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

good evening sir, please hand over all your rum, there's a good chap

we need more carts...

[Proprietor]: In what color? We have them in puce, indigo, chartreuse, cobalt, fresia, fuchsia, lilac, cherry, aqua, turqoise, celadon (which is Martha Stewart's favorite), saffron (very popular locally), brick, ruby, eggshell, taupe, ecru, beige, khaki, sand, coral, java, peach, apricot, jonquil, ebony, plum, crimson, scarlet, burgundy, wine, and rum.

don't bother about the colour of the carts. any colour will do

[Proprietor]: Fine, but I was kidding about having all those colors. What I really have is hundreds of carts the color of a festering blister....

ah, good, a familiar colour at least

now fill them up with rum and have them delivered pronto and i'll give you a good tip in return

the tip is: do it now, and you will have a story to tell your grand kids

[Fills the carts with rum]

nice doing business with you

*has a dozen NSDW's pushing the carts to the ship*

shagbark looks on with amusement.
That is one strong SEP projector there I must say

Now where do you suppose we could find a wholesale curry distributor

maybe we could make a stopover here
http://www.indianyellowpages.com/company/Grover-Sons-Mumbai/

of course you can find curry on the yellow pages

now why didn't i think of that

i feel old

You *are* old. But Shagbark and I are old, too.

i suggest we get ancient together

That's an easy suggestion to follow, as it seems to be what we're doing anyway.

the alternative seems like a poor alternative anyway

at least as long as i feel like i feel today

Drink rum along with me.
The best is yet to be,
The rest of the rum,
For which the first was made.

ooooh, that reminds me!

say, proprietor, do you happen to have some of that extremely good, international awards winning indian whiskey as well? i believe the name on the label reads amrut

That poor proprietor, you'll drive him out of business.