Friday, December 20, 2013

Congratulations Raincoat Joe!



When you show up on the boat, the kids will already be screaming.  At the sight of you some of them will scream even harder, which will make you wave your hands all willy-nilly.

"Don't be 'fraid chillun!" you'll shout.  "I'm Raincoat Joe!"

This will just make them scream harder.

You'll remove your raincoat to show the kids there's nothing to be afraid of, but you'll be wearing a flesh colored latex catsuit underneath it that will make it look like you're nude, and like your genitals have been removed.

"See?" you'll shout above their screams.  "Nothin' to worry about!"

The children will disagree.  Vocally.  Violently.

While you try to comfort them, to get them to come into the rowboat that you brought to their sinking ship to save them, some of the bigger kids will start to get aggressive.  One of them will somehow get one of your oars out of the oar lock and start swinging it around.  While you try to fight him off, one of the other kids will somehow get a hold of a brick or a cooler or something big and thick and heavy and club you on the back of the head with it.

You'll eventually be knocked unconscious by the pummeling of a thousand tiny fists.

When you wake up the rowboat will be gone, along with the boat the children were on in the first place, the boat you tried to rescue them off of.  You'll be floating on your back in the ocean, your rain coat splayed out on a piece of debris nearby, while your wetsuit keeps you afloat.  As you drift you'll laugh up at the sky, shouting, "I done saved the chillun!" over and over again.

When you're found, in two days time, you'll be in rough shape, but the notion that you saved some terrified kids, paired with some pretty serious existing mental illness, will prevent you from taking the experience too hard.

Congratulations Raincoat Joe!

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