Meeting Hall of the Intergalactic Space Hobos Fraternity
Saturn Chapter – Special Session
“I’ll be straightforward with you,” said the president. “We look like a pack of amateurs!”
The membership stirred uneasily.
“Every Hobo Chapter planet in the Milky Way is racking up better numbers than us. Their Hobos catch three times as many free rides as we do daily. Mars, the leader, records six times as many illegal hops a day more than we do.”
A nervous buzz broke out among the membership. One member stood up on all three legs and asked if he could speak. The president nodded affirmatively and moved away from the podium.
“For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Rill-Tara, and I’m the librarian/accountant for our chapter. I’ve been following this disturbing trend for three years now, and I think I know how to turn it around.”
Excited whispers. President Nor-Rav held up all three of his hands and called for silence. “Proceed brother.”
“As we all know, for many years the earthlings had the best hobos in the universe. Then earth became embroiled in inter-planetary wars that sent mankind back to earth’s stone age.
Technology of all kinds was lost. The remaining humans were reduced to hunter gatherers who could no longer read or write. The trappings of their great civilization crumbled and rotted with time.
My interest of study started with the origin of Earth’s great hobos, and then branched out to the years they were dominate in the Milky Way.”
Someone in the crowd yawned.
“Okay! I get the message. I’ll keep it short. The first hobos emerged during the Great Depression. The most well-known hobo of the period was the King of Hobos, “Steam Train Maury.”
Generations of other hobos have been inspired by his exploits. The five-time holder of the title, set the standard for stealth and inventiveness. I couldn’t find much about him as I shambled through earths decaying libraries, but I did find a movie (that I converted into a hologram) about his life.
Earth movie director, Robert Aldrich, made the hobo opus titled, Emperor of the North. After watching this movie I was inspired and invigorated. It was about a brutal conductor of a train who had a personal vendetta against the best train-hopping hobo in the Northwest.
The hobo in the movie was called A-1, and he prevailed against the cruel conductor. I believe this movie can serve as a wake-up call to all of us!”
President Nor-Rav thanked him and took the podium. “Let’s vote on this idea,” he said.
Two weeks later the Saturn Chapter of the Intergalactic Space Hobos Fraternity celebrated when they moved into third place.
As It Stands, I always thought Lee Marvin’s best performance was the character A-1, in Emperor of the North.
The Creative Chronicles of Dave Stancliff 
It’s a funny idea. Aliens could find anything interesting about humans, depending on their nature. That’s an angle I hadn’t thought of.
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