I have just a little time to post FDK this morning, but I, too, was ROTFLMAOing at this:
He grinned and went to the window, almost defenestrating himself before he remembered that, tonight at least, they'd have to settle for the local cuisine. Clark sighed and picked up the phone. “Hello, room service?”
("Defenestrate" is one of the more curious English words that I actually knew. A colleague of mine, an almost inexhaustible fountain of knowledge with his roots in the Czech Republic, has actually told me about some important, actual, political defenestrations taking place in Prague in the 15th and 17th centuries!)
Here's an interesting link, including a long list of defenestrations in popular movies like Cinderella, Indiana Jones and Batman Returns:
Defenestration Loved this part of your story, Sammy! I love your story, period. Keep it coming!
Ann