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The sun rises on the beautiful, little town of Postington. It's a little foggy today, but nevertheless our beloved friends who live here are already up and running, each and everyone of them going about their business to get a head start into the day. We move into already busy Main street, where we meet a paperboy giving us the news of the day...
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"EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT! THE NEWS!" yelled the waif, before stopping to drink a big gulp of lemonade. "TRY LEMONADE! IT'S REFRESHING!" he bellows, grateful for the sponsorship Professor Lemon's Patent Medicine Lemonade had bestowed upon his tiny news booth. Things were looking up, coming up roses, life had given him lemons, but the sugar water had been added - lemonade had been made.
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Apr 9, 2022 11:39
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then an old timer rushed out of an old shack and said “banish that lemonade! for it is haunted!” and offered up a refreshing glass of turnip juice.
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Apr 9, 2022 13:19
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The old lady of the town, Marcia in the Parka, stopped suddenly, looking panicked. "Haunted you say? Did you hear that, folks, this man is speaking about ghosts! I told you, I told you all last greebmas, we will summon the ghosts from our holes, I TOLD you!"
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Apr 9, 2022 14:09
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some distance away, jeremy's concentration was broken from his vital task, attempting to measure the local raccoons for the custom pants and sweaters he was sewing for them. "posts? why is marcia yelling about posts? we're primarily lurkers here in postington," he muttered. "lurkin' was good enough for our forefathers and it should be good enough for us. besides, it's not like there is any kind of law about it or anything."
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Apr 9, 2022 15:15
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Manifisto posted:some distance away, jeremy's concentration was broken from his vital task, attempting to measure the local raccoons for the custom pants and sweaters he was sewing for them. "posts? why is marcia yelling about posts? we're primarily lurkers here in postington," he muttered. "lurkin' was good enough for our forefathers and it should be good enough for us. besides, it's not like there is any kind of law about it or anything." Jeremy crosses to center-stage, the lights dim. He kicks dust bashfully as the orchestra swells into a bittersweet melody. Jeremy: Postin'... ahh who needs it? You make a post-- huh! Nobody reads it. You go scroungin' for fives, Refinin' your art, You get banned by the mods, oh! They're brea-kin' my heart! Postin'.... aw phooey Why even start? [a sprightly tap dance] You make a funny thread, Charm the pants off all your beaus, then They tell you to drop dead, All because of POSTIN' ah... postin'..... ... who needs it...? [falsetto] Noooottt meeeeeeeeeeeee......!!!!!
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Apr 9, 2022 15:47
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How Wonderful! posted:Jeremy crosses to center-stage, the lights dim. He kicks dust bashfully as the orchestra swells into a bittersweet melody. amazing
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Apr 9, 2022 16:26
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this just turned into a musical We see our protagonist walking on Mainstreet, just walking past Marcia when...
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Apr 9, 2022 18:07
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Marcia [brightly]: Yoo-hoo! Oh, yoo-hoo! Jeremy? Jeremy: Who me? Marcia [approaching briskly]: Why, I don't see any other Jeremies around, do you? Jeremy [a slight catch in his voice]: We-ell, there's Jeremy of YOSPOS, Barnacle Jeremy... but ahh... I suppose I don't actively see them around, not at the moment, no. [pause for laughter] Marcia [touching his arm lightly]: Oh, you big silly. And what brings you to Mainstreet on such a fine and sunny morning? Jeremy: I was off to the market, of course! Marciaa [concern creeping in at the edge of her voice]: The market? On a lurker's salary? With your pa sick? [Jeremy averts his gaze. Half turn] Marcia: Oh, Jeremy... don't tell me... Jeremy [a hint of pride and defiance in his voice]: It's just the one coupon, Marcia! It's just the one! Three vials of blue fluid for the price of two! Marcia: Jeremy, stop! I don't want to hear this! I can't! Jeremy: You know pa NEEDS that blue fluid, Marcia, you know it! If ma don't pour it on her tampons every month, why... [voice breaking] and I thought maybe, someday, just maybe we might need that blue fluid, as boyfriend and.... oh, Marcia, are we not men and women just like anybody? Do we not deserve out pride, goddammit! Marcia: This isn't you, Jeremy, this isn't you! Jeremy [approaching center stage, spotlight]: I'm not throwing out this coupon Marcia, and you need to just... Deal With It! [orchestra starts, ominous strings, a sultry, creeping bassoon line]
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Apr 9, 2022 18:22
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How Wonderful! posted:Marcia [brightly]: Yoo-hoo! Oh, yoo-hoo! Jeremy? Jeremy: Oh perhaps I'm a heel, I'm so numb, I can't feel, there's no god at the wheel of this runaway cart Whatta coup, what a steal, 30 cents off all veal, For a munch, for a meal-- but it's brea-king my heart for a-- Choir: DEAL! Jeremy: You save just a little, oh Choir: DEAL! Jeremy: I'm caught in the middle, oh Choir: DEAL! Jeremy: I've been played like a fiddle by merchants and vendors and wicked pretenders for my legal tender in my misplaced zeal...oh... [falsetto] whats the big.... deaalllllll??? Marcia [spoken]: Jeremy, oh Jeremy... Marcia [solo]: What's a fair price, for some bread or some rice, oh it would be so nice to pay in full... But a boy who's been down, just like you, knocked around, in this wicked old town, oh what are you.... to do......? What's... the... big.... Marcia & Jeremy [harmonizing]: ...deal? Jeremy: Just hand over the coupon WIcked Shopkeeper: Half off this grey poupon Marcia: Oh I just can't go on All: Just scraping and saving, the deals we are craving, all week we've been slaving, to have us our discounts and Jeremy: I've just got this coupon Marcia: I'll wait for a new dawn When we both embark upon Marcia & Jeremy: Some kind of bargain Jeremy: Oh tell me, why, god above all these these deals that I love, when push come down to shove what will I choose? Marcia: I'll pay the full cost, Before we are lost, Take my hand, come with me, because nothing is free... Jeremy & Marcia & Chorus [crescendo]: But what's the big deal? How Wonderful! fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Apr 9, 2022
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[with a flourish of his cape and a twirl of his moustache, enter our villain, Baron von Dealington] Baron [spoken]: why what have we here? you've nothing to fear from one little bargain, a trifle, my dear! no need to tremble, for you I'll assemble a savings assortment that will last you all year! pure crangberry juice, oh my, how expensive, no wonder you lovers are feeling defensive! reach out your hands I'll fill them with riches barely dreamt of by the greeb-a-mas witches! because . . . . . [sings] Everybody loves a discount, everybody needs to save, to pay full price is a terrible vice when bountiful bargains are what you crave! Just say the word, and the world can be yours, ev'ry day a black friday to bust down the doors! There is . . . just one thing, a trifling matter; you must NEVER POST AGAIN lest your dreams lie in tatters!
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Apr 9, 2022 19:32
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Manifisto posted:[with a flourish of his cape and a twirl of his moustache, enter our villain, Baron von Dealington]
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Apr 9, 2022 19:40
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[Exit all] THE GUN, dressed as a Prohibition Chicago mobster carrying a violin case, enters alone, stage left. THE GUN: Oh drat! Why'd they all run! It's just me, I'm just the gun! [singing] Here I appear, in the first act-my premier! Some say it's a trope, but Anton was no dope. So here I am, I'm the gun! I'm just bursting with fun RATTA TAT TAT- Somebody's gonna dance to that! But why am I here-To convention adhere? Oh don't be so silly! I just had a little business-in Philly. But don't worry your head, I'm sure there's no cause for dread! I'm not the villain myself, Me? I just sit on the shelf. But when the time comes, when someone grabs me-the gun! RATTA TAT TAT- Somebody's gonna dance to that!
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Apr 9, 2022 22:46
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:[Exit all] this thing is taking off!
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