when news stories collide
Aug. 19th, 2010 03:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chanter1944Once in a while, when one news story hits another... or hits several, as the case may be, the result is a large amount of laughter and a headache, not necessarily in that order.
A rather serious BBC Worldservice interview stuck a 1992 'verse idea in my head earlier today, and it's been there since, half-formed and plaguing me. tonight, I've rather overdosed on episodes of the Demented News a la Dr. Demento's Whimsical Will while looking for one specific snippet that wasn't in the archives. Blame the latter for all the laughter coming from over my way. I really hope I haven't made my new neighbor think I'm too much of a weirdo because of all the cracking up over here... but anyway. Take one lapful of archived Demented News reports, add one 1992 'verse story with a rather serious bent, mix the two together, and...
Ooooomph. this is what I get for not doing the sensible thing and finding my own recording of the story I wanted to begin with. I know I have it, I just couldn't be bothered to look. Until now, anyway.
I'll explain in greater detail just why the BBC interview I heard earlier set the 1992 'verse wheels in motion once I've actually *written* the story floating around in my head. Right now, I'm off to find a ten-year-old tape recording.
This post didn't have much of a point for anyone who isn't me, did it? Oh well. *shrugs*
A rather serious BBC Worldservice interview stuck a 1992 'verse idea in my head earlier today, and it's been there since, half-formed and plaguing me. tonight, I've rather overdosed on episodes of the Demented News a la Dr. Demento's Whimsical Will while looking for one specific snippet that wasn't in the archives. Blame the latter for all the laughter coming from over my way. I really hope I haven't made my new neighbor think I'm too much of a weirdo because of all the cracking up over here... but anyway. Take one lapful of archived Demented News reports, add one 1992 'verse story with a rather serious bent, mix the two together, and...
Ooooomph. this is what I get for not doing the sensible thing and finding my own recording of the story I wanted to begin with. I know I have it, I just couldn't be bothered to look. Until now, anyway.
I'll explain in greater detail just why the BBC interview I heard earlier set the 1992 'verse wheels in motion once I've actually *written* the story floating around in my head. Right now, I'm off to find a ten-year-old tape recording.
This post didn't have much of a point for anyone who isn't me, did it? Oh well. *shrugs*
