Dear Jack --
don't give up on your dream! a lot of folks have been asking me about why in the heck anybody would want to buy property on the moon. ...meahwhile i've been wondering why anybody would think there was anything wrong with selling it!!
so i did a little research, kinda some behind the scenes legwork, (i went and asked Sparky about it) and here's the story. Santa Claus,
see, Santa has a kickback scheme going with Wal-Mart, he gets a piece of the action. not too many people know this, he likes to keep it quiet. and the thing is, Santa needs a place where he can stash his cash, quietly. so he started buying up some parcels up here. he's a cagey son of a bitch, i think he was also thinking about setting up a franchise up here.
when Sparky got wind of this and he went over to the quandry mines, down to the deepest pit and got six of the strongest, biggest, meanest quandry-miners he has, and he told them what to do, Sparky doesn't take no shit from no jolly ol elf -- bowl full of jelly or not.
when the miners came back they had all the deeds except yours, jack; i think Sparky wants you to keep your parcel as a kind of trailer insurance. yeah, trailer insurance. you know, that's where you do your neighbor a favor so they won't cut half an acre of thir property off -- a piece right next to you -- and sell it to somebody who will put a trailer on it. Sparky knows you jack, he knows you as well as you know yourself, and he would bet his left horn that you won't be bringing a trailer with you when you come.
anyway, just wanted to make that clear to you. i was in his office when he paid the miners for thieir work. after they left, he said to me, "when you get back from your trip, i have something i want you to do for me." I looked over in the corner, but he just smiled, he said, "how'd you like to open an office selling real-estate on venus, eh boy?" he blew some cigar smoke at the ceiling. "bowl full of jelly, my ass. that fat son of a bitch was trying to muscle in on my territory."
posted by matthew at 08:29 AM
you only lose what you cling to
posted by: any random buddha on November 9, 2005 11:13 AM
if there is something wrong with selling land on the moon, why is it ok to sell land on the earth?
posted by: geronimo on November 9, 2005 03:39 PM
...Never give up too soon,
if you stub your toe on the Moon!...
posted by: Bing C on November 11, 2005 10:50 PM