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[deadthenred]

Alright, lemme make sure I got this exact. We've been rounded up to fight in some dad-blamed future battle, and in the meantime we're supposed to sit around and twiddle our thumbs. Guess some things never change, huh?

Look, I got sympathy, I really do. You have terrific taste, bringing me here. I'm all aces. And hang, I hate to say no to a lady. Some of you have to be ladies, right?

[ Cough cough. Ahem. ]

But I'm all booked up. I got a date with Hitler and his Nazi crum-bums. I can't stick around for this.

Comments

[chubbybun]

[Balder is lucky he has no idea the Nazis had a thing for him...]

Generally I was under the impression that bums had a more sedate life.

[deadthenred]

Yeah, only around the end of October, much to my disappointment.

[ Dodgers joke badumtish. ]

[chubbybun]

...what is special about October?

[Baseball? What's that?]

[deadthenred]

S'when they have the World Series. Even if the Dodgers aren't out by then, everyone knows they're not gonna show up.

[ He's bitter about 1941, okay? ]

[chubbybun]

Are the Dodgers a regiment of Nazis?

[deadthenred]

No! How couldja say that? [ He's throwing a bit of a fit, but it's a good natured fit. Clearly Balder is foreign and has thus not experienced the glory of American baseball, he's seen this before. ]

Baseball's American. Even the damned Yankees.

[chubbybun]

Baseball is the game of hitting balls with sticks, yes?

[deadthenred]

Absolutely.

[chubbybun]

I was not aware 'twas so beloved. I thought Americans enjoyed the football? They have even titled it after themselves.

[Y'know, as opposed to European football, which is actually played with feet.]

[deadthenred]

Well, sure, football's alright. But baseball's where the real action is. And I oughta know. What's more American than a humble G.I.?

[chubbybun]

I think I am most fond of the American capture the flag.

[deadthenred]

That's a good one, but gee whiz, have you ever seen baseball?

[chubbybun]

Briefly, on the television. I suppose that does not convey the full experience.

[deadthenred]

If you wanna know the truth, I've only gotten to a few real deal, bonafide games myself. I listen on the radio.

[chubbybun]

Perhaps thou ought to organize a match. We could do with the sport.

[deadthenred]

Sorry, mister, but I plan to get out of here lickety split. I wish I could though, 'cause this place could sure use some baseball.

[chubbybun]

I wish thou luck in thy endeavor, but we all wish to depart with ultimate splittiness, yet it seems to be quite the difficult problem to lick.

[deadthenred]

I'm sure it is, but no one who licked anything was listening to people saying they couldn't.

Right?

[chubbybun]

Quite true. Just don't lose your tongue.

[deadthenred]

It never stops going.