Monday, April 21, 2014

Return of Herbert: The Semilrunkoning (A Very Unauthorized Continuation)

3:04 in the p.m.
Herbert is approached by an elderly man wearing butt-less chaps, introducing himself as Col. Windhorse-Pennyfeather, and asking for directions to the food court when a loud crash reverberates throughout the entire 1-800 Cat Mugs/The Limited area.  A second elderly gentleman wearing a "Pappy Lester-Life Coach" hat has dropped down through the mall skylight on his 2014 Sportster SuperLow 1200T touring-capable motorcycle directly on top of the closest thing Herbert has had to a customer all day.  Sensing Herbert's obvious dismay at losing an opportunity to possibly turn a chance encounter with a hopeful food court patron into a life-long cat-mug owner and repeat customer, Pappy Lester reaches down and tears the mask off of the elderly-looking Col. Windhorse-Pennyfeather, revealing a middle-aged man whom Lester confirms to be the infamous, evil Dr. Prof. Windhorse-Pennyfeather, PhD/DDS.  "You've been corn-cobbed, Pennyfeather!" declares Lester before riding off to alert the mall security staff on duty.

3:09 p.m.
Herbert closes up early for the afternoon, remembering to stop by Spencer's Gifts, to pick up a surprise for his beloved pet, Catalie Portman, on his way out of the mall and pawsing (sorry) to remember the good old days when the only reason he even came to this dilapidated, old shell of a mall was to pick up a fully-loaded, over-sized baked potato and wash it down with a large Orange Julius.

Somewhere, in the distance...a dog barked.

2 comments:

  1. "You've been corn-cobbed, Pennyfeather!". It's evident that you respect the craft.

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  2. Here's to the legions of your Semilrunkian copycats surpassing those of Conan-Doyle's Sherlock in number and quality.

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