every man has. I thought he was crazy, of course, until one night after closing I went down to his rooming house with him and he took the FUCK MACHINE out of the red trunk." "and?" "it was like going to heaven before you died." " let me guess the rest," I asked Tony. guess." Von Brashlitz and his FUCK MACHINE are upstairs at your place right now." "uh huh," said Tony. how much?" "twenty bucks a piece." "20 bucks to fuck a machine?" "he's outdone whatever Created us. you'll see." "Petey the Owl will blow me for a buck." "Petey the Owl is o.k. but he ain't no invention that beats the gods." I shoved over my 20. "so help me, Tony, if this is some crazy kind of hot-weather gag, you've lost your best customer!" "like you said earlier, we're all crazy anyhow. It's up to you." "right," I said. I only get 50 percent, ya gotta understand. the rest goes to Von Brashlitz. buck pension ain't much with inflation and taxes, and Von B.