28 OCT 2009
Queen April
Today April Adams accepted the position of queen of funny world, and will be known forever as Queen April the First. She commanded funny world into existence, and will hold court on Saturdays in Prescott, Arizona, on the Courthouse Square. Since funny world is underground, she will be found working undercover as a bookstore clerk and barista at Lifeways Books and Gifts, 111 S. Cortez.
Our task now is to build funny world from scratch, which gives us great creative freedom. We have only one rule to follow: must be funny. That is the creation rule for funny world and everything in it. Everything else is serious and belongs in serious world.
Serious world, of course, cannot allow funny world to exist. It has declared funny people to be heretics and their funny money illegal. It has formed an Inquisition to track us down and take our funny money.
For protection we declare our world-building is an adventure game, disguise our meetings as house parties, and enroll all members as secret agents of the Inquisition.
Our second rule after must be funny is to make funny money, which drives the game and builds funny world. As pioneers we have a challenge to build a world from scratch, but we are also in on the ground floor, in line to become tycoons of funny business as funny world grows.
To attract more players to our piece of funny world we will need to perform it in public, which gives some focus to our world-building: Will it make people laugh? We will also develop routines for everyday life.
The skills required are those of performers, writers and adventure gamers. Also party hosts, funny money creators, publicists and producers.
What about humor? Don't you need to be funny? No, you only need to want to be funny. Then funny world provides the environment for becoming funny.
Oh, there is a third rule: It's only a game.
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