Chronocombobulated Flapjaculation by Francis DiPietro NEWS ASSOCIATE Recently, the Science Department at the State University of New York in DeWitt discovered a previously undocumented response mechanism in the male human brain. In a controlled study of 1,000 males between the ages of 18 and 35, nearly ten percent of the test subjects experienced sexual arousal--even ejaculation in some cases--when a seductive recording about making and eating pancakes was played to them in early morning hours, while the men were still asleep. Dr. Helaine Marks, acting head of the Science Department, explained in a recent press conference that this "is a totally new response mechanism which is essentially media-generated. These men were played a tape about flapjacks in the early morning hours, before they had eaten, and many of them literally ejaculated." Fred Gundersen, virtually the only one of the test subjects who accepted our request to be interviewed, said, "I remember having a very erotic dream about pancakes, which I do not normally eat." When Dr. Marks was asked what possible use the test could have, she said that advertising companies and their corporate clients would be most interested. "This could be the end of the boring, half-hour long infomercials we see. The late night advertising spot could become the most coveted time slot on tv. Imagine sending the right message at the right time, and doing it in a matter of minutes." Marks has dubbed the response Chronocombobulated Flapjaculation, and says that her staff has already begun other experiments. "Well, we're working on one for women where we channel their own menstruation cycles into an erotic, symphonic musical composition. This is our Plasmaorgasmic Orchemenstruation study. There's also another study where we play vintage car sounds to sleeping mechanics. Needless to say, it's very auto-erotic." When asked about other possible experiments, Marks said, "Depending on our funding, we'd like to conduct a Noctogeriurinary study on how often elderly people need to visit the bathroom at night; an Exo-oculosis Fibroeruptus study on people who eat so much bran that their eyeballs bulge; and an intensive and probing study on Cleptofecalphobiacs--people who are afraid other people will steal their poo." If you would like to make a donation so that Dr. Marks and her team may continue this important and groundbreaking work, you are Ultrafictogullible, and the address is: HELAINE MARKS c/o SCIENCE DEPT. SPECIAL POO DIVISION S.U. OF DEWITT DEWITT, NY 555-1234 
Lethal Albinos Spotted Near Grove Street by Francis DiPietro STAFF A deadly menace has once again come to the Cara Hill community. Four albino men have returned to the abandoned albino house on Grove Street. "We don't know why they came back," said Mayor Andy Hall. "But the situation as it stands does not benefit either us or the albinos." When asked if radical eradicative force should be used to remove the four men, Mayor Hall replied, "I am convinced that using force this time would only serve as a signal for other albinos to swarm us." It all started in June of 1985, when several families of albinos had their homes on Grove Street foreclosed by the Cara Hill Bank for non-payment of mortgages and loans. Bank President Dave Jurvics feels alot of bad blood between the town and the albinos still exists. "The Cara Hill Bank excercised its lawful and financial duties ...(when it)...took action in 1985. Those homes have been empty and decaying ever since. We should not allow anyone to live there in such unsafe and unsanitary conditions--even albinos. It had been our hope, of course, to sell the properties at auction, but you know what happened. Indeed many unusual and unforeseen circumstances had caused all of the attempted auctions of the properties to either suffer postponement, sudden cancellation, or be most suspiciously devoid of bidders. An "albino revenge conspiracy", or ARC, was then suspected. "The albinos are mad and they want their homes back," said 6th District Rep. Casey Schind. "But they've broken the law now, and we intend to do something about it." Four days after Rep. Schind issued the above statement, two albino men were found lynched in Stu Glover Park. The bodies were found by children who went there to play the next morning. Tragically, many of the children did not understand, and began swinging from the hanging albinos, thinking they were a type of amusement. "I didn't think it was a real person ," said Stacey Deets, 8. "It didn't look like a real person, so I thought it was a ride." The families of the two lynched albinos have already begun legal proceedings. Lacking specific suspects, they are suing the City Parks Commission. "A park ranger should have noticed that albinos were being lynched," said Attorney Kevin Frye. Cara Hill City Hall Secretery Tula Binks then issued a press release which stated, "The position of park ranger does not exist in this city." Most recently, three non-albino children who live in the Grove Street area have been reported missing. Local legislators and law enforcement agree that all clues point to the albinos. "This is proof of ARC, the Albino Revenge Conspiracy," said Police Chief Randy Rogers. "It's bad enough they've come back to Grove Street. Now they're taking our children. I'm no doctor, but I think they might be turning them into albinos." Chief Rogers added that he had looked through the legal books for hours but could not find a law against turning someone albino. "But we'll still get them on kidnapping," said the Chief, "because no child in this community would volunteer to be turned albino." Doctor Heinrich Rutz of Cara Hill Memorial Hospital responded to the Chief's comments by saying, "You cannot be turned into an albino. You don't even have to tell me who made the comment. I know it was Chief Rogers. Last winter he came into the emergency room and insisted that his big toe was about to be rejected by his body's immune system. He would not believe it was simply stubbed. He wanted us to put super strong tape around the toe because he feared his body was trying to launch it off like a missile. I remember he made his wife wear a helmet just in case. The toe, he said, had always hated her." When we returned to the police station to re-question Chief Rogers, we found a note on his desk which read, "I am resigning as Chief of Police in order to kill the albinos. I'm going to launch my toes at them until they are dead. If there are more then ten albinos, I may need additional support." Chief Rogers was last seen walking barefoot towards Grove Street. |