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Ocicat

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on: September 24, 2019, 04:44:02 PM
Podcastle 593: Balloon Man



Rated PG

Originally published in Giganotosaurus.

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Reply #1 on: September 24, 2019, 07:01:44 PM
Am I the only one who thought this tale reminiscent of Douglas Adams. Wry humour. Surreal. Hell, I was even envisioning an Indian version of Discworld.

 :o I’d like a hug, danger-noodle. Impressed,
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A nagin. I’m butchering the language & spelling. A serpent. “A fearful king, is a formal king”. There are SO MANY other truisms, THIS is good stuff.
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"What can do that to a man?  Lightning... napalm? No, some people just explode [sic]. Natural causes".  Source: Repo Man.

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Reply #2 on: December 03, 2019, 02:16:30 AM
The nested format was perfectly crafted and was like nice flaky layers of roti. Excellent all around.

P.S. I still want a Bollywood Kaiju film adaptation of Lord of Light. But I would also be happy with an adaptation of this story.

All cat stories start with this statement: “My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...”

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