Bugs clamped his mouth shut. Erroll waited expectantly, his cute little uniform bulging as his chest swelled with pride at his markmanship.
Nothing happened. No exploding Bugs, nothing but silence as everyone held their breath, waiting.
Suddenly Muffy grabbed Bugs and began to administer the Heimlich manoeuvre, without saying a word. Still no one exhaled, and then Bugs suddenly burped and the mini-ICBM was expelled violently. At the sound of Bugs burp, everyone started breathing again.
The mini-ICBM bounced off a wall and then hit Iggy's rear end, upending him from Rear's face. The missile continued its path through Iggy and exited his mouth, embedding itself in the floor.
"Now that's something I've never seen done before!", said Erroll, "Damned quick thinking Muffy, my congratulations on the way you did that Heimlich thingy. As you have seen demonstrated today, the new PEST mini-ICBM can be sent by US Mail, without fear of premature detonation.
"Premature...what did you say?", grumbled Muffy, "What was premature about that? I've always been able to control men's tendency to go off too soon. Oh! You meant the missile", she said, and her face reddened, "You know nothing can happen until I press this little button here..."
Every eye in the room followed the movement of her finger as it hovered over her left breast. Muffy savored the moment, and then..... |
