Showing posts with label 749632. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 28, 2025

749632 - 1. pete and larry



by red jones

part one of ?




note: this novel will be written in the year 3065 by red jones. it has been recovered by professor wolfgang x of gottesburg from the black hole at the center of the alcyoneus galaxy and translated by laura peterson gillhammer. the cultural refrences contained in the novel have been adjusted to make them comprehensible to a 21st century audience. every effort has been made to retain the spirit of the original novel.

pete evans and larry payne lived in apartments beside each other on the 21st floor of building 749632 of city 607432 in continent 2-a.

pete’s number was 7609-7854-3381-0604 and he lived in apartment 21-25 rand larry’s number was 7609-7854-3381-0606 and he lived in apartment 21-27.

they never spoke to each other on their infrequent encounters in the hallway.

they had some things in common, others not so much.

pete liked star wars and larry liked star trek.

gene autry was pete’s favorite movie star and bette davis was larry’s favorite movie star.

sherlock holmes was pete’s favorite fictional character, and emma bovary was larry’s favorite fictional character.

amerigo vespuccii was pete’s favorite historical character, and tamerlane was larry’s favorite historical character..

albert einstein was pete’s favorite scientist, and alan turing was larry’s favorite scientist.

kim kardashian was pete’s favorite reality star and khloe kardashian was larry’s favorite.

rudyard kipling and ella wheeler wilcox were pete’s favotite poets and charles bukowski and john dryden were larry’s favorite poets.

st peter was pete’s favorite preacher and aimee semple macpherson was larry’s favorite preacher.

they both liked blueberry pancakes with tofu syrup for breakfast, though pete occasionally varied his diet with a cheese omelette.

they both exercised two hours in the morning, and two hours in the afternoon.

so you see, they both had a lot in common and also differed in many ways.

there was one way in particular that they greatly differed.

pete loved the whole human race, and larry hated the whole human race.



to be continued