Andy and the gang have been trying to pick up gig work whenever possible. Toona money. Have to keep the campaign staff fed, you know. So when they saw a Help Wanted ad on USAjobs.gov for someone to set up a 4th-of-July fireworks display, they were all over it.
It was in a national park no less! They were to meet somebody inside the gates who’d give them instructions and all the necessary materials.
At the rendezvous point, a park ranger approached them with an armload of what looked like homemade fireworks and bunting. However, they couldn’t help but notice the federal agent stretched out on the ground nearby next to an unopened crate marked “Official.” The man had clearly been clubbed senseless with a copy of Rothman’s “Modern Epidemiology”.
The ranger loaded everything into the trunk and asked if they had any questions.
The gang hiked up to the appointed site. It was an arduous climb…
...and there were many strange rock formations.
It wasn’t easy getting everything set up. The park ranger had given them very specific instructions about exactly how to hang the patriotic bunting.
But at last they were ready, and the fireworks were lit.
Much to the pleasure of the crowd below…
Except for some blustering blowhard who’d been bending the crowd’s ear for the past two hours. He didn’t seem too pleased.
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