The Soft Wand of Steelbone

j minnich plachazu at ccnet.com
Tue Jan 28 20:31:42 CST 1997


Chris writes:
>
>I used to edit a magazine with hundreds of Canadian subscribers.  Each
>issue sent to Canada was reviewed for its political content.  Occasionally,
>an issue would not get through and hundreds of Canadian subscribers wanting
>to claim their copies would show up at our offices.  Imagine the rabble and
>chaos!  Those lusting, hotblooded Canadian subscribers, crammed into our
>little office, groping around, pants around thier ankles, blurred amidst a
>flurry of scattering papers and unfinished manusripts, searching for extra
>copies of my work!  My, how inexorable and passionate were those Canadian
>subscribers!  I would stand upon my desk, drop my pants, flash them my cock
>of presidential proportions, and shout, "Stop!" and silence would befall
>them, dropping to their knees, heads down and silently humming, "Ohm, ohm."
> I would come down and give each one of them the latest copy of the
>magazine along with a Hershey's Kiss.  It became a sort of ritual with us.
>We all depended on those issues not getting through.
>

None of 'em were in wheelchairs, I hope.           -j minnich




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