Not really sure what excuse to use to explain his aforementioned staggering, and the embarrassing possibility of not looking as strong as he wanted others to believe he was, Doctor Sphinx fumbled around preparing
@ebony's water. 'I really shouldn't have given up those gym classes', he thought to himself. When the water was prepared, he even donned the chef's yarmulke for preparation-of-delicious-fall-off-the-bone-oven-baked-ribs, and cooked
@DavidFirth up a mouth-watering platter, but still no excuse came.
After serving DavidFirth with his long-awaited ribs, a thought finally came to Doctor Sphinx, and he looked suspiciously at
@Sam91. 'Was this another experiment? Had she somehow secretly packed an anvil into that handbag of hers? More importantly, if this was another experiment, had he passed?'
Before the good doctor had time to properly process these thoughts, however, a horrible, other-worldly screaming sound was heard by all the CF crew. The noise seemed to be a cross between an angry child's cry, and the squeal for help a bush pig might utter when finding itself in a tricky situation. DavidFirth bravely took hold of a nearby tree branch, and placed himself between the noise and the others. Doctor Sphinx, also wanting to appear brave, but without taking on too much of the accompanying risk, took his stand behind DavidFirth, with a smaller, easier-to-run-with tree branch, taking comfort in the knowledge he could probably outrun a DavidFirth who was still full of oven baked ribs.
All of a sudden, the
@GreenWizard and his two friends, Tony and Kevin, crashed through the bush. The CF crew realised it had been Tony and Kevin, the twin Tasmanian devils, making the horrible noise.
'Quick!' exclaimed the GreenWizard breathlessly. 'It's the Australians. They've discovered that we reappropriated the yarmulkes which they had stolen, and now they want them back.'
'Whatever for, I wonder?' asked a bewildered
@joyshirley, earning an incredulous look from Sam91.
'It's for their international image', explained Doctor Sphinx sagely. 'Although Australia is essentially a country operating in anarchy, with criminals running the government, they can't afford to look like that to other countries.'
'Why ever not?' asked DavidFirth.
'Well, because someone would invade them,' answered Doctor Sphinx. 'And then all the other countries would say "Well, it serves you right for being criminals". So it's in Australia's best interests to protect its image, even though its government is essentially an international crime ring.'
'But what has all this to do with our yarmulkes?' asked Sam91 desperately.
'Oh. Well, if Australians can parade around on international TV wearing some yarmulkes, this shows just how multicultural they are, and as an added bonus, how anti-Semitic they're not. There's lots of international reputation points for showing how multicultural you are and how anti-Semitic you're not. And a country that is very multicultural, but not very anti-Semitic, usually can't be run by criminals - or so the international line of thinking goes.'
'But won't they also be able to use our yarmulkes to gain special powers?' asked Sam91.
'Oh no,' explained Doctor Sphinx. 'Australians aren't smart enough to think about special powers. And even if they were, I can't see yarmulkes suiting the dress style of any Australian.'
'But they suit me?' asked Sam, a little suspiciously.
'Well, you have a very uniquely shaped head,' explained the doctor kindly.
'Do you have a very uniquely shaped head, Doctor?' asked Sam91.
'Not at all. But I am so old, people don't expect that of me, anyway' he replied.
The CF crew could tell the Australians were getting nearer, as the air became replete with cuss-words, and the GreenWizard started to hold his (reappropriated) wallet more tightly...
