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Happy Sweet 16th, Carnival Of Comedy

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

SURPRISE!

You thought we forgot about your Sweet 16th?

Oh, my beautiful little Carnival of Comedy, of course not! I, the Evil Emperor Mindstation, have been secretly planning this for weeks. And everybody’s brought gifts of comedy for you to enjoy. (And sorry about the condition of your cake, but you know your dear Emperor is eternally chained to that devil Nicotine.)

It hardly seems like 16 weeks have passed since that beautiful day when spacemonkey grunted and pushed, and you slid out fresh and new into the world. I’ll never forget the proud look on Frank J.’s face!

And, oh, how you’ve grown! From just 44 entries on that first magical day, to a whopping 32 entries today! That means you’re hemmoraging contributors at nearly one per week, and you’re almost certainly ensured of a premature death before 50. But life is more comfortable without surprises, don’t you think?

Well, no time to waste, Carnival. Let’s get to the presents!

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