The Sequel
Chapter 16 -- Some More Perfectly Normal Phenomena, Plus One Truly Awful Joke
Disclaimer: Not mine.
In the last chapter, the characters witnessed some perfectly normal phenomena. And the return of the part-time stapling machine joke.
An Evil Monkey with a Spoon: Hello!
Frizz: GAHH! -Hides behind a tree-
Eugene: Oh. Hello. What are you doing here?
An Evil Monkey with a Spoon: I just came to ask Sarah a quick question. Are you are stapling machine?
Sarah: Only part time.
An Evil Monkey with a Spoon: Okay then. -Vanishes-
Frizz: -Come out from behind the tree-
Data: Strange. The evil monkeys with spoons have not been around since the second chapter of the original story.
Capt. Picard: How can a person be a stapling machine anyway?
Dr. Crusher: Stapling machines are perfectly normal phenomena
Sarah: Hey! I have a joke! Why did the chicken lay an egg?
…
Sarah: To get to the other side!
All: O o
Worf: That… is one truly awful joke.
Data: Awful jokes are perfectly normal phenomena.
Frizz: There are far too many of them in the world.
Eugene: I believe that without awful joke, we would never know a funny joke when we heard it.
Fred: I concur!
Data: Ooo! I have a good joke! There was this guy, and he went into a bar and he walked up to the counter. He saw this other guy with a dog. He asked "Does your dog bite?" the other guy said no, so he sat down. Ten minutes later the dog is ripping the guys leg off! He says "You said your dog doesn't bite!" The other guy says "That's not my dog!"
Frizz: -cracks up-
Suddenly, a branch from a tree fell and hit Capt. Picard in the head and knocked him out cold.
Then, the screen went all wiggly.
Capt. Picard: -Wakes up in sick bay, with Dr. Crusher standing over him-
Capt. Picard: Oh. So, it was all a dream?
Dr. Crusher: No. This is the dream. You're still on Essuoral.
Capt. Picard: That's odd.
Dr. Crusher: Actually, things like this are a perfectly normal phenomena.
Screen: -Goes all wiggly again-
Capt. Picard: -Wakes up-
Frizz: … and that's how I was turned into a newt.
Capt. Picard: A newt?
Frizz: …Well, I got better.
Sarah: Would you happened to have any self-ejecting tomatoes?
How many of you thought that the story was over when Picard woke up the first time? How many of you thought that Data's joke was funny? I need to know!