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// Strickland Propane 
// Story: Ponyville Public Access 
// by Justice3442 
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A light brown stallion with glasses, a dark brown mane and tail, and a propane tank cutie mark groaned as he looked away from the camera. As he turned around to stare at the camera, he forced a smile on his face.

"Howdy Arlen- I mean Ponyville!" He greeted with a wave. "Having trouble refueling your grills? Heater isn't working too well? Well, maybe you should switch to propane down at Strickland Propane!"

He moved aside, revealing a store with "Strickland Propane" written on a sign on top of the store.

"Propane has so many uses and is more clean burning and efficient, as compared to charcoal and butane; a bastard gas, may I add... Let's hear from some users."

The camera switches to another scene, revealing a very fat brown earth pony with no mane, and a chocolate cake cutie mark.

"I love Strickland Propane!" the pony said with a happy grin. "It's really useful and it heats my home up. I love Strickland Propane."

His grin suddenly vanished, replaced with a sorrowful sad face.

"Too bad my ex-wife doesn't love me as much I love propane..."

With tears in his eyes, he closed them and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"LLLEEEEENNNNOOOOOOORRRRRREEEEEE-"

The camera cuts to an orange stallion with sunglasses, an orange hat, a brown mane and tail, and a fly swatter cutie mark.

"I love that place," the stallion says with a friendly smile. "I, Dale Gribble of 'Dale's Dead Bug', use it to fuel my devices so that I can easily kill animals very-"

He stops when he turns around, seeing a sad yellow pegasus with a pink mane and tail. Her eyes were brimming with tears.
"Uh... Not animals, Fluttershy! I mean rats and mice and such!"

Her sad face grew with more sorrow.

"Wait! I use it to kill bugs! They're not animals!"

As Fluttershy let out a loud wail, Dale quickly ran to the camera. Immediately the camera switches to a handsome tan pegasus with a gold mane and tail and a musical note cutie mark.

"I tell ya what, Strickland dang ol' propane is that dang ol' recommended not that dang ol' Thatherton fuels, man whatever happened to him, and dang ol' Burt Reynolds voiced him, yo, now it's Toby Huss, who is he, yo, dang ol' Cotton's and Kahn's voice actor? Damn, yo. Dang ol' propane fuels my heater, something, grill, hot tub, jacuzzi, man, I tell ya wha-"

"THERE HE IS!!!"

The pegasus turned around, seeing a whole crowd mares, ranging from unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies. Every single mare had a savage grin and a lustful desire in their hearts.

"HE'S MINE!"

"HAVE MY BABIES!"

"BE MINE FOREVER!"

The pegasus quickly turned to the camera with a nervous grin.

"Dang ol' more women, man. Sorry Gribble man, gotta stop rolling the tape, I tell ya what!"

He immediately bolted away, the mares furiously chasing after him. The camera switches to the light brown stallion from earlier.

"So head on down to Strickland Propane!" he said with a satisfied grin. "Taste the heat! Not the meat!"

As he heard whimpering, the stallion turned around, seeing Fluttershy about to cry.

"Uh, that's just a saying, Fluttershy. I mean, don't you have animals that eat other animals?"

"Uh, Hank?" Dale said from behind the camera. "She's not crying at you, she's still torn up about me."

As Fluttershy let out another loud wail, Hank facehooved as he let out another groan.

"Oh, god... And Dale, for the millionth time, stop wobbling the camera."