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> Toe stall doesn't need to be called "corpsegrinder", it's really easy to
> understand what "toe stall" means.  The same for, say, paradox mirage.

EXT. - COLLEGE CAMPUS - EARLY AFTERNOON

Several students stand in a circle kicking a small beanbag-like object
back and forth while listening to droning, repetitive electronica.
Suddenly a loud "BRR-ZAP!" sound cuts the air, and a telephone booth
instantly materializes out of nowhere nearby.  None of the students seem
to notice the booth, however.

Jon: "Whoa, that was a wicked song!  I like that zapping sound at the
end."
Bryan: "What?  I thought that was you.  I didn't want to say anything."
Matt: "Yeah.  I thought that was Jon, too.  What was it then?"

A trenchcoated man wearing a colorful scarf approaches the circle.

Man: "I beg your pardon, but may I ask a favor of one of you nice
fellows?"

Matt starts screaming and begins to run away.

Matt: "No, please god, no!  I'm too young!  Take Jon!  He's muscular
and fit!"
Man: "What?  No, wait, come back!  I just want to ask a question."
Jon: "Sure, go ahead.  Don't mind my friend, he's just been a bit edgy
since the knitting accident."
Man: "I understand.  Look, I know this sounds odd, but I'm from the
future."
Jon: "Not weird at all.  In fact, I myself happen to be from the past."

The man looks at Bryan briefly, who just shrugs, then back at Jon.

Man: "Well, anyway...I was just wondering if you could tell me what a
'Corpsegrinder' is.  Future generations know it has to do with footbag
in some way, but historical records contain only theories, and all of
them are contradictory."
Jon: "Ah, yes.  Corpsegrinder.  Sure, I can tell you the real story
behind that name.  There's a lot of confusion about that one, but I
happen to know the guy that came up with it."
Man: "Splendid!  Please, continue!"
Jon: "Well, in an eruption of sarcasm..."

Matt suddenly returns, running, and hits Jon in the stomach with what
appears to be a live badger.  Jon doubles over in agony and realizes
that the badger was actually a piece of stone from the Berlin Wall.  He
painfully begins to explain the political ramifications of the
reunification of Germany, but the trenchcoated man inserts a daisy into
Jon's ear and runs away giggling in a gay and carefree manner.  Matt
then retrieves the badger, which promptly eats him.  Bryan looks into
the camera blankly.

Bryan: "Eternity.  By Calvin Klein."

CUT!
--
Ernest M. Crvich
Boulder, CO
"Wasting bandwidth since 1971."
Have footbag, will shred.

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