Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Square Dances in Disguise

As a kid, I liked the Transformers. Who didn't? They were pretty cool. They were robots, which was pretty awesome to begin with. But then they turned into vehicles. Vehicles, also, are pretty awesome. Well, anyways, I wanted to be a Transformer. The problem was, most of the good vehicles out there were taken. I wasn't going to be another truck. Or helicopter. Or jet. So I figured I would settle on a tractor.

That would be a pretty practical Transformer, I always thought. Yeah, being a sports car is pretty nice, but so what? You can drive real fast? How does that contribute to society? It doesn't! But tractors do farm stuff, and farms totally contribute to society. I guess the only time it would be a problem is when there was a big robot fight and I needed to be there and help out.

"Hey, Farmtron, come on! We totally got to fight that guy who turns into a gun!" [I'm sorry, I forgot his name...Megatron? Gunbot? Whatever.]
"Oh, Optimus Prime, hold on! If I don't finish harvesting this corn, Pa is gonna kill me!"
"Damn you and your tractor form, Farmtron!!!"

Plus I'd probably be a big hit with the Transformers fans from the mid-west. They simply don't have enough robotic role models.

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