BEANIE’S GUIDE TO SHINY ROUND THINGS 2

BEANIE’S GUIDE TO SHINY ROUND THINGS
SHINY THINGS

Rings are quite shiny and round, and make a nice red circle when thrown against someone’s forehead at just the right angle. Often, however, the perfect shape of rings is obscured by evil forces working for the sneaky line team. By slipping a ring over someone’s finger, they are able to fill the lovely round hole created by the ring, so that, seen from the side, the ring looks like a simple straight line, on a straight finger. This violation of the ring’s shapely prowess is a vulgar offence indeed. Rings are made to be held, not to be worn. Get that straight. Anyone who has read the real-life adventures of Frodo Baggins should know just how much damage can be done by wearing a ring in such a disgusting manner.

Another lovely shiny round object which has managed to defend itself against such soiling is the bottle cap, a lovely bit of round silver, which makes a lovely noise when embedded in the bottom of a shoe.

Another round shiny something of equal value is the coin. Many people have become confused by the evil propaganda of the straight-thinking politicians, and have come to believe that little rectangles of coloured paper or plastic are worth more than these shiny round coins. These are lies lies lies!!! (Lies.) If ever you unwisely choose to trade something round for a straight-lined shape, at least make it a square. At least a square carries some even-sided semblance of order. My mother used to give me a piece of paper with the number 100 printed on its corners each day as milk-money. Being the wise investor that I am, I always traded it for 4 shiny silver coins. I am not embarrassed to take advantage of a straight-lover’s folly.

Sometimes, when we go to the beach, I cannot help but staring at lovely organic bits of round flesh which glisten in the heat. That’s right—a girl’s eyes pick up the natural light in a way that is so lovely. Sometimes I long to look into the eyes of the boys as well, but they are often covering their assets with a despicable bit of dark plastic that modestly hides their most beautiful parts.

Iam not so selfish. I do not own any sunglasses, and I display my shiny round eyeballs for all the world to see.

Yesterday, I discovered a lovely shiny round object…..The shiniest, roundest of them all. There it was, just hanging in the sky, only barely out of reach, shining so brightly it made my eyes and skin hurt when I looked at it too long.

All the same, I was afraid that I would lose track of it if ever I looked away, so I stared at that shiny ball of light for seven and a half hours without blinking. Sometimes clouds would move by in front of my perfect circle, and try to steal it away from me, but, after an epic battle of the will, I triumphed.

Now I cannot see anything else, but that’s okay, as I still see that light whenever I close my eyes.

So shiny…..so lovely and round.

It’s just perfect.

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BEANIE’S GUIDE TO SHINY ROUND THINGS 1

BEANIE’S GUIDE TO SHINY ROUND THINGS

“Hello, Beanie here. Ever since I learned the difference between a square and a circle, I have been hooked. Circles are very round, and round is very interesting. Round things are particularly eye-catching when the light bounces sharply off of them, and lands like spit in your eye. I have studied such objects ad nauseum. You might say that I am a connoisseur of shiny round things.

 

ROUND THINGS

 Lets get back to the basics. There are two simple qualities that make up the world: Straight, and Curved. Any idea or thing has its origins in the principals of straightliness and curvliness. In MY latin terms these are called “curvaceous” and “straightliness”

Every letter of the alphabet is made up of a distinct combination of “curvaceous” and “straighliness” strokes, which, in their special combination, form a complete letter.

One can fairly say that the entire written language is dependent upon the contrast between straightly and curvly lines, as is the physical makeup of the world around you, the wave-forms of sounds that you hear, even the binary laws on which computers are founded. Ones and Zeros. 1 or 0. Black or white. On or Off. Curvaceous or Straighliness. Good or Evil.

It is nice to know that the world is so simple.

It is important to pick sides in the war between the straight line and the curve.

Me? I’m batting for the curvy team. If you dare to doubt me, look at my hair. One perfectly round ball of perfect little curves.

Go, Circles, Go!!!!
The most perfect straight line is an endless line. No chance of return, just a line moving progressively further, reaching futilely for infinity, for a final moment of rest. But there is never any rest for the straight line. It spans forever, reaching endlessly for infinity. Who would support an un-ending line when you could stand for an un-beginning circle?

The circle, if you didn’t know it, is the perfect form of the curved line. It is a uniform curve which manages to seamlessly double back on itself. It is not so mushy and indefinite as a line, which you are forced to imagine spanning indefinitely. A circle is contained.

Do you remember that one time on TV when Scully got that tattoo? Well, I couldn’t see the entire tattoo, because my round TV crops out the corners of the picture, but I’m pretty sure that I know what it was. An ouroboros. The snake that feeds on its own tale. The end is the beginning is the end. From its own death springs the snake’s life.

Circles are neat!

Because, you see, they have no beginning, and they have no end. Like the line, they go on indefinitely if you choose to see them as such, but they manage to have boundaries. A circle is an enclosure, a constricted area, a sphincter. What’s really cool is that, since the circle goes around and around, it is the perfect symbol of eternity, infinity. But it is also the shape of the number zero. The secret symbol that means, precisely, nothing.

Oh, circle, how I love thee. If the government would only sanctify inter-shape marriage, I would marry thee. And when I wedded thee, I would encircle thee with the yanic shape of a shiny, Cuvaceous wedding ring. Bound to you, in an endless, circular love.

As the lay-man is often unfamiliar with the divinity of the circle, I have decided to introduce you to a number of deliciously round, maliciously shiny objects.

As I mentioned, Agent Scully sports, a lovely ouroboros tattoo, which, covered in the sweat of an exhausting day out tanning on the beach, might shimmer and glisten in a manner that makes my stomach churn with desire.

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VIOLET’S GUIDE TO UNDERWEAR 2

VIOLET’S GUIDE TO UNDERWEAR
The Basics

I know that for many of you, this will be the first time you have worn underwear. So I will give a quick lesson in the geography of the underwear.
Your underwear has 5 basic sections. There are three holes in your underwear. The larger of the three holes is “the waist.” The other two holes are “the legs.” The rest of your underwear is comprised of “the front” and “the back.” When holding your underwear by The Waist, with The Legs pulled away from eachother, The Front is the smaller panel, and The Back is the larger.

When putting your underwear on, hold it open by The Waist so that The Front is facing upward, and The Back is hanging toward the floor. Stick your right leg into the underwear through The Waist, and out through The Leg on the right side. Stick your left leg into the underwear through The Waist, and out through The Leg on the left side. It is important that you do not push both legs through the same Leg hole.

Now stand up. Clutching your underwear by The Waist, cinch the underwear upward toward your belly until you cannot pull them any higher. Congratulations! You are now Wearing Underwear!

(Please note that the above processes should be completed before you put on other clothing.)

Choosing Your Underwear

It is best to choose underwear that does not have another name on the waistband. There are a few exceptions to this rule. Any underwear bearing the name Sabrina Georgia is safe, as she does not wear her underwear. If you spot underwear bearing the name, Giles Gordon, this is extremely valuable, as there is a bounty on his underwear. Word on the street is that it is wanted for scientific testing. Please do not wear Giles Gordon underwear before selling it to the CIA as it may confuse their results.

Beyond that, there are millions of underwears available to you, and all are sold through the Atlantis High Clothing Catalogue (please make cheques out to Violet Profusion).

Sparkles are a nice touch on a pair of underwear, but, if you are wearing sparkles, it is important that you pull out the waist of your pants several times throughout the day to allow the sparkles to re-charge.

I am particularly fond of underwear with an electronic voice-box—you know, the kind that play the tinny electric Christmas Carols? However, after an incident in the bio labs, these are not to be worn on school premises. Violators will be prosecuted.

I do not recommend that anybody wear knit or wool underwear, they are just too distracting.

A popular choice for students is the day-of-the-week underwear. However, please note that you must buy seven different pairs of underwear, each bearing a different day. Otherwise, these underwears just do not function properly. When shopping for day-of-the-week underwear, look for pairs on which the day is printed upside-down, as otherwise you will be unable to check the day on your own underwear while in class.

Although girly underwear looks great on all three sexes, I would encourage you to look into various lines of men’s briefs. Men’s briefs, while often less attractive, have the great utility of coming with a free pocket, which is a great way to carry your money or lunch when you have no pockets on the rest of your clothing. When purchasing men’s briefs, please note that they ride lower on the hips and have tighter leg-holes. You will need a larger pair if it is to fit you properly.

Finally, for those men and women who require a brassierre, no school legislation has yet been passed to allow these back in our schools. I can offer the following solution:

Buy three matching pairs of underwear. Put on the first pair as instructed above. Now take the second pair and hold it above your head with The Back facing behind you, and The Front facing forward. Stick your head and your left arm through The Waist, and push your left arm out through The Leg on the left, and your head out through The Leg on the right.

Now take your third pair, and repeat as with the second, sticking your right arm out through The Leg on the right, and your head out through The Leg on the left.

There! Not only do you have an excuse to wear three luscious pairs of underwear, but you are able to match your tops and your bottoms. Is anyone luckier than you? Other than me, I mean?

Good luck!

(For those wishing to express their gratitude for my instruction, I accept donations in cash and underwear form. I wear a size 12!).Next page

 

 

 

VIOLET’S GUIDE TO UNDERWEAR 1

VIOLET’S GUIDE TO UNDERWEAR

“Why hello there! Violet here to give out some direly needed advice on everything under the sun—including the stuff the sun doesn’t shine on. Today I’d like to have a very serious discussion about a very very verrrrrrrrrrrry serious issue. That’s right, I’m talking about the underwear issue of the Atlantis High Clothing Catalogue.

 

UNDERWEAR

Many of you may recall the dark days of prohibition when innocent students were not allowed to wear or carry underwear to school with them. I would like to set the records straight on some ugly, disgusting rumours.

Many, including the editor of the Sunset Cove Herald, have called me a hypocrite after a series of inconsistencies in policy came to light. I would like to note, Mr. Montana, that I am in no way related to the mamalius hippopotamus, and your statements show quite clearly that you have been nowhere near my underwear chest. I happen to be a size 12, and I resent any statements to the contrary.

As for the origins of prohibitions, I can say without any qualms that I would never try to come between a child and their underwear.

You may recall a time not too long ago when clothing of any kind was banned from Atlantis High. This was a measure created by a group of concerned parents who were worried that their children were tanning unevenly and that their tan-lines might impede their absorption of Vitamin D and other important information fed to youth at school.

Now I won’t call the man an idiot, but I do think that our nation’s president was making a mistake when he overruled our ban on student clothing. It is clear that he did not have the interest of the children in mind, but that he was operating under the duress of special interest groups such as the Rebelz Clothing Manufacture Group and the Coalition to Eat More Bananas.

Now I suggested at the time that we simply ignore the president’s orders, but my suggestion was overlooked, due to a fear that there may be spies hidden in Sunset Cove. So we had no choice but to concede, and, regrettably, to re-clothe our impressionable young students.

At the time of the president’s folly, the ban on underwear seemed to some concerned parents to be a reasonable conciliatory measure that would allow the poor children to remain nekky in spirit, without risking lifelong imprisonment for a violation of ridiculous public decency laws.

I chose not to stand up against the parents, despite my desperate affinity to underwear. I can see only in retrospect that this was a mistake. Our little town is founded on individuality. In choosing to hide my true feelings, I was cheating Sunset Cove and Atlantis High out of my valuable opinion and expertise.

Additionally, I agreed to implement a rule to which I was morally opposed, and with which I could never comply.

I love underwear! Sometimes I wear 6 or 7 pairs at a time. So starved was I for underwear in a school full of wear-burners, that I used to make a daily 40 km trek to the underwear museum housed over in the Big Smoke. When they banned me from their premises after an incident with a thong and a buffalo, my underwear addiction really got out of hand.

And we all know where the story goes from there.

Luckily, it ended happily, and we all got to keep our scanties.

As an offering to appease the community I betrayed, I would like to give out a few free lessons in underwearology.

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DOROTHY’S GUIDE TO PICNICS 2

DOROTHY’S GUIDE TO PICNICS

“Ça va?” said the man but Pick just looked blankly at him.

The man laughed and this time spoke in English.

Pick and Pierre spoke for many hours. He told her of his travels from Spain and of how he felt he had fallen into paradise the day he jumped off the ferry and set foot on the golden beaches of Sunset Cove.

Pick’s stomach began to rumble. She fidgeted a bit, not wanting to leave Pierre but aware that unless she ate something soon she might well faint again and that would not do at all!

Whilst fidgeting, Pick came across a lump of bread that she must have had in her hands when she left the cottage. Pierre nodded in approval when she offered him a piece and he spread his cloak on the floor and sat beside her. Taking two plums from the ground under the tree Pierre and Pick shared their meal and thoroughly enjoyed it.

To Pick it was the best meal she had ever had and she thought aloud that she could eat like this for the rest of her life.

Pierre agreed but said that he had to carry on with his journey. Pick burst into tears and Pierre agreed to come home with her and to marry her as she had pretty eyes and could bake nice bread.

Pick and Pierre were married before long and to celebrate had a meal with the family on a rug under a tree. They called the meal pickpierre after the happy couple.

Every Sunday after the marriage the Gordon family had a pickpierre and soon all their friends started to join in the fun.

After a few months, Pierre got the wanderlust and decided he had had enough of married life and scarpered leaving Pick and the Gordon family to their own devises.

Dorothy’s Top Ten Tips for a Great Picnic

1. Always use fresh bread
2. Never boil your peas
3. Embrace the ants, they are your friends
4. Bedsheets are easier to shake off than blankets
5. Cut your sandwiches into rectangles, that confuses the seagulls
6. Only posh people use china plates, paper plates are just as good and easier to clean
7. A man can be judged by the way he carries the picnic hamper
8. Always use fresh bread (that’s really important)
9. Chicken drumsticks are really nice
10. And so are hard boiled eggs.

Pick was not as devastated as she had thought she might be as she had not liked Pierre’s garlic breath, She had only really married him because no other man had ever looked at her before (though she was old enough to realise that it was because she had never left the cottage before so it had been impossible to be noticed!)

The lads of Sunset Cove certainly noticed Pick now as she sashayed herself down the High Street and after a while she began to date a local fellow who ran a bakery and also admired her baking skills.

The happy young couple soon started up with the pickpierre’s again but when they got hitched the name had to change to include the new groom – picnic – and history was made.

Pick and Nick enjoyed a happy life together and their love of eating outdoors was passed to all residents of Sunset Cove and all around the world by the travelling Pierre.

So if you are ever in a foreign country and hear people talking of having a pickpierre, you’ll know what they mean!

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