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haven't been said in the other 3 quickies. But... i do have to fill up
this space with something. Hmm... Well... first, thank you for everyone
that reviewed my story, and please keep those reviews coming. You know
how it is in america, ...FIRST you get the reviews, then you get the money,
then you get the women... THEN you get the POWER!" Ok... I think I've
filled this space well enough. Please enjoy...
Quickie #4: Supermarket Sweet
Ash groaned slightly. Brock looked over at him, "Whats with you?"
"I hate shopping," Ash complained, "I know we need supplies for the road, but we've been in this supermarket for an hour now."
"We're almost done," Brock said, "Misty is getting ketchup for Pikachu, and... umm.. some... "Personal" items for herself, if you know what i mean."
Ash: "Not a clue."
Brock sighs and shakes his head and says, "Well ask her about it later if you want a broken head... or worse." Brock said, "Anyway, look if your bored, go buy the toothpaste ok?"
"Oh, alright," Ash said walking away, "Hey, what kind?"
Brock shrugged, "I dont care, just get a good kind, ok?"
"Piece of cake!" Ash said walking off.
Ash walked from one end of the store to the other, "Hmm... i wonder where they keep the toothpaste here..." Suddenly something delicious caught his nose, "Hey! FREE SAMPLES!"
Ash took off to the cart offering free goodies. Behind the car stood a man with blue hair and glasses and a woman with red hair and shades. With them stood a 3 foot mascot of a corn dog. "Oh hi there young man," The lady said, "Would you like to try some of our re-fried, triple batter dipped, lightly salted all natural bite sized corn dogs?"
"Sounds good!" Ash said.
"Dey are!" The lil corn dog mascot said.
"AND..." The blue haired man said, "They're low calories!"
"Really?" Ash asked, "They dont sound it..."
"Oh, they are!" He explained, "They're only 20 calories a serving!"
"Wow!" Ash said, "How much is a serving?"
"1/20th of a corn dog!" The woman explained.
"Oh..." Ash said swearing he could hear a rimshot off in the distance, "Oh well, lemme try one..."
After sampling a few, Ash was licking his fingers, "MAN! They are great!"
"Well, we're glad you enjoyed your snack, but we have a nasty surprise for you." The lady said.
"Yeah yeah," Ash said, taking another corn dog, "Your Team Rocket."
Jessie, James and Meowth were taking off thier disguise when they heard Ash drop that bombshell. "Wha...?" They asked togehter. James cried out, "Wait.. you KNEW we were Team Rocket?"
"Duh..." Ash said between bites, "Man, Woman, with hair likes yours, and a mini talking corn dog with an accent... not much of a disguise... but i do like the opposite pun you got going there... a MEWOTH in a corn DOG outfit... cute..."
The trio of villians glared at the young boy, Meowth shook his head, and asked, "Wait... if ya KNEW who we were... why'd ya not say nothing?"
"Cause..." Ash said shrugging his shoulders and taking another corn dog, "I wanted corn dogs..."
Jessie looked at the young boy disgusted, "You... do realize what goes in those things, right?"
"Dont care." Ash said deadpan and chewing.
"Alright," James said, "You know why we're here..."
Meowth chimed in, "And its NOT to give you corn dogs..."
Ash nodded, "I know... but that was a nice extra." and he takes another one.
"Alright twerp," Jessie said taking the plate away, "They're for all the customers. Besides, give us Pikachu, NOW!"
"Dont have him." Ash said taking a napkin and cleaning his hands.
Again, Team Rocket stared and went, "Wha..."
"Where is he???" Jessie demanded.
"I guess he's with Misty right now, she was getting ketchup... and personal items... whatever that means..."
The trio stared. Ash continued, "It was something about napkins... but I dont know why Misty needs such special napkins, the ones you have here are just fine..."
The trio blushed. Jessie yelled, "THAT'S ENOUGH! Look twerp, if you didnt have Pikachu, but you knew who we were... then why..."
Ash interupted, "Corn dogs... remember?"
Jessie growled, "Alright... come on guys... let's go find that red head..."
"Umm... Jessie." James said.
"WHAT?" Jessie asked loudly
Meowth spoke up, blushing, "Jimmy and I cant go walking down no isle with yer womanly napkins."
Jessie growled again, "That's it... I'm we're done here," She turned to face Ash, "Your lucky my cohorts are shy, or you'd be in big trouble... Team Rocket is... what would you call it?"
James offered, "Fuming?"
Jessie nodded, "Team Rocket is fuming off again!" And she stormed off with James and Meowth in tail.
"HEY WAIT!" Ash yelled after them, "Leave the corn dogs at least! ...damnit... they're gone... they're were good tasting too... What was i suppose to be doing? Oh yeah... toothpaste..."
Ash finally found the toothpaste isle. "Alright," he said to himself, "Toothpaste... i'll just grab a tube and go... and... HOLY CRAP!"
Ash stared at the many shelves of toothpaste. "What the hell?" Ash asked himself, "There's got to be a hundred kinds here... What kind do i get?"
Ash picks up a tube... "Cavity protection..." He reads, "Well... thats good... but wait..." He picks up another "Whitens Teeth... thats good too... which one is better?
Ash puts them back. "Well this one is Total Protection... but does that offer as much Cavity protection as this Cavity Protection one? Hmmmm..."
Ash scratches his head starting to feel overwhelmed. "Is Crest better then Aim? Or should i get Colgate? Colgate does have the 24 hour protection... but it doesnt have whitening, and Crest has Total WITH whitening, but how long do you think this lasts?"
*MEANWHILE... in another part of the store.
Brock and Misty are waiting around near the checkout counter. "What do you think is keeping Ash?" Brock asked, "He's been gone for an hour now."
Misty asked, "Where'd he go?"
Brock said, "Well he was bored so i had him go get toothpaste."
Misty gasped in horror, "NO! You didnt! You know how Ash is when it comes to making decisions! Dont you remember when he told us when he had to choose from 3 pokemon to be his first one? That was only THREE to choose from... there's got to be a thousand different types there!"
"Oh... damn..." Brock said realizing the problem, "We probably should go get him!"
"Yeah! We gotta go right now..." Misty started to say but something caught her attention that caused her to say, "Oh... crap... never mind..."
Brock stared and said, "Let's pretend we dont know him..."
What they saw was Ash being forceablely removed from the store by two baggers. The young trainer was yelling, "Let me go! I HAD to knock the shelf over... it was MOCKING me!!!"
Brock, Misty and Pikachu stared as thier friend was tossed on the curb. They stood there silent for a moment til finally...
AND NOW THE PUNCHLINE....
Brock said, "Well... Good thing i didnt ask him to pick out a shampoo too, huh?"
Iris out on Misty shaking her head in pity and Pikachu doing the "V" symbol with its fingers.
THE END
Ash came walking back into scene, "Well, that was a pretty good episode..."
"How can you say that?" Misty asked annoyed.
"Yeah!" Brock agreed, "The whole episode was about you! I had like 4 lines in the whole show."
"I had even less," Misty fumed, "Although you talked about my personal hygene products enough!!!"
Ash shrugged, "Hey, is it MY fault that im the only one that sent the writer's a gift basket for Christmas?"
Brock and Misty started coughing, but thier coughs sounded suspiciously like, "Kiss ass". Ash just made a face and said, "Yeah, real funny guys..." Suddenly Ash makes a very sick face.
"Ash? You ok?" Misty asked concerned.
"Ugh... all of a sudden... I feel sick..." Ash groans.
"Oh no..." Brock says, "You didnt REALLY eat those corn dogs did you?"
Ash: "Yeah... why?"
"ASH!" Misty yelled, "You werent suppose to eat those for real!"
"Why?" Ash asked, "We're they styrofoam or something?"
Brock shook his head... "Worse... we got them from surplus from Carnival Cruise Lines!"
THE REAL END
***This Quickie is dedicated to the all the toothpaste companies out there who decided that the american consumers needed a thousand different varieties of toothpastes to choose from***
Dunt dunt dunt... and another one bites the dust! Another Quickie comes to a close, but please do not feel sorrowful, because a new one is just around the corner. What to do in the meantime? Well, quite a few things...
1. Review this chapter
2. Read a Book (I suggest anything by Spider Robinson)
3. Review the last chapter if you havnet done so already.
4. Take a walk
5. Review this chapter again.
6. Solve the Riddle of the Sphinx
7. Re-read the first two chapters and review them.
8. Travel to Gothem City because the Penguin is on a rampage and only you can stop him.
9. Drag the Penguin back to your computer, force him to read my story and make him review it.
Ok, ok, time to be serious, thank you for reading my story, and i hope you enjoyed it. The way i look at it, as long as it makes a few people laugh, its worth the time to write them. I'll see you next time, til then... remember, be true to your teeth, or they'll be false to you!
Quickie #4: Supermarket Sweet
Ash groaned slightly. Brock looked over at him, "Whats with you?"
"I hate shopping," Ash complained, "I know we need supplies for the road, but we've been in this supermarket for an hour now."
"We're almost done," Brock said, "Misty is getting ketchup for Pikachu, and... umm.. some... "Personal" items for herself, if you know what i mean."
Ash: "Not a clue."
Brock sighs and shakes his head and says, "Well ask her about it later if you want a broken head... or worse." Brock said, "Anyway, look if your bored, go buy the toothpaste ok?"
"Oh, alright," Ash said walking away, "Hey, what kind?"
Brock shrugged, "I dont care, just get a good kind, ok?"
"Piece of cake!" Ash said walking off.
Ash walked from one end of the store to the other, "Hmm... i wonder where they keep the toothpaste here..." Suddenly something delicious caught his nose, "Hey! FREE SAMPLES!"
Ash took off to the cart offering free goodies. Behind the car stood a man with blue hair and glasses and a woman with red hair and shades. With them stood a 3 foot mascot of a corn dog. "Oh hi there young man," The lady said, "Would you like to try some of our re-fried, triple batter dipped, lightly salted all natural bite sized corn dogs?"
"Sounds good!" Ash said.
"Dey are!" The lil corn dog mascot said.
"AND..." The blue haired man said, "They're low calories!"
"Really?" Ash asked, "They dont sound it..."
"Oh, they are!" He explained, "They're only 20 calories a serving!"
"Wow!" Ash said, "How much is a serving?"
"1/20th of a corn dog!" The woman explained.
"Oh..." Ash said swearing he could hear a rimshot off in the distance, "Oh well, lemme try one..."
After sampling a few, Ash was licking his fingers, "MAN! They are great!"
"Well, we're glad you enjoyed your snack, but we have a nasty surprise for you." The lady said.
"Yeah yeah," Ash said, taking another corn dog, "Your Team Rocket."
Jessie, James and Meowth were taking off thier disguise when they heard Ash drop that bombshell. "Wha...?" They asked togehter. James cried out, "Wait.. you KNEW we were Team Rocket?"
"Duh..." Ash said between bites, "Man, Woman, with hair likes yours, and a mini talking corn dog with an accent... not much of a disguise... but i do like the opposite pun you got going there... a MEWOTH in a corn DOG outfit... cute..."
The trio of villians glared at the young boy, Meowth shook his head, and asked, "Wait... if ya KNEW who we were... why'd ya not say nothing?"
"Cause..." Ash said shrugging his shoulders and taking another corn dog, "I wanted corn dogs..."
Jessie looked at the young boy disgusted, "You... do realize what goes in those things, right?"
"Dont care." Ash said deadpan and chewing.
"Alright," James said, "You know why we're here..."
Meowth chimed in, "And its NOT to give you corn dogs..."
Ash nodded, "I know... but that was a nice extra." and he takes another one.
"Alright twerp," Jessie said taking the plate away, "They're for all the customers. Besides, give us Pikachu, NOW!"
"Dont have him." Ash said taking a napkin and cleaning his hands.
Again, Team Rocket stared and went, "Wha..."
"Where is he???" Jessie demanded.
"I guess he's with Misty right now, she was getting ketchup... and personal items... whatever that means..."
The trio stared. Ash continued, "It was something about napkins... but I dont know why Misty needs such special napkins, the ones you have here are just fine..."
The trio blushed. Jessie yelled, "THAT'S ENOUGH! Look twerp, if you didnt have Pikachu, but you knew who we were... then why..."
Ash interupted, "Corn dogs... remember?"
Jessie growled, "Alright... come on guys... let's go find that red head..."
"Umm... Jessie." James said.
"WHAT?" Jessie asked loudly
Meowth spoke up, blushing, "Jimmy and I cant go walking down no isle with yer womanly napkins."
Jessie growled again, "That's it... I'm we're done here," She turned to face Ash, "Your lucky my cohorts are shy, or you'd be in big trouble... Team Rocket is... what would you call it?"
James offered, "Fuming?"
Jessie nodded, "Team Rocket is fuming off again!" And she stormed off with James and Meowth in tail.
"HEY WAIT!" Ash yelled after them, "Leave the corn dogs at least! ...damnit... they're gone... they're were good tasting too... What was i suppose to be doing? Oh yeah... toothpaste..."
Ash finally found the toothpaste isle. "Alright," he said to himself, "Toothpaste... i'll just grab a tube and go... and... HOLY CRAP!"
Ash stared at the many shelves of toothpaste. "What the hell?" Ash asked himself, "There's got to be a hundred kinds here... What kind do i get?"
Ash picks up a tube... "Cavity protection..." He reads, "Well... thats good... but wait..." He picks up another "Whitens Teeth... thats good too... which one is better?
Ash puts them back. "Well this one is Total Protection... but does that offer as much Cavity protection as this Cavity Protection one? Hmmmm..."
Ash scratches his head starting to feel overwhelmed. "Is Crest better then Aim? Or should i get Colgate? Colgate does have the 24 hour protection... but it doesnt have whitening, and Crest has Total WITH whitening, but how long do you think this lasts?"
*MEANWHILE... in another part of the store.
Brock and Misty are waiting around near the checkout counter. "What do you think is keeping Ash?" Brock asked, "He's been gone for an hour now."
Misty asked, "Where'd he go?"
Brock said, "Well he was bored so i had him go get toothpaste."
Misty gasped in horror, "NO! You didnt! You know how Ash is when it comes to making decisions! Dont you remember when he told us when he had to choose from 3 pokemon to be his first one? That was only THREE to choose from... there's got to be a thousand different types there!"
"Oh... damn..." Brock said realizing the problem, "We probably should go get him!"
"Yeah! We gotta go right now..." Misty started to say but something caught her attention that caused her to say, "Oh... crap... never mind..."
Brock stared and said, "Let's pretend we dont know him..."
What they saw was Ash being forceablely removed from the store by two baggers. The young trainer was yelling, "Let me go! I HAD to knock the shelf over... it was MOCKING me!!!"
Brock, Misty and Pikachu stared as thier friend was tossed on the curb. They stood there silent for a moment til finally...
AND NOW THE PUNCHLINE....
Brock said, "Well... Good thing i didnt ask him to pick out a shampoo too, huh?"
Iris out on Misty shaking her head in pity and Pikachu doing the "V" symbol with its fingers.
THE END
Ash came walking back into scene, "Well, that was a pretty good episode..."
"How can you say that?" Misty asked annoyed.
"Yeah!" Brock agreed, "The whole episode was about you! I had like 4 lines in the whole show."
"I had even less," Misty fumed, "Although you talked about my personal hygene products enough!!!"
Ash shrugged, "Hey, is it MY fault that im the only one that sent the writer's a gift basket for Christmas?"
Brock and Misty started coughing, but thier coughs sounded suspiciously like, "Kiss ass". Ash just made a face and said, "Yeah, real funny guys..." Suddenly Ash makes a very sick face.
"Ash? You ok?" Misty asked concerned.
"Ugh... all of a sudden... I feel sick..." Ash groans.
"Oh no..." Brock says, "You didnt REALLY eat those corn dogs did you?"
Ash: "Yeah... why?"
"ASH!" Misty yelled, "You werent suppose to eat those for real!"
"Why?" Ash asked, "We're they styrofoam or something?"
Brock shook his head... "Worse... we got them from surplus from Carnival Cruise Lines!"
THE REAL END
***This Quickie is dedicated to the all the toothpaste companies out there who decided that the american consumers needed a thousand different varieties of toothpastes to choose from***
Dunt dunt dunt... and another one bites the dust! Another Quickie comes to a close, but please do not feel sorrowful, because a new one is just around the corner. What to do in the meantime? Well, quite a few things...
1. Review this chapter
2. Read a Book (I suggest anything by Spider Robinson)
3. Review the last chapter if you havnet done so already.
4. Take a walk
5. Review this chapter again.
6. Solve the Riddle of the Sphinx
7. Re-read the first two chapters and review them.
8. Travel to Gothem City because the Penguin is on a rampage and only you can stop him.
9. Drag the Penguin back to your computer, force him to read my story and make him review it.
Ok, ok, time to be serious, thank you for reading my story, and i hope you enjoyed it. The way i look at it, as long as it makes a few people laugh, its worth the time to write them. I'll see you next time, til then... remember, be true to your teeth, or they'll be false to you!