HOT HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP & TV REVIEW!!! Exactly 59,402 subscribers and growing! Volume IV, Number 6, 2/8/98 http://www.joking.com XENA Gabrielle and Epirotica trade child rearing and household tips while Callisto BEATS THE STUFFINGS out of Xena!! "It's really been difficult raising a child who's half horse," says Epirotica, watching Callisto smack Xena. "She's always eating hay with her hooves instead of a knife and fork." "I know what you mean," said Gabrielle, watching Callisto do a double backflip. "When I gave birth to a monster child, people were getting on my case because the monster kept killing people with her telekentic powers." Callisto smacked Xena across the compound. Gabrielle looked at Epirotica's sports bra, compared it to her own. "Nice! Where did you get it?" "On sale at Penny's," Epirotica sniffed, watching Callisto tossing Xena into the air again. Meanwhile, Xena battles her ultimate enemy, the high booted, studded leather clad ultra blonde Callisto. "How do you like this!" she says, smacking Callisto across the face. "How do you like that!" Callisto says, giving her a jab in the gut. "What about this?" Xena says, wrestling Callisto to the ground. "What about this?" Callisto responds, rubbing Xena's back. "How do you like this!" Xena challenges, rubbing honey and oils on Callisto's belly while gently caressing her arms and legs. "Actually, it's not so bad," Callisto concedes. Later, a well oiled Xena returns to camp to see Amazons gathered around a huge campfire, roasting marshmallows. "Hm, something smells good!" says Xena. "What is it?" "Uh, Xena," says Gabrielle. "Better brace yourself. Remember what you told me to do before you started the fight with Callisto? You told me to do three things: to feed Argo, set up our sleeping bags, and make sure your son Salon wasn't killed by my monster child." "So?" "Well... would two out of three be considered a bad day's work?" Xena is devastated when she learns that Salon is dead. "And some horse guy bit the dust too, although he was pretty expendable from the outset" says Gabrielle. But Xena just waves her away. "Xena, I love you!" wails Gabrielle. "Listen, I agree that mistakes were made. There's a lot of blame to go around and whoever's responsible may well be at fault. So why don't we just forget the whole thing and start over?" "Go away!" thunders Xena. "You can't mean that! Who will scrub your back in the hot tub? Who will give you that special massage-" "Your job position has been filled," says Xena coldly. She slowly walks out of the firelight, pulling the leering and winking Callisto along on a leash and collar..... ****************