A New York bartender watches as a short male customer walks into his bar. The man pays for beer and claims that he has facts that would dumbfound the bartender. The bartender explains that he gets customers like that often and that his job is to keep his customers happy. The bartender further explains that he doesn't stand smart-alecks who think they know everything. The man explains that he is very wise and the bartender warns the man to drink his beer and leave to look at the stars instead. The man claims that stars are not his interest, but that he loves comets. The bartender jokes that he doesn't need to see comets because he has one. The man explains that he also has comets that are purple and that he stores them in a spaceless eternity. The bartender asks how this system works. The man begins to quote and explain that black wind and lightning created space. The bartender asks the man if he wants another beer and the man claims that he is bored and leaves. About a half and hour later, another customer walks in who looks nearly identical to the previous one. The bartender asks if the customer wants another beer but the customer explains that he has never been to this bar before. The bartender asks if the customer has any brothers or family members that look like him because the previous man also looked just like him. The customer explains that he doesn't. The bartender begins to talk about how the last man claimed that he owned a flock of purple comets. This spurs the customer on, who demands to know where the other man went. The bartender asks what's wrong and the customer shouts that the man took his purple comets. The customer repeats the same quote that the last man said and leaves. The bartender drinks from his private bottle of whiskey, confused about these encounters. The night after, the bartender and his boss are serving drinks together and two men enter the bar. The bartender recognizes the two men and asks if the first man gave his comets back to the other customer. The two men explain that they have never been to this bar or city before and ask the bartender if he's crazy. The bartender tries to argue that the two men are actually the ones from the prior day who were talking about comets and the two men deny it. This causes the bartender to become very angry and the boss criticizes him for drinking on the job. The boss fires the bartender and the bartender is pushed outside, leaving the customers laughing in the bar.