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Woman 1: This boy got lice.
Woman 2: Bring his scalps over here. I will do an incantation to banish the lices.
Woman 2: AYPLEJ AHLEEJANZ TOODA FLAHG UVDAA YOONEYE TEYDSTAY TSAVA MERRAKA

Woman 2: ANTOODA REYPUH BLIK FOHRWITCHI STAN
Boy: You’re doing the pledge of allegiance!
Woman 2: Don’t interrupt me, child! We are mid-incantation. WONNAYSHUN UN DURGAHD

Womans 2: INDA VIZABUL WITLIBBERDEY ANNJUS TISFEROL
Boy: It’s just the pledge! We say it every morning at school!
Woman 2: Of course you do. The school don’t want no lices neither. Anything this world teaches you to recite or sing or parrot back is just for purposes of the mass delousing of crowds.

Woman 1: Then why does he got the lice, if he been saying this charms every day?
Woman 2: He must got the superlice that need the double-strength enchanterings.
Woman 2: OHHHOHH SAIHKAHNN EUUUCIEEE

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#736; In which a Child is cleansed transcribed by in

Woman 1: This boy got lice.
Woman 2: Bring his scalps over here. I will do an incantation to banish the lices.
Woman 2: AYPLEJ AHLEEJANZ TOODA FLAHG UVDAA YOONEYE TEYDSTAY TSAVA MERRAKA

Woman 2: ANTOODA REYPUH BLIK FOHRWITCHI STAN
Boy: You're doing the pledge of allegiance!
Woman 2: Don't interrupt me, child! We are mid-incantation. WONNAYSHUN UN DURGAHD

Womans 2: INDA VIZABUL WITLIBBERDEY ANNJUS TISFEROL
Boy: It's just the pledge! We say it every morning at school!
Woman 2: Of course you do. The school don't want no lices neither. Anything this world teaches you to recite or sing or parrot back is just for purposes of the mass delousing of crowds.

Woman 1: Then why does he got the lice, if he been saying this charms every day?
Woman 2: He must got the superlice that need the double-strength enchanterings.
Woman 2: OHHHOHH SAIHKAHNN EUUUCIEEE

{{header: scratch at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Put your hand over your heart -- SO THAT THE WORDS MAY TRANSMUTE YOUR VERY BLOOD TO PARASITICIDE}}

Put your hand over your heart -- SO THAT THE WORDS MAY TRANSMUTE YOUR VERY BLOOD TO PARASITICIDE

#736; In which a Child is cleansed

  — July 1st, 2011

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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