Esme is otherwise engaged across the universe at present, however, not wishing to leave her followers bowls completely dry, she has constructed the following piece, which in its entirety covers both sides of thirty eight A4 sheets of lined, Oxford Campus paper. She has however elected to convey the whole of the text in the medium of interpretive dance. Ladies, gentlemen, Baird’s Tapirs and you in the corner looking shady…I give you…‘The Tale and Origins of The Anti-procrastination Device’!
*The curtains open and Esmeralda runs out of the wings to centre stage,she is clad entirely in what appears to be tin foil barring a pair of giant fluffy leg warmers, she performs a revoltade, cartwheels, slips into a swift soubresaut, and then begins a line dance that beggars belief…
…The crowd gasp…roar…cry…simper…cackle…growl…shiver…fart…guffaw and there is even a spot of tiffin at half time (half time being four hours in).*
Several hours later and many in the crowd have clearly been moved, out of the exits at some point at least.
Esme hopes you all enjoyed her heartfelt performance. The civil war she is caught up in (in her role as Queen of the Unknown Universe and peace-maker of course), makes answering comments tricky at present. Please feel free to leave one however. Just don’t complain or start throwing old tomatoes if you don’t get a swift answer. – The Cloud
The Anti-procrastination Device* – A writer’s charm encased in glass. Tis small, but potent. There’s power harnessed within which, once placed upon a desk, within sight, will hold fast those thoughts which oft flee from your grasp, and banish the dreaded fingers of procrastination. (Troposphere magic is copyrighted so sod off ye who be thieves).
*A Clockwork Jewel creation wrought from Esme’s own flickering hands.
I tried a “soubresaut” once and dang near broke my damn foot. Probably a sport for the young’uns.
:}
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Don, Tubularsock hopes you have photographs! This Tubularsock HAS to see!
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Few of us are as light on our toes as we used to be Don, though I suspect you look very fetching in a tutu. nods laughing.
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sheesh, kebab! Wonderful and wicked all mixed up together
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Why thank you misses! There may be a spot of wickedness in there, a spot or two. Three at the most, unless there’s actually four, at which point we might as well call it a round two thousand. nods
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Hot chocolate!
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How did you know it was me in the corner? …. ” losing my religion”
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rem. even i know that one. Great song.
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Nicely done sir. hands him a sticky bun as a prize. It’s quite a packed corner too. That sounds rather rude. I like it. Hahahahaha.
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Nothing like a sticky bun! 😉
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I kid you not, I saw a Japanese band in Sydney once who came on stage wrapped only in tin foil. It lasted two songs 🙂
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Thank the Gods there wasn’t a lighting storm!
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It was hilarious. Three-piece Japanese punk band playing in a Surrey Hills pub… and they didn’t speak a word of English. Now that’s art 🙂
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So their attempts at performing were…foiled!!!
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Best to disappear.
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Is that a threat? (It sounds very much like a forties gangster threat, which would be said in deep, guttural tones, and result in some ‘swimmin’ wid da fishes‘ ultimately.) Or just advice – stop all this nonsense and leave perhaps? Oh enigmatic seas of Gib.
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Nah. Merely an observation based on PE. (Personal experience) Anyway. Here you are. So it is all irrelevant.
snoozing upon the waves having been bitten by a tsetse fly
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Tubularsock is spell bound. Interpretive dance is like so, ahh, interpretive.
May Tubularsock just procrastinate a bit here before “The Anti-procrastination Device” shuts down all communication!
First, second, and third (to speed alone the procrastination) the civil war that Queen Esme is involved in in her attempt to bring about peace is hindered by the incredibly exasperating long supply line that exist from the Cloud to Kepler 452b.
Kepler 452b happens to be about 1,400 light-years away from the Solar System which means that at the speed of light it would take approximately 26 million years to get there!
THAT IS A VERY LONG INTERPRETIVE DANCE!
It is apparent to Tubularsock why your audience have gravitated toward the exits.
But not Tubularsock! Only because Tubularsock figures that for PEACE, it will take just about that long to exist!
Remember: The longest journey begins with the first light year …………….
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Twice the gravity would also make for a weighty dance. A grand jeté would be petit.
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Thank you for all that long thought out twaddle tubular falls about, however you missed an important point. Esme is Queen of the ‘Unknown’ universe, so I was actually in the fourteenth dimension to the right of one of the lions in Trafalgar Square, and so could pop back here within a mere two light years. In that dimension, interestingly enough, you are an avid collector of thimbles, and have killed several men in order to feed your rabid addiction. They weren’t nice men mind you, and ultimately you prevented the Eighth World War, and are hailed as a hero amongst field mice.
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I am spellbound by that exquisite performance Esme and shall not leave my seat until the “Queen of the Unknown Universe and peace-maker” returns! Does this fine establishment serve crumpets and marmalade? Or must I leave my seat and dash across Boulevard de Clichy to Pierre’s Crème de la Crème Shoppe? I do not want to miss the next act! (with warm smile and turned ear)
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You are good audience member Professor, possibly a professional. There are sticky buns to be had, for the right price, if you know the right people, however that does sound like a cracking shoppe, so the curtain can be held until your return should you not be able to do without your crumpet. And I suspect that will always be the case. Hahahahaha.
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Hahaha! After what I just witnessed up on that stage, price is not an issue! No, no, no. Right people? Correct people? Hmm, now THAT could be an issue — I know many a Bohos and many a… umm, social (clears throat) automatons(?). Care to wager where you’ll find me most? (wink)
You are too kind, holding the curtain. Many thanks my Lady! I shall return shortly if there be no libations from a corset in petite top hat.
(snaps heels with grin & a nod to the Wonderous One in the Clouds)
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Well that’s all good news then! emse nods pretending she knows what he’s on about.
Boho bonobos, now they are good company, top hats or not methinks – Hippy Bonobos
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Hahahaha! Bohemians my Clever Lady. Bohos = Bohemians… which can probably and ironically fit quite well amongst the finest Bonobos too! (laughs hysterically)
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Yes, I know, I was just aping round! would have preferred ‘monkeying, but it isn’t technically correct, and esme is all about technicalities these days.
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Hahaha! Please aim for my buttocks. I do NOT do well with hypodermic needles, especially rather large ones! (with a VERY gapping mouth!)
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“Please aim for my buttocks” – esme calls for Hariod who looks an absolute doll in his nurses outfit
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Esme – hold those curtains open, but in present company it may well be wise to remain ever-vigilant. Professor – bare your rump, but fear not, you shall feel only a tiny prick and I personally guarantee even your trunk shall feel tranquil thereafter. dons latex gloves, protective goggles and an improvised olfactory inhibitor before advancing toward a Texan Full Moon
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“an improvised olfactory inhibitor” – Hahahahaha, improvised from what?!
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You only said we don’t throw tomatoes, can stones do?
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Blimey. You’ve been reading the bible too much mak!
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no my friend, it’s not the bible, it’s the weather
greetings to esme in the cloud
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Phew. Good news that.
Hettie Hail the Harsh has an asset attitude at certain altitudes, but has excellent taste in dancers and sticky buns. So I should be safe.
-esme waving from the Cloud
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