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_The mind quails before certain contemplations? _ / _The existence of infinity, for instance._ / _Or finity, for that matter._ / _Or 50,000 batches of cornflakes dumped from the sky._
I don't know why I listen to Artie Lindstrom. Maybe it's because at times (though certainly not -- I hope -- on as permanent a basis as Artie) I'm as screwy as he is. At least, I keep letting myself get sucked into his plans, every time he's discovered the "invention that will change the world". He discovers it quite a bit; something new every time. And, Artie having a natural mechanical aptitude that would probably rate as point-nine-nine-ad-infinitum on a scale where one-point-oh was perfection, all his inventions work. Except --