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1988 Low Key Wooly Mammoth Fest (1)

 Absent: Jack (in Japan). The role of Jack will be played by John B.  Hled in East Hazelcrest,  December 31 to January 1 (with permission to borrow a day from Bob) Present: Bill Amy  Robert  Jack  (John B.) Gary  Kenric  Carol  Rick  "The best reunion so far."     -Chicago Tribune As the sun burned off the early monring fog in the quaint South Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, cars began to fill the parking lot of the vast apartment complex at the corner of R. Ave and Numbered Street. First to arrive were Rick and John B. who were soon enjoying a delightful lunch of corndogs and Coca Cola. Bob pulled in about midway through the repast.  After lunch, we all began a game of Balderdash (in which the definitions of obscure words are made up and voted on by the players. ) Gary, fresh from work at V's Home Furnishings, joined in the game shortly after it had begun.  John B. (filling in for Jack who was in route to Japan) was t...
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Story and Purpose

 Many cneturies ago, before the wars, before the apocolypse, before computers (at least small ones that you can carry aorund), there were six college students who lived together in an amartment on campus.  They quickly becamse a legend, known for turning the elvator into a piano fern bar, supergluing a shoe to the top of a light pole, creating an ice waterfall on thier RA's deck and various other edfying creative activitites. Whne this band of genius adventurers graduated, then, along with a friend from across the hall and another friend who hadn't technically lived with them but was ther all the time, swore to a sacred pact.  As they grew into adulthood and carrers and so on, they would get together every years without fail.  The membership fo the group would take turns hosting these reunions.  The only acceptable reasons for non-attnedance were hospitalization  and being out of the country.  The reunions could never be int he same place twice. ...
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