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Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: May 18, 2007 08:33AM

<passes Nem a marshmallow elephant>

<suggests evaluation should read "I'm cool and yer all a bunch of bastids if you don't agree" >

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: May 18, 2007 01:15PM

<passes around a bucket of marshmallow polar bear cubs>

<explains they got thrown at him in his local supermarket>

<promises that he will never, never name any offspring Knut>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: MartinB (155.232.128.---)
Date: May 18, 2007 06:39PM

<thinks that being hit by a Knut might make one Knumb>

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: nemades (---.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk)
Date: May 18, 2007 10:05PM

<thanks Xmorph for the delicious marshmallow elephant>

<edits self evaluations appropriately, likes the new opening line!>

<thinks back to the many many maximum number of marshmallows in a mouth at one time competitions have witnessed>

<wonders if the lemon coconut slice is worth a try?>

<makes some hot chocolate with mini marshmallows and chocolate sprinkles in a rainbow stripey mug for xnorph in thanks, leaves the choice of cream open>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: May 19, 2007 10:50AM

<tries carving a squirrel out of marshmallow and fails>

<decides to barbecue a non-marshmallow squirrel instead>

<carves squirrel out of handy piece of steak found in pocket>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: Lady Teaspoon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: May 19, 2007 02:06PM

<points out to SkidMarks that he could now defend us from a vampire invasion with his stake cleverly disguised as a squirrel>

<Wonders how the squirrel got stuck in the marshmellow in the first place>

<notices an ominus cloud of dust gathering on the horizon and coming this way fast>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: May 19, 2007 04:22PM

<hopes that it is a dusty vampire so he can use his new rodent defense>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: MartinB (155.232.128.---)
Date: May 20, 2007 09:25AM

<wonders if cowboy vampires would stroll into town, looking for the man that shot themselves>

<makes note to use the idea of a vampire cowboy in a short story, because vampires make everything cool.>

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: May 20, 2007 10:01AM

<wonders if that is cool as in the sense of corpse-like>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.static.dsl.dodo.com.au)
Date: May 20, 2007 01:34PM

<gets nervous and hides in a group of goths for camoflage>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: May 21, 2007 09:12AM

<ponders the image of Spike in an evil cowboy outfit>

<wanders off searching for a large vat of ice to sit in>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: MartinB (155.232.128.---)
Date: May 21, 2007 01:08PM

<merely goes outside>

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.static.dsl.dodo.com.au)
Date: May 21, 2007 02:13PM

<Agrees with Martin. Never liked Spike since he turned all goodie two shoes. Decides Dru would be a lot more fun and steers the goths slightly more cryptwards>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: MartinB (155.232.128.---)
Date: May 21, 2007 06:38PM

<comes inside again since it is too cold out>

<wonders what Spike from Cowboy Bebop would be like as a vampire>

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: DisturbinglyAvidFfordeWorshipper (---.kpunet.net)
Date: May 21, 2007 11:48PM

<withdraws ninja squirrel from inside pocket>

<jacket and hand ruined by squirrel objections>

<lets squirrel fly, hoping it will help against vampires>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: May 22, 2007 09:33AM

<builds a vampire out of marshmallows and string>

<goes around the room begging for toothpicks so she can finish the fangs>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: Lady Teaspoon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: May 23, 2007 12:00AM

<points out to xmorpheus that we've got bigger problems>

<supplies toothpicks anyway>

<looks pointedly out to the army of vampires (or vampyres) now worringly close to the treehouse>

<tries to think fast>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: May 23, 2007 09:19AM

<sends out her marshmallow vampire>

<watches in glee as the other vampires fall on it - and get their fangs stuck, thus rendering them all safe>

<wanders out and starts checking their pockets for cash and shiny things>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: May 23, 2007 12:36PM

<summons Bruce Campbell in his "Army of Darkness" persona to fight the vampires>

<wonders if there is a treehouse in the Literary Character Summoning Contest" thread>

<decides that there is now>

Re: Resurrection of The Treehouse - Revenge of the Squirrels
Posted by: Lady Teaspoon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: May 23, 2007 11:51PM

<cheers Bruce Campbell on>

<summons Tarzan, since he could only help the situation>

<wonders why Tarzan wasn't in the treehouse to begin with>

<Wonders if we've been trespasssing>

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