(THE CONTINUED AMAZING ADVENTURES OF) TRAPEZOID FLOYD 1984 Karl Rigelhof

Trapezoid Floyd's mining asteroids
Don't get annoyed Floyd
You're not stuck on this rock forever

Trapezoid Floyd's got his fleet deployed
They're being toyed with Floyd
Just a little bit longer and you'll be richer than ever

Trapezoid Floyd's about to be destroyed
It's something you can avoid Floyd
Just push that big red button and let the robots do the rest

Trapezoid Floyd's presently unemployed
Don't blame the droid Floyd
He just did what he thought was best


"This is another fine mess you've gotten me into!"
screamed Floyd at his robot pLuk mark 2,
whom he affectionately called Fluk.

"Out of." injected Fluk, "If I hadn't triggered the escape
pod relays to eject the command capsule we would now be
floating in space as a cloud of titanium dust!"

"Couldn't we have simply outrun them?"

"Negative. You know the Regalion Commissary ion beams fire
at the nearest object in motion."

"We could've at least saved some of the ore..."

"That is precisely why they had fired upon us in the first place.
You're lucky I engaged the hyperdrive when I did."

"Lucky, huh! I would have rather been blown to atoms than
to stand in this stinkin' line trying to get a commission to
haul grain to God knows where with what's left of my rig and
I'm supposed to feel grateful to you!"

"Well if that's the way you feel about it!"
muttered Fluk as he motored away.

"God damn cyborgs!"