Jimmy And Thunder Take Over The Pizza House

 

                    Notice: No names of persons, places or things

                mentioned in this story being alive or dead, 

is real but are a complete work of fiction.

As is so in all my Thunder stories.

                  Thunder had just gotten a telegram making him and his roommate Jimmy heads of the

Pizza House.   Thunder was so excited that he jumped six feet off the ground, but did not know what

Jimmy would think.   Thunder figured he would speak to Jimmy later that night, and got on with his 

next therapy client.  After all, Pizza House, was where Jimmy worked.

                  Bella, the health inspector, came into the Pizza House, asking to speak to the manager, as 

well as Jimmy.  The manager brushed her long, silky, hair back, and said to Jimmy, "Come on I don't

know what you did now but it must have been pretty serious.  The health inspector wants to see both 

of us."  So, they both washed their hands before seeing Bella.

                    Bella then said, "I wanted to be the first to congratulate Jimmy on becoming owner of the

Pizza House, and please send my congratulations to Thunder.  I just heard about this through Fox 

Business News that Jimmy and Thunder are now owners of the Pizza House.  So here you go with a 

Boquet of balloons.  Have a nice day, Jimmy.

                  As Jimmy and the manager go back to what they were doing Jimmy shook his head as he 

stated, "Amazing Fox Business News even knows my business before I do."  

                 Nevertheless, Jimmy was nervous and was not sure he believed it.  Then the area 

wide manager giving him the same news.  The area wide manager wanted to know if there would be

any changes to the restaurant.  To which Jimmy told him he would have to talk to his partner Thunder 

first.

             As Jimmy left the restaurant, he had a pizza and a diet soda for him and Thunder.   Jimmy was 

caught by surprise when he found that the bouquet of balloons had been placed in a limo which was 

waiting for him. The limo driver was a gorilla named Chucko.  Chucko asked Jimmy where to go.  

While Jimmy was not quite use to the rich treatment, he told Chucko to take him home.

           Chucko new that he lived in the hills but needed a full physical address.  So Jimmy gave Chucko 

the full physical address.  Chucko was also Jimmy and Thunder's butler, so he unloaded the car as he 

told Jimmy to get out, and go on inside, he'd get everything.  Thunder was through with therapy for the 

day, and got down to business.  Thunder ate his Pizza and drank his diet soda, as Jimmy ate his with a 

regular soda.  Chuckle told them that they had the money now to buy and move into a mansion.

          Right then Jimmy and Thunder, were talking about changes to make to the restaurant.  Thunder

suggested a name change, like Universal Pizza.  Jimmy agreed to that but said, "it would take at least 

six months to go through.  Jimmy said it would take at least that long for ads, signs, boxes and other 

stuff."

             They would advertise the slogan "New Name, Same Taste, Same Low Price."

              It all sounded good to Chucko.

            The next morning the three of them were taken to Jimmys old work sight by limousine.  It was 

there that they got on to a helicopter which whisked them away to the NYSE where Jimmy and 

Thunder rang the bell.  They were then seen on several talk shows, including Thunder's favorite one,

Tomorrow where you got all of today's news tomorrow.

              As they went home Thunder put on noise reduction headphones.  Not long after the others did

likewise.  They soon landed at Universal Pizza letting them know the new name.  They had also decided

to get new uniforms and name tags for the crew.

              Thunder said these would be mandatory for all to wear and would be taken out of their

 paychecks.  Jimmy put in that it would be taken out in installment, so you did not notice it.  They said

crew members would wear shirts, jeans, belts, and non-slick shoes.  Managers on the other hand would 

be in dress shirt, slacks, belt, tie, and non-slick shoes.

                 

            Thunder and Jimmy then went mansion hunting.  They found a mansion with pool included.  It

had a side office for Thunder to keep his Therapy sessions in.  A separate library for each Thunder and

Jimmy.  They even had a private room for their butler Chucko.

Paul D.Eccles