Mr. Gaiman, I am having a very hard time deciding between two books, both from Barnes and noble’s classics collection. One is your own, “American Gods”, and the other is the collection of Ernest Hemingway. Seeing as, to the best of my knowledge, only one of you two fine gentlemen is currently able to answer this question, to settle my dispute I will ask you. Which of you two would win in a bout of fisticuffs?
If the bout of fisticuffs were to be held now, I would win, because I am alive.
If it were to be held while Mr Hemingway and I were both alive, he would win, because I was only nine months old when he died, and a nine month old baby, no matter how well trained in the manly arts, will always be beaten by a full-sized, 61 year old author.
Unless the baby is also a ninja, obviously.