Episode #0966

[CTP/FITBs]

[It's up to the first poster to come up with a set up, and then each following post will either complete it or fill in the blank(s). And, as always, whoever posts the set up is certainly allowed to post their own completion/fill in as a follow up.]

[Lydia]

Setup:

Thinking over the whole Leviathan debacle, Nicholas concluded that the plan's failure had been entirely due to one catastrophic mistake on his part: _________

[MagnusTrask]

... not really doing anything.

[Lydia]

...he should have shaved the right side of his mustache off for luck.

...he should have had the Box made from kryptonite, not wood.

...he should have had Mrs. Johnson and Harry raise the kid, not Megan and Philip.

...he shouldn't have had the Book published by Pomegranate Press, because that ensured it would be full of errors.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

...he should have had Mrs. Johnson and Harry raise the kid, not Megan and Philip.

Can you imagine the two of them as the "parents"?! Alex, Michael and Jeb would have been more screwed up than ever!!  

But this:

...he shouldn't have had the Book published by Pomegranate Press, because that ensured it would be full of errors.

  &    at the same time...

[Uncle Roger]

He should not have tried financing the Leviathan plan by selling Groovy Horror Heads.

[Robot_Quentin]

attempting to piggy-back his 3-legged chair concept along with the Leviathan take-over

becoming a pesky corporeal being again

not starting on a much smaller scale and going with the "Adopt a Leviathan Puppy" campaign

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Good ones, Uncle Roger and RoboQ!!   

He should not have tried financing the Leviathan plan by selling Groovy Horror Heads.

not starting on a much smaller scale and going with the "Adopt a Leviathan Puppy" campaign

 

[Robot_Quentin]

Thanks MB!!