GGray
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“Well...I guess it’s okay,” Tim said, and Johnny quickly hit ‘play’.
Everything was perfectly fine until the climatic duel on that lava planet. Just as Obi-Wan’s lightsaber swept off Anakin’s arm—Amy walked in. Instead of doing the sensible thing and turning off the TV, Henry paused the movie. That, of course, froze the rather gruesome image on the screen.
Amy took one look at us. “What are you doing? It’s one in the morning!”
“This is a vacation!” Johnny objected, attempting to edge in front of the TV. He was too late. Amy had already seen it. “What on earth...”
“It’s not on Earth! It’s on Mustafar!” said Pete, who was a Star Wars expert.
Of course, the fact that the violence was happening on Mustafar and not on earth did not prevent Amy from ejecting the disc and confiscating it—along with every other DVD in the room.
“She can’t do that!” Johnny complained. “If only I had the Force choke!”
“You know, we’d better just go to bed,” Henry suggested. Since there wasn’t much else we could do now that we were DVD-less, we decided to take his advice.
Everything was perfectly fine until the climatic duel on that lava planet. Just as Obi-Wan’s lightsaber swept off Anakin’s arm—Amy walked in. Instead of doing the sensible thing and turning off the TV, Henry paused the movie. That, of course, froze the rather gruesome image on the screen.
Amy took one look at us. “What are you doing? It’s one in the morning!”
“This is a vacation!” Johnny objected, attempting to edge in front of the TV. He was too late. Amy had already seen it. “What on earth...”
“It’s not on Earth! It’s on Mustafar!” said Pete, who was a Star Wars expert.
Of course, the fact that the violence was happening on Mustafar and not on earth did not prevent Amy from ejecting the disc and confiscating it—along with every other DVD in the room.
“She can’t do that!” Johnny complained. “If only I had the Force choke!”
“You know, we’d better just go to bed,” Henry suggested. Since there wasn’t much else we could do now that we were DVD-less, we decided to take his advice.
Copperfox
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The panic over depictions of violence IS a bit overblown. If the values of love, honor, justice and mercy are taught, those who learn these values can watch any amount of simulated amputations and NOT become violent people themselves. If these values AREN'T taught, then innate human selfishness will make people capable of violence even WITHOUT seeing violent movies.
Zella
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GGray
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Amy woke us up at seven in the morning.
“The park doesn’t open til ten!” Johnny complained. “I want to sleep in!”
“We have to eat breakfast, get dressed, and go to the store,” Amy said, pulling the covers off the beds. “If you can’t get up, no more movies at night.”
All four of us instantly jumped out of bed. Amy gave us and irritating smile and left the room.
“Hm...let’s all wear our Pal Club uniforms!” Pete suggested. (They weren’t really uniforms. They were solid red T-shirts and jean shorts.)
The rest of us agreed, and Rory gave the message to Tim and Teddy. After we were dressed, Amy handed out little boxes of Healthy Squares cereal and pints of milk she’d bought in the hotel restaurant.
“Is this all we get for breakfast?!” Rory asked, horrified. “I could eat three of these boxes for an appetizer!"
“We’ll have a snack before we go to the park,” Amy said. “Hurry up—we still have to buy food for the rest of the week.”
The shopping trip was long and boring. We didn’t even ask for the stuff WE wanted—we knew it was no use. Amy bought a lot of bread, vegetables, and cheese, and some stuff that was called ‘Offenbach’s Organic Sandwich Meat’. It came in cans and looked a little like Spam—and not the kind you get banned for posting on forums.
We were all relieved when Amy headed for the checkout.
“Okay, NOW are we going to the park?” asked Johnny. “You know, that’s what we came for!”
“We have to take the food back to the hotel,” Amy answered.
“Have it delivered,” Pete said, pointing to a sign that said, “Have your groceries delivered for FREE!”
Henry noticed the small print. “It’s IF you’re a member of the store and IF you enter a certain sweepstakes. There’s a twenty-dollar fee for entering.”
Johnny was disgusted. “It’s fraud to put ‘free’ on the sign.”
“Well, actually,” Henry began.
“Skip it,” Johnny interrupted. “Let’s hurry. I want to be at the park right when it opens!”
“The park doesn’t open til ten!” Johnny complained. “I want to sleep in!”
“We have to eat breakfast, get dressed, and go to the store,” Amy said, pulling the covers off the beds. “If you can’t get up, no more movies at night.”
All four of us instantly jumped out of bed. Amy gave us and irritating smile and left the room.
“Hm...let’s all wear our Pal Club uniforms!” Pete suggested. (They weren’t really uniforms. They were solid red T-shirts and jean shorts.)
The rest of us agreed, and Rory gave the message to Tim and Teddy. After we were dressed, Amy handed out little boxes of Healthy Squares cereal and pints of milk she’d bought in the hotel restaurant.
“Is this all we get for breakfast?!” Rory asked, horrified. “I could eat three of these boxes for an appetizer!"
“We’ll have a snack before we go to the park,” Amy said. “Hurry up—we still have to buy food for the rest of the week.”
The shopping trip was long and boring. We didn’t even ask for the stuff WE wanted—we knew it was no use. Amy bought a lot of bread, vegetables, and cheese, and some stuff that was called ‘Offenbach’s Organic Sandwich Meat’. It came in cans and looked a little like Spam—and not the kind you get banned for posting on forums.
We were all relieved when Amy headed for the checkout.
“Okay, NOW are we going to the park?” asked Johnny. “You know, that’s what we came for!”
“We have to take the food back to the hotel,” Amy answered.
“Have it delivered,” Pete said, pointing to a sign that said, “Have your groceries delivered for FREE!”
Henry noticed the small print. “It’s IF you’re a member of the store and IF you enter a certain sweepstakes. There’s a twenty-dollar fee for entering.”
Johnny was disgusted. “It’s fraud to put ‘free’ on the sign.”
“Well, actually,” Henry began.
“Skip it,” Johnny interrupted. “Let’s hurry. I want to be at the park right when it opens!”
GGray
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A short update while more is being written...
Unfortunately, this did not happen. It took FOREVER for Amy to put the few groceries away in the tiny fridge in the hotel room. Then we had the promised snack. Nobody but Rory wanted it, but Amy insisted. That Offenbach’s stuff tasted WRETCHED (to quote Johnny). Then Amy had to make lunch and pack it in a cooler she’d brought.
“Hey, we’re gonna eat at one of the park restaurants!” Johnny said when she took out the cooler.
“Do you have any idea of how much food costs there?” Amy asked.
None of us did.
“We either pack food or we don’t eat at all,” Amy said firmly.
Faced with that Sadistic Choice, of COURSE we picked packing a lunch.
Unfortunately, this did not happen. It took FOREVER for Amy to put the few groceries away in the tiny fridge in the hotel room. Then we had the promised snack. Nobody but Rory wanted it, but Amy insisted. That Offenbach’s stuff tasted WRETCHED (to quote Johnny). Then Amy had to make lunch and pack it in a cooler she’d brought.
“Hey, we’re gonna eat at one of the park restaurants!” Johnny said when she took out the cooler.
“Do you have any idea of how much food costs there?” Amy asked.
None of us did.
“We either pack food or we don’t eat at all,” Amy said firmly.
Faced with that Sadistic Choice, of COURSE we picked packing a lunch.
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narnia56
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nice story......
GGray
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Zella
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Nice.
I got Johnny McGillis.
GGray
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We finally got to the park at eleven o’clock. We had to go through a special line that took a lot of trouble to find (seemed like the park was trying to discourage prize-winners from getting in), but after fifteen minutes, we were actually inside Loopy Island!
We all wanted to split up and go on different rides (it would save time) but for some strange reason Amy ordered us to stick together. In this orderly fashion, we got in line for the Upside-Down-Snap-in-Mid-Air Roller Coaster—all except Tim and Teddy, Tim because that ride accident website was still haunting Amy’s mind, and Teddy because he claimed he was a loyal pal and didn’t want Tim to “be lonely”. (We had our doubts about this noble excuse.)
The Upside-Down-Snap-in-Mid-Air Roller Coaster was wicked cool! But every time it snapped in mid air, our necks hurt. Two minutes and twenty snaps later, our necks were so sore we decided to give into Amy and go on whatever she suggested.
It turned out to be the Ferris Wheel. It was okay, until there was some kind of mechanical problem and we got stuck at the top while a couple of park mechanics slowly worked on it. We were kind of annoyed—we were losing valuable time! But finally the problem was fixed, and we got off.
That ruined the no-accident record in Amy’s eyes, until Henry pointed out that it wasn’t technically an accident because no one was killed or even hurt—much to Johnny’s dismay.
“Hey! You actually wanted someone to DIE? That’s EVIL and VILLAINOUS!” Henry berated.
“Well...not DIE exactly. Just sprain an ankle, maybe?”
This conversation was ended when Amy announced that the next ride we’d be going on was the Flying Swings.
Pete was horrified. “The FLYING SWINGS? That’s kid stuff! We’ll probably be the only ones over eight in the line!”
To our surprise, we weren’t. There were a few kids that even looked older than Pete. We ended up standing behind this kid wearing a red shirt and jean shorts—the Pal Club uniform!
Since the line was really long, we figured we’d have time to introduce ourselves and explain why we were all wearing the same thing.
Pete, being Leader, stepped forward. “Hi. I’m Pete Lewis, and these are the other members of the Pal Club. I’m the Leader.” He then explained all about the Club, our troubles with VidKid and Amy, etc.
The kid looked interested. “My name’s Tyler Gray. I have older sister problems, too, only her name’s not Amy. It’s Nickolette. I also have another older sister, but she’s not as bossy ‘cause she’s only ten months older than me, and I’ve got a baby sister, too. She only just turned one yesterday.”
“So, how old are you?” Johnny asked.
“Ten. I’m going to be eleven in one month exactly two days after Nika’s birthday.”
“Boy, your family sure has a lot of birthdays close together,” Henry observed.
“Yeah, that’s why we’re at Loopy I sland. It’s a celebration for all the birthdays and my baby sister’s adoption finalization. That was a month ago.”
Teddy gaped. “Hey! Our one-year-old sister was adopted, too! We have so much in common that it’s SCARY.”
“Want to become an honorary member of the Club?” Pete asked.
“Sure,” Tyler said. “And I just thought of something great! If I get Nika talking to Amy, they’ll probably spend most of our trips together and not bossing us!”
“How old is Nika?” Tim asked dubiously.
“She’ll be twenty-four.”
“Oh, that’s good.”
It turned out even better. Nika and Amy had jobs in the same field, the same favorite color, and though they wouldn’t admit it, bossing their little brothers was yet another thing in common.
Tyler’s other older sister, Elena, wasn’t bad for a girl—she seemed like someone Sally would like. The baby, Jada, was cute and looked a lot like Lauri.
While Amy was preoccupied, we Pals and Tyler raced off to the Gondola Twirler—nicknamed the Slammer by Tyler. It was an appropriate nickname, and was otherwise indescribable.
Then Pete went on the Roller Rage—a huge coaster 250 feet up. He convinced Rory to go on with him. The rest of us waited to see how they fared before we went on. Pete and Rory reported than it was ‘wicked cool’ (Pete) and ‘dizzifying’ (Rory). Teddy took Rory’s word for it and stayed off. The rest of us went on anyway and loved it—except Tim. He was thinking the whole time of a terrible accident that happened to a similar roller coaster in Kansas (thanks to Amy’s dumb website).
After several more great rides (mostly roller coasters), we bumped into Amy and Nika on our way to the waterpark. They immediately grabbed their respective brothers by the arm, and Amy declared it was time for lunch. Lucky Tyler got to eat out at one of the cool restaurants while we choked down disgusting Offenbach’s Awful sandwiches. Rory used his pocket change to buy a bag of seasoned peanuts. After gulping down the whole bag (it was a tiny one, but still...) he turned red and started choking. Amy was DEAD SURE he was having an allergic reaction....until she saw the label: ‘Cajun spices included.’
After our awful lunch, we hurried off to the BBQ Shack to meet Tyler. He and his family were just finishing dessert, and they were kind enough to buy us some, too. Fortunately, we ran much faster than Amy and therefore had already started on our ice-cream cones before she arrived. She looked a little upset at being unable to foil more of our fun.
We all wanted to split up and go on different rides (it would save time) but for some strange reason Amy ordered us to stick together. In this orderly fashion, we got in line for the Upside-Down-Snap-in-Mid-Air Roller Coaster—all except Tim and Teddy, Tim because that ride accident website was still haunting Amy’s mind, and Teddy because he claimed he was a loyal pal and didn’t want Tim to “be lonely”. (We had our doubts about this noble excuse.)
The Upside-Down-Snap-in-Mid-Air Roller Coaster was wicked cool! But every time it snapped in mid air, our necks hurt. Two minutes and twenty snaps later, our necks were so sore we decided to give into Amy and go on whatever she suggested.
It turned out to be the Ferris Wheel. It was okay, until there was some kind of mechanical problem and we got stuck at the top while a couple of park mechanics slowly worked on it. We were kind of annoyed—we were losing valuable time! But finally the problem was fixed, and we got off.
That ruined the no-accident record in Amy’s eyes, until Henry pointed out that it wasn’t technically an accident because no one was killed or even hurt—much to Johnny’s dismay.
“Hey! You actually wanted someone to DIE? That’s EVIL and VILLAINOUS!” Henry berated.
“Well...not DIE exactly. Just sprain an ankle, maybe?”
This conversation was ended when Amy announced that the next ride we’d be going on was the Flying Swings.
Pete was horrified. “The FLYING SWINGS? That’s kid stuff! We’ll probably be the only ones over eight in the line!”
To our surprise, we weren’t. There were a few kids that even looked older than Pete. We ended up standing behind this kid wearing a red shirt and jean shorts—the Pal Club uniform!
Since the line was really long, we figured we’d have time to introduce ourselves and explain why we were all wearing the same thing.
Pete, being Leader, stepped forward. “Hi. I’m Pete Lewis, and these are the other members of the Pal Club. I’m the Leader.” He then explained all about the Club, our troubles with VidKid and Amy, etc.
The kid looked interested. “My name’s Tyler Gray. I have older sister problems, too, only her name’s not Amy. It’s Nickolette. I also have another older sister, but she’s not as bossy ‘cause she’s only ten months older than me, and I’ve got a baby sister, too. She only just turned one yesterday.”
“So, how old are you?” Johnny asked.
“Ten. I’m going to be eleven in one month exactly two days after Nika’s birthday.”
“Boy, your family sure has a lot of birthdays close together,” Henry observed.
“Yeah, that’s why we’re at Loopy I sland. It’s a celebration for all the birthdays and my baby sister’s adoption finalization. That was a month ago.”
Teddy gaped. “Hey! Our one-year-old sister was adopted, too! We have so much in common that it’s SCARY.”
“Want to become an honorary member of the Club?” Pete asked.
“Sure,” Tyler said. “And I just thought of something great! If I get Nika talking to Amy, they’ll probably spend most of our trips together and not bossing us!”
“How old is Nika?” Tim asked dubiously.
“She’ll be twenty-four.”
“Oh, that’s good.”
It turned out even better. Nika and Amy had jobs in the same field, the same favorite color, and though they wouldn’t admit it, bossing their little brothers was yet another thing in common.
Tyler’s other older sister, Elena, wasn’t bad for a girl—she seemed like someone Sally would like. The baby, Jada, was cute and looked a lot like Lauri.
While Amy was preoccupied, we Pals and Tyler raced off to the Gondola Twirler—nicknamed the Slammer by Tyler. It was an appropriate nickname, and was otherwise indescribable.
Then Pete went on the Roller Rage—a huge coaster 250 feet up. He convinced Rory to go on with him. The rest of us waited to see how they fared before we went on. Pete and Rory reported than it was ‘wicked cool’ (Pete) and ‘dizzifying’ (Rory). Teddy took Rory’s word for it and stayed off. The rest of us went on anyway and loved it—except Tim. He was thinking the whole time of a terrible accident that happened to a similar roller coaster in Kansas (thanks to Amy’s dumb website).
After several more great rides (mostly roller coasters), we bumped into Amy and Nika on our way to the waterpark. They immediately grabbed their respective brothers by the arm, and Amy declared it was time for lunch. Lucky Tyler got to eat out at one of the cool restaurants while we choked down disgusting Offenbach’s Awful sandwiches. Rory used his pocket change to buy a bag of seasoned peanuts. After gulping down the whole bag (it was a tiny one, but still...) he turned red and started choking. Amy was DEAD SURE he was having an allergic reaction....until she saw the label: ‘Cajun spices included.’
After our awful lunch, we hurried off to the BBQ Shack to meet Tyler. He and his family were just finishing dessert, and they were kind enough to buy us some, too. Fortunately, we ran much faster than Amy and therefore had already started on our ice-cream cones before she arrived. She looked a little upset at being unable to foil more of our fun.
Sopespian
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Aw... I almost feel sorry for her. Almost.
J/K Not even close.
Very good and hilarious, GGray.
