Today I was at the local comic shop, picking up this weeks new issues. My comic book guy, Dave, and I were enjoying a couple of cold Beavers and philosophizing about the important social issues that are so often an integral part of comic story-lines( the similarities between Stephen Harper and Metamorpho are just so obvious that you would almost think that Harper is a blatant rip-off of that classic super-hero).
After a little while I noticed that I was starting to get a bit of a buzz. Normally, when I’m enjoying some Blue Beaver, this would be quite normal but at that point I had only had a few. That shouldn’t have had any effect on me at all, so I knew that something was wrong. I mentioned my concerns to Dave and he realized immediately what the problem was. A short time ago he had a new neighbour open up shop right next door to him. A new nail salon was operating under the same roof as my beloved comic shop.
It seems that I wasn’t the only one troubled by these invisible fumes, Dave has been having a hard time dealing with it since he’s breathing them in all day long; and the Legionnaire, Invisible Lad, has discovered that he is uniquely susceptible to invisible nail polish remover fumes. Dave has a petition going to get the fumes evicted from the building and I agreed to help him out on this blog. Now I was talking to Aunt Pauline and apparently if I was to name these fumes here I could possibly be sued for slander and/or defamation of character. But if you want to leave your e-mail address in the comments section below I will send you a note identifying exactly where the lair of these evil fumes is located.
I urge all of the fan-boys and fan-girls reading this to boycott nail polish fumes and not just the ones that are attacking Dave. All of these villainous fumes must be brought to justice, so crack a couple of Blue Beavers and the heroic scent of beer will battle the evil-doers and make the world a safer place for everyone.
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I’m just a roofer, but I’m going to join you in your boycott of nail polish fumes. One of my roofing customers paid me cash for a $8k roofing job and every last dollar smelled like nail polish remover. He was in the business and everything he owned reaked of that odor. I can’t get within 100 ft of those place without being overcome by the smell!