228 Sango Jingo History Part 1: the National Flag

Somewhere south of Frisland, in a hidden dimension of regret defying longitude and latitude, lies the mysterious island nation of Sango Jingo. It is unique, named the most you-can't-get-there-from-here by Condé Nasty Traveler for two whole recessions running.

The nation began as a bubble universe, springing into existence from a singularity electrostatically bound to a NaCl molecule in the Mariana Trench and—as bubbles do—floated until reaching the surface, whereupon it recursively manisfested as the land of the Guttural Utterals, its inhabitants.

No one burns the Sango Jingo flag in protest, because the founding fathers of Sango Jingo decided a long time ago that their flag, for political reasons, was best made from asbestos, hence its crumbly appearance. This saved much anguish over free speech issues as well as proudly made Sango Jingo the mesothelioma class action suit capital of the world!

The "Union Jack" is a graphical representation of a Newtonian formula in the fractal dimension. When the formula is rendered into words, it translates into the national joke. However, it must be interpreted according to the "non-Euclidian-Dangerfield" translator rules found in the Sango Jingo Constitution. No wonder it's so damn funny.

It is left to the mathematics student as an exercise to translate it, but we'll give a hint. The punchline is, "Funny, you don't even look Chinese."

The flag:

• The field of silver represents the nothingness of the zero flux from which they sprang.
• The two red beams of light represent the neon lights of Las Vegas, upon which they travel on pilgrimages at least 3 times a year using the Multidimensional Diopteric Parallax (MDP) which speeds up the travel time by bending space-time, an idea they stole from "DUNE," but which has been improved by incorporating the additional benefits of business and first class. The "Frequent Duration" Club (a time travel award level) is especially generous with its Ensley Medallion members.

Since the Gutteral Utterals are multidimensional (10D, actually), they have reserved the fractal dimension specifically for use as their sense of humor. This is why, when they pledge allegiance, they put their hand over their heart, gaze at their flag, and recite:

"It doesn't get any funnier than this! Now play ball!"

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AUTHOR'S NOTES:

For Thursday, August 15, Day 225 of the 2024 Story-a-Day Challenge

366 WORDS (without A/N)

Accompaniment photos were AI-generated but the asbestos was not.

ABOUT THIS STORY: It's hardly a story. Sorry. And the Chinese are not inherently funny and no disrespect was intended. In fact, not many demographic groups are inherently funny. Just the Italians (to which I belong).

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THIS CHALLENGE GRINDS ON, 366 WORDS AT A TIME...

There are currently three surviving prolific, pretentious, promiscuous, and copacetic Vocal scribbling scribes still participating in the insane, inane, pre-election 2024 Story-a-Day Challenge:

• L.C. Schäfer, (challenge originator)

• Rachel Deeming (challenge participant)

• Gerard DiLeo (100% Italian origin, 2nd generation)

Read them. Support them. And remember what Sumus Cocoonus said, "An ingor for your dolor!" (trans. from DiLingo, "A beer for your grief!")

For you non-Euclidean geometry geeks out there, the "Union Jack" is a graphical representation of a Newtonian formula in the fractal dimension. 

FORMULA PARAMETERS: 

• Polynomial Degree:  3.800000 

 IMAGE CORNER VALUES: 

• Xmin:  0.367255174238 
• Xmax:  0.419762882634 
• Ymin:  0.462870629051 
• Ymax:  0.5502292528362