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Reviewer: abs294 Signed 9 [Report This]
Date: April 07, 2008 07:39 pm Title: Easter Sunday: Chicken Jane, I Presume?

"Granmutter's right knee was deformed. Nobody wanted to learn anything there."

Made me laugh out loud. Hi-larious. Keep up the good work!



Author's Response:

I'm so glad you liked it. :)  This story is done, but more will come, and you can click on my name to find my earlier stories if you'd like.  I can recommend Beet Mail as being the closest to this one in theme.

I was glad to come up with the deformed knee thing; it's always fun to come up with a good gag. ;)

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, abs294! :) 

Reviewer: dancer288 Signed [Report This]
Date: April 07, 2008 06:17 am Title: Easter Sunday: Chicken Jane, I Presume?

sooo cute...so glad to understand where the chicken was and what happened...still laughing about CPR and the fact that angela names all the animals!! can't wait for more!!

Author's Response:

Whoops!  No, this one's done, dancer!  The reader is left to assume that Angela eventually catches Mose, they eventually make peace (as they've been doing at Schrute Farms since the great Beet-Rutabaga war of 1887), and everyone has some nice Easter ham, except Angela, who eats her potatoes with the occasional sniffle and woeful cry of "George Piiiiig!  We hardly knew ye."  (I'm sorry, wasn't that clear?  I thought it was the obvious ending. ;))

There will be more holiday stories, though, all having just as much reverence for each holiday as this one. ;)  My regret with this one, actually, is I didn't have the Halpert family going to church.  I would think Pam would probably go to church on Easter Sunday and at least bring Laura, all dressed in a new Easter outfit.  But it didn't fit in with the story, really, so Angela attended enough Easter-related services for everyone. 

I enjoyed the CPR, also.  Granmutter Schrute was quite the formidable lady, but she knew her remedies.

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, dancer288!  I love reviews! :)

Reviewer: EverybodyHurts Signed [Report This]
Date: April 07, 2008 03:19 am Title: Easter Sunday: Chicken Jane, I Presume?

This line:

"Oh, of course," Dwight agreed. "Granmutter's right knee was deformed. Nobody wanted to learn anything there."

cracked me up.  Good job, Kev, with this.  Very easy to visualize, since we've seen it on the show.  You are the queen of Schrutefic.

 



Author's Response:

It does help a lot that we've seen the farm now.  It was a lot easier to have a feeling for the place as I was writing than when I wrote Beet Mail this summer, having only seen that little glimpse of the barn in Initiation. ("Where are all the animals?" -- must have been a big dinner coming up.)

I do seem to have found a little niche with the odd and ancillary characters, haven't I?  Who else has had Stanley front and center in 3 stories?  Who's had more Mose?  It's a weird niche, but it's what I have.

The knee thing cracked me up, too.  It's kind of a funny expression, to learn something at someone's knee, so I took it that step further.  It's what I do. ;)  

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, EH!  It's a great way to start the day, seeing a new review! :)

Reviewer: Swedge Signed 10 [Report This]
Date: April 06, 2008 09:46 pm Title: Easter Sunday: Chicken Jane, I Presume?

It was a lot of fun.  This story needs a sequel. I want to hear more about Angela adjusting to farm life, dealing with animals and Mose.  What other names are there for the farm animals? And who can run faster, Mose or Angela?  We need to find out some day.



Author's Response:

I wonder if Angela now runs like Mose.  I saw a Youtube video of some kid talking about how to run like Mose.  I didn't watch for very long, though, because he just didn't get to the point fast enough.  I'm an impatient Youtube watcher.  I think Angela was going to catch up with Mose eventually and wallop him a bit.  Dwight didn't seem too concerned, though.

I hope at some point (on the 'real' show) we get more of a picture of Angela and Mose's relationship.  There was just that deleted scene in Money where Jim and Pam asked Mose about Angela and he just said "Angela?" in sort of a pitiful voice.  What was going on there?  I have the feeling Angela was a mother figure to him.  I'd love to see a scene with the two of them in it, even if they were on the periphery.  My other more wild theory is that Mose has a raging crush on Angela and there's a weird sexual tension going on there.  Maybe an asexual tension, if there is such a thing.

I don't think I'm going to write Angela adjusting to farm life, but if prior stories are any indication, I'm probably not done with Mose, Dwangela, and Schrute Farms.  I bet I've put Mose in more stories now than anyone.  I think that just makes me odd, so I shouldn't noise it about. ;) 

The farm animals are all named very simply by Angela, with a human name and their animal type.  Chicken Jane, Sammy Rooster, etc.   Angela doesn't have that wild an imagination, after all.

Thanks for reading (again) and reviewing, Swedge. :) 

 

Reviewer: katiej Signed [Report This]
Date: April 06, 2008 08:50 pm Title: Easter Sunday: Chicken Jane, I Presume?

The scariest part is this seems totally plausible at Schrute Farms.

Frightening and scary--just like Schrutes.



Author's Response:

Thanks, katiej!  This is actually autobiographical.  This exact thing happened at my house this Easter!  Nah.  I do wish I had the 9 bedrooms of Schrute Farms, though.

From what we've seen of Schrute Farms in this season's Money episode, nothing I said here is that over the top.  It's fun, now, to be able to picture things a bit more there.  I hope we go back to Schrute Farms at some point.

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, katiej!  I really appreciate it! :)

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