Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison
[[An official is reading results as the four remaining mayoral candidates are standing in front of a blue curtain. Bentley Quorn is wearing a black suit with a light blue shirt and a navy tie. Wanda Prune is wearing a green dress, a yellow scarf, and a light green turban-like headdress. Mayor Mayor is in grey suit with a brown tie, and Tim Jones is in a brown suit and a blue tie.]]
Official: Here are the results of the mayoral election for Tackleford City and Borough.
Official: Bentley Quorn, Evil Party, 511 votes.
Official: Wanda Prune, Progressive, 3,109.
Official: James Mayor, Literal Democrats, 45,341.
Official: Tim Jones, Scientific Democrats, 59,194.
[[Bentley is angry, Wanda and James look dejected, and Tim raises his arms in ecstasy.]]
[[Riley Beckwith hugs Tim, but Mayor Mayor looks on dispassionately.]]
Tim Jones: My legs seem to have become irretrievably bendy. Like a couple of bad boomerangs.
Riley Beckwith: Go on, go up and say something.
[[Tim has taken off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves. He is reading off of cards.]]
Tim Jones: Everyone, I promise to run this city with a clear head and a steady hand.
Tim Jones: And to quote Howard Dean:
[[We switch to the broadcast of the event. Tim swings wildly and shouts, as promised. Shelley Winters, The Boy, and Riley Beckwith are watching from the audience. The reporter touches her ear and talks to the camera. The television chyron displays: "Election 2005 / SCI. DEMS WIN TACKLEFORD BOR.../Only minority parties represented in Y..."]]
Tim Jones: NYEEEAAAAAAAARRRGGHHHHH
Reporter: Victory howl or transformation into ravenous manbeast? *Who cares?* Back to you in the studio, David.
{{story: The Election}}