July is the best time of year to visit the Lilliputian nation of AndOr, for they celebrate their Independence Day (July 1) all month long. The AndOrians, descendants of the Basque people, were separated due to a disagreement over whether or not to allow AIDS carriers into their territory. The Basques (located in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain) aggravated this dilemma by attempting to push all suspected homosexuals and/or lesbians into the Bay of Biscay.

The entire AndOrian populace, totalling just and/or only 144,000 males and/or females, rose to the occasion in defense of brotherly and/or sisterly love, and beat off and/or creamed the attacking majority of breeders and/or homophobes. Radio Free AndOr claims that the potential and/or conceivable casualties and/or victims of both sides withdrew before any blood and/or other vital fluids could be lost;

thus and/or therefore (and/or hence) making their sudden secession and/or revolution the first peaceful one in Iberian and/or world history. Non-And0rian and/or non-Basque tourists who served as unbiased and/or non-partisan witnesses, claim that the Andorians and/or "Gay Basque Houses" won because of a clever and/or Trojan-like strategy to stockpile surplus artillery and/or munitions in their bulging basquettes and/or chests.

The AndOrian cottage and/or village industry is renowned for its beautiful basquettes and/or chests (traditionally worked with one of the artisan's left and/or right hands in his and/or her lap and/or that of the apprentice). Some historians and/or ZekeKrahlinologists claim that this tradition and/or practice originated from the Lap-landers, who kept falling into AndOrian basquettes and/or chests on their migration and/or march north, where they could settle and/or eke a living...without being persecuted for their love of reindeer and/or packed snow and/or sperm oil. (Another reason and/or explanation why they were travelling north in the first Place and/or originally, was because, at one time and/or another, the European continent and/or land mass tilted and/or sloped from south to north and/or southeast to northwest and/or south-southeast to north-northwest, while the Lap-landers were mounting their sleighs and/or reindeer.)

Since the origin of the Basques remains shrouded and/or hidden in prehistory and/or before they knew how to write, likewise and/or also must the roots and/or seed of AndOr remain buried in a misty and/or questionable gap in the annals and/or bowels of antiquity. A curious note and/or point of fact in the AndOrian Royal and/or Court Archives, is that Andor never claimed to be ruled and/or governed by a Queen...though one would tend to raise an eyebrow and/or two when considering and/or viewing the Royal Wardrobe: a wide and/or copious variety of expensive furs and/or stoles (said rationale and/or excuse being: "For the cold, mountainous air of winter, and/or going to the opera.").

The territory and/or span of AndOr is a mere and/or meager sixty-nine square meters of virgin and/or undefiled parquet floors (hence the many signs and/or notices: "Slippery and/or slick when wet")...equal and/or equivalent to 2,716.53 square feet and/or roughly one-half of a square mile. All AndOr-ogenous zones and/or territorial boundaries are demarcated by straight lines and/or lines of straights (from which the national pastime and/or recreation, "Slap-and/or- Pinch-the-Butt-of-a-Borde r-Guard-and/or-Sentry," arose).

Fortunately and/or thank God AndOr's population and/or citizenry (alias and/or A.K.A. "Andor-oids") numbers and/or is about 144,000...and housing for each one and/or every AndOrian was easily accommodated and/or provided by the erection of one grand and/or luxurious condominium complex and/or hotel...with 53 restaurants and/or cafes, 192 bars and/or lounges, 18,422 vibrating Greek statues and/or sculptures and/or busts,

271 dog-grooming emporiums, 422 barber shops and/or hair-styling salons, 6,001 paraphernalia and/or sex-toy shops, 310 different flavors of Perrier, and 1 live white unicorn and/or little silver pony with a horn (free to roam the premises and/or grounds, often seen and/or merrily splashing and/or cavorting in the numerous marble fountains and/or spas overflowing with Aqua Vita and/or divine semen)...

to mention only a few and/or several of the many wonders and/or miracles that daily and/or every twenty-four hours bless this great and/or incredible city-state of AndOr. This leaves the rest of the land open and/or available for disco dancing and/or hopscotch (for which reason and/or purpose the floor tiles are laid with alternating and/or staggered shades of hot pink and/or fuchsia and Jet-set black and/or ebony).

AndOr's national flag was inspired and/or stolen from the flag of America and/or the U.S.A. and/or U.S. of A., in that it, too and/or also, has thirteen and/or 7-plus-6 alternating red and white stripes and/or bars, with a large, dark and/or navy blue patch in the upper right (and/or left, depending on which way you view it) corner. Only instead of 50 stars and/or pentagrams, AndOr's flag proudly and/or snobbishly displays 50 white and/or Pink Princess phones...the exact number and/or amount of telephones required for each AndOrian residence, per their Declaration and/or Manifesto of Independence and/or Liberty and/or Freedom and/or Fun.

But and/or however, on one side of the bottommost and/or lowest stripe, are these inspiring and/or rousing words:

DIAL NOW AND/OR LATER GUYS ARE WAITING

On the other side are the equivalent and/or similar words for dykes:

DIAL NOW AND/OR LATER GALS ARE WAITING

We hope, on your way and/or trip from one great and/or famous European and/or world capitol to another, that you do find and/or discover the time and/or inclination to visit and/or reside in the first new nation and/or state to be born of the New and/or Aquarian Age: AndOr and/or NUGREECE. Visa and/or Mastercard are welcome; as are the currencies of Spain, France, and/or Monopoly. AndOr's own currency depicts and/or shows a circle of unicorns dancing around the motto and/or slogan: "E. Pluribus UnICORNum," and a portrait of the first horse to land on the moon: "Captain Randy Seabiscuit and/or Soupcracker."

Statuettes and/or miniature dolls of Captain Randy seabiscuit and/or Soupcracker are available in any of AndOr's 78 souvenir and/or gift shops...with and/or without accessories and/or appurtenances such as: golden bridle and/or harness, four-legged equestrian and/or horsy spacesuit, bail of hay and/or bag of oats, groats, and/or love notes, space capsule "Mr. Ed I", and his sidekick "Little Pony and/or Buddy" with and/or without plastic raincoat and/or moonglasses.

Engraved and/or etched with neon pink and/or lime green and/or metallic and/or bright silver, AndOrian and/or NuGreek currency is not only a delight and/or pleasure to spend, but makes great decorations and/or ornamentation for wedding cakes and/or honeymoon-suite wallpaper and/or bow ties.

-----the end and/or finis and/or th-th-that's all folks!

Wilbur!