“Gary’s not a very good name for a clown,” said Noel
I shrugged. “As good a name as any, I suppose.”
“Yeah, but clowns have names like Bozo, Jocko, or Jumbo. Not Gary. It’s not a funny name.”
“Maybe it’s funny because it’s not a funny name,” I said.
“Shoulda gone with ‘Norman’ then.”

Noel pulled out her copy of the Weekly World News, diving into an article about a recently discovered creature in Ventura County, California, the omnivorous Oxnard odd-toed ungulate. Old ladies and fashionable women found that their Chihuahuas, Pekinese, Pomerianans, Pugs, and Shih Tzus had mysteriously dissapeared. Evidently, a horse-like creature had been seen in the area and it apparently had a taste for the flesh of small, yappy dogs. Read the rest of this entry »