Whatever Next
Created | Updated Jul 31, 2008
Here is the next entry in the modestly anticipated series called... Well I never actually came up with a catchy name for it. Anyway, if you need to see the rules or any explanation, see May I Conduct an Experiment?. The series will be ten episodes long, so bear that in mind with plot development and such. The entries referenced in this episode come up as linked entries wherever your skin usually puts them, and the Post Team have included the next five entries to be used to continue this story at the end. The first person to follow up by adding their name will take on responsibility for the next episode.
Please keep up the challenge of...
Whatever Next...
Episode Eight
Professor Garbinstein couldn't refrain from grinning at himself in the mirror as he shaved. Craig's paranoia didn't phase him in the least. For while the immense importance of his work was clear to him, Garbinstein knew what the rest of the world would think. So ignorant were they! He could take out a page advertisement in one of Rupert Murdoch's toilet-rolls, and they would dismiss it as the ramblings of someone who had read too many Gothic mystery novels.
No, the mission was all but complete. For every generation since his blessed ancestor Matthew Hopkins, Garbinstein's family had dedicated itself to the betterment of the human race by eradicating nipples which are divisible by three. After that he'd deal with eccentrics. There was nothing he hated more than eccentricity. He tweaked the remaining whisker from the crack of his jowls, and splashed himself with aftershave.
His valet brought his breakfast kippers in - done to perfection, as always. His expertise in cooking fish was second to none.
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Dave was feeling distinctly uneasy about Buckeye's driving. The break-neck pace raised the hairs on his neck, but when it wore off, he found himself emboldened. The more he listened to Buckeye, the more emboldened he got.
'See, what escapes your attention, my friend, is the goddamn gravity of the situation...'
'I think you've taken a wrong turn here, mate...' said Dave. 'Cuz if you want to go to Shoeburyness, take the A-road, the OK-road, that's the best!'
'And,' he shifted uneasily, 'if you don't mind me asking you this - how did you know about Squarepusher?'
Dave heard the clunk of central locking....
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The next episode will be based on the following five entries, selected by the Post Team with the Infinite Improbability Drive:
- Edward Jenner (1749-1823).
- Public Key Cryptograpy in Today's Communication.
- Syke, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- The Solar System.
- The Great Australian Bar-B-Que.
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