John doesn’t study herpetology, Alison knows lots of words, and Liz goes first.

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Content warnings this episode: Games, SMOFs

• If I Ran the Zoo… Con

• PDF version

• 3401 Pre-Supporting Memberships by Leslie Turek

• 2201 The “Relationship” by Priscilla Olson, Mark Olson

• Modest food

• 701 The Lady and the Snake by Mark Olson, Leslie Turek

• Cover art: “Game of Privies” by Alison Scott

• Alt text: John, Alison and Liz are on a large privy holding drinks with a snake wrapped around the privy. Speech bubbles surround them: “Have you seen my emotional support python?” “The perfect spot for the old pharts photo”, “It’s another ‘what if…’ episode”, and “Oi! There’s a queue here mate”. A banner with “Punctuation Worldcon 2030” appears at the top and the words “Octothorpe 99” appear at the bottom.

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