Tell a story 3 words at a time.

gallon for each

, setting the carafes

cup of cheer.

Out of thread: I'm going to try and patch this up as best I can. Go with me here. :)

, and two napkins

in a decorative

Out of thread-- sorry and thanks

arrangement on the

backs of nubile

young ladies, who

were specially selected

for their symmetry.

A steampunk octupus

suddenly appeared, though

not before Santa

had fired the

first of several

nuclear missiles at

that dratted whale.

It was stalking

our forgotten castaways

, who had now

eaten two members

and other assorted

things they dragged

up from the

deep blue sea.

Finally, they had

arrived at the

grotto of Hermes

. Thus bring us

(Did you mean, "Thus bringing us"?)

to the nub

of the question

, which they had

struggled with for

lo these many

months, or was

it only a

nanosecond or two?

Who could say?

"I could say,

it was twelve

or thirteen or

maybe even 58.80928012

, but what's important

was the answer

to the question

I was going

to ask my

best friend, Linda.

I want to

know, once and