No joke.  The pay ain't great, but I'd do what I love to do.  I think Fatty the Third is just sabre rattling, looking for a new American-funded supply of Starbursts and Gummy Worms.  

I think I have an inside track on the job.  If not that, low skill jobs offerings are picking up here.  It's hard to explain why a PhD wants to deliver pizzas, but thats the way it goes.