CONTESTS

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al code of etiquette. The slightest social faux pas is immediately followed by a long, ritualized apology. All apologies being with the phrase, "I die," and end with "All die. O the embarrassment." The lengthy middle section of the apology describes, in graphic detail, the misery that the speaker's death causes others. For example:

"…I die. O my hair falls out and my flesh rots and my bones are cracked by the hungry ta!a'an. He drops me behind him all around the forest and nothing will grow where his excrement from my marrow falls. As the years pass the forest dies from the poison of my remains. The soil washes into the sea and poisons the fish, and all die. O the embarrasment." (Reprinted from "A !tangled Web" by permission of the author.)

All suitably repentant individuals are asked to sign up at the registration desk. They may then ask forgiveness from the judges and the audience in Main Programming beginning at noon on Sunday.

Win, Lose, or Draw

Another back-by-popular-request event. An informal, everybody-can-participate activity that pits our celebrity artists and the audience against the clock. How quickly can you guess the noted SF title or phrase from the pictures sketched out by the artists? No advance sign-up is required; just show up in the Main Programming at 1 p.m. on Sunday and join in the fun!

This page created by: Kevin G. Austin