Lola knew she’d be in for trouble today when she opened the door to the office of Dr Stone and was blinded by a strong light as a voice said “Didn’t I say knot to point that light over there?”
A voice that sounded like Dave, or somebody like him replied “Sorry about that Dr Stone. I guess, I was just a bit too over eager?”
As Lola’s sight adjusted a bit, she almost imagined small penguins floating in the room in front of her gaze, as Dr Stone said “I say New Ms Marjory, have you ever been infected with LTPE before?”
Dave, or somebody like him started to reach out towards Lola’s arm, when she said “One touch anywhere on this body and you’ll wish you were Somebody like him, instead of who you are!”
As the floating Penguins faded ever so gently away, Dr Stone ahemed a bit, then said “I suppose you are wondering what we are doing with all of this equipment…..or are you just interested in painting your nails and brushing your hair like you usually do?”
Lola chose her words wisely, so she still had an employer tomorrow, by saying “All right, I’ll bite. What is going on in here, and do I really care anyway?”
She gave her hair a quick swirl, as Dr Stone ahemed again before saying “We, that is Dave or somebody like him, and myself, were thinking that we should expand on our business by having our own Podcast!”
-Deafening silence followed as Dave, or somebody like him whispered, “Gosh Doc. This is almost as scary as the time that the Ghost of Penguin Past visited me on Christmas Eve!”
Lola was about to give his statement a well-deserved retort, or even a well-rehearsed “harrumph! when Dr Stone turned up the volume on the radio hearing,
“Today, dear listeners, I’ll be telling you about a recent rumor heard in these hear parts, about others in the same ilk as this Podcast, who will be throwing their voices into the Cosmic Ether, just like yours truly, trying to capture some of the lucrative Podcast Market!”
“Lucrative, my bunion” snarled Lola, as the Podcast continued with “A little Penguin whispered that in my left ear, while I-
“Did he just say a little penguin?” asked Lola, as Dr Stone hushed her, and turned the volume up just a tad more!
-shouting now, saying “NO! NO he Didn’t!”
Dave, or somebody like him then produced a board of such with any number of brass buttons, or election badges stuck onto the artificial grass stapled onto the surface while saying “I hope our buttons are as shiny as our hero, Dr Stone?”
We hear at the Shiny Brass Button Company of Lower Kenai are proud to present our latest collection of, well, shiny brass buttons! Just think of the looks of amazement that your friends will be giving you, when you punch these babies, when initiating your own Podcast, causing your friends to flap their fin-like appendages, like they were taking off at the local airfield!
“You see there, Dave, or somebody like you, we knead sponsors that reflect our business in the same way! What say you New Ms Marjory, woodn’t that be a feather in our cap?”
“What, might I ask, will I, and for that matter Dave, or somebody like him be doing while you are whistling like a Penguin, or dancing like a walrus?”
“Gosh Doc, the dancing like a walrus part is easy to understand, but did you know that Penguins could whistle?”
Dr Stone was about to reply, when he held his hand up as the Podcast continued with, with….
“What in the Bill Hillary is happening?” asked Lola in the deafening silence, as Dr Stone turned down the volume a bit before saying “Sorry about that New Ms Marjory! I realize that someone suffering from LTPE is not exactly crazy about hearing a whistling Penguin, but we all have our own bears to cross, don’t we?”
“I’d like to thank the Penguin Whistlers of Lower Soldotna for that rendition of Alaska Flag, our State’s Song: Eight stars of gold on a field of blue, Alaska’s flag, may it mean to you!” rambled the Podcast Host, while-
“I’m getting ready to scream, so you’d better turn that volume up again, if you know what’s good for you!” ranted Lola, as Dave, or somebody like him along with Dr Stone moved towards the end of the blog, as Lola set her own volume on high, as she plugged in the amplifiers!
“Gosh Doc” yelled Dave, or somebody like him, “I hope I still have my hearing tomorrow, don’t you?” while Dr Stone just yelled back “I……..
“So fellow Podcasters, it’s time for us to do the dance of the walrus, while we silently hum, or whistle, if you prefer, the State Song of Alaska in the background……
-as we lull ourselves off into dreamland…..
Lola's Travels in Alaska 