Jobo, I've just received word that there is a fire in your area. If you hurry, you may still be able to die in it.
Ahh, now that's just not nice. And besides, you know you really shouldn't because he'll only come back with "I know you are, but what am I?", and it'll just rumble on, back and forth, getting nastier. If I were interested in perpetuating a slanging match, which I'm not, I'd have made some comment to the effect that we're all now privy to the answer to the question "what if Jim Davidson wrote sci-fi?"; but I'm learning to show more restraint.
I agree with Paul, he should send it to Abaddon. You don't get published without approaching publishers.