“Yes! Of course I am certain!” General Mpombo pounded the table for
emphasis. The other diners looked over as the silverware rattled, then
looked away. Restaurant patrons in Monaco soon learn to be indifferent
to such spectacles. “We need no lions or gorillas! Hippos are the
deadliest animals in Africa!”
“Very well, very well,”
smiled Valerii Letchovski, billionaire of uncertain means. “We have a
plan, then. With your hippos augmented by my cybernetic scientists, we
cannot fail to take over the Penta-”
“Fresh pepper, sir?”
Neither
man had noticed the waiter approaching. It was as if he had
materialized from nowhere. But as it happened, Letchovski’s salad
could’ve used some pepper. “Yes, yes, sure.”
But instead
of twisting a clublike wooden object, the waiter held out a metallic
cylinder and pushed a button on the top end. Aromatic black pepper
sprinkled gently down. For a moment, Letchovski thought of the black
snowfalls of his youth in Novokuznetsk. Then Mpombo spoke. “This pepper
mill, it is very unusual.”
“Indeed,” the waiter smiled. “It’s part of the GRIND Reflex II Salt and Pepper Mill Set, made with an ergonomic design from high-quality, non-corrosive 316 stainless steel.”
Mpombo
looked covetously at the silvertone device. “I must have one for each
of my palaces. In my country, fresh pepper is said to give a man
virility.”
Now Letchovski joined in. “That’s a most intriguing one-handed operation. Very efficient.”
“Indeed,”
the waiter smiled again. “It leaves me one hand free to carry a plate…”
The two men at the table nodded. ”...or stroke a lover…” They laughed.
”...or kill a couple of maniacs.” Their eyes widened as Agent Derek
Rand pulled a gun from inside his waiter’s disguise. Two quick bullets
ended the cyborg-hippo threat to civilization.
As Mpombo felt his last breaths leaving his body, he moaned, “The great General Mpombo…killed…by a mere…waiter.”
“Indeed,” Rand smiled. “Don’t underestimate waiters, General. Who do you think invented the GRIND Reflex II Salt and Pepper Mill Set?”
Warranty: Lifetime Warranty
Features:
- Color: Stainless Steel
- 316 Stainless steel mechanism
- One-Handed grinding action
- Grinds whole peppercorns and any type of dry sea salt or coarse kosher salt
- Hand machined
- Designed in Vail, Colorado
In the Box:
- 6” Salt and pepper grinder
- 3” Clear square acrylic stand
- Tellicherry peppercorns and Australian sea salt
- Stylish Gift box
