(sent to rbetts) [03/08/01 13:01:48] abate: ryan, tell me an
entertaining story that will motivate me towards doing work
[03/08/01 13:03:28] rbetts?: well seann ..
[03/08/01 13:03:34] rbetts?: there was once a clown
[03/08/01 13:03:44] rbetts?: he belonged to a paratrooping troupe ..
(sent to rbetts) [03/08/01 13:03:52] abate: I like clowns
[03/08/01 13:03:53] rbetts?: they did stunt clown diving tricks for
kids.
[03/08/01 13:04:04] rbetts?: and just this morning, actually ... they
hatched an evil plan
(sent to rbetts) [03/08/01 13:04:21] abate: I like evil plans
[03/08/01 13:04:35] rbetts?: this clown ... for sake of a name let.s
say .. Jake Clown .. decided to rob a bank .. with the help of clown trick
 paratrouping troupe for kids.
[03/08/01 13:04:39] rbetts?: bad jake.
(sent to rbetts) [03/08/01 13:04:46] abate: bad jake.
[03/08/01 13:04:53] rbetts?: so . they started off from hanscom this
morning early
[03/08/01 13:05:04] rbetts?: and circled slowly above the bank boston
building in waltham.
[03/08/01 13:05:15] rbetts?: circle circle circle . . . jake went
round and round
(sent to rbetts) [03/08/01 13:05:23] abate: go jake
[03/08/01 13:05:25] rbetts?: they all strapped their chutes on and ..
[03/08/01 13:05:30] rbetts?: out the jumped down to the ground
[03/08/01 13:05:41] rbetts?: the guards were shocked and the tellers
too
(sent to rbetts) [03/08/01 13:05:46] abate: go jake
[03/08/01 13:05:56] rbetts?: it was chaos and panic ... a bank like a
zoo
[03/08/01 13:06:08] rbetts?: a mad dash for the cash with clown guns a
blaze
[03/08/01 13:06:24] rbetts?: and the out to the street while the cops
were still dazed
[03/08/01 13:06:33] rbetts?: but jake was a clown, you.ll recall
[03/08/01 13:06:43] rbetts?: and clown is best when thin and tall ..
[03/08/01 13:06:48] rbetts?: and wearing clown shoes.
[03/08/01 13:07:00] rbetts?: and though jake and his clown trick
jumping stint
[03/08/01 13:07:39] rbetts?: ooh .. stint .. tricky
[03/08/01 13:07:57] rbetts?: ran and scrambled for freedom ...
[03/08/01 13:08:10] rbetts?: their shoes were too big for the plans
they had hatched
[03/08/01 13:08:28] rbetts?: and the cops ran em down . . . their met
had a been batched ..
[03/08/01 13:08:42] rbetts?: . . . that.s the best i can do on such
short notice ... sorry ..
(sent to rbetts) [03/08/01 13:08:49] abate: batched?
[03/08/01 13:09:02] rbetts?: well ... yeah ... stupid clown
(sent to rbetts) [03/08/01 13:09:04] abate: thanks...not bad at all
[03/08/01 13:09:38] rbetts?: got to picture a childs story book motif
.. clown in the street being shot down by cops . . big bag of loot and a
parachute