December 6, 2008 :: 19 days to go!


Everyone in the Mansion was suddenly obsessed with Kirby's idea of throwing a Christmas party for Snake. The man was a recluse, so he almost deserved it. That was what Kirby said. But what Snake said was something else entirely, and it consisted of many swear words and profanities. He soon ran out of swear words and had to use foreign insults.

Snake punched the wall, growling.

"Knotty pated fools! Stuffed cloak-bag of guts! The vile standing tucks!"

Pikachu stared at him in bemusement.

"The starvelings! The greasy tallow-catches! The stockfish!"

He didn't care what he was saying.

"The horse back breakers! The dried neat tongues! The huge bombards of sack!"

"Snake, what does that--"

"The bolting hutch of beastliness! They are huge hills of flesh! They are swollen parcels of dropsies!"

"Snake, you don't--"


Link looked up at the ceiling from his book in confusion. Mario was, as always, watching Pimp My Pizza and eating spaghetti.

"What's that thumping?" Link asked.

"Probably Snake doing a bit of reading," Mario shrugged.


Snake felt really brave now.

"The bull's pizzle!"

Now he just felt suicidal.

"Those Princes of Wales!"

Pikachu didn't bother adding that the last insult only worked on someone who had the biggest ears in the universe.