I pilfered this gag for Thorax (I'm pretty certain I did, anyway); however, again, I like the original better. Thorax owes a lot to Norman.

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©2008 Brooke McEldowney

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And now, a moment of repose from "Pibgorn Rep: A Midsummer Night's Dream":



If ever an image begged for explanation, it is the one above, culled from the book now available from Pib Press. "Pibgorn Rep: A Midsummer Night's Dream" also features two handy introductions, the first by Alan Dean Foster ("Soliloquy With Big Band"), the second by myself ("The Elizabethan Hoodlum Movie Musical Extravaganza Nobody Will Every See"), and, in the end, a tidy little glossary to account for such words as "aby," "virgin patent" and "Taurus' snow" (I doubt that many of Shakespeare's original audiences were up to speed on what "Taurus' snow" meant, but I may be wrong). If you'd like to have a copy to place provocatively on your coffee table (when you aren't spilling coffee on it), just fire off an e-mail to pibpress@verizon.net, let them know your zip code (if you have one) or your location (if you don't), and mention how many copies you'd like, if you want to pay by check or by credit card via Paypal, and if you want it shipped priority or media mail. They will be back in touch with you probably within the day to give you all the particulars.

As I look at it again and again, I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out. I hope you'll like it too.