It all started when we found a rubber band behind our heater. Well, actually, it started during a rubber band fight (that's how it got behind the heater in the first place), and we couldn't find all the rubber bands after having the fight (we had a lot of rubber bands to throw), so behind the heater it stayed.

Anyway....

We found this rubber band behind the heater, and then we thought it would be a really cool idea to give Bernie (he was partially crusty on one side due to being in close proximity to the aforementioned heater) his own theme song, so we listened to Star Trek: The Original Series' music from "The Trouble with Tribbles" (which is quite cheesy). And we thought it would be a really cool idea to make him dance to the Star Trek music!

Well....

Uh....

Yeah.

You're probably wondering about this "Bernie" fellow (and our sanity), so here's some more information about this animate fellow.

Here's Bernie:

(Picture has been greatly enlarged to show Bernie's incredible detail and penchant for dancing.)

Bernie's Pieces:

(The price of a hard day's dancing...or perhaps just what happens when one is too close to an aforementioned heater for too long following a rubber band fight.)

But don't worry! Bernie's okay! He just needs a little R&R.

A Bernie Update!

Alas, it appears Bernie's dancing days are over. In an unfortunate accident, Bernie had a fatal encounter with "The Famous Polka" by They Might Be Giants. "He just snapped in mid-Polka," said Slappy, a fellow rubber-mate and a witness to the horror that had just occurred. Shortly after the event, Bernie was taken to the best tire plant available to expedite his recovery. The "surgeon" stated that it was very doubtful Bernie would ever get up the strength to dance again.

Poor Bernie.

It appears he'll be spending the rest of his life not dancing, but playing shuffleboard in a Rubber Retirement Residence instead.

Bernie's in the afterlife!