Author's Note: In case you didn't know, a "feghoot" is a type of extremely short story that ends in a complicated play on words. This is the genre the Washington Post was referring to on the back cover of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, when it describes the science-fictional idea of humor as "a bad pun at the end of a dull story". You have been warned.

Disclaimer: DuckTales is a product of the Walt Disney Corporation, and I am far from being Walt Disney.

"Say, Helper," said Gyro Gearloose, "I just got this in the mail. The Inventors' Assistants Union is requiring all inventors' assistants to fill out this questionnaire, or it'll revoke their licenses. There's a pencil in the drawer if you need it."

He put the sheet of paper on the table where his Helper was sitting. Rather than move towards it, however, his Helper remained where he was, determinedly not moving a muscle.

"Oh, good grief, Helper," said Gyro, "you're not still mad about that little accident in the lab yesterday, are you?"

The Helper didn't respond.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry I blew up your butterfly collection," said Gyro. "There, I've apologized, now come and fill this out."

Stubbornly, the Helper shook his light-bulb head.

Gyro frowned, then turned to his Electronic Brain. "HOW CAN I PERSUADE MY HELPER TO COOPERATE?" he typed.

The Electronic Brain beeped and rattled for a few moments, then spewed out the following reply. "MAKE THREE ADJUSTMENTS. AMPLIFY HIS LOGIC CIRCUITS (SO HE WILL SEE REASON); DECREASE POWER TO HIS MEMORY BANKS (SO HE WILL FORGIVE AND FORGET); AND INTRODUCE AN AURYN MODULE (SO HE WILL DO WHAT YOU WISH)."

Gyro was dubious, but he opened up his Helper and made the three adjustments. Once he was finished, he switched the Helper back on and offered him the questionnaire again. The Helper positively leaped to fill it out, and Gyro sat down with a contented sigh.

Then, suddenly, it dawned on him what he had just accomplished. With a loud cry of "Eureka!" he leapt from his chair and burst out the door of his lab.

"Congratulate me!" he said to the first person he met (who happened to be Louie Duck). "I have just discovered the answer to a famous question!"

"What question's that, Gyro?" said Louie.

Gyro grinned. "How many changes does it take to poll a light bulb?"