Hanks stories are one of those rare cases where IT'S MAGIC actually works as a defense, especially since it doesn't really merit a tone-break in his stories - from the first, it's almost like Hanks is saying, "Fuck you, the only rules of reality are whatever I decide to make up on the spot," so by the time you get to hands coming out of the walls, you've already got the five bad guys smooshed into one and plunged into the pit of Sleestaks or whatever the fuck they are, so why expect it to make sense NOW?