That is so awesome.
You could write about the Four Clowns, and how the fourth clown, Doug, wants to get out of the game, but they pull him back for one last apocalypse.
I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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Polter-Cow - May 05, 2004 7:02:50 am PDT #4376 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
deborah grabien - May 05, 2004 7:05:48 am PDT #4377 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
HA! P-C, I love that. And knowing my tendency to want to explore the eternal verities, I'd likely wind up having him sulking over why the universe won't let him just go squirt seltzer at unsuspecting insurance agents.
Doug, the Sulkiest Clown of the Apocalypse. He rides the White Unicycle.
Dana - May 05, 2004 7:06:43 am PDT #4378 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So what's Doug doing in the meantime?
What he really wants to do is direct.
Polter-Cow - May 05, 2004 7:08:07 am PDT #4379 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Doug anagrams to Godu, the Clown God. Doug has Higher aspirations.
Katerina Bee - May 05, 2004 7:10:07 am PDT #4380 of 10001
Herding cats for fun
Oh Deb! Stay with the Krustyesque Clowns of the Apocalypse. Go loony. And Polter-Cow's Doug is too cool.
deborah grabien - May 05, 2004 7:11:37 am PDT #4381 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Dana, that's a good question. What do the Four Whatevers do when the apocalypse has been put in turnaround?
Hmmmm. His name is Sulky, yet he wishes to be Doug.
Consuela - May 05, 2004 7:12:55 am PDT #4382 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
He rides the White Unicycle
Oh! Deb, have you ever seen Pinkman? He used to ride around Berkeley on a unicycle in a pink lycra bodysuit and a white cape. Marvelous guy.
Ginger - May 05, 2004 7:16:01 am PDT #4383 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The clowns are stuck with the apocalypse gig, even though they really want to do Vegas. They think they can compete with Cirque du Soleil and Penn and Teller. The problem is, they occasionally smite members of the audience by accident, so there's war breaking out in the third row and people are running out of the theatre covered in boils.
Polter-Cow - May 05, 2004 7:18:18 am PDT #4384 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee hee hee. And the audience is always starving.
Congratulations on the invite, by the way! Have you written about clowns before? Any idea why they sought you out for this anthology?
Connie Neil - May 05, 2004 7:18:46 am PDT #4385 of 10001
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Could one of the clowns be one of those creepy European style Harlequins? That's a Clown of the Apocalypse.