The Curiously Stunted, Incomprehensibly Disjointed, Perfectly Inadequate Adventures of Nicholas Cornelius Holloway – Episode 21

They arrived in their great, gleaming ships. The scientists, priests, and heads of state assembled to greet them. Their message was translated and rushed to the under-secretary who delivered it to the president.

Scanning the communiqué the president said, “They say the bill is overdue. They say they’ve tried to reach us, and now they’re ‘shutting it off.'”

“Shutting what off?” said the under-secretary.

The president quickly hooked one elbow around the railing and, still holding the communiqué...