| John: You want a fresh one?! Just keep givin� me lip & I�ll give you a hit you won�t forget! Anyhow, it�s mostly for plagiarism, even though we�ve never stolen ideas from anyone, & the cost is like �10 million, which is due the day after tomorrow. But hey, I�m not complaining, just keeping you entertained with a stupid story so we don�t get booed. Hey George, you done? No? Sod you ya little�anyway, we�re pretty much screwed �till some miracle, so this is going to be one of our many odd-jobs from now on. Paul: Say goodbye to the Beatles! Done yet George? George: Bugger off, this fucking string�there. Okay, what next then? Ringo: John! I have another idea! What if we- John: Shut up shortcake! No one cares about your �ideas�, okay? A.M: Play some Rammestein! Paul: Wot? Who? A.M: Rammestein! Rammestein! (The Beatles finally realize that the man�s accent is German.) George: Uh-oh, um, John? Please don�t go into �die you bloody fucking Nazi� mode, okay?! It�s not worth it! John: Gerroffa me ya git! Lemme at �im! I wanna kill �im, lemme kill �im! Damn you Nazi! Ringo: Hey, we better take him backstage for a while. Paul: He�s foaming at the mouth, I think. John: What?! No, must kill Nazis, make world better� George: Gah! He bit me! Ringo: Just get him back there, I�ll tell the audience there�s been a delay. (Backstage, a few minutes later�) Ringo: Ah, god, me fuckin� finger� John: Did Hitler do that to yer? Fucking bloody fuckin� Nazis & their bloody concentration camps� George: Calm down, you rabid beast. The war�s over & there�s no more Nazis. John: There aren�t? Oh� Paul: Why don�t we fix yer finger right here & now? Ringo: Huh? How? Paul: My shagadelic �do-it-yourself Cryogenic Laboratory Kit�. It�s second-hand too, so I only paid 15p for it! George: Something inside my head tells me that it might not be so safe. Ringo: I think that would be your non-existent sense of logic. Paul: I�m grown up enough to do it! & we�ll probably be flipping burgers from now on instead of doing shows, so I don�t think Ringo�s going to need that hand anymore. John: No, the Nazis are goose-stepping their khaki-colored asses back into our lives & they want to take over the world! Ringo: Let�s get him into the dressing-room before this fit gets any worse. Paul: You know they never do. The last one he had went up to about this point & stopped. Ringo: Just precautions Paulie. To the dressing room! (Da na na na na na na na, Batman!) George: John, there�s no war, no Nazis, no Hitler, & definitely no khaki! Snap out of it please! Paul: Take a seat John, just relax. As long as he waits he�ll get out of it all right. Okay Ringo� John: No, bloody fucking Nazis must die�want to kill� Ringo: You sure this is safe, Paul? Paul: Yep. Dammit, where the hells the-never mind, we don�t need it. It�s only the longest word on the instruction sheet anyhow, so it�s no big deal. Brian: What are you doing back here?! You�re not even half done with the show! John: I�m gonna kill you, ya bloody Jewish queer Nazi! (George yanks the mad John back into his seat rather casually.) George: German guy outside. Cryogenics. Trying to escape jelly beans. Fucking fingers hurting. Brian: Oh I see. Well you�ll be sure to sort him out all right then, yeah? George: Sure, he should be coming out of it any time now. Ringo: Ahh me bloody fucking fing-no, I�m not going to correct your assumption of my pain� Paul: Oops. Oh well, now we�ll have no drummer, but I think we could manage an art show�& make our money in time! Ringo: What�? John: Don�t you get it?! We have to kill those- All Except: Shut UP! John: What? Wait, hold on, why aren�t we on stage? Brian: All right, you�re back! Paul: Okay, now we need to chuck Ringo into the freezer. Yeah, the finger too, George. Ringo: Are you sure about this? Will it work? Am I going to fit inside this thing? Guys? Hey! George: I have no doubt in my mind this will work. Now get in! Ringo: You have nothing in your mind anyway, you- (Ringo is fitted completely into the very small freezer & the door is slammed shut. The rest proceed to the stage, John having recovered.) Paul: Oh, uh, I�ll be back, guys, I forgot to turn the thing on. John: Run like hell! Paul: �Kay! (Two minutes later Paul returns, the crowd thoroughly angry with the Beatles for running off as they did, but also thoroughly drunk, so they are forgiving.) Paul: I�m back, but I didn�t only freeze his hand. George: Just play �Give me Money� & sharrup. John: Play Goddammit! Paul: Hold on, I�m not ready! Groupie: Hey, uh, we felt all sorry for you after your story, so we�ll- John: We don�t need your fucking pity-money. Groupie: But we want to buy you drinks afterwards. John: Oh, then that�s fine. Groupie: Where�s Ringo? Paul: Um, nowhere in particular�But we�re selling an ice sculpture after the show! John: We are? George: Of what? Paul: Someone short & in pain. John: Ah, that sculpture! It�s very realistic, you know. We�ll sing this last song & then get rid of it. (They sing �Give me Money�, which requires no drummer, then retrieve the cryogenically frozen Ringo, which just looks like Ringo frozen in a huge block of ice, & set it onstage.) George: We told ya we�re in financial trouble, so this will be our first item up for auction folks! Paul: We�ll start the bidding at �10 million. Guy (To himself): By my faith! It�s a perfect specimen which compliments exactly what I need for my experiment! With that cryogenically-frozen drummer I could-Dare I say it?-Rule the world� (Out loud): I�LL GIVE YOU �11 MILLION!! The expression is so, so� |
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