Bob starts out in a medium, unremarkable galaxy called the Milky Way, on a planet in the galactic suburbs, called Earth, in a small town which is a satellite of a major city called Toronto. He was walking down the street after a party one day, trying not to slip on the ice and snow, when he saw what appeared to be a ripple in space and time. "It looks warmer in there," he thought, stepping towards it. The next thing he knew he was on a tropical beach, and an octopoid waiter was asking him for a drink order. "Did I eat something funny back at that party?" he wondered.