“Hey Avra, Cindy and I are going to fight the Houthis.”
“The Houthis?” She asks. “Do you mean ‘Hootie and the Blowfish’—that incredible Darious Rucker group from South Carolina?”
“Not exactly, Avra, we’re going to Mocha, Yemen, on a Mossad mission. You wanna come? It’s on the beach; maybe we can get some surfing in.”
“Hey Stevie, you’ve been talking about the Houthis for a long time, way before anybody knew about them. Always thought you meant ‘Hootie and the Blowfish.’ How’d you get so smart?”
“Well, Avra, our spiritual doll, Cindy knows all, and she’s been telling me for a while that the Houthis have a dangerous weapon that they employ on the Red Sea to attack cargo ships. They call it a blowfish, a USV, an unscrewed surface vessel … very dangerous.
“Wow, Steven, that’s exciting; maybe we can blow up some blowfish.”
“Don’t know about blowfish, but we’ll certainly see Houthi terrorists, sharks, dolphins, and maybe some aliens in Yemen. Avra, are you in?”
“Yeah … man. Let’s go.”
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