Man in top hat: Pardon me, can you direct me to the library?

[[Native’s head drops to the ground; man in top hat recoils in horror]]

[[Man in top hat is gone. Second head emerges from native’s apron]]
Second head: Heh heh heh
Second head: Wotta prank

[[Native’s head now stands erect on tiny body with tiny legs and tiny arms akimbo]]
Native’s head: Listen, I’m getting tired of you calling the shots here!

{{alt-text: From now on, when you feel my itsy bitsy butt muscles clench atop the mound of your misshapen hump, that, my friend, is when you DO NOT DROP ME}}

#794; The Unhelpful Natives transcribed by in

Man in top hat: Pardon me, can you direct me to the library?

[[Native’s head drops to the ground; man in top hat recoils in horror]]

[[Man in top hat is gone. Second head emerges from native’s apron]]
Second head: Heh heh heh
Second head: Wotta prank

[[Native’s head now stands erect on tiny body with tiny legs and tiny arms akimbo]]
Native’s head: Listen, I’m getting tired of you calling the shots here!

{{alt-text: From now on, when you feel my itsy bitsy butt muscles clench atop the mound of your misshapen hump, that, my friend, is when you DO NOT DROP ME}}

#794; The Unhelpful Natives transcribed by in

Man in top hat: Pardon me, can you direct me to the library?

[[Native's head drops to the ground; man in top hat recoils in horror]]

[[Man in top hat is gone. Second head emerges from native's apron]]
Second head: Heh heh heh
Second head: Wotta prank

[[Native's head now stands erect on tiny body with tiny legs and tiny arms akimbo]]
Native's head: Listen, I'm getting tired of you calling the shots here!

{{alt-text: From now on, when you feel my itsy bitsy butt muscles clench atop the mound of your misshapen hump, that, my friend, is when you DO NOT DROP ME}}

From now on, when you feel my itsy bitsy butt muscles clench atop the mound of your misshapen hump, that, my friend, is when you DO NOT DROP ME

#794; The Unhelpful Natives

— February 3rd, 2012

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#794; The Unhelpful Natives

— February 3rd, 2012

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