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scheme made up by Nintendo to sell fake game discs.

That theory made perfect sense, because as I ran from store to store in every town within 30 miles of DFW airport, I would find myself looking longingly at the racks of game discs for the Wii console that the stores never had. I kept thinking I should buy a game so I would at least return home with something for my troubles and it would be handy to already have a few games ready to play on the glorious day when I finally did acquire the sacred and elusive Wii hardware. I managed to resist the temptations, but after several trips I began to formulate my Nintendo Wii Console Conspiracy theory.

I searched on line to see if anyone else had noticed the same things. It turned out that a cab driver in New York City (who looked a lot like Mad Max) was onto the same idea. I began exchanging information and comparing notes with him. He had kids, and had been searching for a Wii console since August of last year. He was convinced that not only was Nintendo claiming to manufacture a console that didn't exist in order to sell fake game discs, OPEC was in on the conspiracy as well. By causing American's to drive from store to store to store attempting to find a Wii, petroleum consumption in the US was continuing to climb, creating higher and higher profits for the oil industry. The cab driver and I got on famously and we we're on the verge of co-authoring a Nintendo Conspiracy web site when I discovered that his IP address was registered to The New York Center for the Moderately Harmlessly Insane.

Soon after I was in the local WalMart glaring at the empty Wii display case when an associate approached me and asked if I was wanting to purchase a Wii console.

I said "Yeah, and people in hell are wanting a drink of water, too."

She informed me it was my lucky day and escorted me to the electronics counter where there were four large cardboard cartons. I waited breathlessly for her to hand me a golden ticket or for Gabriel to start playing his horn. She ripped one of the cartons open and pulled from it a surprisingly small box. It contained the mythical Wii.

The other three cartons contained a Unicorn, a Sasquatch, and a Valentine's Tree.

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