On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, J. Austin Wilde wrote:

bridget ellen engman wrote:

Zen, I think you need to talk to Bridget about this. *She's* the one who
sicced Rumiko "Leatherface" Takahashi on Sean Gaffney and myself.

Moi?  Would I do a thing like that?

Sure would. I've got the scar tissue and the bloodstained carpet to
prove it.

Ah, but you have no proof of my involvement.  I merely tell stories...
  

I
agree, what she does in the Mermaid series is pretty gruesome. (Maybe
she ain't so sweet and adorable after all? Maybe she has an evil twin
sister who does the Mermaid stuff? Maybe she *does* have a bloody
McCulloch stashed under a floorboard somewhere...)

You are given a choice.  Behind each door is Rumiko Takahashi.  Problem is,
one of them is the Takahashi of Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, and Urusei
Yatsura.  The other is the Takahashi of the Mermaid series.

They look exactly alike.

(Except for the bloody chainsaw of course, but by then it's too late.)

That's in the closet.  She won't bring it out right away, of course; just 
let you wonder for a while.  She may never bring it out.  But it is 
always on her mind.

Choose.

Do I haveta?

Oh, yes.

In any event I'd better get some drop cloths for my floor for the next
time she comes calling. You wouldn't believe how hard this stuff is to
get out of the carpet. I can empathize with Kasumi now because of this.

But *which* Kasumi?

Why the Lovable Dimwit Kasumi, the Indefatigable Zen-Master Kasumi, the
Metal-Head Kasumi, the Melancholy Manic-Depressive Kasumi, and the
Bloody Axe Wielding Kasumi of course. I love them all.

But not the pre-med genius-who-gave-up-her-career-for-her-family Kasumi?
How cruel.

mata ne,
bengman