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Maybe it had something to do with the massive grease stains etched into the plaster. Eventually, his mother, who was also zoned out because she was taking a lot of Prozac to recover from the death of her poodle, Mitzi, noticed him. "Good morning, hon," she said. "Want some haggis?" "Suck my ass it smells," said Norman. "Okay, hon." Part Two -------- Norman finished eating his haggis and headed out to go to the supermarket. He had to buy more cow intestines and a nice juicy sheep's heart so his mom could make him more haggis. On his way to the store, Norman decided to smoke more pot. He loaded his bullet and finished off two bowls before reaching the place which some might have denoted as a candidate for quite possibly being the location where a man might have built a structure that could be construed as a grocery store, i.e., supermarket. Inside the store, Norman saw a big isle filled with spatulas. Oh, how he loved spatulas. You see, Norman had his own spatula at home that he often used to lift his haggis from the pot. He preferred a spatula with little holes in it, because it allowed the blood to drain out and gave him pure, unadulterated, 100% haggis. Norman might have bought another spatula then and there, but he couldn't because he only had just enough money to get the animal guts. He *did* have his priorities, after all. As he neared the meat counter, many people stared at him with a demeaning look. "Hee hee," they said, "it's the haggis boy!" Norman just stared back and walked up to the counter. The guy who sold the haggis to him smiled and said, "Hee hee, haggis boy, do you like eating haggis all the time?" "Suck my ass it smells," said Norman. "Hee hee, but why would I suck your ass? What does it smell like?" "Haggis." "Hee hee, why does it smell like haggis?" "Because I shove the haggis up my ass before I eat it." It was true. All true. Norman had what the doctors called a phallic obsession. They said it had something to do with the way he was born. Apparently when he came out of the womb, the doctor, while meaning to cut the umbilical cord, had mistakenly lopped off about half his penis. They had been able to repair the damage, but it was still a lot shorter than it should have been. Ever since, though, he had grown a passion for putting penis-shaped objects up his ass. He wasn't gay; he just liked sticking things up his ass. It happens, ya know. It happens all the time. Norman grabbed his haggis and gave the evil man the money, then left the store, but not before taking one last longing look at the spatulas. Part Three ---------- As Norman drove home, he started thinking about his car. He had a decent enough car, he supposed. It was shiny and blue. It had no horns or lights, however, but that was okay with him because it meant that when he was out doing a drug deal at night he could cut off his lights and not worry about people seeing him. The car also had a shitty sound system. The speakers were really old and half busted, but he had a 5-disc changer in the back that he used. He always had the same five CDs in it - Pieces Of You (Jewel), The Craft soundtrack, Aenima (Tool), Breathless (Kenny G), and the TMNT soundtrack. Needless to say, people made fun of Norman for his shitty music. Girls thought he was a wussy boy. He didn't care. He preferred to ride around and smoke pot while he listened to Kenny G than to get laid. About ten miles from his house, Norman saw a pond in a small patch of woods. He decided to go out there and smoke another bowl before he went home. He got out of the car, took his drugs and drug paraphernalia with him, and sat on a large clump of fungus that was growing on a tree trunk. As he was about to light his bowl, he heard sloshing sounds from the middle of the little pond. It was a fisherman. Norman HATED fishermen. He was convinced they were evil. They killed fish in the most evil way - by making them suffocate themselves to death. Eating haggis was different, because the animal was already dead when they got the organs, and besides, they killed the cows and sheep quickly with a gun or knife; but killing and eating a fish was downright cruel. A tear appeared in the corner of Norman's eye. He wiped it away and threw his bowl down on the ground. "Hey, there, buddy," said the fisherman. "Come out here to fish?" "Suck my ass it smells," screamed Norman. The fisherman laughed and then said, "What's that, sonny? Your truck has a bass smell? You musta been fishing alot!" "SUCK MY ASS IT SMELLS!," he screamed again, a bit louder. "Oh! Well, then, have a nice day!" Norman grabbed his shit, walked slowly back to his car, finished his bowl, listened to a few Jewel songs, and then went home. ---------- COMING SOON IN THE NEVER-ENDING STORY OF NORMAN: Norman goes to Disneyland. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * (c) HoE publications. HoE #221 -- written by RM -- 4/3/98 *