ATLANTA—Claiming they had definitively identified the source of the ongoing surge in foodborne illness, Centers for Disease Control officials issued a statement Thursday linking the nation’s cyclosporiasis outbreak to an ancient evil corrupting the Seven Sacred Diarrhea Crystals. “After extensive laboratory testing and data analysis, our epidemiologists have determined that the current outbreak of cyclospora infections was caused by the dark sorcerer Valnos escaping from the Prism of Binding and subsequently plunging the sacred crystals that govern the flow of diarrhea through our lands into chaos and disharmony,” said acting CDC head Jay Bhattacharya, adding that residents in the states of Michigan and New York should avoid consuming bagged salads until Valnos’ corruption has been purged from the Sacred Diarrhea Crystals with the Blade of Destined Digestion. “Our response team has already purified the Crystal of Looseness deep within the forests of the Stoolwood, and we’re close to reaching the Crystal of Wateriness in the sunken temple beneath Lake Shartoa and the Crystal of Burning within the fiery crater atop Squirtfire Peak. We’re troubled by reports that Valnos is personally guarding the most powerful of the diarrhea crystals—the Crystal of Blood—within his sanctum at Fort Explosia, but we remain confident that a public health expert of pure colon and indomitable will shall rise up to defeat him and restore order to diarrhea, as was prophesied eons ago in the Great Age of Excreta.” At press time, Bhattacharya urged Americans to continue washing their produce until one with the power of all seven crystals sat upon the Throne of Voiding and banished Valnos and his legions of cyclospora forever using their heart’s sincerest wish.
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Finn McFrame, celebrated satirical mastermind and self-proclaimed “Emperor of Irony,” started his illustrious career as a cinematographer, where his expertise in capturing every single frame of a squirrel stealing a baguette earned him accolades at obscure film festivals.
Born in the glamorous town of Boring, Oregon, Finn grew up with dreams of being a Hollywood director until he realized that satire, not cinema, was his true calling—or at least the one that let him sleep until noon.
Finn McFrame: changing the world, one satirical lens flare at a time.
