Volume 456-BR7 Issue 9

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A More Elegant Magazine for a More Civilized Age

Titan

Scientists at the Franco-American Theoretical Astronomical Studies Society (FATASS) recently published the first pictures of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is one of the largest bodies in our solar system and has a thick atmosphere which some scientists posit may be similar to Earth’s early atmosphere. As there are liquids on the surface of Titan some have even speculated that there may be exotic forms of life found on the icy moon.

But, the researchers point out, the most important thing found on Titan is rocks. As seen in the above picture, Titan is similar to Mars, the Moon and Venus, in that it has rocks.
“Truly ours is a solar system full of rocks” said Nicole Baugh, one of the graduate students helping study the exciting information on new rocks found in the solar system.
We at Axes & Alleys salute these bold scientists. With each discovery of new rocks on some planet, or whatnot, human knowledge grows. Rocks are cool.

Our Guide to Novenclature: Part II

Newly Formulated Words to Describe the Previously Indescribable

Illuminated Novenclature

Exosouperous (Adj): That which has the quality or condition of not being soup, or that which falls into the set of all things in existence which are not soup.

Pentalupe (N): A grouping of wolves wherein the number of individual members is divisible by five.

Obsomnapillate (V: regular): To place a pillow over one’s head whilst sleeping.

Caliseptant (N): A person participating in the traditional American “7th Inning Stretch” during a game of baseball.

Revuluminter (V: regular): To screw in a light bulb.

Manipulatrouve(V: regular): To search frantically for a tool whilst in the midst of a repair project.

Ovofactorous (Adj): Something that smells of eggs.

Ubcasexsolartiensive (Adj): A person or creature which is waiting on a rooftop for a sunrise which will never come.

Disavioptic (N): One who is unable to extinguish between distant birds and enemy aircraft.

Malunibrew (Adj): A person, object or scene otherwise beautiful but for one bad feature.

Kerut (N): The last sound let out by a dying parrot.

Sumrapan(N): A trade-marked product name which has become so well known that the public begin to use it to describe all related products regardless of their trade-marked name, such as Styrofoam, Coke, Zipper, or Q-Tip.

Hellosh (N): A precipitation consisting of a stinging mixture of snow, rain and ice.

Animae (N): Animated film featuring a cast of anthropomorphic animals.

Catachristical (Adj): Any circumstance wherein a Jew and a Muslim give each other a Christmas related greeting or well-wishing.

Transalabaminate (V: regular): To pass through the State of Alabama by traveling from one bordering state to another.

Punctuarium (N): A chamber within a home used particularly for the storing of three-holed punches or reserved for the activity of using a three-holed punch.

Chenopodivite (N): One who subsists entirely on beets.

Autoparlimate (V: regular): To walk about in a public area engaging in a cellular phone conversation with another individual while wearing an earpiece, thus giving the appearance of talking to one’s self.

Biest (N): The act of leaving a party or other function for the purpose of retrieving more beer from a store.

Misericopull (N): A sexual act based more in the feeling of pity than in a genuine attraction.

Volume 456-BR7: Issue 8

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From the Authors of the Declaration of Independence!

If there is one thing to which Axes & Alleys is committed, it is getting our job done each and every month, on-time and regardless of difficulties presented by fate. We know that many of you are nervous, queasy, uneasy, anxious and agitated over the events of the past few weeks. Indeed, the past fortnight has affected the production schedule of this publication in many ways. However, you now hold in your hand the latest issue!

Obviously the entire staff, except for Lilly, has worked diligently to get this magazine to you. And we’ll keep doing it! No matter what may come, nor what may get destroyed, we will get Axes & Alleys to you. Civilization may pass into the beyond and our religious institutions may perish, and you’ve got the personal promise of one Delores R. Grunion that Axes & Alleys will keep coming to you. We may have to publish in strange materials. We may distribute a little more using pack animals and bicycles. But one thing can be sure for you in the coming tribulations: Axes & Alleys.

Volume 456-BR7 Issue 7

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This Issue is Scratch and Sniff! (Czech Republic Edition Only)

The year 2004 A.D. has been remarkable. Throughout this year we have seen monumental changes in politics, religion, economics, and agricultural machinery. While there are many naysayers out there who fear these changes, we at Axes & Alleys welcome this new world and urge our readers to do likewise.

Sure, there have been many widespread rare isolated incidents of cyborg attacks on ordinary citizens, and of cyborg-controlled farm machinery running amuck, but these occurrences, while ever increasing in their frequency and deadliness, are generally on the decline. Truly there is nothing to fear from these fearsome human-computer hybrids and the destruction they bring. Many thought the light bulb would lead to moral decay, yet here we are living every hour under the illumination of these wondrous tungsten-filled orbs.

Without a doubt, the most exciting news of 2004 was the development and release of implant technology from Movable Type Printing, Axes & Alleys’ parent company. From now on, you good readers, need not be burdened with cumbersome pages, ink and covers. With just a quick bit of surgery you can now have a chip installed in your brain that will allow you to read Axes and Alleys online from the comfort of your own head. Just drop us a line if you’re interested.

Yeah, it sure has been an exciting year. Can’t wait to see what 2005 will bring our way.

Ta ta for now.
Delores R. Grunion

Cyborg

Condensations of Literature

Lesser Known Quotes from the Well Known

From the Tome by DAVE GHANA

“A can of WD-40 is your best defense against squeaky hinges”
-Maralyn Monroe

“Today I feel like a sleep machine.”
-Sir James Brown

“Tasmania is ours, too?”
-John Howard (Australian Prime Minister)

“Move it 20 spans that way.”
-Khufu

“Seek the lower road lest ye be sought upon the left one.”
-St. Paul

“Pound the metal. Pound the metal. Pound the metal!”
-Admiral Zheng He (Last Words)


“On your life, underestimating the proclivities of finches is likely to lead to great internal hemorrhaging.”
-Charles Darwin

“Hmm…that’s a good one.”
-Will Rogers

“I said the green sash, moron.”
-Emilio Zapata

“Yes, you do need to see my identification.”
-Sir Alec Guiness (1991 traffic stop)

“Stabbing them with a spear might work.”
-Shaka Zulu

“What does Bindusara want this time, clean sheets?”
-Ashoka the Great (Upon being called back from exile.)

“Oxford shirts. Definitely more oxford shirts.”
-Mao Zedong

“Hey buddy, can I get a leg up?”
-Napoleon Bonaparte

“Avalanches of potatoes, rivers of vodka, fusillades of borscht. Your destruction comes!”
-Nikita Kruschev

“I still think Ned Beatty should’ve played Don Corleone.”
-Francis Ford Coppola

“And don’t forget to load the couscous.”
-Richard I (On his retreat from Palestine.)

“Eventually they run out of bullets.”
-General Hideki Tojo

“I keep the pornographic stuff in a bus station locker.”
-Norman Rockwell

“If you pick a pineapple in the morning, you’re sure to have a Yankee sniffing your pants in the afternoon.”
-King Kamehameha

“By any means necessary.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I don’t know how to say it either.”
-Ernesto Guevara

“15 concubines ain’t nothin’ to sneeze at.”
-Gary Coleman

“It’s just a dirty rock.”
-Cecil John Rhodes

“Numberless times have I told you that ostrich feathers applied to a
small boy’s behind will not create the desired effect.”
-Tiberius

“Splendid is the court of Kublai Khan, with anal cleaning papers for all.”
-Marco Polo

“Can I please have 50 cents?”
-John F. Kennedy

“If the replanting plan of the north Essex grasslands goes forth, all will
pay dearly the price of that emerald weed.”
-Winston Churchill

“I think a robot could knock out Cassius Clay”
-Isaac Asimov

“Tight pants are just uncomfortable.”
-Samuel Longhorn Clemens

“If I could have three wishes, one would be to take an ’88 and shove that barrel up Hitler’s ass so that cocksucker can cry like the little god-damned girl he is. And hell, after that, I wouldn’t need two more wishes.”
-General George Patton

Dave Ghana is head of the Custodial Department’s Mopping Division at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Huntsville Space Center.