When Jello Attacks 2
Posted by Jeff Markowitz on Wednesday, February 23, 2011
It was my first shift as night watchman at the top secret government laboratory.
The earnest young scientist who ran the lab left me with explicit instructions.
One, he said, don't touch any of the experiments.
And, two, and he was quite emphatic here, don't let anyone gain access to the lab.
It was a quiet night, boring, to be honest. I made my rounds. I didn't understand any of it, especially the part about how scientists at the lab could use the tiniest of bugs to conduct important genetic research.
I was starting to get hungry. I'd forgotten to bring anything to eat and the cafeteria, of course, was closed. Then I noticed something odd. Someone had left a package at the lab's front door.
That's right, a box of jello.
A box of orange jello. No harm in that. So I opened the door. What could possibly go wrong?
That's when the mini robotic aliens came swarming out of the box!
They were tiny, but they were clever. They went straight for the computer that controlled the entire operation. They knew exactly which keys to jump on. It didn't take them long to disable the computer.
The scientists were unprepared for the scene that awaited them in the morning.
The lab was overrun with gigantic bugs.
And me? What happened to me, I hear you asking.
I was up to my ass, and then some, in radioactive orange jello.
What, Me worry?
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The earnest young scientist who ran the lab left me with explicit instructions.
One, he said, don't touch any of the experiments.
And, two, and he was quite emphatic here, don't let anyone gain access to the lab.
It was a quiet night, boring, to be honest. I made my rounds. I didn't understand any of it, especially the part about how scientists at the lab could use the tiniest of bugs to conduct important genetic research.
I was starting to get hungry. I'd forgotten to bring anything to eat and the cafeteria, of course, was closed. Then I noticed something odd. Someone had left a package at the lab's front door.
That's right, a box of jello.
A box of orange jello. No harm in that. So I opened the door. What could possibly go wrong?
That's when the mini robotic aliens came swarming out of the box!
They were tiny, but they were clever. They went straight for the computer that controlled the entire operation. They knew exactly which keys to jump on. It didn't take them long to disable the computer.
The scientists were unprepared for the scene that awaited them in the morning.
The lab was overrun with gigantic bugs.
And me? What happened to me, I hear you asking.
I was up to my ass, and then some, in radioactive orange jello.
What, Me worry?
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