The never ending story (thread)

[craigwatanabe]

Once upon a time in a place called Hawaii an interesting little event took place...it was called (any taker's?)

[1stwahine]

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heheheh...My Chinatown!

Auntie Lynn

[Mokihana]

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As unexpected as the event was, some of the people in Chinatown who experienced it wondered if it was only a foretaste of something else to come.

[Menehune Man]

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It began being called the Mayor's Beautification Project but others called it...

[Kilinahe]

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a disaster. It was poorly planned and badly executed. The committee had run out of money.

[pzarquon]

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The citizens knew they couldn't leave things to politicians to sort out. It was time to take matters into their own hands. Hence, a fundraising plan was hatched.

[helen]

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Calls went out far and near to lead this fundraising plan. The citizens were shocked to hear that notorious Medium Bart answered the call.

"I have a plan" said the notorious Medium Bart "to raise the funds that is needed. We should go door to door and sell..."

[lurkah]

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...manapua. But, then a controversial question arose, "Should they be steamed or baked?" A brilliant solution was found when...

[Linkmeister]

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an enterprising young entrepreneur said "Hey! I have a machine which will do both steamed and baked simultaneously!"

He was laughed out of the room, and the search continued...

[helen]

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...then person named Not So Big Ted suggested "Let's sell tickets instead. Green ones for the steamed manapua, Red ones for the baked manapua and Blue tickets for manapua filled with...

[GypsyLika]

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char sui meat. Bart da Fart wanted Black Shuga. NSBTed said.......

[Kilinahe]

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"We shall fill my manapua with tofurkey! You know, for the vegetarians!"

[Menehune Man]

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Then we thought... Maybe we can put on a show at the Hawaii Theatre, but who would want to headline an event like this?

[lurkah]

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So then the meatheads and the vegetarians went back and forth for hours, eventually reaching a stalemate where neither side could convince the other of their choice to star in the show. So, they decided to flip a coin: heads for the meatheads; tails for the vegetarians. A coin was flipped, and it landed...

[Mokihana]

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smack dab in the middle of an old man's plate lunch. He promptly grabbed the coin, bit it to make sure it was real, and put it...