Sunday, March 15, 2009

Moronican History

I was thinking that some of you might want a brief history of the Kingdom of Moronica. Well, there is really not much to tell as the Kingdom has had a very peaceful existence except for a brief stretch in the early forties. I will relate this unseemly time period to you as briefly as possible.
It all started when four ruthless businessmen who, at the time were engaged in the development of munitions, were getting very concerned about their falling profits. Their names were Mr, Onay, Ixnay, Amscray and Umpchay. Their plan was to foment an insurrection and have the public march upon the King of Moronica's palace, who at that time was my grandfather Herman the six and seven eighths, and replace him with a dictator. They would then encourage the new dictator to 'expand' Moronica's territory thereby increasing their profits through the sale of their arms. Unfortunately, thanks to a beer putsch, they were successful in forcing the King to abdicate his throne. In his stead they put in their puppet dictator whose name was Moe Hailstone who, along with his two henchmen Jerome 'Curley' Gallstone who was made Field Marshall and Larry Pebble who was named the Minister of Propaganda, wrecked havoc among their neighbors. They ended up forming the axle powers along with fellow dictators Benito Chizzelini and his Excellency the Bay of Rum. Fortunately, there was a spy entrenched among Moe Hailstone's close knit group, his secretary and astrologer who, as it turned out, was the famous Matty Herring. She was placed there by the four ruthless businessmen after they realized they had made a huge mistake in putting the completely moronic Hailstone in power. Thanks to Matty Herring's work rifts developed among the axle powers as Moe Hailstone, who was quickly becoming a meglomaniac, soon learned through the counsel of his 'astrologer', that his fellow axle members were going to roast him instead of letting him increase his power and territory. Hailstone figured that the best way to stay in power would be to eliminate his fellow dictators and called a meeting. In the turmoil that followed during this meeting the mindless dictators managed to eliminate themselves thereby allowing the King to re assume his throne. Moronica has remained a peace loving Kingdom ever since.

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