Creating 'personal meaning' from your tragedies by narcissistically foisting silly legislation on the masses: Classic or Dud?

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"Todd Jones, 6, was tragically killed last May when Rita, the largest giraffe at the Washington Zoo, burst through the fencing where Todd was stationed for a glance, and trampled the boy in a fit of rage. Mrs. Samantha Jones, Todd's mother, plans on sueing the Washington Zoo for $8 million, and to present to Congress this Sunday the Todd Jones Bill, which makes special provisions for increased zoo safety, including monthly inspection of zoo fences, steel-enforced boundaries separating zoogoers from giraffes by a minimum of five feet, and weekly random checks on training and vigilance for zoo staff. 'It's not about the money; I know this is what Todd would have wanted', Mrs. Jones said during a press conference held today. 'As long as I can prevent giraffes from trampling helpless children in the future, Todd's spirit is alive and well!"

So, what are some of your all-time favorite examples of this sort of thing? I actually can't think of any real-life examples off-hand, but I know (especially in litigation-happy America) that there's gotta be some ripe gems out there!

Joe, Thursday, 15 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Not legislation, but when I was in high school a boy and his girlfriend were attacked in this park (I think) that had a small stand of large trees. The boy was killed and the girl raped, and the community's response was to take a chainsaw to all the trees. This in a town where stands of trees were not in abundance.

nickn, Thursday, 15 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"Hobbes?"

"Yeah, Calvin?"

"Something in my bed is drooling."

Hobbes shifted around, frowning in the dark. "You mean under the bed?"

Calvin shook his head. "No, in the bed," he insisted. "There's a wet spot here." He wiggled around uncomfortably, nearly jumping at the small groan Hobbes let out. "Are you ok?"

"Um, yeah, I'm...I'm fine." Hobbes scooted away from his bedmate.

"Hobbes? What's wrong?" Concerned about his friend, Calvin reached out. He yanked his hand back as if burned. "H-Hobbes?"

"Sorry," Hobbes whispered miserably.

"It's...it's ok," Calvin whispered back. He reached out again, carefully touching the rigid flesh that jutted towards him, leaking it's fluids onto the bed.

Hobbes stifled a hoarse cry at the tentative touches, covering his mouth with a paw to muffle the sounds he was making.

"You're hard," Calvin said in a soft, wondering voice. Daring now, he circled his small fingers around Hobbes' arousal and stroked.

"Calvin!" Hobbes gasped the name out loudly, forgetting his earlier attempt to remain silent.

"This is so cool." Calvin curled in closer to Hobbes' fuzzy body, reaching out with his other hand. He grinned as his fingers brushed over the tiny spines scattered along the length of Hobbes' erection. "You're even fuzzy here," he told Hobbes in an awed voice. "It's leaking a lot, too."

"It's a tiger thing," Hobbes managed to respond as he writhed under Calvin's innocent touch.

Calvin continued to pump, growing steadily more excited himself. He'd played with his own penis before, but it had never occurred to him that Hobbes had one too, and that it would be even more fun to play with his. Especially since it was so much longer!

"Calvin, that's...oh!...that's really...ah!...don't stop!" Hobbes thrust his hips up, pumping into the soft tunnel of flesh that Calvin's hands had formed around him.

Calvin hummed happily to himself for a while, but then his hands stilled. His forehead wrinkled in thought. "Hobbes?"

Hobbes stifled a groan. "Y-yes?"

"Are we having sex?"

"Um...kinda. I mean...well, almost?" He was expected to hold intelligent conversation at a time like this?

"Oh." Calvin sounded rather forlorn. "Well, how do we do it right, then?"

"We'd...well, we'd have to...you know."

"I do?"

"Yes! I mean..." Hobbes sighed heavily. "It's kind of hard to explain."

"So show me, then. You...do know what to do, don't you?"

"I-I guess. I do watch nature shows, you know," Hobbes retorted. "You have to take your pajamas off," he instructed after a moment's thought.

"You could have said so in the first place," Calvin muttered as he wiggled out of his clothing.

"Are you trying to ruin the mood?" Hobbes snapped peevishly.

Bare now, Calvin stared at Hobbes. "Geez, sorry!" He pouted, arms crossed over his chest.

Hobbes stared at Calvin's protruding lower lip and smiled. "It's ok," he whispered. "Um, turn over onto your tummy."

Calvin complied. "What are you going to do?" There was no reply, and the rasp of a rough tongue down his back made him hiss and arch up convulsively. He could feel his own dick stiffen quickly, jabbing into the mattress.

Hobbes purred softly as he tasted Calvin's skin. He licked everywhere, leaving no spot unbathed.

Calvin stuffed his pillow into his mouth to muffle the scream when Hobbes' tongue passed over his quivering anus. "Hobbes!" he protested weakly. "What are you doing?"

Hobbes ignored the protest and continued laving the sensitive flesh thoroughly. The scent, the taste, the texture; it all combined to drive him absolutely wild. He growled under his breath, and his paws kneaded the mattress on either side of Calvin's hips.

Calvin gave up on speech and began to press back against the wickedly mobile tongue that seemed intent on probing ever crevice of his body. And then he let out a screech when it did, slipping past the tight pucker of muscle and slithering in deep. Hobbes' whiskers were tickling against his butt as his tongue worked inside him, and Calvin didn't know whether to laugh, cry or scream. He settled for whimpering softly.

Hobbes continued to lick and probe, his agile tongue opening Calvin up for his further advances. Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer. His erection was begging for attention, and the humping motions he was making against the bedsheets just weren't enough. He pulled his face away, his tongue leaving Calvin's body with a wet slurp. He licked his muzzle. "Calvin?"

"Wzzhuh?"

"I'm gonna do it now, ok?"

Calvin nodded frantically, having decided that Hobbes' ideas in this department definitely had merit. "'Kay."

Hobbes prowled up the bed, crouching over Calvin. With just a slight wiggle, he aligned his penis to Calvin's loosened hole. He pushed forward.

Calvin gasped and moaned as the head popped inside. The moan turned into a low, drawn-out cry of pleasure as Hobbes advanced, his long, thin cock sliding easily inside. The soft spines tickled against his stretched opening, making him twitch uncontrollably.

Never in his life had Hobbes experienced anything so hot, so tight, so...gooood. Fully buried inside of Calvin, he waited a moment before pulling back and then thrusting forward again.

Calvin's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. As Hobbes' erection forged its way into his willing body, it passed over a spot that shot sparks of lightening through him. And he could still feel those spines, brushing against the inner walls of his ass, heightening the sensitivity of nerve endings he never knew he had. Nerves he was never likely to forget existed, now.

The quiet room soon filled with moans, gasps, purrs and growls as the two rocked together. Calvin was completely surrounded by the furry body of his friend, his lover. He rocked against the bed, impaled wonderfully by the throbbing cock lodged deep inside of him. It soon became too much, and when Hobbes carefully nipped the back of his neck, he gave a full-body shudder and came, his limbs convulsing spasmodically from the jolts of intense pleasure.

Hobbes nearly let out a yowl when Calvin's muscles started to twitch and quiver around him, drawing him in deeper, milking him. Some part of his brain dimly registered the ripping sound as his claws tore through the sheets, but he was more focused on the ripples of pleasure that washed over him as he came, spurting his seed inside of his lover, claiming him, marking him. He collapsed on Calvin's back, gasping for air.

Calvin's body was more relaxed than it had ever been. He grinned when Hobbes flopped down on top of him, still purring in his ear. He yawned, snuggling black against his warm, furry blanket. "So...that was sex, huh?"

Hobbes let out a rumbling snort. "Yeah, that was sex."

Calvin grinned sleepily. "Cool."

webber, Thursday, 15 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Someone has to much time on his hands. I bet he acts it all out with little stuffed dolls.

Nicole, Thursday, 15 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

This story has indeed convinced me that not is there no god, but no devil. Even Satan wept.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I naively thought that this was going to humorously tie into the question asked. Two paragraphs in I went, "DANGER WILL ROBINSON! ABORT! ABORT!"

Dan Perry, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

What are you guys talking about?

BEST SLASH SINCE STROKES MAN-LUV!!!!

I'm in awe. Actually, I think I'm, erm ... hrm, does anyone mind if I go hog the loo for a while? My housemate is going to be really annoyed if he comes home and finds the mouse all sticky again...

kate, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

BEST SLASH SINCE STROKES MAN-LUV!!!!

Dear GOD what are you talking about, Kate. Next you'll be wanting to see Christopher Robin find his true self with Pooh (climactic punchline: "Oh bother!").

Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I'm sorry I really liked it. I've read Pooh slash, as well, it's not as good. Ignore me, I'm still all hot and bothered about that picture that I posted on the Sloan thread.

kate, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I've read Pooh slash, as well, Good lord. Who, with who? (er, with what?)

Norman Phay, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

NED RAGGETT IS A VERY BAD MAN.

What would be the most horrifyingly inappropriate slashfic pairing, anyway? Bush/Cheney? Barney/Baby Bop? Garfield/Odie? Charlie Brown/Linus? Egwene/Nynaeve/Elayne/Min? Rincewind/The Luggage?

Dan Perry, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Egwene/Nynaeve/Elayne/Min

You sick fuck har har har. I vote for quixote/panza or better still castro/guevara

Norman Phay, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

NED RAGGETT IS A VERY BAD MAN.

I have achieved greatness.

As for inappropriate slash, there was the one about Smurfette taking on all the Smurfs in a blue orgy.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Norman: I do my best. hee hee

Ned: The Smurfette/all other Smurfs story is so passe, though; the evil Barney stories were more shocking (and funnier and more entertaining) than the Smurfette story.

Here's a "What the FUCK?" one for you: Kitara/Mumm-Raa.

Dan Perry, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

But this was some years back, Dan, when we were all innocent. ;-)

Your comparison disturbs. You evil man.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I started thinking after I pressed submit that comparing the Barney stories to the Smurfs story was pretty bizarre. I blame it on lack of food.

Dan Perry, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I vote Charlie Brown and Linus as absolute worst.

nabisco, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

What about Godzilla/Mothra slash?

Martin Skidmore, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Hobbes let out a rumbling snort. "Yeah, that was sex."

Calvin grinned sleepily. "Cool."

GOOD! See, that's EXACTLY the sort of phenomenon I was talking about! But where do the giraffes fit in?

Joe, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I honestly can't imagine anything WORSE than that. Things as bad, maybe, but definitely nothing worse.

Maria, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

the gang(bang) of four.

Sterling Clover, Saturday, 17 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

ARGH.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 17 August 2002 23:40 (twenty-two years ago) link

Schindler and the girl in the red coat? *ducks*

Matt Fallaize (Matt), Sunday, 18 August 2002 00:34 (twenty-two years ago) link

Pac-Man and Blinky!

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 18 August 2002 16:15 (twenty-two years ago) link

five months pass...
(revive because I still can't believe no one has commented on "Rincewind/The Luggage")

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:14 (twenty-two years ago) link

Someone has to much time on his hands. I bet he acts it all out with little stuffed dolls.

It was probably a she, and (like most slashers) a very sane and down-to-earth she with a nice middle-class life and job. Most of the stranger slash pairings are written on dares.

Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo (cindigo), Monday, 27 January 2003 22:37 (twenty-two years ago) link

Is this a thread about things like 'Megan's Law' (or here 'Sarah's Law') the very name of which makes me furious. And even more furious when I think of how impossible the bridge would be to form with someone personally affected and supportive of such a name.

N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 27 January 2003 22:41 (twenty-two years ago) link

It started out that way, then went horribly, horribly wrong.

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 January 2003 22:42 (twenty-two years ago) link

Oh dear god I forgot what this thread was about and started reading from the top again and go a NASTY ambush.

Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 27 January 2003 22:46 (twenty-two years ago) link

Yes Dan, that's what I thought. My 'back on track' post was foolishly inspired by Nabisco's 'new seriousness'

N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 27 January 2003 22:48 (twenty-two years ago) link

(Urgh, I just read that again and realized that since Hobbes is a cat, he has a SPINE-COVERED SEX ORGAN OH GOD WORST STORY EVER!)

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 January 2003 22:50 (twenty-two years ago) link

I choose to ignore the Calvin & Hobbes thing and instead point out a story I just briefly heard on the news that stated there is a law being considered outlawing food fights between overweight restaurant customers. What does that even imply? And can regular weight customers still fling food with abandon?

Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 03:47 (twenty-two years ago) link

You were watching WABC, right? No, that was an achor's overly colorful way of describing some legislation that would prevent people from suing fast food companies for their role in making them obese.

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 04:53 (twenty-two years ago) link

DAMN. I was actually watching Fox News at 10, and only heard the "headline" bit cos I had to go wash my face. Apparently great minds all think alike in the news industry.

Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 04:56 (twenty-two years ago) link

Jeez, Mike, going ahead and ruining a wonderful story like that with the inconvenient truth. I'm crushed.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 05:22 (twenty-two years ago) link

Let's just ignore him and pretend what I said was the truth.

Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 05:31 (twenty-two years ago) link

Mmm, the visions.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 05:36 (twenty-two years ago) link

N. - how do you feel about people like John Walsh and Marc Klass amking the rounds on the networks whenever a highly publicized kidnapping and/or child murder occurs? (Though I seem to remember them making the rounds over Chandra Levy, too.)

Sometimes I sit and fume at both of them - and then I rebuke myself, for I canot imagine the pain that they have felt, and, really, if this is what they need to do to get on with their lives, then who am I to judge? And yet I do judge and I do get pissy when I think that they are, in an odd way, celebrities and reaping those rewards because of the horrible deaths of their children. I keep telling myself that I have no business in being judgmental toward them, but I still am. Thoughts? Anyone?

(Er, and one of my more horrid claims to fame is that I used to live next to Charles Ng and Leonard Lake [actually went fishing with Lake, once - sorry for the pun] and part of the property where I was living was dug-up while the authorities were looking for bodies and other evidence. It's really nauseating to think of what was happening so close to me - while I was sleeping, and so forth. And then there are people who say stuff like "Oh, that's so cool!" and "Can you take me there?" and "So did you know what was going on?" and so forth)

No Name (Ms Laura), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 06:27 (twenty-two years ago) link

anyone hear Donny Nickles' Estate Tax story on NPR this morning? there's one more.

gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 07:17 (twenty-two years ago) link

So am I misremembering or was there really a Canadian kid who got crushed by a Coke machine he was trying to tip cans out of, and then his parents went on this huge crusade to have all Coke machines in college dorms bolted to the floor so this couldn't happen to anyone else? I could almost sympathize, because their two rhetorical alternatives were to say either (a) it happened to our son so it could happen to yours, or more accurately (b) our son died doing something completely idiotic that your kids probably aren't dumb enough to try, so nevermind. The added argument for option (a) is the one that goes "well we didn't know our kid was that dumb, so yours could be too!"

nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 07:43 (twenty-two years ago) link

two years pass...
Now, I'm wondering here what exactly Rincewind/the Luggage would entail? No, strike that, I don't want to know. Might be amusing though.

And whoever conceived- no, bad word choice- thought up the idea of that monstrosity of a Calvin and Hobbes fic should be taken out back and shot through the cojones.

Amy Cut-Me-Own-Throat Glover, Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

webber (webber), Monday, 21 March 2005 06:52 (nineteen years ago) link

I had forgotten about that Canadian can-tipping dude.

nabiscothingy, Monday, 21 March 2005 07:13 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...
Is the workday starting in Australia now? I hope so.

The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link

yes, why?

shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I thought some Calvin/Hobbes would brighten your workday.

The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:21 (nineteen years ago) link

how do they know the giraffe was having "a fit of rage"??

jones (actual), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link

all those fuckers are ticking time bombs.

teeny (teeny), Thursday, 9 June 2005 00:57 (nineteen years ago) link

"The soft spines tickled against his stretched opening, making him twitch uncontrollably."

milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 9 June 2005 01:02 (nineteen years ago) link

I am, indeed, LMAO.

slightly more subdued (kenan), Thursday, 9 June 2005 01:55 (nineteen years ago) link


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