as told by John Potenza
One day in late summer Mac & Dino were walking down the street to Joe's house, when all of a sudden they noticed a large hill in back of Joe's house. Not too concerned they knocked on the door to Joes kitchen. "hey man you're just in time for lunch,.." As they were eating peanut butter sandwiches in the kitchen, Mac said "hey Joe, what is that big hill in your back yard?" "I don't have a big hill in the back yard" replied Joe. "well you won't soon, anyway" said Dino "cause it's moving east at a good clip" So the 3 guys stepped out back and saw a giant turtle, as big as a bus, near the edge of Joe's yard. They chased after it and hopped on it's back and ran around looking for it's head. "hey Bob" yelled Dino. The turtle seemed to know Dino and spoke to him. "I was swimming around in Lake Scummy and I just hopped up onto the shore to munch on a plant when a big fog came up. I couldn't see and I bumped into something, then the fog cleared and I was as big as a bus" stated BoB the turtle. "WoW" said Dino. Mac said "hey, deja vu, remember the driveway fog? " well I need something bigger than Lake Scummy to swim in now " concluded BoB. Mac ran into Joe's house and grabbed the phone book "..auto parts..ballons..environmental consultants...munchins... here it is Acme Giant Turtle Movers, wow an 800 number, what luck." Within 15 minutes Mac, Dino, Joe, and Bob noticed many large helicopters closing in from the south. Once they were over Joes yard each one dropped a rope. A guy in one helicopter yelled "Acme Giant Turtle Moving Service here, hey buddy woodja tie that rope to the turtle!" Soon Bob the turtle with Mac & Dino & Joe were coptering toward the uh..local bay. The moral of this story is, no matter how surreal your situation becomes, just deal with the your most basic problem. And don't think about the rest too soon.We are the alleged pinnacle of 4.5+ billion years of evolution on this planet and the best we can do is "The Nanny"? Seems like a sorry legacy to leave behind in the big picture, doesn't it? If this planet will be judged based on creative accomplishment I think the dinosaurs will have beat us, or even trilobites. Felix the cat will be, or has been the 1st tv image intercepted by aliens. Thank God it wasn't freakin' Mr. Ed!