Here's Why

SFX

The SFX science fiction/anime/comic book./horror expo on Satuturday had illegal swords being seized from dealers and melted down, the big drawcard Patrick Steward was missing due to last minute health problems. They got struck by lightning on Sunday and the power went out. They were instructed to evacuate the building for safety reasons. Luckily there was a big baseball game on next door, and so the authorities restored power before the expensive guests were forced out into the rain.

< ahref=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=4142>The anime fans had some impressive costumes.

We were just there to visit the TorontoTrek table, and see what it was all about. The dealers were charging high for everything on sale, so they didn’t get my money for books or t-shirts.

There was an information booth that wasn’t staffed. People before us had added the word “NOT” on a card in front of the “INFORMATION” sign. We sat and waited there for friends. I practiced throwing the free trading cards. People stull came up asking for information, so we changed the sign to read “MISINFORMATION”. People only saw what they expected to see, and still came up and asked us for directions. So we changed the sign to read “RANDOM FACTS”, and continued throwing the cards, going for a distance competition. Fans came up asking for random facts. At last, people who can read!

Later we came back and saw the booth labelled “KISSING BOOTH”, with two girls in anime costumes inside. They had buttons reading “HUG ME”. It was fun to watch men’s faces as they walked by and clocked that the girls were gaol bait, or simply tried to figure out if they should call the girl’s bluff.

About the author: Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Physics, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, Cisco CCNA tutor, Computational Theory lecturer, and subject coordinator; while changing his career to professional writing and broadcasting. Listen to Ian on the Discovery science show on radio 2SER 107.3Fm Mondays at 9am in Sydney or streaming audio on www.2ser.com, or listen to the Discovery sound archives.