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I was hauling a claw-footed bathtub across the Painted Desert when BMC came riding up to me on a grey pony. "What up?" said he. "I've been thoroughly swamped with my various BMC activities, for example, learning how to surf. Can you help me out, old chap, and write up a guest editor's note for this week's Comintern?" "I don't know, BMC," I said. "I'm kind of busy myself, what with me hauling this bathtub across the desert for no reason whatsoever." BMC stared at me, unimpressed. He plucked his monocle from his eye and began to polish it with the sleeve of his coat. "Surfing, Melatonin, surfing," he whispered, then gave the pony a kick in the ribs and went riding off into the sunset. "Oh dear," I thought, and climbed into the tub. "This is awful. Now BMC hates me and will never let me write for his magazine again." I felt horrible. I wanted to kill myself. I decided to drown myself in the bathtub just to make BMC feel bad. I turned on the taps but nothing came out -- not because I was in the middle of the desert, as you might think, but because the pipes were clogged. I increased the water pressure until the tub gave a low groan and a clump of soggy paper came blasting from the tap. I picked it up and began to read the story below, a harrowing look into Komrade B's love for BMC. After I was finished, I felt a lot better. Thanks Komrade B! Your pain and anguish really cheered me up! Good work. ,o$o o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Y$$$$b d$$$' ` `$$b d$$' Life Before Death ,$$ $$: by Komrade B ,$P `$n,.. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..P' `"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""' (The following correspondence was carried through last fall between myself and the BMC) Dear BMC, I would like to apologize for my behaviour last week. I know I told you I was depressed and I saw no point in living anymore, and I think I was pushed over the edge when you never responded to my cry for help, which in turn led me into trying to kill myself. Obviously by writing this letter I am informing you of my failure to end my life and as such I would wish to apologize for my failure and I assure you the next time will be a success, but for now allow me to explain. I figured the best way to end it would be to make it look like an accident so my loved ones could get insurance money, so I took an axe to the natural gas line in the basement and then waited patiently for the room to fill with the smelly gas until the point where I figured the pilot light in the furnace would kick in igniting the gas and blowing the house (and myself) to kingdom come... However it was unseasonably warm that week and therefore the furnace did not kick in. Quickly realizing my predicament I began to frantically search my pockets for a lighter or perhaps even matches. Finding none I resigned myself to failure and began to proceed up the stairs, when it dawned upon me that I could not breathe natural gas and if the room filled up with enough gas I would fall asleep from lack of oxygen and never wake up again... Pleased with my new ploy I proceeded to sit on the floor waiting for that eternal sleep. However the gas did not make me sleepy in fact it gave me a splitting headache... Hating headaches even more so then I hated life I resigned myself to flee from the basement and to call the gas company to fix my gas line. Needless to say they made a big issue out of the whole thing, and even yelled at me. To top it off they gave me a bill for 400 bucks to fix the gas line. Boy now I wish I really was dead... Sincerely, K-B Dear BMC, Well another week has passed and unfortunately for the both of us I am still alive and somewhat well... This weekend I attempted suicide yet again, and yet again it was a horrible failure. I was watching that movie called "One Crazy Summer" or whatever on TBS. You know that guy that calls into the radio show and then the radio falls into the tub and he dies? Well I was thinking to myself that was the way to go, not only did it look painless but it was funny too. I mean I figure if I am going to take my life I should at least try to make it funny for those who survive me, right? So anyway I ran a hot bath, with a bunch of bubbles (because I like bubbles) and some of those bath beads (because I like soft supple skin). I hopped in the tub and proceeded to play around. You know those things everybody does in the tub. Like take all the bubbles and put them on your face and pretend you have a big white beard? I was pretending I was Santa Claus and making children smile by giving them gifts. After the moment was over I realized I was not in fact Santa and that I would never make children smile. Properly depressed I proceed to lift the toaster and dropped it in the tub.... I thought I felt something and then I opened my eyes. I was still in the tub, and my first thoughts were that I was dead and if I got out of the tub I would turn and see my dead body. However that was not the case and I quickly realized that the breaker must have tripped downstairs. Annoyed by my failure I resolved that I would flip the breaker and insure my death however in a state of dismay I forgot to dry myself and my wet feet slipped out from under me in the hallway causing me to fall hard on my back, thus throwing it out of whack. Unable to move for nearly three hours I finally managed to get the paramedics over to my place and they took me to the hospital. So anyway I'm now stuck here for like two months or something. Not only do I have a bad back but apparently the toaster electrocuted me enough to render me sterile. Now considering the situation I am in perhaps that is of no consequence; however, it bothers me that I cannot have children should I decide in the future that I wish to procreate. I can't get out of this bed and there is absolutely nothing around me that I can use to kill myself. I tried to strangle myself with that buzzer you call the nurses with. I wrapped the cord around my neck and tightened it however when I passed out my hands loosened and I kept waking up. The doctors told me the only thing I succeeded in doing was giving myself a bit of brain damage from depriving my brain from oxygen. From there on in my attempts have become more pathetic and futile. I tried stabbing myself with the plastic fork from my lunch. I tried throwing hot soup in my face (thinking back, I'm not sure what I had hoped to accomplish with that one). I tried bribing the janitor to give me some Draino so I could whip up one of my famous suicide cocktails. Of course lacking money at the moment he declined to oblige me. So needless to say this letter is a cry for help. Not the sort of help where you convince me its better to live, but the kind of help where you help me to die. I need some things. Like maybe some rope, some poison, maybe some knives, or some of those mosquitoes with West Nile virus. I don't know... whatever kills fairly quickly. I mean, I don't want you to bring any cancer. That looks long and painful. Well, I won't tell you what to do - you're fairly smart, I'm sure you'll figure something out. With Love, L'Homme B ,o$o o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Y$$$$b d$$$' ` `$$b d$$' Fries (Part 2) ,$$ $$: by BMC ,$P `$n,.. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..P' `"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""' Warning: A capitalist plot to threaten your health. If you are part of the impoverished masses, I assume that you eat fast food from time to time if not exclusively. It is a travesty in itself that most of us are forced to buy this cheap and greasy food whenever we lack the time or money to go to the grocery store and cook our own meals, but it's not just the greasy food that destroys my heart. If you look at a food chart, you'll notice that there are four or five food groups. Strangely, meat and dairy are two of these food groups even though neither of them are any good for you and would be better replaced by other protein and calcium containing foods that are not so high in fat. Just ignore this section if you're skinny. In fact, stop reading this whole thing if you're skinny, or at least if you're healthy, because you probably don't eat enough fast food for it to matter anyway. Now when you go into the fast food outlet you will find that there are three fast food groups: meat, fries, and pop. Alternatively, some fast fooders have vegetarian burgers on their menu, which are really the only things worth eating, especially if you are a vegetarian or don't like all of the disgusting health side effects of ingesting greasy ground beef. Now there's this thing called a "meal" that you can order, and in this meal you get a burger and a drink and fries for a rate slightly lower than if you were to buy all three separately. So here comes the problem. What if you want to have the price benefits of a "meal," but don't believe that a meal should have to contain starchy, grease-soaked, strips of potato? The problem here is that unlike the burger, which at least has some nutrients to go along with the fat, cancer, etc., fries have NOTHING good for you in them. They are mere filler, filling your stomach with space and bad things. So why are we encouraged to order fries at every meal? Fries are cheap. Fast food restaurants have the highest margin of profit on fries because potatoes cost nothing. The only thing that they make more money on is pop, and I'm not sure about this but there may actually be more nutrients in pop than there is in fries. So next time you order a meal, don't feel pressured to buy fries. They're not good for you, and I believe that their existence is leading to the downfall of our society. (note: the original "Fries" article appears in The Neo-Comintern Electronic Magazine, issue 5) .d&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&b. The Neo-Comintern Magazine / Online Magazine is seeking submissions. Unpublished stories and articles of an unusual, experimental, or anti-capitalist nature are wanted. Contributors are encouraged to submit works incorporating any or all of the following: Musings, Delvings into Philosophy, Flights of Fancy, Freefall Selections, and Tales of General Mirth. 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