September 23, 2005

  • Time again for Tyche's Truth or Dare.  I took a Dare this time...so, here goes:

    "Pick up the closest book to you.  Turn to
    page 24.  Go to the fifth line and choose the first noun. 
    Google the word under google images.  Choose a suitable image on
    the first page and write a blog entry on how this was your favourite
    toy as a child."

    ****

    When I was a little hippie chick, growing up in the land of sun, sand
    and granola, I was given a very strange, rubbery dragon-ish sort of
    toy.  I was told that it was the Corporate Dragon, and it would
    eat up every one of us, then spit out our bones after sucking us dry.

    The Corporate Dragon didn't care about the environment or little girls
    who just wanted to play in the park, it cared only for profits, and
    making a quick buck.  The only thing to do to avoid the Corporate
    Dragon was to exercise constant vigilance, and stamp out greed wherever
    it was found.

    I, however, had a different view of the Corporate Dragon.  I saw
    him as a creature of vengeance.  My Corporate Dragon patrolled the
    beach and the park, and my bedroom.  He attacked Barbie Dolls and
    Cabbage Patch Kids, keeping me safe from the predations of the mass toy
    marketers.  And Corporate Dragon's best friend was my
    MonChiChi.  Corporate Dragon and MonChiChi together kept my room
    safe from the evil influences of Barbie and her ilk.

    Ah yes, Corporate Dragon was my favorite toy for many years.

    ****

    This is what happens when you ask an attorney to turn to a page in a
    book on her desk.  (Page 24 of "Florida Trial Objections," line 5:
    "...between a corporation's attorney and a..."  Yes, it is a small
    book.)  It was either that or Black's Law Dictionary.

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