From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 31 12:03:29 2022
For decades, I slept without moving, so that I would not catch the
attention of Martha Stewart. When I'd wake up, I'd be in a fashionably decorated basement, chained to a lathe and churning out napkin rings.
These rings would be supplied to KMart, undercutting even the cheap Red
Chinese versions.
Then KMart more or less disappeared. My need for paralysis was over.
But... I've been watching episodes of "The French Chef" by Julia Child,
and now my nightmare is running in slow motion down a dark alley. Julia
Child has a 4" paring knife, and she's gonna julienne me for using
canned chicken stock instead of fresh.
Just as I run into the walls of a dead end, and she's almost ready, I
wake up...