Earl Grey had always believed when the time came that he saw a UFO and aliens descended the stairs from their ship, that they would be green in color. So needless to say, when the fateful night finally arrived, when the space ship landed in his backyard, covered in a grey goo, the beings that emerged were not the green of his imaginings, but grey in color, large of eyes and head. Earl Grey had also always assumed that their greeting to him would be, &quot;Take me to you're leader.&quot; Instead the pair of grey creatures waddled up to him and spoke a language he had until that moment never heard uttered,&quot; gerblatten stuufen ger plotzer gurgen.&quot; It sounded German. &quot;Hosenfrau ger gloten spoof,&quot; one of the greys said. They motioned for Earl Grey to enter their craft and he did so willingly. The interior was gray (grey) in color as were the control panels at which sat several more grey shaped life forms. It was unlike anything Earl Grey had dreamed it would be. To be visited by aliens was his life's obssesion. 2007-12-30T23:36:42Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/16997 <p>Definitely lots of grey. Was the spaceship covered in goo? Seems a messy way to travel. Or maybe space goo turns grey during reentry. Hmm, questions, questions.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/16997?basename=31243 2007-12-30T23:36:42Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>Nice. I liked the humor and assumptions.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/16997?basename=31169 2007-12-30T20:08:09Z Laine the Grey http://ficlets.com/authors/lainegrey <p>As a certified German, I can tell you all that that is not German&#8230;except hosenfrau. That means pants women&#8230;but I really have no idea where you were going with that. Anyways, nice story.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/16997?basename=31167 2007-12-30T20:06:24Z Saint Chuck http://ficlets.com/authors/chuck_thelove <p>I was expecting the story to be about tea.. imagine that! I like your use of German. Very entertaining, It adds something to the story. well done ol Chap!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/16997?basename=31128 2007-12-30T17:57:54Z Apostrophe http://ficlets.com/authors/murphyrose27 <p>I agree with flute, it was very creative. Nice too.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/16997?basename=31106 2007-12-30T17:02:32Z .:band baby:. http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby <p>Lol, I like this. It&#8217;s very creative. I love the coincidence how his last name is Grey.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/16997?basename=31103 2007-12-30T16:50:10Z flute faerie http://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061