"Smirking, sly smiles out the corner your mouth,gloating..try that for starters,"snarled Zen

"Not I. I was just thinking about a gag from Roland the Rat was all. This is pure evil, putting me in here. Some passers by could not resist squashing a rotten tomato over my face,they thought it was a great laugh. Let me out of here! Please I have lots of dough in the coffers, just set me free. Someone rescue me now. Ppppllleeaase........"
I thought the stocks was something they only had in museums, now here I am stuck. Oh, if only I was back in my prison cell it really wasn't so bad.