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Tummy Buddies Fight World Hunger!

“So…um…I wanted to know more about, uh, GaIAs. You know, care and feeding, that sort of thing?”

Dr. Voor seated himself behind his desk and steepled his fingers. “Ah, the GaIA. That name will do for now, but I want to find something more…cuddly before we go on the market. ‘Tummy Buddy’ seems to be the frontrunner.”

“Uh…yeah.”

“But think of it!” Voor went on. “If half the world’s population becomes Tummy Buddies for the other half, suddenly our resources will stretch twice as far! Well, all right, food maybe one and a half times as far, since they do still need some excess nourishment, but still.”

“Um…”

“But even on a smaller scale, think how much easier it will make famine relief efforts,” Voor went on. “We send a lab truck with the UN relief convoys, convert half the population, and not only will the relief food go farther, the Tummy Buddies will prevent dysentery. It’s win-win.”

“I dunno, I think the idea might be just a bit of a hard sell,” I said.

“Ah, but that’s where marketing comes in.”

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Tummy Buddies Fight World Hunger!
Ana Cristina
Posted about 1 month ago

Amazingly, you’ve managed to inject an even heavier dosage of strangeness into this already bizarre story.
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Blusparrow
Posted about 1 month ago

Ana Cristina is right… he is going to try to SELL it… ya he might have some issues with that.
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One Time, One Chance
Posted about 1 month ago

omg! where’s the sequel?!
i must read more, you’ve got to be kidding me! aghhh=p
Tummy Buddies Fight World Hunger!
wytherwings
Posted about 1 month ago

ahh now that’s just strange. really- half the population? it makes sense but- wow
Tummy Buddies Fight World Hunger!
Ridcully Calvert
Posted about 1 month ago

This story becomes more intruiging with each episode.

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Nissakit
Posted about 1 month ago

Dr. Voor talks way to much… u have taken this story way beyond the bizzare its now like quadrupuly bizarre
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Trying to Blend
Posted about 1 month ago

Bizarre but now it seems like a viable plan for the population.
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flute faerie
Posted about 1 month ago

Ya, so it’s now bizzare and eco-friendly. Wow, I think only you could fit all this in one series.
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J.B. Williams
Posted about 1 month ago

Wow. Hot waitresses who turned into live yogurt turned into date potentials. And it’s eco-friendly. I thought I was good…
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Flute Loop<33
Posted about 1 month ago

“Thats where marketing comes in” that was hilarious.
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User 5239
Posted about 1 month ago

brilliant
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Alexa ♥
Posted about 1 month ago

Oh, marketing is everything, people. Don’t doubt its brilliance and necessity.
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