From buddy Mon Dec 19 19:33:42 1994
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 19:33:12
Subject: Dummy


        There's a little fellow named Junior who hangs out at Alley's
Grocery Store.  I don't know what Junior's problem is, but the boys like
to tease him.  They say he is two bricks shy of a load, or two pickles
shy of a barrel.
        To prove it, sometimes they offer Junior his choice between a
nickel and a dime.  He always takes the nickel, they say, because it's
bigger.
        One day I was there when they did that, and after Junior grabbed
the nickel, Lamar and I got him off to one side and said, "Junior, those
boys are making fun of you.  They think you don't know the dime is worth
more than the nickel.  Are you grabbing the nickel because it's bigger,
or what?"
        He looked at Lamar and me and said, "Well, if I took the dime,
they'd quit doing it!"