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Utopia, even when you lose
1st Inning:
Greetings, my fellow citizens of the Waveland mosh pit!
I look forward to serving as your leader for the next nine
innings. Go Cubs!
[Mosh pit cheers]
Wanted to let you know some of the "rules"
that we'll be living by. I say "rules" even though
I don't really want to call them that. Here on Waveland,
we're free! No parents, no one to tell us what we can and
cannot do. That said, I think we should agree:
1) Not to hurt each other.
2) Not to become sort of religious or societal metaphor.
3) Not to crap on Wrigleyville lawns anymore.
[Mosh pit cheers]
Lets Go Whole New Utopia! Lets Go Cubs!
[Mosh pit cheers]
2nd Inning:
I know one of my campaign pledges is that I would deliver
a television so that we could actually watch the game rather
than stare at the big brick wall. I wanted to let you know
the good news: I brought my television from home!
[Mosh pit cheers]
Now, don't get too excited, because unfortunately,
I forgot to bring an extension cord. But don't panic: when
they get to the World Series (Go Cubs!) I'll bring it!
[Mosh pit stares and grumbles]
Until then, I would advise to not trust the
people in the bleachers to give you the score. I have it
on good authority that several of the things they've been
telling us have, in fact, been incorrect. For example: Ron
Santo did not beat that Cubs fan with his prosthetic legs.
[Mosh pit boos]
3rd Inning:
I promised you all a surprise, and here it is: We're organizing
a party of about 25 of us to go over and egg that Cubs fans
apartment!
[Mosh pit cheers]
Please note: I still refuse to print the guy's
name!
[Mosh pit boos]
Heck, I'm not even sure I have his correct
address.
So we're just going to go around the Wrigley neighborhood
and egg houses!
[Mosh pit cheers]
• But we might run out of eggs. We're
running into a bit of a budget deficit right now, so I was
only able to buy two cartons. Now, I could buy more eggs
if we raise taxes. Just a thought.
[Mosh pit boos]
4th Inning:
I've just heard word that several of you plan to run against
me in the upcoming election after I threatened to raise
taxes.
[Mosh pit boos]
Now wait, I didn't say I was going raise taxes.
Only I could, if you wanted more eggs.
Surprisingly, many of you said you wanted more eggs. But
ask yourselves: if you want more eggs, but don't want to
raise taxes, how do you propose I get those eggs?
[Mosh pit looks amongst themselves. One man
raises his hand]
And no, eggs do not fall from the sky as my
opponents have suggested.
5th Inning:
Several of you have been complaining about why I sent only
25 out to egg the Cubs fan's apartment. Simple: I just don't
want to start an unruly mob with what's supposed to be a
peaceful, non-violent utopia. Regardless, this didn’t
stop an extra 20 of you from breaking that rule.
[Crowd cheers]
Yes, yes, this is why I made the difficult
decision to make an example of those 20 by killing them.
[Mosh pit is stunned]
That said, I'm allowing another 25 of you
to head over to the Lincoln Park Zoo to slaughter their
goats.
[Mosh pit lightly claps]
But I had to kill the people who egged my
car.
6th inning:
Several of you have wondered why I've decided to ban crowd
surfing. To start: I thought it was clear: we built this
utopian society on a rule of non-violence. Crowd surfing
breaks that rule. It puts lives in danger. Especially when
a crowd surfer spits in my face.
He died, by the way.
[Mosh pit trembles]
Hey, anyone know the score to the game?
7th Inning:
Listen, I'm for fair elections. I believe in a democracy
here, people
But there is no need to hit me over the head with a conch.
We'll have an election tonight. Is that okay with you?
[Gets hit in head with conch]
Dammit. Someone kill that guy…..
….Good.
So here we go: all those in favor of voting for me, say
Aye
[Faint murmur of Ayes]
All those in favor of voting for my opponent,
say Aye.
[Cubs score a run, crowd cheers, Mosh Pit
Joins in]
No wait! Wait! You were cheering for the Cubs
not him! He's not your leader!
[Gets hit in head with conch]
8th Inning:
Now, I know many of you are wondering why I demanded a recount.
But clearly, you weren't yelling for my opponent. And now
that my opponent is dead, you clearly can't vote for him.
And I guess because there's no one else willing to run against
me, we can't hold another election.
And by the way, just because the Cubs are losing, doesn't
mean I can't stop killing you.
[Mosh pit trembles]
9th Inning:
I had such dreams for a utopian society. We had a chance
to build something special here, an island unto ourselves
where we could live free, love one another and be brothers.
But you… you animals had to ruin it.
[Mosh pit starts to get mad]
I thought painting our faces and going to
war with the Sheffield mosh pit was a great idea. I already
killed 30 of them.
But fine, keep hitting me on the head with that damned fucking
conch.
[takes fatal blow to the head with conch.
Mosh pit chears. A new leader emerges]
Citizens of Waveland, I implore you: Can anyone
please just tell me the fucking score to the game?
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