# nets curtain ruffling happens a lot in endland most ancient take the money and run by steve miller band starts to play in the lab background nosy broody neighbors going ruffle shuffle ruffle nothing ever happens ever and to apparently live or even merely exist through other random's time blasted mediocrities appears far more interesting than putting up with one's own innate island lack what is it in particular about citizens who fall so readily into this private network of false rumor milling and mongering happily spreading idle yap among themselves we're specifically talking to you horrible grinch faced landlady who lives below and has interfering elephant sonar ears sounds like a just so notstory apparently every single fragment of our bs daily micro dramas is worth sharing with their equally arthole friends whisper whisper whisper hint hint hint the nudge nudge nudge crowd infinitely more likely to turn one in when asked without a moment's moral pause oh yes we knew it was them / they looked the type / a very suspicious bunch you nosy munts plug your swollen ears with the wax oozing from your undead brains big scientists pay no attention to the idle whispers of fools // [[republic of bob contents | imaginary pastime republic of bob]]