Date: Mon, 22 Apr 91 21:07:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Gordon Shapiro To: Bulletin Board Administration Subject: ABC's of carnival Enough people have asked me for copies of this so that I figured it warranted general posting. Forgive the somewhat irregular meter. Most of this was written today in my Philosophy of Science class, and you know how hard it is to concentrate when the professor keeps talking. The ABC's of Carnival Admittedly by Mike Shapiro A is for Anguished, which is what you are today. B is for Booth, which is what made you all that way. C is for Competitive... which our booth was, I guess. D is for the many Drugs you'll need to quell the stress. E's for great Excitement, felt by any true booth-doer. F's for all the Friendships he dropkicks into the sewer. G's for truly Grateful - for donations that we got. H for Heather's beau, who shrieks, "You spent my cash on what?" I is for Initiative; ours was, I fear, quite low. J is for Jay Laefer... who smirks "I told you so." K is for vast Knowledge - Eric Moore is quite the sage. L's for Lacerations we accured down in the cage. M is for Mike Murphy; our patron saint and friend. N's for Napalm, which we'd like to shove up his rear end. O's for moldy Orange peels, a relic of the home. P's for our booth Prizes, just about as fun to own. Q is for the Quarrels, so much fun to listen to. R's for Red October, which no one wanted to do. S is for Steve Gifford, who's embittered, tired, and silent. T is for Tom Strong - a lot like Steve, but much more violent. U's for "UgguguUGH!" the secret code booth-porters share. V's for Victory, whose trying tensions we were spared. W's for all that Wood we hope Phys Plant won't miss. X is for - well, nothing much. No good words start with this. Y is for your Lifespan, lessened by nine years or ten. Z's for Jim Zelenka. Quoth he: "Never again!" Mike Shapiro ms0p@andrew.cmu.edu I don't live in fantasy; I only work there.