballots!

Come on people. One more ballot and we can break
last year's record of three ballots. Yes! Just
one more ballot!

And it's really easy to do... you can vote in only
one category if you want... just type in one story
or person... and that's all... no extra work!

Heck..

You could just clip the ballot below and e-mail
it to me!

arspitzer@earthlink.net
(arspitzer at earthlink.net)

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On Jan 27, 10:16 am, Arthur Spitzer earthlink.net> wrote:

If you've got a story for me to write, I'll gladly sign up, though
forgive me if it comes in a bit late. Things are getting a wee bit
heckers.

~Mitchell.

On Saturday 26 Jan 2008 Tom Russell
wrote:

[...]

[...]

Hmmm. I can think of at least further two variations
on a Modified Idiot Plot idea, but they both rely on
people knowing that they're acting like idiots and
doing so deliberately for specific goals.

The first relies on the protagonist(s) deliberately
walking into some sort of trap/dangerous situation,
and going through the motions of doing stupid
things in order to lure their opponents into a false
sense of security.

"We need more net.a.humans to help us install--" Dramatic Pause
Lass plugged a small device into the television, which came to
life showing some diagrams. Sammy and Daniel whistled. "This."

"I'm sure Contraption Boy and Analytic are very impressed", said
Blackbird, "but for most of us, these diagrams are completely
meaningless. Care to educate us?"

Contraption Boy was the one to speak up, however. "It's a
mesh-networked, AI-powered hive of force field generators. They
would work together to compensate any kind of attempt to get
past them. Matter, energy, anything... although this one seems
to be programmed to let sunlight through."

"For a very strict definition of sunlight, yes", said a soldier
who had just arrived. "We don't want to kill everyone in there,
after all. If we let in the right kind of solar power,
Net.ropolis can exist as a closed ecosystem for some
time... well, until they run out of food and water, I guess."

"Wait a minute", said Bonnie. "You seriously want to isolate
the whole city?"

"Those are the orders from the President, madam."

The cover shows a bewildered Brightsword standing in the middle of a
group of old men in lab coats. The men are riding tricycles, playing with
toys and otherwise acting like little kids. He's thinking, "I've heard of
going through a second childhood, but THIS is RIDICULOUS!" Burst at the
bottom right says, "This issue: The Idiot Plot! The Clockwork Ibis! A map
of Brightsword's stomping grounds!"

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.|, COHERENT An ASHistory Series
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'|` SUPER STORIES #14 - The Idiot Plot
Featuring Brightsword copyright 2008 by Dave Van Domelen
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Coherent Comics is proud to present another Script Book Special,
featuring the lead story from Brightsword #26, cover dated November, 1970!
Only "The Idiot Plot" will be presented at this time, the Clockwork Ibis
story will have to wait for another day. :)

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Mickey Dunne finished speaking on the airship intercom while
Samuel L. Jackson practiced his lightsaber moves and Courtney from
"Survivor: China" built a shelter out of seat cushions and the bones
of deceased First Class passengers. Mickey hung up the intercom
handset and frowned.

"Well?" asked Samuel as he spin-kicked down the aisle. "What did
they know in Coach Class about the motherfarkin' lemurs?"

"It was very strange," said Mickey. "She just kept asking me over
and over again whether we'd tested if Kong's a reader."

"What? Who does she think we are, King Kong's motherfarkin' third
grade teachers?"

"It must have been a code!" Courtney dropped to the floor and
began tracing strange symbols with the tip of her bony finger. "If we
can figure it out, maybe we'll win a reward challenge!"

Mickey rolled his eyes. "Yeah, you keep working on that. I'll
call the Luxury Level and make sure they're still safe up there."

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