tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post3692689956598829058..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: Fine-Tuning the BardEarl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-67724988338131394822023-05-07T22:40:39.529-06:002023-05-07T22:40:39.529-06:00“As for the story itself, it was entitled "Th...“As for the story itself, it was entitled "The Dancing Fool." Like so many Trout stories, it was about a tragic failure to communicate. Here was the plot: A flying saucer creature named Zog arrived on Earth to explain how wars could be prevented and how cancer could be cured. He brought the information from Margo, a planet where the natives conversed by means of farts and tap dancing. Zog landed at night in Connecticut. He had no sooner touched down than he saw a house on fire. He rushed into the house, farting and tap dancing, warning the people about the terrible danger they were in. The head of the house brained Zog with a golfclub.” <br /><br />-Kurt Vonnegut. Jr. Jeff Shylukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915415377502782962noreply@blogger.com