In a message dated 7/29/02 10:59:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
guilty@furinkan.net writes:

 > >         A Youma General was painting a sign on a storefront.
 >
 >Now that's something you don't see every day.
 
 But, if you think about it, Jadeite had to have done it once or twice. His 
 youma couldn't be trusted not to draw attention to themselves. Neither can 
 Cobalt, for that matter, but-- Anyway, there were a few episodes of the 
 first season where *somebody* had to set up a store front for the Dark 
 Kingdom. This is a silly take on how that happened, but a good one, I 

think.

    What, Jed?  Dirty his hands with manual labor?  C'mon!  He'd just look in 
the Yellow Pages (they have those in Tokyo, don't they?) and contract out.  
    (it *is* a funny image, though)

    CONTRACTOR:  "Now, Mr...Ite?"
    JADEITE:  "Jadeite.  No 'Mr.'  One name...you know, like Madonna."
    C:  "Ah...well, then, Mr -- er, Jadeite, being paid in incut gemstones 
*is* rather unusual, but with a slight discount for the irregularity, we can 
handle it.  But this clause in your contract proposal about the penalties for 
failure to meet deadline...er--"
    J:  "What?  Defenestrationary impalement is standard punishment for that 
kind of failure!"
    C:  "Ah...what country did you say you came from, again?"
    J:  "Berylstan."
    C:  "Oh, one of those former USSR holdings.   That explains a few things."

-- 
David McMillan, Imagineer at Large.  
Chief Systems Analyst and Integration Engineer, Exotic Technologies Division, 
  <Censored> GmBh.  Mecha and Weapons Design Specialist.
"Agent Mulder?  My name is Neo.  I believe I may be able to show you part of 
the truth you've been searching for.  I should warn you, however -- it's not 
what you think."
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