The Decision
The hermit watched
the final television pictures of mushroom clouds with disgust. Let them die
in their nuclear armageddon! He was safe in his bunker with enough food to
last a lifetime. And books! His only real friends crowded around him in their
countless multitude.
"What to read first?
Well, got to make a visit to the bathroom first. OH NO!!! IT CAN'T BE!!!
I'VE FORGOTTEN TOILET PAPER!!!"
Looking around at
his friends, he wondered who would make the supreme sacrifice. Spying a box
of paperbacks he had shoved aside, his eyes lit up.
"Hey, Fabio!"
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