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}}'''The Hydrant''', or '''Fred''' to his (few) friends, was an irritable but hyper-competent robot and the steadfast assistant of the dog-like alien ambassador [[Talbot Molossus]]. Though aware of the obvious joke about a dog and a fire hydrant, both considered it highly offensive whenever people brought it up in their presence. [[Jenny Over-There]] thought the Hydrant sounded somewhat like [[Gilbert Gottfried]]. | }}'''The Hydrant''', or '''Fred''' to his (few) friends, was an irritable but hyper-competent robot and the steadfast assistant of the dog-like alien ambassador [[Talbot Molossus]]. Though aware of the obvious joke about a dog and a fire hydrant, both considered it highly offensive whenever people brought it up in their presence. [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] thought the Hydrant sounded somewhat like [[Gilbert Gottfried]]. | ||
Talbot was one of the candidates invited to a job interview at the [[Wales]] [[M.F.S. office]] in [[Universe (The Tribulations of Jenny Over-There)|one universe]] by [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]]. The interview saw some friction regarding the aforementioned fire-hydrant jokes, as well as him insisting on not being separated from Fred even though candidates were supposed to be evaluated individually; in frustration, Talbot ended up tossing the Hydrant out the window, to the surprise of the onlookers, who were not aware of quite how indestructible the Hydrant really was. In the end, Talbot and Fred still ended up on the final roster of people whom the Man in Grey vetted to staff the new M.F.S. office in [[Scotland]], alongside [[0000-8888888]] and [[Doctor Know-It-All]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') | Talbot was one of the candidates invited to a job interview at the [[Wales]] [[M.F.S. office]] in [[Universe (The Tribulations of Jenny Over-There)|one universe]] by [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]]. The interview saw some friction regarding the aforementioned fire-hydrant jokes, as well as him insisting on not being separated from Fred even though candidates were supposed to be evaluated individually; in frustration, Talbot ended up tossing the Hydrant out the window, to the surprise of the onlookers, who were not aware of quite how indestructible the Hydrant really was. In the end, Talbot and Fred still ended up on the final roster of people whom the Man in Grey vetted to staff the new M.F.S. office in [[Scotland]], alongside [[0000-8888888]] and [[Doctor Know-It-All]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 23 April 2023
The Hydrant, or Fred to his (few) friends, was an irritable but hyper-competent robot and the steadfast assistant of the dog-like alien ambassador Talbot Molossus. Though aware of the obvious joke about a dog and a fire hydrant, both considered it highly offensive whenever people brought it up in their presence. Jenny Over-There thought the Hydrant sounded somewhat like Gilbert Gottfried.
Talbot was one of the candidates invited to a job interview at the Wales M.F.S. office in one universe by the Man in Grey. The interview saw some friction regarding the aforementioned fire-hydrant jokes, as well as him insisting on not being separated from Fred even though candidates were supposed to be evaluated individually; in frustration, Talbot ended up tossing the Hydrant out the window, to the surprise of the onlookers, who were not aware of quite how indestructible the Hydrant really was. In the end, Talbot and Fred still ended up on the final roster of people whom the Man in Grey vetted to staff the new M.F.S. office in Scotland, alongside 0000-8888888 and Doctor Know-It-All. (PROSE: Open Sourcing)
Behind the scenes
The Hydrant was created on November 19th, 2013 by Rob Whelehan as an open-source character. He had his own variant of the Paragraph:
| The character of The Hydrant is available for use by anyone, with only one condition. This paragraph must be included in any publication involving The Hydrant, in order that others may use this property as they wish. All rights reversed. |
| —Rob Whelehan |
