Rusty Hevelin

—Test Your R.Q. (Rusty Quotient)

by Mark Moore

We invite you to participate in another installment of the "Moore-onic" Fan Testing Service:

1. Rusty is called "Rusty" because…
a) He likes it.
b) Mickey likes it.
c) He has red hair.
d) He had red hair.
e) He needs to divert attention from the slick, smooth-talking huckster that he is.
2. Rusty is DemiCon's perennial…
a) Toastmaster.
b) Baitmaster.
c) Pastmaster.
d) Secretmaster.
e) Hoaxmaster.
3. Rusty enjoys this position of esteem because…
a) He finds it comfortable.
b) He is a SMOF.
c) He is the SMOF.
d) He has dirt on the concom.
e) He has children on the concom.
4. Rusty has been a fan…
a) Forever.
b) It just seems that long.
c) He just smells that way.
d) Not long enough to suit fandom.
e) Long enough to be continued.
5. Robert Heinlein once called Rusty "The _____ of Fandom."
a) No, not that. Shame on you.
b) Puppetmaster
c) Wheeler-dealer
d) Free lunch
e) Moses
6. At cons, Rusty can be seen…
a) Conversing with any and all.
b) Hucking.
c) Nucleating.
d) Backrubbing.
e) All of the above, and more!
7. Rusty is a charter member of the Non-sequitur Society for the Prevention of Melvin because he…
a) Doesn't make sense, but he does like pizza.
b) Wants you to moderate your views, or he will chew your nose off.
c) Always paints with a clean euphemism.
d) Files his laser book collection on a book shelf.
e) Hold a federal watermark for chewing old pulp.
8. This will be over…
a) Soon.
b) Never.
c) My dead body.
d) All of the above.
e) When Billjohn turns in his cribsheet (and plastic one, too).
9. Rusty is…
a) Friendly, if you don't try to feed him.
b) Friendly, if you don't try to bite him.
c) Friendly, if women try to bite him.
d) Friendly period.
e) Exclamation point.
Continued on page 19

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