"Flouron is a naturally occurring element,

"Flouron is a naturally occurring element, and a Halogen Gas. When Flouron gives up ___ electrons it is capable of bonding to Oxygen to make an element found in toothpaste called,

Colgate Oxynamel 2-in-1 Whitening Agent™." Product placement in standardized tests was out of control. Where did the money even go? My desk: falling apart. Ms. Cox's teeth: falling

Out, one by one. The bills piled up daily, we dared not open them. Or answer the phone. Debt collectors called constantly.

And there was nothing anybody could do about it. It was over. Kaput

The crowd stood watch as Tommy LaBeau tried to pull his head out of the toilet bowl. One boy tried to help, but his mother held him back. "There is nothing we can do now, Jonny."

Tommy LaBeau's stunt was going awry. He should have pulled his head out of the toilet by now. All sorts of screaming and gurgling noises were audible to the crowd. His body was

thrashing around violently. "Don't mind him," his assistant Brenda assured the audience,"it's for dramatic effect." Then Tommy Labeau went limp, hanging on the toilet's edge.

A woman in the audience screamed. The lights flickered. A blur of action. I squinted & thought I could make out someone being carted off stage. Brenda laughed nervously. "OK folks

we can do this the hard way and a bunch of you die or we can do this the easy way and everybody goes home to their families", said a voice from Beyond. Somebody chose hard.