Playstation Agony, Part 4: Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall

Michael Crisman writes, "“Just saw the stats on last week’s column,” Carl said, cornering me on the way out the front door. “Got an explanation?”

“Surprised me too,” I said. “Who knew we had that many Dukes of Hazzard fans? Good thing for me you put it in the bag. Couldn’t have made my quota of candy bar money without it.” I winked and shot him the finger-guns.

“I’m talking about all the fun you seemed to have,” Carl dead-panned. “These assignments aren’t jokes. You will suffer accordingly. In here, I’m in charge.”

“Maybe in your own mind, chinpo, but I wrote the most-read article for this website, so I’m taking a personal day. I need to get to the mall before all the good parking spots are taken.”

Carl smirked, chewing his lower lip in thought. “The ‘Mall’ you say? Interesting . . . Go ahead and take that personal day. I’ll have your assignment waiting when you get back. Don’t worry–you won’t have to pick from the bag.” His smile showed a few too many teeth for my comfort, so I dodged past him out the door.

I returned the next day to find 'Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall' sitting on my desk with a sticky note on the jewel case reading, “I’ve got a Japanese/English dictionary too, ‘chinpo’.”

Well, kuso . . .