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When you see a large, unmarked, red button,

  • When you see a large, unmarked, red button, you probably shouldn't press it until you know more. Tom learned that the hard way, when he found one in the pantry of his new home. He

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  • , of course, pressed the red button. The doors of the pantry slammed shut behind him & the light went out. Silence enveloped Tom for several moments, & then a can of peaches

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  • exploded, covering Tom in fermented peach goo. The can ricocheted off a pack of rice crispies and the whole box dumped itself on his head. Then it was the turn of the cheese.

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  • The Turn of the Cheese is a play based on Henry James' famous ghost story "The Turn of the Screw" done with mice who talk a lot but dare not say what they are really thinking. Tom

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  • Cheddar, the play's lead actor, is played by an hobo the director just picked off from the street. He was told to sit in the middle of the stage throughout the entire show.

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  • He ate English cheddar cheese on crackers when he was peckish. This gig led to other auditions, so he was never homeless again. He became world famous and started a website.

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  • But instead of being about him, his new website was about sandpipers. He sank all the money he made from being a world famous celebrity into sandpipers.info. Most of his traffic

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  • Came from people who had inserted themselves into figures from Madame Tussauds. The odd one had built their own homage to Paris Hiltons character in House of Wax

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  • , complete with a wax pole protruding from her head. It was so hot, the wax melted, revealing that Paris Hilton herself had been the armature for the sculpture all along! We all

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  • had a good laugh and enjoyed our malted margaritas by the burning plaza, together, remembering fondly our more innocent days, yet enjoying immensely the satisfaction of our freedom

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1 Comments

  1. Woab Apr 06 2020 @ 14:39

    . That is a period to end the story. I like that end, foldy!

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