Scene - a wood near Athens. Enter PUCK.

PUCK; Hear ought? Nay; the world is quiet; for all therein (or so it seems)
Lie thus enmesh'd and trammell'd, wrapp'd in another's dream
What sorcery, what power strange, hath caused the earth's becowling?
If spell it be, then it hath come from one called J K Rowling.
A mighty witch! A fey of dread, mistress of awful tricks
They that hath the book lie rapt in the Order of the Phoenix.

Not I; for I am Puck, and hath seen these things do go in cycles;
But while it lasts I'll tarry here, and quietly take the michael.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

LOL! Have you come off your medication recently?

*Slaps head* Well, dang it, I plum forgot it ain't midsummer where you is ....



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

No, it is officially mid-winter. And quite chllly it is, too, now that you mention it.

Scene: Another Wood (some Place in th'untrammeled North)

BOTTOM: And heark; perchance I hear,
though it be but a whisper,
of brave Jon of Yorkshire,
try-ing to take the pis, per
haps?

;}



Jesus saves; Buddha does incremental backup.

Scene - A throne room thronged with retainers. Enter King Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey.

CARDINAL WOLSEY; Whilst the latest edition, WOLP, is read. Let silence be commanded.

KING HENRY VIII; What's the need? It hath already publicly been decided. And on all sides the fforumites will bugger off to spare the time to read it!

What a hush will fall in nine days time? ;)

Scene - a room in rural Worcestershire

PSD (for it is he): Ha ha ha ha haha (clutches aching sides...)



PSD

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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

Scene - a study in suburban Virginia

AAC: Forsooth, for this is of wicked humor!

Husband Jon: HUH? What?

AAC: The Brierley Jon has once again attacked m' funny bone.

Husband Jon: HUH?? What??

AAC: It has been writ; a delightful parody of one Mr. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

Husband Jon: HUH??? What???

AAC: Compared it has been to that magical teen. Of magic and Muggles and booksales obscene. All culminated in a Midsummer's night's scene.

Husband Jon: Huh???? What????

AAC: The Fforum was quiet; no one to be seen. Brierley Jon pondered - then remembered where everyone had been.

Husband Jon: Huh????? What?????

AAC: Pre-ordered online or to the bookseller at midnight. It mattered not.

Husband Jon: Huh?????? What??????

AAC: Okay, listen...Jon Brierley wrote a funny parody of this Shakespeare play...you know, the one with Puck?? No? Well anyway, it was funny. Used the format of the play to describe the absence of Fforumites because they're reading the new Harry Potter book. A typical Jon funny.

Husband Jon: Oh. It must be a "Nextian Thing"...I wouldn't understand.

AAC: ya (looks to audience - shakes head and turns back to the task at hand.)

*falls off chair laughing*



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah

Applause

<racous applause>

Very funny.

Mildred enjoyed it too. She even looked up from the aforementioned Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to read it.

She's enjoying Harry Potter. I keep having to help here with words like 'Dementor' though. She says she has great sympathy with Mr Dursley...



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There's a hole in my creativity bucket and it's all leaked out.

Brilliant, Jon. I'm soo jealous of your talent for parody. You really are wasted working for a transport company.

*standing ovation*

Jon - you are too clever to be nice - but there's always one to break the rule:-)

(tries to work out last remark, and see if it comes to a compliment .... )

BrierleyJon (Enterprises) Ltd cannot be held responsible for any breakages caused by falling off chairs, nor any damages to keyboards, marriages or exam results. All rights reserved. Puck is licenced to Stratford MegaMart (formerly William Shakespeare Inc) and is used entirely without permission.

The quality of this parody may have settled in transit. May contain nuts.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

*snork*

Any more encores like that will be greatly appreciated! :-D



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah

Whaddya mean, *may* contain nuts ? Isn't it bleedin' obvious ?

The whole fforum contains nuts, not just any one post.

Actually I'm feeling a bit humble at the mo. People laugh at my stuff and tell me I'm wasted &c. and it's a real ego-boost, and then ... then I go and read a really good story, you know, with a plot and a heart and a point, and I wonder if I'll ever write anything as good as that. Not *like* that; it wasn't in my style at all, but the craft and skill behind it made me sing very small, I'll tell you.

The author of this piece? Our own Sarah (the original and best). It's called 'The Eggs of 113'. It's in her blog. Damn, it's good.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

Jon - Feeling humble is not necessarily a bad thing. But you do have a creative talent, its found its own way out and that is something to be feel proud about! Think of the authors you most admire, I doubt that what they did made them incredibly delighted with themselves all the time, doesn't mean it isn't creative, imaginative or inspirational.

I admire what you can do because I can't do it, and I feel the same for anyone who has that kind of spark that is not in me.

Jon, you couldn't continue Jack Schitt's "Raven" could you?