surely if it were up to me, I'd become a #GNU, but a sarcastic and disgruntled wizard would probably prank me by turning me into a penguin

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@alice

Dammit…. Now I want an Alice Pygmy Goat 😍

@akousanet

@alice guess :3

@alice @akousanet Groundhog or pangolin, what with how they they always look like they're apologising for something.

@alice I've encountered this wizard.

When I used to work in downtown Oregon City, I'd take two coffee breaks and walk past the courthouse to the (not Starbuck's) coffee shop. There was a little raised patio outside—I suspect it may have been a loading dock—with a table and a couple of chairs. One day, as I'm approaching, I see a dog on the patio, busily knocking all the furniture back and forth. A woman walks past me going the other direction and says "Yeah. THAT'S happening." As I get closer, I see the dog is a goat, and the table and chairs are not quite destroyed but well on their way. Inside, I identify the goat's wizard as the only one not looking at the goat. In fact, he is stirring sugar into his coffee with a certain walking-away-from-the-explosion aplomb.

He is also wearing a brightly tie-dyed J. Peterman cattleman's duster, with a matching wide-brimmed hat*. I want to say boots were involved as well, but I may be embellishing.

I hand my cup to my friend the cafe manager, and she says, through clenched teeth, "So. How's YOUR day?"

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* At this point, I fully expect three people on the Fedi who follow Alice to go "Oh. That guy. I know that guy."**

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** Or possibly "I am that guy."

@akousanet

@alice I enjoy reading the responses to your vibe-check questions, but it suddenly occurred to me that I can't remember seeing responses from the people to whom the questions are originally directed. What proportion of your CAPTCHAlices go unanswered, do you reckon? :thinking_face:

@alice
I see your goat and raise you a blep.