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One Namer Chronicles
Phuc Yu (modified version)
by Gordon Mei (April 23, 2000)

Once there was a duck named Phuc Yu. He was a normal, nice duck, but his life was ruined by one thing - his name. It all started when on Phuc Yu's first day at school.

Teacher: Hello there. What's your name?
Phuc Yu: Phuc Yu.
Teacher: What did you say?
Phuc Yu: I said Phuc Yu!

Now, this teacher had been chain smoking and taking drugs for quite some time by now, and she had problems.

Teacher: Okay, kiddo!! That's it!
Phuc Yu: Huh?

And Phuc Yu was beaten up pretty badly.

Every time Phuc Yu met somebody later on in life, something like this would happen. He would get slapped silly or that person would beat the crap out of him. Phuc Yu was aware that he could sue the One Namer like all those victims like him, but he chose not too because it was against his will to sue. He thought of it as wrong. So Phuc Yu decided to go to the One Namer himself and have his name changed as Walrus did.

KNOCK, KNOCK.

One Namer: Come in. Phuc Yu: One Namer, if it's okay with you, I'd like a name change like you did for Walrus.

The One Namer did not seem to hear what Phuc Yu just said. He was enthralled with what a new potion he was working on.

Phuc Yu: He-llo!!
One Namer: Huh? I'm sorry. What did you want?
Phuc Yu: A name change.
One Namer: Sure. Hmm...let's see...here it is. The Name-Changing Potion.
Phuc Yu: Thanks.

Phuc Yu drank the potion.

One Namer: Now I'm warning you. The next thing you say will be your name. Permanently. So choose very carefully.

Phuc Yu nodded and then left.

Phuc Yu had heard what happened to Walrus when he hit a tree and screamed out in pain what irreversibly and permanently became his name. Phuc Yu tried hard to avoid this. But in his high concentration of trying to avoid obstacles on the road and trying to think of a name, he tripped over a pebble and hit is head. "OUCH!" Oh no! Just like Walrus! "MAN!" Then Phuc Yu realized that he had just used the same two interjections that Walrus had. Now his name was Ouch Man! But there was a gut feeling that told him that his name wasn't this. So he returned to the One Namer's.

From the One Namer, he discovered that his name was NOT Ouch Man because it had already been used. Any two people and creatures weren't allowed to have the exact same full names. So Phuc Yu's name was void. Void? Yes. Phuc Yu now didn't have a name. Not even _______. Any name was better than no name at all. But Phuc Yu now didn't even have a name! Okay, okay. I think you get the point. So he didn't have a name.

So previously-Phuc-Yu didn't know what to do. He couldn't exactly ignore the fact that he was nameless. After a lot of thinking, Phuc Yu went against his will and tried suing the One Namer.

Phuc Yu: Hello? Lawyer Service? I'd like to sue the One Namer.
Lawyer Service: Sigh...another. Can't the One Namer ever get a break? It's not his fault you know! There are only so many normal names in the world!
Phuc Yu: Well...
Lawyer Service: That's very cruel of you to even THINK of suing him! Who do you think you are? Huh? What's your name?
Phuc Yu: I don't have one.
Lawyer Service: HA! Everybody's got a name!
Phuc Yu: Not me.
Lawyer Service: You never had a name?!? What did your parents call you then?
Phuc Yu: Phuc Yu.
Lawyer Service: WHAT?!?
Phuc Yu: Phuc Yu!
Lawyer Service: Why I've never been so insulted! I'm going to sue you!
Phuc Yu: For saying my name?
Lawyer Service: See you in court tomorrow.
Phuc Yu: THAT was stupid.

Previously-Phuc-Yu was disappointed. He lost his name and got sued on the same day. But the next proved to be much worse.

Judge Perezoso: Order in the court! Lawyer Chuck. Why are YOU in the prosecutor chair?
Lawyer Service: I'm suing this stupid duck here.
Judge Perezoso: What crime has this duck commited?
Lawyer Service: He pissed me off.
Judge Perezoso: O-kay...
Phuc Yu: I only said my name. The previous one anyway. Judge Perezoso: Previous name? What's your current one?
Previously-Phuc-Yu: Don't have one.

Judge Perezoso raised an eyebrow, which required a lot of energy because he was so perezoso.

Judge Perezoso: You don't have one? What's your previous one?
Previously-Phuc-Yu: Phuc Yu.
Judge Perezoso: WHAT?!?
(This convulsive outburst nearly gave this corpulent, lard-filled man a heart attack.)
Previously-Phuc-Yu: I said Phuc Yu!
Judge Perezoso: That's it!! Judge finds the defendant guilty!
Previously-Phuc-Yu: But...
Judge Perezoso: Take him away!!
Previously-Phuc-Yu: That's not fair.

So previously-Phuc-Yu was arrested and thrown into prison for life. Harsh punishment, yes. But that's how it was and all the citizens of the town supported his imprisonment because they all claimed that previously-Phuc-Yu had once pissed them off too.

In prison, previously-Phuc-Yu ended up in a lot of fights because he would inadvertently provoke his prison cell mate whenever he said his previous name. Previously-Phuc-Yu led a horrible life, constantly getting in trouble and being transferred to new prison cells 'til the point that the police gave up and sent PhucYu to a mental institution.

The End


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