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"Oh, it's just a parade"
O.K. O.K. really more to do with the children's theme rather than science per se, although perhaps fanangling these types of quick responses is a science in itself. This is actually something that happened in real life, and the quick response was my wife, Kate. I just remember thinking it was so funny when it came out, deadpan like, but maybe you had to be there. I do remember saying "nice cover" though.
This is the only thing Kate has ever submitted anywhere, and it was good old McSweeney's that she tried. It, of course, got rejected.
I always wondered if it was ever fleshed out it would have done better - I thought the title had promise.
Comments
"They're just brushing the flies off his back."
"Oh, he's just hanging around for a couple of days."
Or the unsubmitted Far Side of Jesus pouring himself a cup of coffee (from Prehistory of the Far Side IIRC)
"Man, I feel like I've been dead for three days."
Posted by: justawriter | July 13, 2006 12:24 PM
"Where's Waldo?"
Posted by: dave | July 13, 2006 2:08 PM
"Don't worry honey. He's just an actor pretending to be a mythological character who supposedly didn't really die anyway."
Posted by: Ick of the East | July 13, 2006 11:25 PM