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Hippie Seeks Relationship With Local Musician

March 18th, 2003

Rosalind Beatnik writes:

G'day,

I have listened to your band a few times now and I really like your sound....and Steve. I am a regular at Babylon and Zaphods and I have also seen him there but I am too shy to talk to him. Is he available? If so, is he open to a hippie (in very good physical shape) with long curly strawberry blonde hair and green eyes starting a conversation......and maybe more.

Roz
PS. Help me out here, guys. I don't want to mess up my chances.

Trevor	Ms. Beatnik, I regret to inform you that as property of Setbacks Inc., Steve has no legal right to make his own decision. To arrange to meet Steve please send your proposal, including any references and similar meeting experiences you may have to our head office. Many people don't know that the Setback Inc. group of companies makes many of the items you use everyday. The Corporation owns a lumber mill, Arby's, and North America's largest graphite processing plant.
Steve	Whoo! Boy...this is a tough one. You see...um...being Steve, I'm not really sure how to help you out with this predicament. On the one hand, I can't seem to shake this nagging feeling that you're just some jackass friend of mine playing a joke...but on the other hand, if you are who you say you are, then I'm very flattered. Tell you what - next time you see me, walk on up and say "hi"...we'll become awesome friends! It'll be radical!
Paul	That is awesome that we are reaching the "hippie" population out there. We are slowly breaking through to new audiences. We have the rock crowd and now the hippie crowd. Next we need to work on getting the punks out and maybe some of the emo kids. Hopefully we will eventually bring all crowds together for a huge Rock Fest. Anyways, talking to any one of us shouldn't be a problem since you at least have an opening line. Either you can ask us about our music or Chris's unbearable body odour.
Chris	If your name is actually Roz Beatnik, then you should plan the Menendez style execution of your parents for naming you that. Do you have a brothers named Rivers & Leaves? It's cool you're into Steve. He's a nice and nice man. When you see him next time, dingle his dingleberries.

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