Thu 7 Jun 2007
Ponderous: Eater of Worlds
Posted by Jeffery Stevenson under Ramblings
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With a gazillion different things on each planet, doesn’t it seem probable a hungry world-eater would run into a major food allergy sooner-or-later?
“This is galactic correspondent, Iffy Gotcha. I’m here today chatting with an anonymous world-eater about how to break into the planet chomping industry.
“Sir, can you tell us… wait… you don’t look so well.”
“It’s the purple helmet. Gives my complexion a funky appearance.”
“It’s not that. You’re sweating. And I think your lips are turning blue.”
“Oh… that. Yeah, I got a hold of some bad terrestrial matter on a planet I had for dinner the other night. I think it might have been polluted or something cause my stomach’s been doing flip-flops ever since. And I have heartburn something fierce.”
“I’m sure some other would-be world-eaters would like to know… is that a common occurrence when devouring planets?”
“Oh yeah. Happens every few planets or so. Mostly on the civilized ones. The only thing worse is when I get those little trees stuck in-between my teeth. They don’t exactly make floss in my size, so I have to cope until they work themselves out on their own.”
“Do you have any advice for the planet devouring public?”
“Sure… don’t eat the yellow planets.”
I’ll bet you it was the peanuts. It’s always the peanuts.
Peanuts? I can see it as the next big crossover event to hit… “Look Out Charlie Brown, It’s Galactus!”