If the Hat Fits…

Solarship Log: DSS Gastronomy
Crew Member: Lieutentant Trippe
DooF Date: Rebmeced 2, 9002
Earth Date: December 2, 2009

Wow, now that Agent Cook explained that noodles are a type of gloop — I mean, food — I can’t wait to get to Planet Earth. I’m going to go back in time and REALLY show everybody what a noodle is!

I told you before that time travel was my big thing at the DooFian Intergalactic Space Academy. Well okay, I was second to last in my class, but at least I wasn’t the VERY last.

Anyway, let’s just say that my dad (who commands the DooFian Solarsailship Space Force) was able to get me on this voyage based on my ability to jump back and forth in time at the drop of a hat.

Speaking of hats, one thing I’m pretty sure about is that they’re super-important on Planet Earth. I’ve heard you can fit in anywhere (and in any time period) as long as you’re wearing the right hat. So all I need to do when I go back in time is put on a crown, a helmet, a beret — well, you get the idea.

Thinking about all the high-hatting kids who graduated higher than me at the Academy, bragging about their interviews and applications to remote triple-planetary way stations. But who ending up getting this totally top-guy assignment? Me!

I even got a galactogram today from my so-called buddy Bleen, who was #1 in my class. After he read all the important stuff our ship’s crew sent back to DooF’s astronews-dispatchers, he figured he should tell me what this is really about.

“Nobody cares about this food stuff,” he wrote. “Even if it does taste better than gloop. Your dad’s just getting you out of the way so you don’t embarrass him anymore.”

Well, I’ll show him. I’ll show them all!

In fact, I say: hats off to me!

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