Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: Ari.Huttunen@hut.fi (Ari Huttunen) Subject: Lightning.. or is it? Message-ID: Date: 14 May 92 17:21:34 The storm has begun, there is lightning outside. Everyone in the pub begins to count seconds. In vain! No thunder can be heard. The lightning is seen again, this time it seems stronger. A man of medium height stumbles in and there is another flash of lightning. Everyone is startled. "That was a good photo! Is this the tourist office?" This man of medium height is, by the way, named Maud. He was just looking for a heavenly hall named 'rec.mages.hack' or something like that, but got confused inside the heavenly networks. Nothing suprising in itself, being a simple person like he is. Seeing that he has come to a pub he sits on a bar stool and lowers his backpack beside him. "Maid, bring be ale!", he shouts. Serene looks at him with suspicion. And who wouldn't look twice at such a sight: a medium height man carrying lightning with him, and wearing that awful hawaiian shirt, leather moccasins and a hard hat! The others soon lose interest in the newcomer. He doesn't lose interest in them, though, and starts looking around. Seeing an (unguarded) box of some sort on a stool beside him, he takes a look in it. "Hmm.. This seems an interesting sort of book. 'Elementary magick explained in detail', I'll just stuff it in my pocket." Having finished his ale he takes another look at his finding. He opens it randomly on page 451: "Creation spells, part3". He can't resist the temptation and begins to chant the spell. Boom! An uncursed credit card drops from above on the desk. "Ehh.. What is that? I'll just put it in my pocket." He tries again, and a large book falls on his head. "The secrets of delicious food", a cook book! He starts to read the section telling how to make french fries. "Take large potatoes, slice them into small slices of equal size, warm some oil into near boiling temperature, dip ..." "GIMME THAT!", the innkeeper bellows. "NEVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN! I CAN MAKE MY OWN FRENCH FRIES!" He takes the cook book and soon it is burned to ashes by the pet. Maud very silently orders another ale... -- ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __I I__I I__I I__I I__I I__I I__I I__I I__I I - Tarjoilija, keitossani on ... Ari Huttunen (ahuttune@niksula.hut.fi) I HEMMO! ____________________________________________I - K{rp{set p{{siv{t loppumaan.