Good Bob....I think it should be burned at the stake. :-)
(Cut to a shot of the Rats waving pitchforks. "Burn the Witch!" "298K? 
That's the same weight as a duck!" "Burn.")
   I'll try to rein 'em in while you run for the hills. And now, for 
something completely different....actual C&C!...sorta.

"It's not supposed to look beautiful.  In a way, it's supposed to not
look beautiful, if you catch my drift.  Hare Krishnas believes in the
doing away of personal pleasures, of vanity, of the ego, in the quest
for spiritual enlightenment.  Using hair as a form of decoration goes
against the creed."

   Actually, Akane has it backwards. Bwagwan Bill D. Cat once gave his 
reason fer joinin' the Krishnas as "ACKphhhttt", which oviously corrects 
Akane's miserable attempt to use scripture to appear modest.

"That's clearly referring to the destruction of Jerusalem by the
Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar!"
"So?"
"That didn't happen until the year 586 BC!"
"It didn't?"

  Actually, Nodoka is wrong. The passage refers to the destruction of 
Stalingrad by the German army in the winter of '42-'43, well within 
Obediah's lifetime.

"Oh, okay, pal.  I think I see.  Lemme guess.  You write fanfics?"
"Yeah...how did you..." Ranma didn't let him complete his sentence.
He reached into a drawer in the cabinet by the entrance and pulled out
a handgun.  He casually fired all the bullets into the intruding
otaku, killing him.  He then closed the door and walked back to the
kitchen.
"Oh my!" said a startled Kasumi.
"Another one of those damned self-inserters," explained Ranma.  "If
the police come I'll just tell them he tried to attack me."

   I can sympathize with Ranma, I have to deal with the same problem all 
the time. Just to compare notes, I use a machete to deal with those who 
claim I'm a character in the fanfic they've been writing. I've bagged 7 
of the bastards so far.

"But there's no treatment!  It'll just get worse!"
"Go away," said Ranma.
"But..." Ukyou paused and went down on Ranma.

   As a licenced quack, I can easily identify the illness as Mad Cow 
Disease/Leprosy Pi. An STD, so both of them will be dead in a little over 
a week.

"Hold it right there!" said Skuld, "Before this turns into 'Ranma
Nibun no Ichi - Wedding',...

   Small chance of that.

I hope this epistle clarifies things.
-Mike of No Particular Title or Handle

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