"Good Morning Class" rip-off - REVENGE against David Hall! FINAL UPDATE - help write chapt
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Part l
Part ll
Edited to add: DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names and characters (including dogs, bears and other animals) are part of this author's imagination and/or are used facetiously. Any resemblances to actual persons or animals is (possibly) coincidental.
Acknowledgments : This would not have been possible without the help of you, the forum members, both those mentioned in these stories as well as many, not named or included. A special thank you to Sir Clankeye, who has inspired me with his great sense of humor, gentle ways and exceptional writing. Any good that is found in my stories comes form you, the forum members - thank you.
Now, on with the story:
When we last left off with Part ll:
"As Hall is strutting down the hallway (pun intended) quite pleased with himself, someone opens another door and looks inside. Stewart Blay and Shylock are seated side by side at a table upon which rests a coining press. Shylock snaps photos of newly minted 1919 Lincoln cents as Stewart mints them, while grinning broadly and wickedly. Marshall Bear, among others, is a witness and calls everyone in to see the skullduggery"
PART lll/ FINAL CHAPTER?
Cut back to the room with the aquarium (and still hungry sharks!) -
Marshall Bear, who, by popular demand, has, of course, been shot (I don't know or care how, but he has to be shot!
) holds 6 blue PCGS coin boxes. Five of them contain the beautiful coins he has recently purchased and which have been the subject of many great images and ooohs and ahhs on the forum lately. In the 6th box, squeezed into the 20 slots designed to hold PCGS coins, are the fingers of Stewart and Shylock - yep, do the math - that means 20, folks. The sharks are about to get some more finger food and no more MS69 1919 Lincoln cents will be minted in the year 2003! 
Meanwhile, homerunhall who is bursting with pride over the joy he has spread among the forum members, opens yet another door... stman and dog97 are at a table (where a sign reads "Grumpy old men and dogs technical grading table"). They are tossing coins back and forth, shaking their heads in disgust and working on getting grading back to the basics of "technical" grading and not "market" grading. There are many offers to help them but alas, no one else is grumpy enough for the job.
The many and well disguised coin doctors in attendance are crest fallen. But, their C.U. "friends" are pitifully unaware of their secret anguish.
A look into the next room (I haven't been counting, how many of the original 20 are left?) reveals a combination of several highly advanced technological marvels, along with a well equipped torture chamber, occupied, uncomfortably, by numerous coin doctors (the ones who have already been lassoed by the "posse").
One of the high tech machines easily detects doctored coins. On a particularly sad note, it is determined that every single one of Frattlaw's and Adrian's coins are AT and even dorkkarl agrees. On a happy note, at least for EVP and a few other Kool-Aid lovers, it is also determined that all of wallstreetman's white/untoned beauties have been doctored, as well.
Each time a doctored coin is detected, more shrieks of pain are heard from the lips of the coin doctors in this room. Quiet will soon be restored, however - you see, sharks like coindoctor's lips even more than fingers! Got any dr.lipfood?
Seemingly unknown to the grinning homerunhall is the fact that ALL of the coins are being melted and the time is fast approaching, when there will NEVER be another coin submitted to PCGS for grading. Gasp!
With all of the commotion and bodies in the confined space of the long, narrow hallway, homerunhall is starting to sweat and look a bit haggard. But, he retrieves a can of ice cold Pepsi cola from his fanny pack (that was his fanny pack, not his fanny - be nice and respectful, please!) and trudges forward, to the end of the hallway, saving the best for last. The forum members are incredulous and thrilled that homerunhall has had such a change in attitude and is doing everything he can to make them happy. Even the lawyers and the whiners and complainers (I think that covers everyone, right?) are happy!
Sweating profusely, Hall opens the LAST door. He has a wicked grin on his now distorted face. In the room, tied to chairs, bound and gagged, are Michael Haynes and Paul Montgomery (they are two of the new head honchos at Coin Universe for those who haven't already heard). Next to them, in another chair, is homerunhall - he looks bigger/heavier and none too pleased.
But how can this be? Everyone is stunned, dazed and confused, just as they are when they try to read and understand each other's insane posts on the C.U. message boards. Homerunhall - the one standing, not the one in the chair, pulls off his amazingly well constructed mask (made by some of the coin doctors in the torture chamber). Revealed to everyone, is Donny Osmond. Huhh? Another mask is removed and it's really and truly Q. David Bowers!
His laugh is one that will haunt everyone in attendance (especially the three guys in the chairs) for the rest of their numismatic lives. I'm sure he'll write a great book about it some day and that it will be a best seller.
The end?
Part ll
Edited to add: DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names and characters (including dogs, bears and other animals) are part of this author's imagination and/or are used facetiously. Any resemblances to actual persons or animals is (possibly) coincidental.
Acknowledgments : This would not have been possible without the help of you, the forum members, both those mentioned in these stories as well as many, not named or included. A special thank you to Sir Clankeye, who has inspired me with his great sense of humor, gentle ways and exceptional writing. Any good that is found in my stories comes form you, the forum members - thank you.
Now, on with the story:
When we last left off with Part ll:
"As Hall is strutting down the hallway (pun intended) quite pleased with himself, someone opens another door and looks inside. Stewart Blay and Shylock are seated side by side at a table upon which rests a coining press. Shylock snaps photos of newly minted 1919 Lincoln cents as Stewart mints them, while grinning broadly and wickedly. Marshall Bear, among others, is a witness and calls everyone in to see the skullduggery"
PART lll/ FINAL CHAPTER?
Cut back to the room with the aquarium (and still hungry sharks!) -
Marshall Bear, who, by popular demand, has, of course, been shot (I don't know or care how, but he has to be shot!
) holds 6 blue PCGS coin boxes. Five of them contain the beautiful coins he has recently purchased and which have been the subject of many great images and ooohs and ahhs on the forum lately. In the 6th box, squeezed into the 20 slots designed to hold PCGS coins, are the fingers of Stewart and Shylock - yep, do the math - that means 20, folks. The sharks are about to get some more finger food and no more MS69 1919 Lincoln cents will be minted in the year 2003! Meanwhile, homerunhall who is bursting with pride over the joy he has spread among the forum members, opens yet another door... stman and dog97 are at a table (where a sign reads "Grumpy old men and dogs technical grading table"). They are tossing coins back and forth, shaking their heads in disgust and working on getting grading back to the basics of "technical" grading and not "market" grading. There are many offers to help them but alas, no one else is grumpy enough for the job.
The many and well disguised coin doctors in attendance are crest fallen. But, their C.U. "friends" are pitifully unaware of their secret anguish.
A look into the next room (I haven't been counting, how many of the original 20 are left?) reveals a combination of several highly advanced technological marvels, along with a well equipped torture chamber, occupied, uncomfortably, by numerous coin doctors (the ones who have already been lassoed by the "posse").
One of the high tech machines easily detects doctored coins. On a particularly sad note, it is determined that every single one of Frattlaw's and Adrian's coins are AT and even dorkkarl agrees.
On a happy note, at least for EVP and a few other Kool-Aid lovers, it is also determined that all of wallstreetman's white/untoned beauties have been doctored, as well. Each time a doctored coin is detected, more shrieks of pain are heard from the lips of the coin doctors in this room. Quiet will soon be restored, however - you see, sharks like coindoctor's lips even more than fingers! Got any dr.lipfood?
Seemingly unknown to the grinning homerunhall is the fact that ALL of the coins are being melted and the time is fast approaching, when there will NEVER be another coin submitted to PCGS for grading. Gasp!
With all of the commotion and bodies in the confined space of the long, narrow hallway, homerunhall is starting to sweat and look a bit haggard. But, he retrieves a can of ice cold Pepsi cola from his fanny pack (that was his fanny pack, not his fanny - be nice and respectful, please!) and trudges forward, to the end of the hallway, saving the best for last. The forum members are incredulous and thrilled that homerunhall has had such a change in attitude and is doing everything he can to make them happy. Even the lawyers and the whiners and complainers (I think that covers everyone, right?) are happy!
Sweating profusely, Hall opens the LAST door. He has a wicked grin on his now distorted face. In the room, tied to chairs, bound and gagged, are Michael Haynes and Paul Montgomery (they are two of the new head honchos at Coin Universe for those who haven't already heard). Next to them, in another chair, is homerunhall - he looks bigger/heavier and none too pleased.
But how can this be? Everyone is stunned, dazed and confused, just as they are when they try to read and understand each other's insane posts on the C.U. message boards. Homerunhall - the one standing, not the one in the chair, pulls off his amazingly well constructed mask (made by some of the coin doctors in the torture chamber). Revealed to everyone, is Donny Osmond. Huhh? Another mask is removed and it's really and truly Q. David Bowers!
His laugh is one that will haunt everyone in attendance (especially the three guys in the chairs) for the rest of their numismatic lives. I'm sure he'll write a great book about it some day and that it will be a best seller.
The end?
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Comments
I prefer Halley Berry!
But where does all of this leave me?
Joe.
I confess... I shot the Sheriff--I mean Marshall
No, as usual, it was Dog97. Grumpy guy with guns = Dirt nap for Marshall Bear.
The Trilogy progresses nicely, me thinks.
Clankeye
Mark, laughing with all thats going on is a good stress reliever, thank you, barberlover
K S
<< <i>The end? >>
No way!
Karl - sorry for the reference to "rip-off".
barberlover - maybe next time if there is a next time.
Carl - thanks for confessing to having shot the Marshall (Bear).
Ok, I think we can call the pilot a success, lets give him a contract for 26 weekly episodes. There are still several unopened doors, and many tangents to be explored. What say guys and gals?
Regards,
Wayne
Wayne
www.waynedriskillminiatures.com
<< <i>cladking and others - I very much appreciate your comments. But, if this thread doesn't hit 30 or so replies (legitimately), I will consider it a miserable failure. >>
Another
<< <i>cladking and others - I very much appreciate your comments. But, if this thread doesn't hit 30 or so replies (legitimately), I will consider it a miserable failure. >>
And another.
Come on guys!
What a way to end the week Mark!
Thanks!
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Keep it up.
Tom
Greg
<< <i>stman and dog97 are at a table (where a sign reads "Grumpy old men and dogs technical grading table"). They are tossing coins back and forth, shaking their heads in disgust and working on getting grading back to the basics of "technical" grading and not "market" grading. There are many offers to help them but alas, no one else is grumpy enough for the job. >>
Perfect, glad to see we have a good reputation here. BTW, who said it's " Dog's technical grading table?"
I like the part of us tossing the coins back and forth shaking our heads in disgust, you could imagine that couldn't you?
You done good!!!
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There are a bunch of creative people here. It is very entertaining. At least to me. I guess that is one reason I keep coming back.
Joe
instead of total strangers.
Camelot
down David Halls hall, without getting shot. Im always missing out on all the fun. Where is Lucy
when the little bear needs to be protected by someone strong and brave???
Its getting so bad , Marshall Bear is going to start wearing an armored Vest, Kevlar helmet
and start packing an M-60. I got so many holes in my little pelt when the wind blows, I sound
like a damn flute. Its not fair I tell you, not fair at all.
Camelot
I think after you get bored with coins you have a future in writing novels. Move over James Patterson and Dean Koontz. Torture, mystery and severed digits. Throw in a little sex and you've got it all.
And I believed Stewart when he said that he found an original roll of 1919 Lincolns.
Joshua
long ago. When all the world was bright and all I believed was true. Before idealism
was tempered by wisdom and what once was clearly black and white ,has turned to
shades of gray.Some times I long to return back then, when things seemed simple and straight,
but we can never go back to when we were young
for today we stand where we are.
Camelot
<< <i>Its not fair I tell you, not fair at all. >>
Bear--
As Clint Eastwood said to the dying Gene Hackman after he shot him in Unforgiven:
"Fair's got nothing to do with it."
Clankeye
09/07/2006
>>>>BTW, who said it's " Dog's technical grading table?">>>>>
Hey I'm the finalizer be glad I let you sit @ my table.
And I'm honered to sit at the table.
BRAVO, CHEERS, BRAVO!!!
So many questions to answer:
1) is that REALLY Q. David Bowers, or are there one or more additional masks to be removed?
2) What should be done with David Hall and the other C.U. guys?
3) Should Stewart and Shylock be allowed to have their fingers reattached and if so, all of them or only some of them?
4) What or who should be served for dinner?
5) How do the forum "experts" do at grading? Do THEY need to be replaced?
6) Do dog and stman remain grumpy and strict in their grading?
7) Should all of the coins be melted?
8) What will frattlaw and Adrian do, now that they know all of their beautiful coins are AT?
9) What should be done with the coin doctors?
10) Should there even be a part llll?
Edited to add:
11) Should barberlover be included in part llll?
12) Who else, if anyone, should be added?
So many questions!
At first I thought the HRH double was going to be Rick Montgomery, but QBD was even better; is there room for Gail, Gordon and Kristine in his posse?
The "minting" of "the highest graded EARLY Lincolns" gave me a great laugh too.
Behind one of those doors could be a "crackout artist" torture chamber, maybe right next to the coin doctor torture chamber.
And hey, a LENDENDary Wizard of OZ role, someone with a smoke and mirrors image, perceived as mean and raisin' he!! but whose purported interest is the "betterment of Oz." (hee hee hee)
AND a "mole." Someone whose (snicker) underlying reason for being in HR Hall (sounds like a fraternity or somethin') is to sabotage any successful encapsulation; they're like a.. , er, opinions anyways.
Mike - thanks (I think), but be careful or I'll sing for you.
Guys, ladies, dogs, bears and others - please help me with these and other questions mentioned previously:
1) is that REALLY Q. David Bowers, or are there one or more additional masks to be removed?
2) What should be done with David Hall and the other C.U. guys?
3) Should Stewart and Shylock be allowed to have their fingers reattached and if so, all of them or only some of them?
4) What or who should be served for dinner?
5) How do the forum "experts" do at grading? Do THEY need to be replaced?
6) Do dog and stman remain grumpy and strict in their grading?
7) Should all of the coins be melted?
8) What will frattlaw and Adrian do, now that they know all of their beautiful coins are AT?
9) What should be done with the coin doctors?
10) Should there even be a part llll?
Edited to add:
11) Should barberlover be included in part llll?
12) Who else, if anyone, should be added?
I have always appreciated you sharing your coin knowledge on the forum. I had no idea that you had such literarry talents as well. Your effort here is a work of art. Thanks