That’s a funny way of playing baseball. I’ll admit that it’s marginally more interesting than regular baseball, but I have no idea what’s going on in both cases. Although sports in general are not my strong suit, I can easily see that they’re not too familiar with the subtleties of Major League Baseball. First off, you’re supposed to attack the umpire with a sword, not the baseball. Baseballs are expensive.
“You know,” said Arthur thoughtfully, “all this explains a lot of things. All through my life I’ve had this strange unaccountable feeling that something was going on in the world, something big, even sinister, and no one would tell me what it was.”
“No,” said the old man, “that’s just perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the Universe has that.”
“Everyone?” said Arthur. “Well, if everyone has that perhaps it means something! Perhaps somewhere outside the Universe we know …”
“Maybe. Who cares?” said Slartibartfast before Arthur got too excited.
I’ve seen a few strange dogs in my time, but this one looks like he needs to see a vet. His fur is looking very strange, and his skin appears to be a very strange color. I’m almost positive that his nose isn’t very moist. Someone check if his nose is moist. This is a nose-moistening emergency!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZTAc1W59DQ
Way out East there was this fella — fella I wanna tell ya about. Fella by the name of Alexandru. At least that was the handle his loving parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. Alexandru, he called himself Alexandru. Now, Alexandru — he didn’t make a whole lot of sense. And a lot about where he lived, likewise.