Once upon a time in the magical land of Paradisia. . .
Um, Mr. Narrator sir?
What the fuck is it this time Brian?
Mr. Pell asked me to inform you that we don't have any money in the budget this year to set a story in Paradisia.
Motherfucker! He sends a fucking intern to tell me we're over budget! Where the fuck am I supposed to set this story, Liverpool?
Uh, actually Mr. Pell said. . .
Go away Brian.
Where were we? Oh yes, once upon a time in an English shithole called Liverpool there lived a family of ogres. There was Gronginmax the Violator, the daddy ogre, Thokk the Foul, the mommy ogre, Carnicorix the Cruel, the biggest brother, Kearn the Avenger, the middle brother, and Oscar, the friendly younger brother ogre. Together the ogre family spent their days ravaging the countryside of England, destroying crops, raping the women, raising towns, and slaughtering the men folk. Oscar, however, did not engage in the daily orgy of bloodlust and destruction. Instead Oscar read books. Oscar loved books and learning almost as much as his brother loved rape and gluttony. For Christmas, when Oscar's brothers asked for new clubs, Oscar asked for bifocals. For his birthday, unlike his brothers who asked for new bearskins to wear, Oscar asked for a copy of Al Gore's "Earth in the Balance."
One day Gronginmax, the daddy ogre, took Oscar out to a walk by the docks.
"Oscar," Gronginmax began "you're a disgrace to all ogres everywhere. Do you know that the trolls are starting to make fun of us because you read all those books?"
"Ho ho," Oscar laughed as he adjusted his glasses "those silly trolls. Seriously dad, just because I engage in more academic pursuits doesn't mean that we ought to. . ."
Before he knew it, Gronginmax had shoved him into a boat on the dockside and cut the moorings.
"Son, this hurts me a lot more than. . . Screw it, Oscar, you're going to drift off to some far-off land, and hopefully there you will grow a set."
"But dad, I. . ."
But Gronginmax would have none of it. He walked off and let Oscar drift.
And so Oscar drifted for several weeks. Because Oscar was so smart, he lived well off the sea and was in great health when his boat finally landed in Ireland. Oscar wanted to get home as soon as he could, so he knew he had to find out exactly where he was and where to turn to go back. He came upon an unsuspecting villager catching fish by the sea, and asked "Excuse me good sir, I'm a bit lost and was wondering if you could. . ."