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I always considered it to be be a very ominous quote since it's what the Walrus says to the oysters just before cooking and eating them.
"So when will the fun you promised begin"
"well... it's about to begin for me... let me explain... in a round about way..."
Notice To Our Valued Customers:
Due to Changing Times, and Popular Sentiment we have stopped using "deadly" poison in our famous cakes, little "drink me" bottles and gummies. Our new modern formulation will merely cause an inconvenient sleeping period. We understand the disappointment this may cause to our more traditional patrons.
This can be done by having them live on a "poor" budget for a time in a country where they know no one who might help them.
* Dueling Pistol Set
* Numbered Wax Seals
* Combination Lock Opened By Secret Word
* Puzzle Key and Lock (a key that is made of multiple pieces that only open the lock when combined)
* Identical poisoned and not poisoned petit fours
* Invisible ink and developer
* automatic remote triggered smoke signal generator for use in standard fireplace
* Book: Two Dozen Cyphers to Vex the Young and Avaricious
* Gold coins which stain the fingers with invisible substance for days.
My pet queen ant is a working class girl interested in animal husbandry* and "reclamation*"
*aphids
*finding things people dropped
"one for you three for me..." is just how they count.
OK I don't really get using WAX for that... but let people have fun I suppose.
Sadly for ants "queen" is just a title and comes with no stipend.
Ants would NEVER cheat on taxes.
Now a cat...
Thinking about a queen ant filing her taxes and putting down 40,000 dependents then sending them all to the IRS when she gets audited.
I am NOT saying this just for tax reasons.
Ants are valid users and every ant makes her own purchase and browsing decisions.
It's all very "The Riddler" maybe escape rooms are using them?
Very pretty. I've obtained some "ceramic wax" which is very brittle and shiny and can't wait to mess with it.
I do mostly just mess with the stuff.
How many people are doing fancy awards ceremonies???
That could work.
I'm thinking about using it for some kind of fiendish puzzle. But that can't be why there is a whole market for the things all of a sudden.
The US president has been mumbling things about cutting $2k "tariff dividend" checks for every American... since he's in so much trouble with the public over 'the economy.'
I find this *fascinating*.
This is just... mini UBI. Out of nowhere.
I also don't think it will happen as it will erase all of the higher unemployment they have been trying so hard to manufacture.
I like wax seals and I'm always looking for excuses to use them. So, when I noticed that a few of the places that sell seals and wax are now offering numbered wax seals... well what are these used for?
They are even selling the tacky "peel and stick" variety which means people are really using them for something... but what?
The sets may include metal seals in the numbers 1-10 or 11-20 etc up to 100.
1-10 is most popular.
