h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

YankaWanka raises his head unsteadily from the bar, an Tinners Ale coaster stuck to his forehead by the beer he has spilled. His look is confused and cow-eyed as he jerkily pans the bar. He pulls the coaster from his head and wipes his face with a trembling hand. Examining the flecks of cigarette butt he has wiped with the beer from his face, he looks as though trying to descern a message from the his palm.

"Hello...?" he calls behind the bar tentatively, "It's gone. It's all gone. I've spilled my beer, and it's all gone. Who turned the lights out?"

YankaWanka, you should be drinking Courage, not Tinners! The lights may have gone out, but its only a flicker. When the storm passes, the lights will come back on. In the meanwhile, I'm gonna lean back and try to reconstruct in memory all of Blue Balls in a Small Car--wish I had read it through a few more times. Now I'll read your Legs to remember it! There's a new post there. Remember, take Courage