Past-a-Rama By Robert L. Fitzpatrick The sun broke through the cracked panes of glass at the Cookieville Orphanarium in Miss Sheehan’s office. The stocky Irish woman had her eyes glued to the television set while an 18 year old cyclops girl filled out paperwork nearby. On the television a dashing young captain named Zapp Brannigan laid out his plans for an upcoming DOOP conflict on the Planet of the Centipedes. A woman reporter asked him a question. “Captain Brannigan...why exactly are we going to war with this planet? I don’t believe anyone in this press conference has laid that out for us.” “Well...they’re grotesque - just look at them. They’re centipedes, for God’s sake. And they get into your shower…” “So, we’re to believe that you’re going to engage a planet in an armed conflict because they appear grotesque to us…” Miss Sheehan swooned over the young officer. “He’s a looker, isn’t he? I’d like to have him start a war in my neighborhood - I’d quarter him up in my
The Little Things in Life by Gulliver63, literature
Literature
The Little Things in Life
The Little Things in Life by Robert L. Fitzpatrick "Ewww," cried Amy as she started to pour her coffee in the lounge; she brought her purple boot down and crushed a large red ant on the floor. "This place is getting gross." Amy took her cup of coffee up to the Professor's lab, where he was experimenting with a small spider monkey. His huge light beam projector was just starting to cool down as he examined the ape. The monkey was finished writing on a piece of paper, and handed it over to Farnsworth; the Professor frowned as he scanned the scribbling. "No, no, no...this is not what Kafka's Metamorphosis is about at all. You've got to think outside of the box...look at the symbolism." The poor ape shrugged his shoulders. "I know, I know...literature can be a hard subject to grasp. Here - you can have an orange anyway." "How are you coming with that IQ booster of yours?" asked Amy as she playfully scratched the creature's head. "Only moderately successful. His penmanship is chicken