Hi Gaelyne



 RM> RM> six months later. As an example, I can recall the sessions

 RM> RM> during which both our kids (James is 8 months, Julia is 4

 RM> RM> years) were conceived. Definitely *not* routine.

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 RM> GG> Oh, you rented a trampoline for the event, huh?   

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 RM> The Octopus at the show, actually. (The shooting gallery was busy.)



 GG> I'm confused. Octopus at the show?    You mean the Royal Show??



I know this might come as a shock to you, but in this country, some

people actually live outside those overpopulated sources of massive

light pollution that you frequent. Yes, over here, there is

actually open space in between cities! There are even enough people

to form groups of dwellings large enough to be called "towns".

Sorta like a small city block, only with fresh air (spooky, I

know...)



Anyway, the occupants of these "towns" got a bit bored without the

flashy entertainment complexes available in cities. As such

businesses wouldn't be viable full-time in such small communities,

they hit upon the time-sharing idea. A group of businesses,

including mechanical rides, agile or strong people, unusually

shaped people, and interesting mechanical games of chance and

otherwise, were encouraged to group together and make annual

visiting tours of these remote outlying "towns". A visit by such a

group is a Significant Event in a town's year, and entire tiny

communities do their pitiful best to enhance the occasion by adding

their own quaint ceremonies, such as running large quadrupeds to

exhaustion in large circles, or showing off the latest gross

mutations in barely domesticated animals and plants - from this,

these events have come to be known as "shows".



An "octopus" is one of the mechanical rides, so-called because it

has eight catapult-like arms which give the unsophisticated riders

the illusion of flight by accelerating them to near sub-orbital

speeds while encouraging the ejection of any lunch materials with a

semi-chaotic rotational motion.



Making love in one should only be attempted after a proper training

course, which can take a week or two. Experience in hang-glider

mating or bungee sex is an advantage.



Cheers



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