Pictured above is one Mrs. Slowfolk and her son, Johnny. Johnny had a rare congenital disease, turning his skin to metal and his shape cylindrical. Their family doctor didn't like his chances.
Doctor: "He'll live, but women will shun him."
Mrs. Slowfolk: "Is there really no hope, doctor?"
Doctor: "When he's old enough, he must mix with other metallic objects. You never know, he may find a sympathetic tin drum. It might be the romance of the century."
Mr. and Mrs. Slowfolk were confused how Johnny could turn out this way. In truth, it all started the day following little Johnny's entry into the world:
Nurse: "There was a mixup in the nursery, but I've brought you back the shiniest one."
Mrs. Slowfolk: "Thank you, nurse."
Mr. Slowfolk: "Cameraman, be sure to capture my good chest."
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Mr. and Mrs. Slowfolk soon understood that little Johnny was not like the other boys. For one thing he was magnetic. When he entered a room, all the jewellery would come flying at him. Like this he made his first million before the age of twelve.
Despite adversity, little Johnny lived to a ripe old age with little signs of rusting. Late in life, he could be found on daytrips with other pensioners.
Pictured: In his last stage of development, Johnny was a train.
*** These symbols denote a dinkus. A dinkus is a child repeatedly kept after school.
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