"My country 'tis of thee...Land of the SUV...To Congress I scream! Offshore drilling you despise...While the gas prices rise...This could be our demise...If you do nothing." - from a cartoon by Gary Varvel(?) featured in the October 2008 "Levitt Letter"
Soda
Captain Scabulous wanted a soda. However, there were no sodas on board the Blood Crow. He had to find a soda machine.
"Stop right here, boys," he said as the ship came up to an outpost.
He had spotted the soda machine sitting on the deck of the General Store miles away. A feat the other Murk Raiders though only possible for that Storm Hawk, Finn.
He hopped of the ship—or possibly just walked off, maybe danced—and walked up to the soda machine, pulling the dollar out of his pocket.
He ran the dollar between his fingers to flatten it out and then put the dollar into the slot.
The machine promptly spat the dollar back out. He flattened the dollar out again and then put it back into the slot again. And the machine spat it back out—again.
He growled, trying it again.
Spit
And again.
Spit
Again. Again. Again.
Spit. Spit. Spit.
He growled again, picking up the machine.
WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!
Setting the machine back down, he stuck the dollar into the slot. This time the dollar stayed. He grinned.
As he went to push the button for the soda he wanted…
SPIT
"Arrrgh!!"
soda machines are evil
You know you saw that one coming. You didn't actually think it was gonna work for him, did ya?
Maybe next time he'll use coins - or at least bring a crispy dollar.