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gasbag
1. Bit of a gasbag, he was
2. Gasbag, the smallest of the trolls, crept out of the room, shocked and dismayed to be living with this bunch
3. Gasbag tried to shake his head to clear water from his nose, but of course his ears were still pinned between Schmoozeglutton’s thumbs and index fingers
4. Gasbag Proves his Bravery
5. It was Gasbag, surprisingly, who really showed the trolls the nature of these bugs
6. Usually, Gasbag was on the periphery of whatever trollish antics were happening within the Rabid Band
7. mastodon, Gasbag reached his hand out over it
8. He had been ready to pick up a rock and stand with his brothers to defend troll honor, but he had been awfully glad to let the rock drop when Gasbag had proved the bug to be dead
9. Gasbag, when he found the place, felt immediately at home
10. Where the older and supposedly wiser trolls were sniffing out doggies and dumpsters and department stores, Gasbag had a more lofty sensibility
11. With tears stinging the corners of his eyes, Gasbag made his way toward the source of those sad sounds, those desperate melodies
12. The Black Hat Man himself, having just poured yet another pitcher of beer for a patron at the end of the bar, stood, pitcher in hand, and eyed Gasbag
13. Gasbag felt a great pain of recognition welling up within him
14. So, Gasbag was probably fortunate that when he opened his mouth none of the few words he could muster came forth
15. The patrons on either side gave Gasbag some room as he
16. Gratefully, Gasbag tipped the pitcher into his mouth and downed it
17. The beer was a surprise to Gasbag
18. Instead, it was bright and tangy and (and here Gasbag sloshed a bit on his tongue, searching for just the right descriptor) nearly tasteless
19. Sensing that Gasbag was new to the country, and surely
20. When it was obvious that Gasbag was hungry as well as thirsty, The Black Hat Man filled and refilled bowls of bar pretzels, and emptied the gallon jar of its pickled eggs
21. Gasbag ate the lion’s share of the peanuts, shells and all
22. Gasbag reflected that it had been an awfully hard day in the life of a troll
23. Gasbag was perfectly comfortable letting out the occasional belch, and tonight had only cemented the notion that on occasion a bit of gas can ease social relations
24. And, of course, there was that big blue bug that Gasbag had faced down
25. One older guy, dignified in a leather vest and a cowboy hat, tried to show Gasbag how to play darts, but his hands were too big to really control the delicate projectiles
26. A stringy woman, a tough old broad with skinny hips and leathery skin, asked Gasbag to dance, and even got him to move a bit to that slow, sad music that he found so evocative of his finest sense of being
27. Gasbag was sure that the twanging guitar on the jukebox uttered meaningful syllables, if he could but understand them
28. Gasbag would recognize it anywhere
29. Gasbag, for his part, told them about his adventures with the land trolls, though few believed him
30. Surely even land trolls had enough self-respect that they would have tossed Gasbag out of their above-ground cave, if not beaten him senseless with their konging clubs
31. Gasbag kept to himself the fact that these land trolls did indeed have their own version of beer
32. Gasbag wasn’t about to share that intimacy with those who wouldn’t understand or appreciate it
33. Then I spent the first class answering so many awestruck questions, and I turned into such a preening gasbag, such a needy fuck, that I couldn’t bear to tell the real story: the call into the managing editor’s office on the second round of layoffs, the hiking of that doomed path down the long rows of cubicles, all eyes shifting toward me, dead man walking, me still hoping I was going to be told something different—that the magazine needed me now more than ever—yes! it would be a buck-up speech, an all-hands-on-deck speech! But no, my boss just said: I guess you know, unfortunately, why I called you in here, rubbing his eyes under his glasses, to show how weary and dejected he was
34. “And the newspapers call me a gasbag? Senator Morgan, my friends, is the royal and supreme emperor of gasbags! Did you see how quickly I deflated him simply by using his Christian name?”
