August 31st, 2007
NOTE FROM CARL:
Be it 15th-century Calais, 21st-century Alpha
Ceti IX, or tropical 28th-century Yellowknife,
two truths remain constant: buildings and
roads need built, and the builders never
behave according to local decorum. Why? A rift
in the time-space continuum of course!
Ceti IX, or tropical 28th-century Yellowknife,
two truths remain constant: buildings and
roads need built, and the builders never
behave according to local decorum. Why? A rift
in the time-space continuum of course!
The Top 6 Signs a Construction Crew Beamed
in Through a Rift in the Time-Space Continuum
in Through a Rift in the Time-Space Continuum
6> The incidence of student misbehavior at your new school plummets after the kids get a look at the dungeon and torture chamber.
5> Witnessing it now in person, you’re not sure about the interiors being based on “dungwall” compound.
4> This time when the homeowners are taking it up the ass, its via the AnalSyphe-VX4000.
3> Every other afternoon the Caterpillar runs out of diesel and Plozz is coincidentally drunk.
2> The wooly mammoth pulling the concrete pumper is your first clue.
and the Number 1 Sign a Construction Crew Beamed in Through a Rift in the Time-Space Continuum…
1> The demolition crew is using catapults and really, really big rocks to tear down the exisiting structure.
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Credits:
Selected from 20 submissions from 6 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Mark Weiss, Austin, TX — 1, 2 (2nd #1!)
Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX — 3, Banner tag
Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA — 4, 5
Brad Hamer, Austin, TX — 6
Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH — GrandObserver,ObtuseFunny
RUNNERS UP list — Union-ized or Un-ionized?
Sign says “Traffic fines doubled in construction zone — to
4,000,000 Quatloos”
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
The job site foreman? Richard Nixon.
(Mark Weiss, Austin, TX)
The replicator is very cool, but your house is 40% smaller than you expected, since Ameirika’a converted to metric back in the year 2294.
(Nathan Sherman, Bellevue, WA)
The stonework contractor shows up with an army of slaves.
(Brad Hamer, Austin, TX)
When the car ahead of you clipped one of the orange cones, it went bouncing crazily across the highway in looping, gravity-defying cartwheels. The cone, on the other hand, didn’t move an inch.
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
Runners Up list name
(Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX)
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
The job site foreman? Richard Nixon.
(Mark Weiss, Austin, TX)
The replicator is very cool, but your house is 40% smaller than you expected, since Ameirika’a converted to metric back in the year 2294.
(Nathan Sherman, Bellevue, WA)
The stonework contractor shows up with an army of slaves.
(Brad Hamer, Austin, TX)
When the car ahead of you clipped one of the orange cones, it went bouncing crazily across the highway in looping, gravity-defying cartwheels. The cone, on the other hand, didn’t move an inch.
(Larry Hollister, Concord, CA)
Runners Up list name
(Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX)
