After thinking long and hard about the situation (and trying not to laugh again) Chris came up with a brilliant idea.
"Well", he said to the little man, "what you're going to have to do is unsub from Yahoo Groups: cdeb."
"What!" said the little man.
"You're going to have to unsubscribe to the list. Then you can resubscribe using a different email address. Then the fans won't think you're me and your helpers will start getting better," said Chris.
"That's the stupidest thing I've heard! You're flippin' mad!" said the little man.
"Ok," said Chris "if you really want you and your helpers to just get worse, that's fine with me. I'll just be on my way."
"Wait, wait," said the little man in desperation, "ok, ok I'll give it a try" and the little man was gone.
A couple hours later, and a very impatient Chris de Burgh, the little man returned.
"I did as you said and I am feeling a bit better. Lets take a look around and see if my helpers are getting better."
Chris and the little man walked around and talked to a few of the helpers. A few were actually trying to sit up. A smile came across the little mans face and he said, "My, my you are a smart one, aren't you. Now that this is all going to work out I can send you back to where you came from."
"Wait a minute," said Chris "You have something for me, remember?"
At that moment McAdams showed back up to take Chris back. The little man said to McAdams, "Chris here thinks we owe him something for helping us.
Is he daft?"
"McAdams, you promised to give me the secret to opening the bag of gold," said Chris.
"I did, didn't I," McAdams said with a smirk. "Here's your clue: What was the tune your Diane was humming? If you can figure that out, you'll have the answer to your dilemma."
