gardener thought about it hard , his head down , one hand gripping the can of beer bobbi had given him , the other gripping his forehead , and suddenly he was back at that terrible party listening to ted the power man defend the iroquois plant which even now was loading hot rods : if we gave these nuke-freaks what they wanted , they 'd turn around a month or so later and start whining about not being able to use their blow-dryers , or found out their cuisinarts were n't going to work when they wanted to mix up a bunch of macrobiotic food .