[[Floating whale speaks to two men, one bald and one in a hat.]]
Narration: EARTH PLEDGES FEALTY TO THE DUSTY SPACE WHALE
Dusty Space Whale: Okay, as subjects of my pod, humans will get CURES to all diseases, PREFERRED interstellar trade terms, and PRE-RELEASE access to ALL television shows that will EVER be created.
Hat man: Yes please
Dusty Space Whale: You'll also get universal WHALE PASSPORTS allowing unfettered travel between the stars, and become part of the UNIFIED GALACTIC SCIENTIFIC CONSORTIUM, the largest collection of SHARED SCIENTIFIC DATA in the universe.
Hat man: omg omg omg
Dusty Space Whale: To STANDARDIZE matters, however, you;ll have to adopt our universal currency and units of measurement. Just to make things easier, surely you understand.
Hat man: Oh, of course! absolutely! No problem at all!
Bald man: Bring it on! We're ready!
[[The market]]
Gentleman #1: Hey Earl, let me get 0.00004 starplanktons worth of strawberries.
Gentleman #2: Sure, that'll be three and a half zeptospacebaleen. CASH or KRILL?
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{{alt-text: Also, football announcing has become a bit wordier, what with 4.2 yoctospaceflukes to the yard}}