netcat wrote:
> In article <vKmdnbc6nb5UkJnVnZ2dnUVZ_gidnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> kiptw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>> Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>>> If a mugger asks if you have
>>> any money on you, it's okay to say no, even though you have some cash
>>> hidden in your shoe.
>> One of my favorite Freak Brothers strips has Phineas really wired, and
>> he decides to take a walk in the dark, scary city. He's happily buzzing
>> along, and a couple of guys with a knife stop him and say "Give us all
>> your money."
>>
>> A number of thoughts chase each other frantically through Phineas's
>> tortured mind.
>>
>> -All my money? ALL my money? Let's see, I have eleven dollars in my
>> wallet and another 47 cents in my vest.
>>
>> -But there's thirty dollars in the sugar bowl! They'd have to come home
>> with me! Is that all my money?
>>
>> -Wait! There's my bank account. And the bank doesn't open until
morning.
>>
>> -Oh no, it's the weekend! We'll have to wait until Monday! (He
envisions
>> the three of them sitting on the pavement outside the bank.)
>>
>> "Hey, man, give us your money. We don't have all night."
>>
>> -It's just TOO COMPLICATED! (Phineas is so stressed he's digging his
>> fingers deeply into his hair by this time.) "I'm sorry, I just can't do
>> it!" he says, apologetically. Then he carefully examines his finger
tips.
>
> Why does he examine his fingertips?
Because they've been plunged into his kinky (and probably greasy) hair.
He doesn't so much examine them as he does suddenly look at them with
somewhat more interest than the situation would seem to warrant, but it
was late at night when I wrote that and I didn't want to include a long
explanation.
Kip w
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