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*The sentence regarding the location of a home office is based on an early running gag perpetuated by [[wikipedia:David Letterman|David Letterman]] on his late night talk show.  He would say the Top Ten List came from the home office of Sioux City, Iowa. The joke was that the CBS station in Sioux City wouldn't air Letterman's show at that point.  See [[Wikipedia:Cities that have been David Letterman's Home Office|Cities that have been David Letterman's Home Office]] for more cities he's used.
*The sentence regarding the location of a home office is based on an early running gag perpetuated by [[wikipedia:David Letterman|David Letterman]] on his late night talk show.  He would say the Top Ten List came from the home office of Sioux City, Iowa. The joke was that the CBS station in Sioux City wouldn't air Letterman's show at that point.  See [[Wikipedia:Cities that have been David Letterman's Home Office|Cities that have been David Letterman's Home Office]] for more cities he's used.
*The Nth-dimensional lifeform and intersection description is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which the N-th dimensional lifeforms are mice.
*The Nth-dimensional lifeform and intersection description is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which the N-th dimensional lifeforms are mice.
* The "<name> reaches into a higher plane and pulls out a snake" may be a reference to 2006 Summer movie [[wikipedia:Snakes_on_a_plane]].
* The "<name> reaches into a higher plane and pulls out a snake" may be a reference to 2006 Summer movie [[Snakes_on_a_plane]].


==Collection==
==Collection==

Revision as of 23:04, 8 June 2006

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This is a very complex Nth-dimensional lifeform, the intersection of which with this universe happens to exactly resemble a badger. Scientists have been entirely unable to explain this, although the fact that they keep eating the mushrooms that the badger somehow creates, and thereby keep being flung into bizarre and inexplicable alternate dimensions, goes a long way towards explaining why.

To receive a map and a guided tour through the previous sentence, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to our home office in Sioux City, Iowa.

Type: familiar
Cannot be discarded

When Used

You put the astral badger in your Familiar-Gro™ Terrarium.

You place the astral badger in your terrarium. He jumps up and down in a strange, repetitive dance.

Notes

References

  • The "strange, repetitive dance" is a reference to the internet meme Badger Badger Badger, as are the astral mushrooms. During the Badger Badger Badger sequence, the song includes a "Mushroom, mushroom," section. Much like the mysterious astral mushrooms, the quote "Mushroom, Mushroom," is often viewed as random and appearing from nowhere.
  • The sentence regarding the location of a home office is based on an early running gag perpetuated by David Letterman on his late night talk show. He would say the Top Ten List came from the home office of Sioux City, Iowa. The joke was that the CBS station in Sioux City wouldn't air Letterman's show at that point. See Cities that have been David Letterman's Home Office for more cities he's used.
  • The Nth-dimensional lifeform and intersection description is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which the N-th dimensional lifeforms are mice.
  • The "<name> reaches into a higher plane and pulls out a snake" may be a reference to 2006 Summer movie Snakes_on_a_plane.

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