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

Fairy God Father. That Verc. What a card.

But you're really too tall to be a fairy. Or an elf. You'll have to settle for being a Mafia Godfather.

Don Jodan, thank you for inviting me to the wedding of your daughter. It was very thoughtful of you, seeing as how you burned down my nightclub last week and broke my grandmother's legs. Here's a hundred thousand dollars for the lucky young couple. And a little something for you. And Grandma sends this delicious recipe for spaghetti provencal.

Darn it, I just posted to the Uni Project Thread!

Been snooping around, H? Don't blame you - it was an interesting conversation!

Wozzwith Hiya Pat?

Anagram. The Atelier salonistas are doing anagrams for Halloween. It's Caerwyns fault.

H

Ah, I see. You salonistas are an odd bunch!

Fun idea though. I already changed costume *points to nickname*

Since I'm Pat, I'm going to the Crossed Purposes Halloween party as a leprechaun. I have the heighth for it. And then I'll have a pot of gold.

H

Will you be handing out cruddy M&Ms?

Will you be handing out cruddy M&Ms?

I like M&M's.

Ok, what would you like for me to hand out? It should be something normal. Something that I can actually go into the store and buy. I'm not going to do home-made, so forget the popcorn balls.

Last year I handed out Snickers and Butterfingers. Is that better?

And do you want to close this conversation down and just have one?

H

No - go ahead... I know a lot of people like M&Ms! I just don't. After the first one they seem so predictable

and Butterfingers?

I like this conversation. The title is fun

Sometimes I do manage to amuse you, then?

Godfather, I'm having this problem with the neighborhood kids. They want me to pay them off with candy or they'll do damage to my property. It sounds like they're trying to muscle into your territory. I thought it was my duty to let you know. *kisses ring*

H

'course

They're not muscling in on my Missouri Candy Casino are they?

They're demanding Cadbury bars and Reese's cups. And they just sit there and drink hot chocolate and smirk threateningly.

Save me Godfather.

It's time for me to go clean up the kitchen. I'll talk to you later.

H

Let's take them down
Gather the miners and pickaxes and tell them to meet me at their HQ at dawn

Have fun

Loading the dishwasher? Oh, yeah, that's loads of fun.

Miners, eh? I like that. Put that pickax right between their beady little eyes. Down with candy confidence capers!

I feel better already.

H

I know

Miners - very cloak and dagger. Very protective of their own kind!

You're the best, Don Jodan.

You know what I discovered? Our copy of 'The Godfather' has gone missing. I love that book. I still have several other Puzos. I wonder if I can still even get a hard cover copy of it? I'll probably have to buy a used one.

So whatever happened to James Cann, anyway?

H

Was the book originally called the Godfather? I think it was a more generic name... I heard this in a Robert Evans documentary (I was bored... eh)

James Caan is in an NBC show now. I haven't seen it. It doesn't look very good.

The original book was titled 'The Godfather'. The book came first. And is much better than the movie(s). If I remember the story correctly, Mario Puzo was an unknown and somehow got an agent to represent him on the book. The agent got him a $400,000 advance, which is unheard of for a new author. The book made millions. Very inspiring for a want-a-be novelist.

Another great publishing story is how Anne Rice got started.(Again, hope I'm remembering this right.) I think 'Interview with the Vampire' was rejected by several publishers so she decided to self-publish. Her basement was stacked with books. And her husband went from bookstore to bookstore selling them for her. The public adored the book, and she has become rich and famous.

I love stories like that. And 'Dune', which is probably the best SF novel ever written, was rejected something like 20 times before it found a publisher.

H

I could've sworn it was something else. Ah well... I don't want to bother looking it up

You're probably thinking of one of Puzo's other Mafia books. He wrote 'The Sicilian', 'The Last Don', and 'Omerta'. He also wrote some good novels not about the Mafia. Puzo is always a good read. But he'll be remembered for 'The Godfather'.

You don't have to look it up. Trust me on this one.

H